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Historien om svensk ultradistanslöpning |
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2009-10-14 |
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Detta ska bli en personlig betraktelse över svensk ultradistanslöpnings historia. Syftet med denna kortfattade historieskrivning är inte att nämna berömvärda prestationer. Sådana har det funnits många. Istället är syftet att belysa utvecklingen av ultradistanslöpningen i Sverige fram till skrivande stund, maj 2009.
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Spartathlon 2007 - a run to the monument |
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2006-01-09 |
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In what kind of athletic event do they expect that only one third of all who start will finish? Many of the finishers are in such bad condition that they will need medical attention. Two tents have been rigged as some kind of field hospitals for that purpose. Nurses and doctors are busy. Bottles for IV-transfusions are hanging over the stretchers, moaning and groaning from people with muscle cramp and other kinds of discomforts are sometimes heard, as well as teeth that are rattling because of shivering, in spite of the heat.
This is about running, and the event is called Spartathlon, a 246 kilometer long race between Athens and Sparta in Greece.
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Running the significant distance |
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2006-10-22 |
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"What have you been doing in Japan?"
The man in the seat next to me in the airplane tried to start a
conversation by using this standard opening. It was late April 1998,
and we were on our way back to Europe.
"My wife Mary and I ran a race between Nagoya and Kanazawa,"
The man looked confused, so I figured that more explanation was needed.
Then I opened the airline magazine and looked up the page with the map
of that airline’s all international routes, and started to tell the
story about what Mary and I had been through in Japan.
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Skrivet av Rune Larsson
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2006-10-22 |
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All the advice I am going to give you here are based on 10 completed Spartathlon races.
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Skrivet av Rune Larsson
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2006-09-21 |
Lärdomar från Swiss Alpine Marathon
Efter att ha sprungit 15 Swiss Alpine Marathon har jag kanske snappat upp en del om konsten att genomföra det loppet. Mina råd är följande:
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