"anything you can do, i can do better" rant!

gingerfoxxx

I just had to share this. I was out with a group of friends discussing how i am starting to train for my first half marathon. This is pretty outside the norm for my very unathletic group of friends. My one friend starts bragging about how he could do it without any training, and he runs 10 miles multiple times a week. Now - this is all being said with a cigerrette in hand as he orders his 6th beer.

Are there really people who can drink every night, smoke a pack a day, and then run ten miles on a belly full of junk food? Because i do none of these things, and i don't know if i could run 10 miles at this stage. Hearing that just made me want to give up!

JenniCH

Hmm this person MIGHT be able to but I'm tempted to call bullsh*t on that one... I'd find it highly unlikely. But don't ever let anyone ELSE or what they do or say make YOU give up on your goals!! You are doing this for you, not anyone else.

zudleymarie

Ditto. I call shenanigans on that.

RochelleBlack

Um, yeah. I'd agree. You should have asked him to train with you

LorinaLynn

Ask him if you can jog with him. :devil:

koosdel

Lol! I seriously doubt it. Ask him to run with you...

ChunTingO

hhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm.....NOt! LOL

b00b0084

I am a pack a day smoker and am currently training for a Warrior Dash run, and its not that hard being a smoker.

Mindful_Trent

You could invite him to run with you... but at the end of the day, does it really matter what he can/can't do? Life will always be full of people making comments that are unappreciated and that have the potential to make us feel bad, but it's up to you to decide not to let that happen. You're doing what you need to do for yourself - there's no value in comparing yourself to anyone else. So don't let your cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking, junk-food-eating friend get you down, regardless of whether or not he can *really* run like he claims.

Krizzle4Rizzle

Definite Shenanigins!

VegGrrl

Some people, like Keith Richards, defy all logic when it comes to what their health SHOULD be like due to their vices...(And don't you just hate those people?! lol)

Tic_Tac_Toe

I know people that have an atheletic body and still smoke & drink every week. Some people can do it! Not saying, it is a good thing but it can happen. Some of those men that you see with a beer in one hand & a cig in the other do hard labor all day long.

LauraKB

Do you realy care that much? Most people are full of ShXX anyway... keep training and doing what is good for you. That's all that matters!

chrisyoung0422

I have plenty of friends who (when we were in our 20's) could party all night and get up and workout like it was no thing. I find it hard to believe but then again who really cares if he can. Its about you...

kimmerroze

It doesn't matter either way, simply because you may not be a natural runner, while other may be...

so work with what you are given and dont' worry about what others can or cant do..

KatieM7

Don't let what someone else says get you down. If it is something that you really want to do then go for it and do it. My experience is that people say rude things to try to get you feeling down because they are unhappy with their life. :flowerforyou: I would invite him to run with you.

gingerfoxxx

Everyone is very right. Despite being frustrated by, that my training will continue, because some of us need to train for these things! I guess i was just overly sensitive to it because i do get insecure about my athletic capabilities. Although he is conveniently avoiding all my offers to meet up for a run in the next couple weeks, haha. I do secretly wish i could drink all night with my friends and still run in the morning, though! c'est la vie!

arc918

Invite him to sign up for the race and train with him.

The beauty of running & racing is you are only competing with yourself.

anubis609

I just had to share this. I was out with a group of friends discussing how i am starting to train for my first half marathon. This is pretty outside the norm for my very unathletic group of friends. My one friend starts bragging about how he could do it without any training, and he runs 10 miles multiple times a week. Now - this is all being said with a cigerrette in hand as he orders his 6th beer.

Are there really people who can drink every night, smoke a pack a day, and then run ten miles on a belly full of junk food? Because i do none of these things, and i don't know if i could run 10 miles at this stage. Hearing that just made me want to give up!

I was able to do 3 out of 4 of those activities. I separated the ten miles apart from a belly full of junk food.

cmriverside

The Anything -you- can- do- I- can- do- better-friend.


Gotta love 'em. Not. I just broke up with one friend who is like that all. the . time. :grumble:

lilRicki

I always said that about school, I'm not naturally smart, but I worked my *kitten* off and got a good GPA...some people are just naturally atheletic no matter how much they abuse their body...if you're anything like me, I'm not naturally athletic either...some people have to train 10 times harder than someone else, doesn't mean you're worse at it than he is...and it doesn't mean he's going to run the race with you...be ABLE to do it, and ACTUALLY doing it are two very different things...be proud of where YOU are and how far you've come..

b00b0084

The Anything -you- can- do- I- can- do- better-friend.


Gotta love 'em. Not. I just broke up with one friend who is like that all. the . time. :grumble:

same here, a 12 year friendship ended because of that

mishelnkiki

smoker here, and while ive never done 10 miles, i have made it 5. training for my first 5k by the end of summer, and then plans on a half marathon. makes it MUCH harder to breath, but it is most def possible! just throwing that out there. some people are just naturally fit, regardless of their bad habits. i hate those kindsa people. well, dont hate, but maybe envy. yes imma hater. lol.