Husband and wife teams? (Read 868 times)

I was wondering how many people run/exercise with their significant others. I run with my wife pretty often and we tend to do pretty well--we both have fun. I know there are a few husband/wife teams on RA. Just kinda wondering...

did and I have talked about finding a triathlon relay of some sort--I would run, he would bike, and we'd need to find someone to do the swimming portion. I think that would be a really fun way for us to compete together. k

Ryan and I have only recently started running together. We've gone on a few 2-3 mile runs in the last couple weeks. He's completely supportive of my running addiction, but definitely doesn't share it. He only goes b/c I beg him and he knows it's good for him. He's way faster than me (b/c he's a foot taller than me) and I usually struggle to keep up, but he's not much of a runner. He played water polo all through h.s. and college and is much more comfortable in the water than on land. (Zooms, I think I've found you a swimmer for your tri.) We've been talking about biking together, however, I have a slight fear of bikes that I need to conquer first. We do take walks together with the dog and hike together. I'm going to keep woking on him about running with me. I think he'll eventually give in.

my husband and I sorta run together. After years and years of NOT seeing the joy in it (he used to bike while I ran), a few years of volunteering at Western States 100, and my gushing over how nice trail running was, inspired him and got him out there. He started a year ago June, ran his first 5k (trail) a year ago this coming weekend, and will run his first Marathon this Saturday. We don't really run "together", although we go to the trailhead together, and then wait for whoever ends up running the longest/furthest. He is faster than me, so only occasionally will I ask him to stay behind at a pace where I can keep him in sight (when there's been frequent sightings of mountain lions and bears). In fact, a few weeks ago we ran "together" for this reason. He ended up running ahead, then run back to find me, then run ahead again, then run back, etc. He said he felt like Samson (our dog) . He ended up going 1 mile further than me, in total (6 instead of 5, or something about that), doing this. It was nice to have him waiting for me. What running together has provided us with is a common interest (where before he was a Karate Man). We can appreciatte the details of planning nutirional needs and energy intake for our long runs. We can travel together and understand the "race" jitters. We can appreciate the others accomplishments. Offer each other advice. And our kids see us enjoying ourselves on our running "dates", another important condiseration. A very postive thing, overall.

dh and I ran everything together for years. Then he got a slight injury at work a couple of years ago and his knee has never been the same. He won't run anything more than a mile or 2 at a time and it has to be on the sand. So, no more races for us. He's healthy now, but being a lifeguard for 25+ years and 8 years until he can retire, he has to be careful.

My husband has been a runner for far longer than I have, but we can't run together because he's FAR too fast. I'm slow as molasses and he runs 19 minute 5Ks and 39 minute 10Ks and such. BUT...we coach a cross country team together at the high school where we both teach, so that's cool. And sometimes we sort of run together...we start the run together and he finishes like an hour before I do... He's got a profile on RA but he never posts or anything. He just set it up to keep a training log and for us to start a group for our XC team.

Follow up question would be how many husbands and wives on RA? I know of my wife and I, and Zoom and Did, and I think Rockenmam's dh is here somewhere as well. Maybe couples like their secret identities...

My wife (Stampgirljo) just joined this week. Since she's not pregnant at the moment, she's hoping to be able to run again.

I wish he liked running, but after 23 years in the US Marine Corps he will not run or wake up early if he doesn't absolutely have to. But once we went on a run and he said "that was fun, we should do it again. Maybe once a month." That was three months ago, and hasn't run with me since.