Running
They call it Heartbreak Hill. The City to Surf’s telling point. A 1.4km stretch of sheer running pain with spectacular views over Sydney harbour which you’re far too buggered to appreciate.
Yet on race day, you could be forgiven for thinking it was named “RSVP Hill” with the amount of advertising material for said dating website. The site, owned by Fairfax Media, assaulted the masses who tackled the hill with cheesy running puns like “hot” and “heartbroken” stapled to telegraph poles.
Indeed, it seems that among the empty plastic cups, the whole race was littered with some message or another.
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I’ve no idea how Usain Bolt started his brilliant running career as a kid in Jamaica but I’d be pretty confident the world’s fastest man did a lot of his early charging around in bare feet. It doesn’t seem to have done him any harm. In fact, when it comes to running, it may be that bare is best.
At least that’s what Craig Richards thinks, and he’s spent a lot of time studying the pros and cons of sports footwear. And here’s a warning – anyone who’s just forked out a few hundred bucks for a new pair of running shoes, stop reading now.
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Sofia says:
How ironic that in reality, the most comfortable shoes for running is actually running barefoot. I have noticed that the more I ran, the more pain I felt in my heels and ankles. Perhaps it is time for me to rethink how I run, and perhaps correct the running posture… Read more »
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Felix says:
Amazing design? Was he having an off day when he designed the female pelvis for childbirth? What was he thinking when he created the human appendix? What about animals like the elephant or rhino that can barely see? If he can take credit for the human eye he can take… Read more »
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