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The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:29 am
by goroth
Do we have one of these yet?
If not: I like running. I like it a lot. I'm not particularly good at it but I dig it.
Currently training for a half marathon in May - Göteborgsvarvet. I'll have to see how training goes but here's my sliding scale of goals:
> 2 hours: depressed for a month
Under 2:00 = slightly bummed
Under 1:55 = neutral
Under 1:50 = happy
Under 1:45 = buying champagne
There's no real point to this post or thread. If you like running and want to post something moderately relevant go for it.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:46 am
by coldbrightsunlight
I love running! I'm currently building back up after a bit of a winter slump, trying to decide what half marathon to sign up for (probably summer), because I like having the goal as motivation to go out nearly every day.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:55 am
by D.o.S.
ew.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:59 am
by futuresailors
Have fun with shitty knees and dying early.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:47 pm
by Greenfuz
I think I could run for maybe a few minutes before I cough up half my insides and collapse into a puddle
Re: The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:53 pm
by antennafarm
love-hate relationship with running. mostly "love to hate," hyuk.
unfortunately, now with back issues, running pretty much just feels like getting kicked in the tailbone.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:57 pm
by Achtane
D.o.S. wrote:ew.
futuresailors wrote:Have fun with shitty knees and dying early.
Greenfuz wrote:I think I could run for maybe a few minutes before I cough up half my insides and collapse into a puddle
Re: The running thread
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:59 pm
by Eivind August
Running is great. Love running around in forests, jumping over natural obstacles and stuff. Not running on asphalt, though.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:23 pm
by cedarskies
i love to run, but then i always end up getting too excited about it and end up sidelined for a little while. woods is best, but running in the same woods all the time is boring. so i always end up on the roads at night. all this run talk, i'm going to go for a run right now.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:26 pm
by hbombgraphics
I love t Run,
winter here has been brutal, gotta get back int it.
hope you crush that half Goroth!
Re: The running thread
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:55 am
by goroth
hbombgraphics wrote:I love t Run,
winter here has been brutal, gotta get back int it.
hope you crush that half Goroth!
I mean, a half marathon isn't too hard to just you know, make the distance, but I'd really like to do a decent time. Pretty pumped and it's nice to have a goal with my training. Gotta start doing some intervals. But I don't want to hahaha. Also have to start doing some hill training - the last couple of kilometers of the track for the half marathon are up an incline that is steep enough to kill you at the end, but not steep enough to make it look like anything serious. Cheeky.
Monkey - come over and run the Stockholm half marathon at the end of the summer!
http://www.stockholmhalvmarathon.se/Sta ... m?Lan_ID=3But it's super expensive.
A shorter, but super fun race is the Midnattsloppet - which is run at night through central Stockholm.
http://midnattsloppet.com/en/stockholm/
Re: The running thread
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:17 am
by coldbrightsunlight
I'll think about it! Stockholm seemed like a beautiful city when I went recently and I was disappointed I didn't get to spend enough time there...
It is on the pricy side though, and that's ignoring the cost of getting there and being there for the weekend. On the cards if I can convince some friends to go and make a bit of a holiday out of it.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:19 pm
by sears
I run a hilly three miles a day in half an hour. Never run a race or played a sport. No desire to compete. I run for my mental health and because I can't afford a gym. I've gradually become a barefoot style runner in some zero drop New Balances.
Tendonitis sucks but running has gradually helped me get to know my body. The tendonitis coalesced around my Achilles so I started icing which enabled me to run longer between the forced breaks. Then I started getting sick to my stomach which led (after a year of trial and error) to giving up gluten, which cleared up my tendonitis. I still ice out of habit. Since giving up gluten I actually have muscle tone in my calves and I can run every day.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:29 pm
by goroth
Awesome!
I really enjoy the loneliness of running (hi Iron Maiden). I never run with music, just a metronome. Awesome for clearing your head. At the pace I run only compete for the chance to improve myself, and for the adrenalin kick you get from running with thousands of people.
Last year I ran a seeding qualifier thing for the half marathon. It was only 10 km and I ran my best time ever - I think it was a tick under 47 minutes. And I was so boned. The last 500 metres were hell. What I love though was that the guy who ran the fastest did it in like 33 minutes or something. And I bet that last 500 felt like crap too. Same goes for the guy who made it in just under an hour. It's kinda cool seeing everyone trying their guts out, and their individual performance levels are maxed, but relative to each other there is no relation. Like, the guy who "won", he could literally have walked the last 4 mm and still finished before me haha. I love it.
Re: The running thread
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:53 pm
by hbombgraphics
goroth wrote:Awesome!
I really enjoy the loneliness of running (hi Iron Maiden). I never run with music, just a metronome. Awesome for clearing your head. At the pace I run only compete for the chance to improve myself, and for the adrenalin kick you get from running with thousands of people.
Last year I ran a seeding qualifier thing for the half marathon. It was only 10 mm and I ran my best time ever - I think it was a tick under 47 minutes. And I was so boned. The last 500 metres were hell. What I love though was that the guy who ran the fastest did it in like 33 minutes or something. And I bet that last 500 felt like crap too. Same goes for the guy who made it in just under an hour. It's kinda cool seeing everyone trying their guts out, and their individual performance levels are maxed, but relative to each other there is no relation. Like, the guy who "won", he could literally have walked the last 4 mm and still finished before me haha. I love it.
Probably the cool part of running is that you compete with yourself and that the last lap is killer for everyone.
I trained with a kid last year so he could do a 5k it was fun, but I went out and ran by myself a few times a week because I also like the loneliness of it.
nice sig btw