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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
rectumdamnnearkilledem
e all the experience here - I have slowed down my pace based on what I've read, and feel better as a result. I was a sprinter in track many years ago, so the concept of pace is new to me.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
Re: the arthritis thing. I have had troublesome knees since puberty...like an old woman I could predict the weather with my joints. Since I started running my knee discomforts have reduced by at least half. In fact, this is the best my knees have felt in all of my adult life.
Another point made was that both high and low intensity physical activity improve functional status, gait, aerobic capacity, and reduce pain. Also contributes to weight loss, which is a separate risk factor itself. I think the evidence certainly points to the benefits. Probably the bigger issue is lack of a coach/trainer, or knowledge about a resource like this website to instruct beginners in technique and what to do if you have pain (and what to look for in shoes, and why you shouldn't run in 15 year old tennis shoes, and ...). I've learned a lot in the past week. Andy
Bugs
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
I recently got a new doc and their practice is called "Family and Sports Medicine." If you're lucky enough to find someone with that in their practice's title, you'll probably be happy. I went to check them out because they sponsored the 5k I ran a few weeks ago. Needless to say, I feel pretty lucky in this regard.
Oh, that is excellent. One-stop shopping!
The Greatest of All Time
Kind of like visiting Scout's mom.
New Haven 08
200 mile bike trip in three days with sleeping gear and change.
Get the Saturday running club back up.
Run below 8 minutes per mile for 6 miles.
LPH
"Today I broke my record for most consecutive days lived!"
Honest to God, if I ever hear a doctor tell me this - I plan to lay back on that stupid foam table with the crunchy rolled-out paper on it ... ... and laugh my fool head off. For like ten straight minutes. I'm going to point at the doctor approximately every two minutes, and then start laughing harder, like he's the funniest damn thing I ever saw. As my laughter finally begins to taper off a bit, I plan to get up and go examine his diploma. Very carefully. And then sigh and roll my eyes. Maybe I'll ask for a transcript. At some point, I'll be sure to ask where he keeps the leaches and the drill to put holes in patients' heads. Then I'll wipe the tears still streaming down my face, pick up my cell phone, and call my insurance company as a I leave the office - and very loudly apologize for the bill they'll soon be getting from this quack.