I think the biggest "learning" from running 90mpw for 2.5 years is a realization of how "you can just do things," and just getting started gets you >50% of the way there

e.g. it sounds obvious, but I didn't realize the way to run 90mpw is just... to go run 90 miles

I do think it's a bit rare that you can run 90mpw with no injury. Many others would definitely get injured at that volume

but agree about running being a great teacher of "you can just do things" -- the best way to improve is by just running more

mhm, def don't want to push people to injury, but I think it's still a concern broadly for most beginners (e.g. have had friends stress over injury before running their 1st mile)

@fiveoutofnine would push back on the shoe part at least - I was regularly injuring myself trying to get up to 20 a week as a larger lad™️ w/ wide feet and it wasn't until finding altra / topo shoes that I was able to comfortably do 50-60 mile weeks for months on end

@fiege_max hmm that's true, I guess I meant it for the super beginner that's looking to even start running like 10 miles a week/a 5k race; 50-60 mile is a lot, and I would have different comments/thoughts re. focus on injury prevention :P

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Totally, ya. 

I think there's a bunch of garbage in the sport these days too targeting at selling more.

The beauty of running imo is that it's so pure. You just... run. Everyone understands it, better gear helps (looking at your carbon plated shoes) but isn't _necessary_. 

However nowadays you're supposed to have 5 different shoes in rotation. You're supposed to be taking your bicarb, your keytones, your 120g carbs per hour. You're supposed to have a pre-run routine, and a post-run routine. You're supposed to be lifting for strength and injury prevention, sitting in the sauna afterwards for heat training. You need AG1, you need beet juice, you need floradix. You need to be testing your blood for nutrient deficiencies and you need to be testing your sweat to make sure you're getting the optimal sodium balance. 

All of this would surely be overwhelming if I were a beginner to the sport. But we should all be beginners to the sport. It's at it's best when you're just out there, running

mhm, def don't want to push people to injury, but I think it's still a concern broadly for most beginners (e.g. have had friends stress over injury before running their 1st mile)

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