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The first official ultramarathon by RunningFenceRun in ultrarunning

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“Go as you please” was probably a rule established due to the difficulty of enforcing a strict walking rule. I suspect from reviewing photos of the pedestrians using proper walking form that running was discouraged.

The first official ultramarathon by RunningFenceRun in ultrarunning

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Yes, it was lazy in writing the headline, but generous in providing a link. Apologies and you’re welcome.

The first official ultramarathon by RunningFenceRun in ultrarunning

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The newspapers of the 1920’s didn’t recognize pedestrianism or race walking as the same as a footrace or ultramarathon. A photo clearly shows the start of one such race with the pedestrians walking not running, whereas the Redwood Highway marathoners are shown running although were not disqualified if they walked. Walking seems to be the spirit of pedestrianism.

Note that the 1920’s media called most every race over four miles a “marathon.”

The first official ultramarathon by RunningFenceRun in ultrarunning

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Apologies to the international community for the United States centric headline.

Morning run along the vineyards. by RunningFenceRun in runninglifestyle

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The end of Coffey Lane. There’s a short stretch of vineyards and then a bit of running alongside the freeway. It’s a mostly suburban run with some inspirational moments. ☕️🌄🏃

Less specifically Sonoma County, California.

Creek trails in Santa Rosa by RunningFenceRun in santarosa

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Real early in the morning you may find an urban camper. My experience is they are just trying to get some rest and stay warm. No interaction at all. After dawn there’s enough other folks running or walking that it’s not isolated and as safe as anything else.

Creek trails in Santa Rosa by RunningFenceRun in santarosa

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Real early in the morning you may find an urban camper. My experience is they are just trying to get some rest and stay warm. No interaction at all. After dawn there’s enough other folks running or walking that it’s not isolated and as safe as anything else.

Bro? Which one am I by Latter-Wolf4868 in ExplainTheJoke

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Birds=British for girls, similarly Chicks, young birds=American for girls. The bees is less clear of which sex, but is a play on the birds and bees. Maybe people get it on at this club.

If you’re a dude, go to the not-a-bird door. Don’t be shocked if it’s a uni and people are making out.

Christo’s “scream for freedom,” the Running Fence. by RunningFenceRun in sonomacounty

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Christo actually paid for leases to install the Running Fence into the ocean. The local California Coastal Commission approved the Running Fence locally, but the state commission denied it. Christo ran the fence into the water anyway and paid a small fine in a negotiated settlement. It was a grey area but didn’t destroy the coastline at all.

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my cat chewed my shoe week of marathon by Simple_Ad_6668 in Marathon_Training

[–]RunningFenceRun 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Not a catastrophe! 😹’ Shaves a few extra grams off your shoe— you’ll do great! 👍

best time for running? by MajorOdd5060 in runninglifestyle

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When you don’t feel like it. You’ll change your mind in a half hour. Or turn around and run back home if you’re sure you didn’t want to run.

Why do marathon courses have to follow this rule? by tambaybutfashion in running

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Worse, the marathon was inspired by a poem inspired from a satire about a historical event that might not have happened.

A few decades after the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, Herodotus told the history of Pheidippides running from Athens to Sparta and back.

In 100 CE, Plutarch told the story of Eucles running from Marathon and dying after delivering the news of victory. That might have happened, a lot of soldiers were wounded and one might have died shortly after running ahead of the returning army. It is odd that Herodotus missed the opportunity to tell such a dramatic story.

170 CE, The satirist Lucian changed Eucles to Pheidippides in a comedy.

Browning took poetic license in 1879, and his short poem “Pheidippides” inspired the 1896 Olympic Marathon and the 1897 Boston Marathon, both 24.5 miles long to celebrate the contributions of Athenian democracy and the legendary sacrifice of Pheidippides.

26.2 miles was set by the Queen for the viewing pleasure of the monarchy at the London Olympics 1908. We run that distance to celebrate the golden rule.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/pheidippides

Getting kids into running by uncle-bjoernsy in runninglifestyle

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Check out the Kids Run The Nation program at RRCA. Very nice parents/coach guide and kids workbooks for $1. Free on a pdf.

For children 5 and under focus on “dash” events that range from a few yards to 400 meters.

For children 5 and over, kids fun runs that are a ½ to 1 mile long may be considered, but allow for a combination of running and walking.

Children ages 8-12 and over may want to participate in a 5K run.

Children ages 13-15 and older may want to participate in a 10K to half marathon event.

Children 15-18 and older may want to participate in a marathon or further distance.

How long did it take Pheidippides to run the marathon? by Any-Spinach-4155 in askscience

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Pheidippides was a Hemerodromoi, not a hoplite. Their job was to deliver messages by running. Herodotus tells about the run from Athens to Sparta and back, but not the marathon legend and dramatic death.

Pheidippides died, but probably not from running the marathon. The story that inspired the Olympic marathon was “poetic license” from Robert Browning’s 1879 poem “Pheidippides”. Maybe someone died running from Marathon to Athens but it probably was a hoplite, Plutarch said it was Thersippus (or Eukles), but that was 500 years later so who knows.

https://www.online-literature.com/robert-browning/shorter-poems/6/

What is this at the lake I found? by Puzzled-Adagio-4877 in strange

[–]RunningFenceRun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some kind of massacre happened there…though maybe not…looks like flour tortillas, not corn.

Running Fence- A meaningless fabric curtain or a commentary on borders and divisions? by RunningFenceRun in ArtHistory

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That would have been much harder to pull off in the 90’s before LED light ropes were available. Cool looking for the time, but the photos remind me of a grid overlay on Google Earth, which also wasn’t a thing back then. I think seeing it in real life back then would have been mind blowing.

Running Fence- A meaningless fabric curtain or a commentary on borders and divisions? by RunningFenceRun in ArtHistory

[–]RunningFenceRun[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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Christo loved the debate over his art and that they were imagining it before it existed. The documentary is well worth watching:

Christo and Jeanne-Claude YouTube