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Greetings! Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, where I share what’s been on my mind this week. Let’s get into it.
GAIN Group Walk
As part of the Daily Walking Challenge, we’re doing a GAIN group walk with a post-walk coffee hangout — Saturday, January 31. Mark your calendars.
Lottery Winner
For the first time, I put my name into the Vermont 100 entry lottery and got selected for the 100k. I’ll be running 62 miles on July 18 and it will be my longest run ever.
Vermont is a rolling course with lots of ups and downs, but nothing too technical. It’s very runnable, and that’s part of the appeal. Training for this will be different than other ultras I’ve done because the course is mostly gravel roads and fields, versus steep, technical climbs.
The VT 100 is also unique in that it’s the only 100-mile race that still has an equine category. The older 100s, like Vermont (started in 1989), have their roots in horse racing. Everyone I know who has run it says the horses are one of the best parts of the race.
Speaking of 100k
The difference between these two shoes is crazy. You may call me crazy, but I’m only interested in running in something closer to the old shoe. Sure, we’re faster than ever before, but I can’t help but think these types of running shoes are moving us in the wrong direction — away from being better runners who are connected to their bodies and understand how to move.
1 Rep Every 7 Seconds × 24 Hours
I talk about this idea all the time: how many total pounds you move in a session. Expanding that idea out to 24 hours is insane.
Lifting 155 pounds one rep every seven seconds for 24 hours adds up to 1.8 million pounds.
For some perspective, deadlifting 225 pounds for 8 sets of 3 is only 5,400 pounds.
Even 30 reps at 315 pounds comes in just shy of 10,000 pounds.
That’s all for this week. Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you in the gym.
— Justin Miner