Borgbjerg wrote:
As a hobby jogger .. If not to have fun then why run at all?
Health benefits are maxed out long before you reach 70-100 km.
No offense, but reading online forums you'd almost get the idea that running in reality is just a cheaper alternative to cycling for miserable middle aged men that desperately look for an identity in the midst of their full blown midlife crisis?
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Have fun might be vastly underrated advice?
Most hobby joggers enter races because they want to improve. With all due respect ot Jakob he has no clue what he's talking about. In fact, it's rare really top athletes know what they are doing. Bakken is a rare case.
100km is a lot. Sure, you can go out and just have fun but it won't get you very far. It's also fun to run a 2:23 or 2:24 marathon like two guys from this very thread have, on 100km a week but because they actually took the hours that had seriously.
Not that there is anything wrong with just running and having fun, but the fact anyone can think this is the best advice if you even have an ounce of a goal in mind is bizzare.
A small and tiny percentage of guys are running 100km just for health benefits. That's a weak argument and probably if you want to just stay healthy, running 100km a week isn't a great or sustainable way either.