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22 Replies Last post: Aug 26, 2007 9:37 PM by totaleffort Go to original post 1 2 Previous Next

Nobby063

630 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

15. Aug 25, 2007 7:08 PM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

Three out of five times. Maybe four... ;o)

mrinertia

1,356 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

16. Aug 25, 2007 7:16 PM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

I cannot sepperate running from the way it makes me feel. The action always precedes the benefit.

When I run, I am free. There is nothing but me, the square foot of ground that my feet are touching and the air the touches my skin and rolls fluidly down my throat into my lungs. No matter how slow I run, it is faster than job stress, marital stress, worry and sorrow. Those things cannot catch me when I run. It is the process by which I reach out with my will, grab my environment, pull it towards me and move it behind me. Running is a path of power. It is both infinitely simple and infinitely challenging and no more and no less meaning than I attach to it. There are so few things in life that empower me like running does. Since I love this feeling of power, this connection between me and my life, the strength is affords me and piece of mind that comes with it, I will say that, by extension, I love to run.

grstults

51 posts since
Nov 19, 2007

17. Aug 26, 2007 12:11 AM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

quote:<HR>Originally posted by RunnersHigh43:
Exactly! That jealous feeling you get in your gut when you see someone else out for a run and you either didn't or couldn't. When you have that feeling, you obviously love it.

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Ditto. I realized this right before my first half-marathon last week when I was supposed to take the day off before the race . . . well it was a gorgeous Saturday and I felt like everywhere I turned I saw someone out for a run and all I could think was "I really really wanna be running right now" and this pang of jealousy towards everyone that was running when I wasn't. Even though I knew I was set to run 13.1 the next day . . . had a great race and enjoyed it all (except towards the end of a really long hill at the last part of the race). It's a great change to go from dreading my scheduled run (when I was just starting to run) to looking forward to my next run!

superburtm

140 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

18. Aug 26, 2007 4:06 AM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

LOVE TO RUN

catwoman73

105 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

19. Aug 26, 2007 10:29 AM

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Re: Do you love to run?

I LOVE to run. I never thought I would hear myself say that a year ago when I first started, but here I am, a year later, loving every second I spend pounding the pavement. I love the time I spend out there, I love how I feel for the rest of the day.

I especially love the lessons running has taught me about myself. I have learned to be patient and allow things to progress at a rate that my body (not my mind) dictates. This was huge for me- I have never been a very patient person. This patience has transferred in to other areas of my life as well- I am much more patient and understanding at work and at home since I started running. Just ask DH! My body image has also changed a great deal. I love my muscular legs, and the way I look when I come home from a run- sweaty, content and relaxed. Running has changed my perception of beauty.

Running has had nothing but positive effects in my life. DH and I are planning to start a family within the next year, and I can only hope that I will be a better parent as a result of my running!

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goindownsouth

469 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

20. Aug 26, 2007 11:10 AM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

I used to weigh 335 lbs. I was diagnosed with an arachnoid cyst that is slowly eating away at my sacrum. I could not walk without pain. Now I weigh somewhere around 235 lbs on a 6-foot frame. I was not able to get into running until I was at about 275. I run because, even if for only that time, I feel like I can do anything. I am not setting any kind of record pace... My long runs are probably at about an 11-min mile.

Running has been the only fitness activity that has really stuck with me. I would be lost without it. Sure, I only run 4 days a week, and I am a bit of a lumbering clydesdale - sakes I hate that word - but it really has freed me...

Just my $.02...

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milerbonnie

100 posts since
Nov 10, 2007

21. Aug 26, 2007 1:59 PM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

I love running except when it is the Summer in Florida and 90+ degrees with heat indices over 100! Grrrr.

Seriously, I love the feeling of motion, passing trees, houses, people. I love the feeling of effort, racing, adrenaline, and comaradarie. So I guess there are times when I love the way it makes me feel and there are other times when I love it as an end in itself. There are times when training is super hard and I don't love it so much, but I always rebound.

I'm not addicted. I don't get "runners high". I do miss it dearly when I can't run and get antsy as you describe, but there is certainly more to life than running.

totaleffort

280 posts since
Feb 10, 2006

22. Aug 26, 2007 9:37 PM

in response to: lolly75

Re: Do you love to run?

Closing in on 100,000 miles so running has been my best friend for a long tme. Always there for me and keeps me healthy , fit , happy with constant anticipation of what the next run will bring. Best mind cleanser in the world and sets me up ( morning runner) positively for the day ahead , Prepares me for the next race yet still run for the Zen of it all .

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