What nobody told you about running.
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You really have to find your own pace. And intermediate stretching especially if you run long distances.0
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I'm finding it helps my anger problem. The sound of my feet hitting the ground resets my mind. I just wish we had safer places to run0
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IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »lindsayh87 wrote: »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
That's great to know!
I realized that might have sounded bad, but it really is good to know. I don't want to be caught out somewhere with an imminent oops just waiting to happen!0 -
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You get to flip off lots of people along roadside stretches, it's pretty fun.0
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Deviating from the purely physical, I submit a roughly chronological list of adjectives that runners cycle through to describe running over time:
- Hate
- Tolerate
- Like
- Love
- Need (This is when the trouble starts.)
Much better put than I could have ever stated, though I came here to try. This x10.
NEED - Funny, the feeling of need feels the same as 'hate/tolerate' felt and missing a day feels even worse
No physical 'fun' to speak of as previously posted. I probably own half of the Body Gilde company by now, with that said, issue free for years even after a back to back, half marathon / full marathons.0 -
1) Forget about keeping toenail polish on your toes and there will always be three toes nails that never need clipped.
2) You run better once you get those blisters/calluses and worn on the feet (my battle wounds). I do love the Body Glide!
3) Your neighbors may wave or not, and they all look at you like your a crazy person if you run in the slightest bit of rain. I never get wet, I am running.
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Trying to keep the breathing under control like this isn't your first run ever! Haha0
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The importance of dew point.
And yes, chafing. God, the chafing0 -
I remember the first time I ran 20 miles, I got back and someone was saying "Maybe you should go buy a shirt?" I didnt think much of it.
Then I took it off when I got home, and it looked like I had been shot in the boob.
Oh running...you're stupid, I hate you.1 -
You can't walk/run/drive by a Running Speciality store with out stopping to check out what's new, what's on sale!!!
Your Running shoe collection takes up 2 rows in the bottom of the closet.
Your Running clothes take up the rest of the closet.
Functionality beats out fashion - Color clashes are fine as long as it functions.
Fluorescent Lime Green - Orange etc are life savers.
You used to laugh at " Men in Tights" now you have 5 sets in rotation and 2 new ones waiting on the shelf.
A quick run around the park becomes longer and longer and longer. Buy multiple high quality headlamps now.
A bad day for driving due to weather is a great day for running.
Toe-nails will grow back.
Getting lost on a wilderness Bush Trail = Unplanned Long Run Day#2.
Walking from the parking Lot to the Coffee shop your breathing/heart rate drop to Normal in 30 steps or less.1 -
I learned there is such thing as morton's neuroma0
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pros: the high I get after a long run, a sense of accomplishment.
cons: When on a hot humid day, you run through a bunch of gnats that happen to go up your nose and your trying to hack it up.1 -
That if you don't get the right sports bra, your skin will chafe off in two of the worst places. And bodyglide is amazing.
Also, running clothes in August have a much shorter lifespan than gym wear.0 -
that women are pigs that honk and cat call just as much as men do, and i like it1
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Bumping into friends in the mother and baby aisle at the supermarket and having to explain that no, I'm not pregnant (I don't have kids, and at my age it would be a medical miracle), but I really do need the talcum powder and nappy rash lotion.0
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Hip pain0
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That you can push your body mentally and physically much further than you thought possible.
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That you'd get the weirdest sock tans!0
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Are there any tips to increasing the time length of running. Right now I'm just in the jogging stages. Half jog half walk, I know my weight is and issue but I would like to be able to increase my stamina. Helpful tips welcome (I'm in the 240 weight range)0
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