2. RunT!lt Run August 11.
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Like everything in life that moves us forward, it starts with a yes. If the girl says yes to the first date, then we really have to be massive idiots not to start mentally buttering up the sandwich of sexuality, because by then, the girl has already put water on to boil on the imaginary stove... With this undoubtedly vulgar and very cheap, lower-class, not-at-all-humorous metaphor, I tried to convey that the Runtilt movement started 3 weeks ago, and since there was a demand for it, it is steadily progressing towards fulfillment, at the end of which a new community can be born with countless opportunities and even new human connections. Any form of sport brings people together, and I had to realize that sport is the last part of our lives where we are still able to fight for each other without any self-interest. Team-building trainings are not created by chance, the most beautiful manifestation of which is corporate paintball. God bless whoever invented this because what more can a person ask for than to legitimately shoot their boss or irritatingly idiotic colleagues in the balls. But still... You might hate a colleague, but if you're on the same team, for those few hours, they'll be your teammate whom you trust, and for whom you fight together, JOINTLY, for a goal. These are good things, and the power of movement and sport can be perfectly measured by them, because this whole thing that we're here for is much more than just a simple run and suffering...
When new initiatives and movements are born, the emphasis is on creating a developing community. The most vulnerable point of such events is undoubtedly the outcome of the first event and the positive mood of the participants. That's why, thank God, the terrible "Gesztivál" will never be organized again, unlike the LifeTilt Runtilt run. At the first Runtilt run, there were 19 of us, which completely humiliated Nike, but what's even more important is that we laid a foundation worth building on in the future. At least I think so, and we'll see on Thursday if that's really the case. The first Runtilt run was unfamiliar territory for you, for me, and it was highly questionable whether there was even a need for it, and it seems there was. Based on the experiences of the first run, there will be some innovations that will make this whole thing much more organized, because obviously you can't put a 20-year-old crossfitter kid and a 37-year-old overweight woman in the same group and say "go run, and no one leaves anyone behind," just to give an example.
That's why there will be 4 groups, 4 categories if you prefer, where everyone can find their own pace according to their fitness level. This will also be good because you can continuously develop and motivate yourself to move up to a higher category over time.
Group A: Under 25 minutes. This will be the elite category, where the real athletes will start. Running 5350 meters in under 25 minutes requires serious physique and fitness. Running 4:30-4:40 minute kilometers for 5 km deserves a lot of respect, especially if you can maintain this killer pace throughout.
Group B: Under 30 minutes. Most of us will be here. To run the island loop in under 30 minutes, you need to be able to run 5:30 – 5:50 minute kilometers, which is easily achievable for an average fit person. Anyone who is overweight, smokes, or hasn't run for at least half a year, should probably not force themselves into this group.
Group C: Under 35 minutes. It's absolutely no shame to start in this group; in fact, I would be happiest if only 20% of Budapest's population could run around the island in that amount of time. This group will consist of those for whom completing the distance will be a challenge, and not at all because they are physically incapable. The biggest inhibiting factor will be mental, because those who start here, who run the island loop between 30 and 35 minutes, are not yet able, or only with great difficulty, to step out of their comfort zone and still perceive the challenge of sport as suffering rather than an easily overcome obstacle. In this group, everything I talk about on this blog will come to the forefront: you have to overcome your own weaknesses. Everyone should be able to run 5 km, no matter how inactive their lifestyle is; at most, they'll suffer so much they'll feel like shitting themselves, but they'll be able to run it, and at the finish line, that uplifting feeling will come: yes, damn it, I did it.
Group D. Over 35 minutes. Those starting here will likely stop and complete the rest of the distance by walking, because it's clear to everyone that there's no stopping, waiting for the bus, and then taking it to the finish line. Anyone who stops MUST reach the finish line. If by walking, then by walking, but the point is that anyone who comes to RunTilt must go around the island, one way or another, they must complete the distance. This is the only rule that applies to everyone.
Group D will start first, and the others will follow at 2-minute intervals, meaning Group C, then B, then A. This will be great because even if you misjudged yourself, you can still switch and join a slower group because once you catch up with a group and can't keep up, you can join them. In the first 2 groups, it's clearly a race, but in the 3rd and 4th groups, the goal is to reach the finish line, meaning don't leave each other unless someone stops. Pull each other along, because you're coming here to exercise together, and ideally everyone should go home with a sense of achievement and achieve a result for themselves that makes them say on the way home, "Well, damn, I never thought I could do that..."
I don't know if you noticed, but I held myself back throughout the post, just as I will do in the future when talking about Runtilt. I hold myself back because why would I write negatively about people who come out to exercise and achieve everything that the Lifetilt blog is about? People who, by their mere presence, have done 10 times more for their health than 90% of the population, for whom even opening the door for the damn pizza delivery guy is a strain. Those who show up at Runtilt are either already training and therefore deserve respect, or they want to do something for themselves and don't just get to the point of "I should do something" in words...
August 11, 7:00 PM Margaret Island, Fountain
