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KIWI RUNNER
HOW CAN YOU BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE?
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S B E S T R U N N I N G M AGA Z I N E
BUSTING THE
BEETROOT
BUZZ
TRAIL
ISSUE 11
Apr/May
2017
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EDITOR
Staying High
Recently I
have been thinking about
resilience. For some time I have harboured
a theory that runners – particularly long-
distance runners – reap a host of benefits
from our sport in terms of health and
wellbeing, but I’m not convinced resilience
is one of them.
I was speaking with someone who is very
dear to me who lost his wife and soulmate.
They had 12 blissful years together, then one
morning she was gone. I asked where he
drew his strength from and he smiled and
said, “The sunrise. Sometimes I find myself
unable to sleep and thinking sad thoughts,
and I tell myself ‘Hey: the sun is coming up
soon’. Then I get up and watch the sun rise.
It is a miracle that happens every day, and
every day it brings hope.”
His resilience struck a chord with me –
as does the inherent resilience in children.
I recently saw the movie
Lion.
Tiny Saroo
was lost in Calcutta at five years old. His
circumstances were severe and changing
by the minute but he adapted, unthinking,
never losing hope, faith or the will to carry
on. Resilience.
So why do I think runners lack
resilience? We run, our bodies flood with
adrenaline and endorphins and it feels so
gooooood. So we run more – more often
and longer distances. Eventually, we reach
a point where that hyperactive state isn’t
limited to the five or 10 or 20 hours we
spend in our shoes each week. We get a wee
bit high from planning a run, anticipating
it, preparing for it, then the running (of
course), the post-run high, and sharing and
reflecting on the run.
Here lies the rub
Before we know it, we are spending a
disproportionate amount of time in that
heightened state and it becomes the norm.
The flip side is that normal days can feel flat,
boring, lacking something. And when the
proverbial hits the fan, when the big stuff in
life ups and smacks us in the face and we find
ourselves staring down some dark days, we’ve
got a lot further to fall, coming from our
chemically-elevated state. Maybe, as runners,
we need to be a bit mindful about balance.
Someone who
excels at balance is Brad
Dixon, although in this issue he urges us
to step outside of our comfort zone: to ‘get
comfortable with being uncomfortable’
and experiment with cold therapy. On the
subject of cold, check out Suzy Mond’s crazy
running adventure in the Polar Circle. At the
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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017
Navigating the Goat Tongariro waterfall climb, Trail Runner editor Vicki Woolley muses on the many forms of resilience.
WE RUN, OUR BODIES FLOOD
WITH ADRENALINE AND
ENDORPHINS AND IT FEELS
SO GOOOOOOD. SO WE
RUN MORE – MORE OFTEN
AND LONGER DISTANCES.
EVENTUALLY, WE REACH
A POINT WHERE THAT
HYPERACTIVE STATE ISN’T
LIMITED TO THE FIVE OR 10 OR
20 HOURS WE SPEND IN OUR
SHOES EACH WEEK.
opposite end of the temperature spectrum,
Cheryl Martin has some interesting tales
of her visit to the United Arab Emirates. I
am delighted to introduce a couple of chaps
who give and give and give some more –
Olivier Lacoua is running 100 marathons to
raise money for Red Cross, and Stu Cottam
runs an annual event purely for the love.
If you have ever wondered where your
event entry fee goes, check out our exposé
on Birthing a Beast where we take you
behind the scenes to see what it takes to put
on a race.
Run well, rest well. I look forward to
seeing you out there.
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