Any Chunky Runners Out There?

jmcreynolds
jmcreynolds Posts: 12 Member
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Add me if you've got the running bug, would love to share tips and get new ideas for 2013!
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  • ShrinkingShona
    ShrinkingShona Posts: 218 Member
    Chunky runner here at your service. Well, it's a stretch to call me a runner since I am only really a couple of weeks into C25K, but i really enjoy it. I'd love to be able to eventually do a marathon. Hell, a marathon in each state of the US would be an incredible achievement. Has Dean Karnazes even done that?

    Anyway, for a runner I think I'm super chunky (233lobs with 60lbs still to lose) and I definitely look like the saddest person on the treadmill in the morning, but what the hell. I couldn't really walk a mile this time last year so who knows what this year has in store?
  • haley98110
    haley98110 Posts: 65 Member
    If I could run I would definitely qualify for a chunky runner. But I have no lungs. I tried the C25k for like 2 days and wanted to die. Wow that's sad. I wish I could catch the running bug that seems to be going around to all my friends and family.
  • Sharkington
    Sharkington Posts: 485
    I don't consider myself chunky, but I absolutely love running, so I would like to add ya!
  • Kari089
    Kari089 Posts: 109 Member
    chunky runner here.. ;) got the bug last year and I love it! feel free to add me
  • jen10st
    jen10st Posts: 325 Member
    I'm a getting-less-chunky-with-every-run runner :) feel free to add me x
  • goron59
    goron59 Posts: 890 Member
    Feeling chunky at the moment, and got the running bug in 2011, but spent much of 2012 recovering from stress fractures (oops) so getting back to it this year slowly and carefully!

    I'm 40lb over my /bmi/ ideal weight. Can knock out a 5k or more, but keep my runs between 3.5 to 5k, and now plan on 2 or 3 runs per week. Rain or shine.

    Feel free to add me, and anyone else on this thread :)

    Also, I track my runs on Endomondo - http://www.endomondo.com/profile/1658189
  • hjy319
    hjy319 Posts: 269 Member
    Chunky runner here!
  • hula808
    hula808 Posts: 172 Member
    Thats me! Ill give you an add : )
  • bonjour24
    bonjour24 Posts: 1,119 Member
    chunky runner here! i'm usually the chunkiest one out there, plodding along at the back of the race! but i don't care. i've been running for 2 years- started with c25k (well, i had to work up to being able to start c25k!), and have been going ever since! i've run a bunch of halves and 2 fulls now :-) and i'm still effing chunky- it's a cruel twist of fate!
  • RissaRoo007
    RissaRoo007 Posts: 42
    Yep! Serious love/hate relationship with running. Working my way up to (hopefully) my first half marathon this July :)
  • Jackie80taylor
    Jackie80taylor Posts: 76 Member
    i'm a chunky runner/jogger lol i started running last may and completed the birmingham half marathon in october :-)

    i havent really ran since then tho but defiantly looking to get back into it now that christmas is over...
  • chubbygirl253
    chubbygirl253 Posts: 1,309 Member
    I'm Laura. I am new to running but I absolutely luv it! I started c25k in August at over 300 lbs and finished in December. Ran my first 5k in December too and I'm signed up for my next one in a couple weeks. (current weight 272) I want to run a 10k before 2013 is over.
  • BluNinjaneer
    BluNinjaneer Posts: 32 Member
    I, too, am a C25K convert, although I am on the back side of "chunky" (in the words of Gabriel Iglesias, I am "damn!"), and the slow side of "running" (my best 5K time is 39:42... thank you downhill course!).

    I'm hoping that by surrounding myself virtually with people who aren't Usain Bolt (like the folks in my local Y seem to emulate), I will stay focused and achieve my goal of either running a faster 5K or increasing my endurance and tackling a 10K or 1/2 marathon.

    Cheers!
  • BrionyLou
    BrionyLou Posts: 7 Member
    I definitely fit into that category - I completed my first half marathon last year in 2:27:43 and this year I want to run at a much improved pace.

    Feel free to add me :)
  • amehrkens
    amehrkens Posts: 162 Member
    Add me to the chunky runner list. My sister is a runner and she convinced me to the a 5k with her last winter and I was hooked. I think I did 6 or 7 5ks last summer. I am not fast by any means, but I love the sense of accomplishment when the race if over!
  • amyoc3
    amyoc3 Posts: 18
    i've got the running bug. i love the 1/2 marathon distance. i was once a chunky runner, but have leaned down a lot since i've been running. so you an add me if you like. i love to talk about running!
  • anneliesepiguet1
    anneliesepiguet1 Posts: 2
    Chunky runner here . Isigned myself up for a half in april so all the running motivation and friends would be awesome:smile:
  • amez1974
    amez1974 Posts: 213 Member
    *waving*. Me too! I ran my first races last year and this year I want to improve my time and run a 10k.
  • ipsamet
    ipsamet Posts: 436 Member
    Hey that's me! Training for my first half marathon and still pretty damn chunky.
  • leenie96
    leenie96 Posts: 65
    I love this lol I just started running this week again, hoping to keep it up!
  • gonecrazywith4
    gonecrazywith4 Posts: 12
    chunky runner here too :) Training for my first half (well first run EVER) in January! (Disney Tink)
    Melissa
  • ingibjorgin
    ingibjorgin Posts: 1 Member
    Hi !

    Yeah, I´m a chunky runner for sure. Started running almost exactly a year ago. Last Winter I ran rain, shine, snow always three times a week. Then I fell off the Wagon and in the Fall I was good if I managed one run a week. Now New Year new me, lets hope. My goal is to run 10k in August. I can run 5k without dying, but no more than that, I´m sort of stuck there. Need motivation and advice and can perhaps give one in return. So add me if you like.
  • maryjay52
    maryjay52 Posts: 557 Member
    im chunky and im starting to train myself to run . i have a few runs i would like to participate in this year , one being in march for an 8k .. my goal is not to come in last place lol
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    I'm just starting out as walking is becoming too easy now... But I'm still a little shy about it.. :embarassed:
  • dragonfly_em
    dragonfly_em Posts: 122 Member
    me! working up to 10k in may. gone from barely managing to walk/run 3k to doing almost 7 with most of it jogging. loving it once i'm up and running but it's an effort to get me out the door. it's not a pretty sight tho...but i don't care
  • Emma_V
    Emma_V Posts: 4 Member
    Defiantly a chunky runner here! Starting c25km next week - should be less chunky by the end. Add me if you want to.
  • Strength2Succeed
    Strength2Succeed Posts: 126 Member
    Add me in!!! I am looking to get back into running and would love the tips and motivation!! Thanks a bunch :)
  • Grandmasboy2852
    Grandmasboy2852 Posts: 127
    Man, this topic had my name all over it... then I looked at all the people replying and the original poster... I guess I need to look for posts about Obese Runners. Cuz if you guys are chunky... man It's not looking good for me at 255. haha
  • closenre
    closenre Posts: 225 Member
    I sure used to be but I am pretty much at goal weight. My whole story is in my profile but that is beside the point. I run 30 to 40 miles a week and currently training for the tobacco road marathon on march 17th. I also have a half marathon scheduled on Feb 2nd. Add me if you want to. I love talking about running and will try to keep you motivated!
  • amez1974
    amez1974 Posts: 213 Member
    Man, this topic had my name all over it... then I looked at all the people replying and the original poster... I guess I need to look for posts about Obese Runners. Cuz if you guys are chunky... man It's not looking good for me at 255. haha

    :) When I started running I weighed over 70 lbs more then my current weight-just 20 to go now.

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