thenext.run - the dentists are open!
Today I recieved completely useful SMS from some marketing engine, it was telling me that all dental procedures have now been moved to Level 1. Meaning you can drop everything and get the kids and yourself in for a clean. That SMS cost someone 5 cents, probably me. Was it good value? I am not so sure.
The importance of good dental hygiene is not why I put fingers to keyboard today. This SMS reminded to check in on what is happening with race events. Remember those?
Remember when you could plan a holiday with your significant other at the dinner table and then secretly google race events on your phone for the same time period and actually go?
Can you remember that time? I can.. barely.
A running/family holiday to Busselton - not so far from the trails of Wellington National Park
Yes, we’ve all been allowed to exercise in lock down and many have resorted to sole or duo time trails to scratch that itch, but it’s not the same. Discussion of new normal and impending global recession aside, this COVID thing has messed up a lot of training plans and hard graft.
More so race promoters and those serving the “running tourist” have been devastated by all things Corona.
Add in Western Australia’s big ‘heat wave weekends” in 2019 leading to the cancellation of the 6 inch trail ultra and the the bigger distances for the Feral meaning it’s been a very long time between runs for some. It’s been grim for many.
But with the dentists, the national parks and accomodation back open, runners and more importantly race promoters are coming out of hibernation (abiet as winter starts) to give the running tragic what they want.
thenext.run as it were. Shiny new goals, fresh updated race calendars, reasons to go camping, GPX files and elevation maps to ponder.
As I sip my double shot latte from my “isolation adopted” restaurant now local takeaway coffee haunt - Lot One Kitchen (check out their Cheesecake cabinet), it seems only fair we should also be adopting a local running business too.
We all know we should be shopping and travelling local to kick start the economy and running events do just that. We can easily drop $500-$1000 on a running weekend when you add up event entry, new shirt, new socks, fuel, accomodation, post run recovery breakfast, lunch and dinner(s), and stop off at that winery on Sunday on the way home.
Let’s get out there, we might have do it a little differently, maybe a little further apart, maybe a bit more hygiencally, maybe even virtually - all of this I’m OK with provided I get that big day buzz. The City to Surf marathon is out but large crowds are so over rated (and illegal for the near future).
Bespoke, local runs are what we want and WA’s run crews have it in spades. Get out there and find them.
Check out our list here. We update it regularly with our teams picks for events and where we are running.
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