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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Running for jet lag

I had heard that it helps.  It does.  I ran the first afternoon I got to Denmark on a recent business trip, (for the record I had been up for around 30 hours at that point and for whatever reason traveling is WAY harder than racing.  I don't understand how as you're sitting most of the time...).  After dinner I went right to sleep and got up the next morning and ran again.  Since my body didn't really have a frame of reference for the new time zone getting up early didn't really feel like "early".  That first day I felt fine, and I didn't really feel any effects of jet lag during the rest of the trip.  

There were even trails right behind the hotel but most morning I was running a paved path along the fjord.  I can run trails in Indiana, not a lot of ocean front opportunities here!  I have to admit it was easier to motivate for those morning runs knowing the scenery I'd be enjoying.  

As it turns out there was a permanent orienteering course in the woods behind the hotel.  Didn't figure this out until my last day there, but next time I will have a map waiting for me as one of the employees at the company we were visiting is a member of the local club.  It might only be a trail O course, but it would still be pretty cool to be able to say I've done some "international orienteering".  :-)

Anyways, lesson learned for this trip is when traveling across more than a couple time zones, bring your running shoes!!

Oh, and one more thing.  I have never seen so many janky rusted out bikes in my life as when over there.  But it's damned impressive how many people use bikes for transportation.  Then again, they actually have these things called "bike lanes" over there.  Fascinating concept...

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Blogger Kevin said...

So did you find out what they call a danish in Denmark?

April 13, 2009 10:10 PM  

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