{"id":58873,"date":"2026-10-03T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=58873"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:29:04","slug":"the-novel-experience-of-running-an-unfamiliar-route-during-a-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/the-novel-experience-of-running-an-unfamiliar-route-during-a-race\/","title":{"rendered":"The Novel Experience of Running an Unfamiliar Route During a Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is amusing that I would be nervous about a linear path that goes from A to B. I am nervous because I haven&#8217;t had the race experience yet, although in recent weeks I have experienced two triathlons, once walking, the second as a volunteer, and I experienced a crti\u00e9rium a week or so ago. In effect I&#8217;ve been in a race context multiple times in the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What I haven&#8217;t experienced is a social run that is a race. I&#8217;ve done three or four Wake Up and Runs by now, so I am used to these. With the Wake Up and Run I ran solo in Nyon, and with someone else in Morges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been for many, many group runs this summer so I&#8217;m used to running with people by now. I run up to twice in a single day, several times per week sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that I can run 8-10km socially, and I know that I can run 16-21km in a single day. The biggest unknown tomorrow is how to equip, whether to be minimalist, or myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suspect that being equipped for trail running is comfortable for me. In summer I&#8217;d take very little, but since the morning is cold I prefer to have a bag to store the layers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could, and should have run at 16:30 today, to occupy my mind, instead of giving myself too much time to think about things. I didn&#8217;t go for social runs, or bike rides today, because more than once &#8220;relaxed&#8221; runs became fast runs, and I don&#8217;t want to be tired ahead of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My goal is simple. I want to run 17.17km without suffering and without fatigue tomorrow. I want to enjoy the route and the new path connecting one town to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running and cycling would push me and I&#8217;d rather be fresh. When I have more experience, then I can treat such events in a relaxed manner. I can treat it like the 5k run. This is three times that, and it ends with a climb at the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>It is amusing that I would be nervous about a linear path that goes from A to B. I am nervous because I haven&#8217;t had the race experience yet, although in recent weeks I have experienced two triathlons, once walking, the second as a volunteer, and I experienced a crti\u00e9rium a week or so ago. 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