Running

whyamihere

This morning, at 5am, I decided to go running for the first time since I was about 16.

After 1.8km, I was knackered. Running - bloody hard work.

I did see a badger though. It was running along the towpath in front of me, and kept stopping to look back at the wheezing giant plodding along behind it. So that was nice.

projectsome

probably thought you was gonna eat him. poor fella

mike1-2

Running is also very bad for you, don't do it!
And 5am? Are you just a bit mental?

tlw1

Love an early morning run, but always just turn over in the hope of another half hour of sleep.

Raymondavalon

I do regular 2.5 mile runs just to keep the plate and screws in my right leg "well oiled"
Having a nice area to run in makes all the difference though, here in Stoke there aren't any real nice areas to run, but there are areas where you have but no option but to run (for your life)

cooldad

True that. In NZ I lived next to the beach. Used to run along trails along an estuary, through forest to the beach and back again.
Was actually fun.
Tried a few times after I got here but the streets of Woking just didn't compare so turned into a pudding instead.

Tartanyak

I went running a couple of days ago for the first time in a long time. 4 miles and I nearly died. Plus, I always feel very, very short running in this country.

I still ache.

chrischris1315

Why run?
Everyone I see running/jogging is in pain and they look truly awful.

DCR00

I run 3-4 times per week and am training for a half marathon at the moment

Tis hard work sometimes, but great way to wake yourself up in the morning

Plus it means i can maintain my current level of alcohol intake without turning into a fat b*stard

Bonus

spongtastic

I can cycle for hours, but I can't even run around the yard at work.

This greatly amuses one of my local government colleagues who runs marathons for fun and whose husband uses his bike as transport to marathons. :shock:

KnightOfTheLongTights

fellrunning's where it's at kids

Kaise

KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:

fellrunning's kiddy fiddlers

FIxed

tlw1

Raymondavalon wrote:

I do regular 2.5 mile runs just to keep the plate and screws in my right leg "well oiled"
Having a nice area to run in makes all the difference though, here in Stoke there aren't any real nice areas to run, but there are areas where you have but no option but to run (for your life)

did the stoke 10k run last yeat & got a record time of under 40 mins. Only to find out they sent us the wrong way and it was a 9k run

El Capitano

I used to run quite regulary. Did a few 1/2 marathons and couple of full marathons. Started it as training for the Microsoft Challenge adventure races and continued from there. Would run 5-8 miles 3-4 times a week.

Since tearing my calf muscle in 2005, I haven't been able to run much at all. Even a couple of km starts it twinging.

Tartanyak

chrischris1315 wrote:

Why run?
Everyone I see running/jogging is in pain and they look truly awful.

Because I'm in a different country to my bikes at the minute and it's some form of exercise. I accept I look stupid - although I feel better every time I see someone looking worse.

sheepsteeth

i run 3 times a week, usually about 5 miles a time and i dont enjoy a single foot step but it is part of my job so i do it.

im sure running is bad for your body though.

Tartanyak

Fo' shizzle. Knackers the knees and brain, I'm sure. Many moons ago I hurt my knee quite badly and it's still a bit crap. I've only ever really hurt it walking/running now. Biking, fine.

There's nothing there to be enjoyed.

sheepsteeth

there are a massive number of people i work with who have knackered knees, shins andkles and lower backs from regular running. it keeps you fit, no doubt, but it renders your legs useless after a few years and certainly far too early in life.

Tartanyak

Not the most pleasent. But, needs to be done at the minute seeing as I have no other choice. I come over here for a couple of weeks at a time and I'm sick of building a bit of fitness up, then letting it plunge down again. It's painful. I put effort in over the last month or so on the bike - now I'm hoping running every couple of days will just maintain it without breaking me too much.

whyamihere

What I wasn't expecting was that it would be my CV system that got tired, rather than my legs. I was expecting my CV to be fine from cycling, but my legs to die due to different muscle usage.

Tartanyak

I alternate between extreme pain in my legs and extreme pain in my lungs.

Just got back, had shower and all that after another one. I saw myself in a window and my god, I look stupid.

foxc_uk

Running is definitely bad for you.
That's how I borked myself... still off sick etc. fecking rubbish

Tartanyak

It is indeed evil Hope it didn't do anything too bad to you!

KnightOfTheLongTights

you've probably all got pretty tight hammies from all that cycling as well

foxc_uk

Tartanyuk
I partially ruptured my Achilles. Bad times.

I'd had physio for it a few months ago, and got told I had exceptionally tight hammies, probably coz all of my sports are bent leg style - boarding, biking...sitting for England...

whyamihere

KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:

you've probably all got pretty tight hammies from all that cycling as well

Hands flat on the floor with knees straight.

So, no.

Willrideforcake

Running is the work of the devil. The only acceptable reason for running is if something with large/pointy teeth/claws is chasing you. Or if there's a pint at the other end.

Anonymous

Willrideforcake wrote:

Running is the work of the devil. The only acceptable reason for running is if something with large/pointy teeth/claws is chasing you. Or if there's a pint at the other end.

Well, one day, it's inevitable that something with big claws and pointy teeth is going to run after you. It happens to everyone at least 7 times in a lifetime (if they get away the first 6 times)
So it's best to practice running so it's not a one-time event.

I actually enjoy running. It's the zoned out trance-like state that I get a kick out of. Once I 've stopped, and showered, then it feels like my brain's had a nice reboot.
Haven't been for ages though.

whyamihere

I live just off a university campus, with a canal running through it which is used by all the runners around here.

On any given day, at almost any given hour, the towpath of said canal is teeming with the kind of sporty 18-20 years old girls you would chew your left bollock off to get near.

Basically, running is a fantastic excuse to perve.

Anonymous

I find that when I run, and am absolutely dripping sweat, is pretty much the only time I ever get girls saying "hi" in anything approaching a provocative manner.
Dunno if it's the whole "Oooh, big sweaty alpha-male" thing, but I definitely approve.

Andy

Tartanyak wrote:

I always feel very, very short running in this country.

I dont think thats country related...