In My Head, This is What I Look Like When I Run...NOT

TinaDay1114
TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
My co-worker sent me this amazing video clip of the 2011 IAAF Track & Field World Championship race for the men's 10,000 meter race -- I thought you might enjoy seeing these guys run. Watching their movement is like watching gazelles run. And the win pulled out in the last seconds is amazing.

Inspiring. I love to run. But I think some folks are just "built" for this sport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqfB5lUgy2g&feature=player_embedded

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  • biddysaurus
    biddysaurus Posts: 156 Member
    haha! That's how I look when I run too!!! hahaha. Your post reminds me of this... there's often shirts and stuff at distance races that say "In my dreams I'm Kenyan". Those shirts always make me giggle because the Kenyan runners they are referring to are long lean muscular and FAST...and I'm short and stubby and "shuffle" more than I run. ;)
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    Soooo GOOOOD!!!

    Yes, this is how I look in my head!

    If only.....
  • shonasteele
    shonasteele Posts: 473
    Went out to do C25K this morning and asked daughter "Will it be mortifying for you when everyone on the bus sees me out there trying to run?" her: "No, they'll just think you're walking" Um, thanks, I guess. Better than saying yes, you look like a geriatric hustling to get to the bathroom in time.
  • blondie1238
    blondie1238 Posts: 182
    haha! That's how I look when I run too!!! hahaha. Your post reminds me of this... there's often shirts and stuff at distance races that say "In my dreams I'm Kenyan". Those shirts always make me giggle because the Kenyan runners they are referring to are long lean muscular and FAST...and I'm short and stubby and "shuffle" more than I run. ;)

    HAHA! I'm a "shuffler" too! I just saw a picture of myself from my last race, and it looks like I hardly take my feet off the ground! :tongue:
  • TinaDay1114
    TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
    biddy -- I call myself a "plodder" And I'm short too, so I feel your pain!
    karin -- I also sound like Beyonce when I sing in the shower (in my HEAD)
    shona -- hee hee...yep, better than the geriatric bathroom rush!!
  • Sonchie
    Sonchie Posts: 259 Member
    Love it! Watching races always gets me pumped!
  • katapple
    katapple Posts: 1,108 Member
    AWESOME! Yes, that's how I look too...never mind that I am a stubby 5'3" white girl....

    I was once asked to join a running group, she said it was great and they had runners from a 7:30 pace to a 9:30 pace. I told her I was more of a 10:30 pace. Her reply "Oh, you don't look that slow!" So...I guess I do look fast, must be those itty bitty legs having to take more steps than the rest ;-P
  • TinaDay1114
    TinaDay1114 Posts: 1,328 Member
    So...I guess I do look fast, must be those itty bitty legs having to take more steps than the rest ;-P

    Katie -- I think if your itty bitty legs are moving twice as much, that means that you're burning twice the calories. Either way, god bless those itty bitty legs! Your "after" pic is gorgeous, so you're doing something right! :flowerforyou:
  • katapple
    katapple Posts: 1,108 Member
    So...I guess I do look fast, must be those itty bitty legs having to take more steps than the rest ;-P

    Katie -- I think if your itty bitty legs are moving twice as much, that means that you're burning twice the calories. Either way, god bless those itty bitty legs! Your "after" pic is gorgeous, so you're doing something right! :flowerforyou:

    I wish! I only burn 90 cals/mile, it sucks! LOL Thanks!
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    This is what I look like running :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0Ta_DIWuU
  • katapple
    katapple Posts: 1,108 Member
    This is what I look like running :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0Ta_DIWuU

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Nothing like a good ol Friends episode to tell ya how it really is!
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