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Goto: 2011-12-04 2011-12-06 Colombia

2011-12-05:

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Distance today: 50.0 km (Accumulated: 30993.0 km)
Elapsed time: 04:53:21
Country: Colombia

Start 09:00am., 29c, extremely humid, overcast & no wind, at green city-sign "La Dorada" on hwy. 50 to Bogota. Finish 15:19pm., 38c, extremely humid, half overcast & no wind, at km-stone "79/45-10" on hwy. 45 North.

One of the most heat-humidity difficult stages I've had atleast since Africa. The temperature was not extreme, it never got above 40c, but with a humidity which after a short but strong tropical rainfall was in the high 90'ties - it fealt as if I was running through a turkish steambath during the last 20km of the run.

But this wont stop me from bringing you the next 'chapter' in the christmas calender ;-) I know its perhaps not the most advanced advice, but it has worked well for me the last 27-28years of longdistance running :-)

Christmas calendar, day 5:

Streatching has always been a debated subject. Some scientific research find that it does give a plus in preventing running injuries, other doesnt. I for certain wouldnt claim that its a 100% sure way of preventing injuries, though I have enjoyed doing the elementary streatching exercises since I took up running. Streatching itself may not make much of a difference (though personally I do feel a positive difference, compared w. if I dont streatch before and after the run for a number of days, in wich case I get a bit more stiff and prone to sore tendons). Yet, reguardless wether its effective or not, it Is effective in giving you a little 'break' between whatever you have been doing before you put on the runningshoes and the run itself. Mayby you come from a stressed day at work, or from an intense situation with your children, or a hasty errand of shopping; no matter what - taking 5 minutes where all you focus on is you legs and upper body, how they flex gently, streathing each main musclegroup and holding the streatch for a few seconds.... Make for an excellent oppotunity to get into "running mode", relax and get ready to put all your energy into todays run !

In my oppinion the best quality about streatching is not wether or not it prevents injury, but that its a down-to-earth way for us to 'meditate' for a brief moment and summon both our calm' & energy :-)

And that - I think can prevent injuries !