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HU“Hackney half doesn’t count. Why do it?”
Ok FINAL post I promise. After all, @sportsshoes have got far too much free content out of me this week. This is important to say though…
If all running is to you is a ranking on Power of 10 and you’d only ever do ‘UKA Licensed events’ then I’m guessing I’m not a page you should follow.
Sunday will never go down in the official running history books. It (probably) won’t be going on my LinkedIn. But I had an amazing time.
Who cares that loads of “influencers” do it. Or that it’s more of a fashion show than proper race. I’d 1000% rather see people promoting running on their weekend than down at the pub getting boozed.
I’m sure your social media is flooded right now and it’s probably a little annoying (I’m adding to the noise). But underlying this is 25k running a half marathon. The crowds turned up to support friends and people achieved something they may never have thought was possible.
Most running on Sunday have probably never heard of ‘Power of 10’. Most returned to their day jobs on Monday morning. Most will probably never do another half. But they’ll remember a fun event where they got to push themselves out of their comfort zone!
So if you’ve got something negative to say about Hackney… how about you keep it to yourself. And maybe chill… this topic doesn’t need Reddit threads. It’s not that deep.
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