Does anyone just really enjoy running?

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  • patrickfish7
    patrickfish7 Posts: 190 Member
    Used to hate it, now love it. Getting out early in the morning, sights and sounds or nature etc adds to it. You can go anywhere when running but you cant lug a treadmill up a canyon or down a valley :smile:
  • RunnerElizabeth
    RunnerElizabeth Posts: 1,091 Member
    I hated running when i couldn't do it. Now that i can, I love it. I think it's fun.

    About the other part of your post, sure you would be able to build up to 10 miles in that amount of time if you worked at it. I went from being able to only run 15 minutes to finishing my first half marathon in 5 months. And I wasn't fast, my goal was just to finish, but I finished in 2:22 feeling great, which I thought was a success for my first one. That was Oct. 2012 and right now I'm training for my 5th in February.
  • ItsMeGee3
    ItsMeGee3 Posts: 13,254 Member
    I love running! Running is my "ME" time, my think time, MY time! I can solve the world's problems after a good long run. Not to mention that I can probably move the world too! Running keeps me sane.
  • frank6666
    frank6666 Posts: 48 Member
    Definitely possible to train for a 10K in 6 months. I used to hate running but a couple of months ago with some friends we decided to challenge ourselves and enrolled for an half marathon next April. At this point I can run 10K at an acceptable speed (acceptable for me but still slow)

    Now I am working on getting the distance and improving the speed

    There are tons of good race training web sites out there. Some of them will offer training plans (free) adapted to your current fitness condition and the amount of time per week you can go out and run

    From personnal experience I would say the good way to start is to start slooooooowwww. Short distances, very very slow pace. Otherwise you get discouraged because you can't run the distance or keep a faster pace. Distance and speed all come later during the training.

    The intervals trainings included in the training plans are really effective (from my point of view). At first I did not see the point to run fast short runs (fast intervals) if in the end I wanted to run a 21K. It helps improve the machine!

    Good luck with your run
  • mamma_nee
    mamma_nee Posts: 809 Member
    Hate it with a passion LOL I can walk forever though!
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I LOVE it. Can't wait until the weather gets a little nicer out. I don't run when it is icy. I signed up for a 10K in April. LOVE IT!
  • amiehope71
    amiehope71 Posts: 3
    No I hate it. I started slow with walking and I would stick in walking up to 4.0 and up hill set at 10 for 1 min. Then back down for a few and repeat it as long as I could. One day I realized I was running (slow) but running almost the whole time and I got up to running a mile in 8 min. That was so cool. Good luck.
  • librarygirlontherun
    librarygirlontherun Posts: 32 Member
    I do! I have been running for 35 years. I am 51 years old and have done SEVERAL 1/2 marthons and am training for my first full marathon OKLAHOMA CITY MEMORIAL MARATHON at the end of April.
  • asilmegan34
    asilmegan34 Posts: 256 Member
    If I can give you some advice... Yes it is possible to do 10 miles in 6 months. I encourage you to do the couch to 5k program to start up. My advice is to not do too much too quickly. That is what I did (training for a half in 6 months) and now my knee is swollen and messed up from overtraining.

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