What nobody told you about running.

IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
edited November 29 in Fitness and Exercise
I just started a running program and thought it would be great to hear what everyone's experiences has been. I made this thinking about another thread, 'What nobody told you about loosing weight.' Which I think is helpful as well. Thanks in advance!

So far I learned that my lips get really chapped after I run. It's more like wind chapped, not dehydrated chapped.
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  • scottish_laura_13
    scottish_laura_13 Posts: 69 Member
    my nose runs :( especially when it colder - very snotty!
  • Clarewho
    Clarewho Posts: 494 Member
    The heckling - I never knew that was a thing before :lol:
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited February 2016
    yes to the snot and dry lips!! I always have a hanky to hand and lashings of Vaseline to the lips before a run...
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    chafing. in unnameable places
  • FatMoojor
    FatMoojor Posts: 483 Member
    That it takes a long time for toenails to regrow!
  • chewyxrage
    chewyxrage Posts: 56 Member
    You eventually run far/long enough to have to put Vaseline on your nips to prevent chafing :)
  • adescut
    adescut Posts: 19 Member
    How much of it is mental.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    FatMoojor wrote: »
    That it takes a long time for toenails to regrow!

    Not to mention black toenails.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    Bloody nipples
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    chewyxrage wrote: »
    You eventually run far/long enough to have to put Vaseline on your nips to prevent chafing :)

    I learned to love Body Glide.
  • terrie_k
    terrie_k Posts: 406 Member
    How much shoes really do make a difference
    -I have a love/hate relationship with running, my friend is the only person that motivates me to go on a weekly run
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    I used to swear that I would only run when chased. 4 years, multiple 5Ks, a handful of 10Ks, and 2 half-marathons later and now I'm addicted.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    Definitely the toenails thing. My shoes fit, but after 10-12 miles or so those babies are goners regardless.

    I also didn't realize that there would come a point where I really would have an "easy pace" and be able to run for hours without being out of breath at that pace. I honestly had no idea that it could get so easy. I mean, I'm still not fast and if I try to run an eight min mile or less it's rough going, but I can mosey along at a nine minute mile more or less indefinitely and that's kind of amazing.
  • furmickc
    furmickc Posts: 43 Member
    That what used to be a long run can become a short run. I started out running 5K's and felt like a super hero when I did my first 10K. This past weekend, I ran my first 50K, and am signing up for another one at the end of this month.
  • kathyk519
    kathyk519 Posts: 197 Member
    That you can crave it.

    That sometimes it takes a couple of miles to really get into a run.
  • Char231023
    Char231023 Posts: 700 Member
    How clear your mind gets. It almost like meditation time for me.

    How additive it is.
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    That I'm less likely to get angry or depressed after I've gotten my run in.

    The huge sense of accomplishment I get after I log every single run.
  • Aed0416
    Aed0416 Posts: 101 Member
    I was surprised by how welcoming and supportive the running community is.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    My tong freezes over, and no, it doesn't hang out of my mouth. Waiting for the moment where I get frost bite on my tong :D
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    How when I was younger I loathed running with a passion, now if I don't get a run in I turn into a real *itch.
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    How quickly your body responds to the extra work.

    A 30 second jog for me was almost thoroughly undoable when I started last year, but within just a couple of months, I was already up to completing a 5k without stopping, and that was at nearly 275lbs.

    Unfortunately, my body didn't like moving that much weight that far, and I suffered an achilles injury which kept me out of any real cardio for the last six months. I've only been back at it for five weeks now, but I'm already back up to two 1.75 mile sets with a short break between them.
  • lindsayh87
    lindsayh87 Posts: 167 Member
    I always hated running and never thought I would like it, now I need it. I wish I could run every day but "they" say not to do more than like 4 a week.

    Also...runners poop. TMI maybe but for me if I don't time my meals properly at about 3.5 miles I always have to poop
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    adescut wrote: »
    How much of it is mental.

    This!
  • KathyApplebaum
    KathyApplebaum Posts: 188 Member
    peleroja wrote: »
    I mean, I'm still not fast and if I try to run an eight min mile or less it's rough going, but I can mosey along at a nine minute mile
    That's fast in my book! My all-day-pace is 13, and I can bump it up to 11 for that last quarter mile of the race. If I'm going 9, I'm being chased by a bear. :smiley:

  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
    Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
    FatMoojor wrote: »
    That it takes a long time for toenails to regrow!

    Not to mention black toenails.
    peleroja wrote: »
    Definitely the toenails thing. My shoes fit, but after 10-12 miles or so those babies are goners regardless.

    I also didn't realize that there would come a point where I really would have an "easy pace" and be able to run for hours without being out of breath at that pace. I honestly had no idea that it could get so easy. I mean, I'm still not fast and if I try to run an eight min mile or less it's rough going, but I can mosey along at a nine minute mile more or less indefinitely and that's kind of amazing.

    I prefer how my shoes fit, too. I find it takes about 13 months for the toenail to grow back enough to lose it, again - as opposed to blisters every time I run if I go up half a size. I'm ok with that trade.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    KathyApplebaum wrote: »
    peleroja wrote: »
    I mean, I'm still not fast and if I try to run an eight min mile or less it's rough going, but I can mosey along at a nine minute mile
    That's fast in my book! My all-day-pace is 13, and I can bump it up to 11 for that last quarter mile of the race. If I'm going 9, I'm being chased by a bear. :smiley:

    Well, it's not going to get me qualifying for the Boston anytime soon, is all I meant. I'm at more of a "happy hobby runner" pace than a competitive one and I don't see that changing without a serious increase in mileage and tempo/hill/interval training sessions, which I don't really have the time or inclination for.

    I hang out on Reddit a bit at r/running and there if you're not running a six minute mile they don't know why you bother, haha. I don't let it bother me because I'm thrilled that I finally like running and feel good doing it, but it's pretty sobering to see how much farther you can go with it, I guess. I get so proud of myself for running 13.1 in under 2 hours but there are plenty of women out there shaving half an hour off that even at local races so it's all relative.
  • ironsue
    ironsue Posts: 17 Member
    My toes get sore when I run sometimes. I tried rubbing clove oil on them and it worked. I was shocked. I just started training for my 2nd half marathon. My first half was in 2007. I was running about a 10-11 min mile in 5k's. I am surprised at how slow I am on a treadmill and how slow a pace it takes to get my heart into a zone 3 (endurance) 17 min. mile. I hope I get better soon. About 10 weeks left until the run!
  • L_Master
    L_Master Posts: 354 Member
    - Most runs don't have too, and shouldn't, be hard or taxing sessions
    - How addicting it can get
    - That not listening to your body when you're dealing with a potential injury (as opposed to some soreness or random niggles) can REALLY set you back
    - How important being lean is if you want to run fast
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