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| What does your HUSBAND / WIFE / LOVER hate most about your running? (Read 1472 times) |
Giant |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 1:36 PM |
| He says I'm going to have that runners' look, loose skin that saggs, skinny legs, all wrinkled because I run in the sun, etc, etc, etc... |
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posted: 4/28/2008 at 8:50 PM |
| MY DH hates that he can't run anymore (a degenerative neurological disorder) so he's happy to run vicariously through me. He totally cheers me on. |
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PudgyRunner |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 9:22 PM |
| So far, I'd say that he can't stand how much I talk about it. I try not to, but I get so excited when I get back from a run. It's either him or the cats. I almost feel bad for the poor guy. My friends and the rest of my family are safe though. I tone it down more with them. |
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| view log The Terminator |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 9:39 PM
modified: 4/28/2008 at 9:40 PM |
| She would probably say she hates listening to me talk about running, or worse, making her join me on a run. |
| "In the South, the cotillion of Machiavelli is played as a soft-shoe, in three-quarter time." - Pat Conroy |
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Coach |
posted: 4/28/2008 at 11:50 PM |
| Quote from Julia Sugarbaker on 4/28/2008 at 9:39 PM: She would probably say she hates listening to me talk about running, or worse, making her join me on a run.
I would often come home all excited because I would run some distance in some time and my wife would sense my excitement and say. "Wow! That is great." Later I tested her and came home and said that I ran a PR - 5K in 1 hour 56 minutes! She told me how proud she was. This proved she had no concept of running times, so I made her memorize my PR's. This ended up backfiring on me because now I can't even come close. Oh well.! 
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| view log learning to soar |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 12:30 AM |
Oh, this one's easy: "How can you need new $100 shoes? You just got new ones eight weeks ago!" This is just about getting more shoes!"
Well, not exactly . . . |
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posted: 4/29/2008 at 2:16 PM
modified: 4/29/2008 at 2:18 PM |
| Quote from VixiDu on 4/29/2008 at 12:30 AM: Oh, this one's easy: "How can you need new $100 shoes? You just got new ones eight weeks ago!" This is just about getting more shoes!"
Well, not exactly . . .
My economic stimulus deposit should be in this week... already planning to order a new pair or two. My wife isn't too happy about that since I just ordered a pair earlier this month.  |
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posted: 4/29/2008 at 2:37 PM |
| I think she misses the time we used to spend together watching TV after the kids are in bed. These days that is the only time I have to run. Good news is that she started the C25k program yesterday. Anyone have an idea of a small gift I could get her to encourage her to stick with it? |
"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better."
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posted: 4/29/2008 at 2:38 PM |
| Quote from runningwild on 4/29/2008 at 2:37 PM: Anyone have an idea of a small gift I could get her to encourage her to stick with it?
How about a simple heart rate monitor?
Or maybe a log book if she's not doing it online. |
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posted: 4/29/2008 at 2:41 PM |
| Could you ask her to think up a bigger reward for finishing the program? That's what DH did for me, and it really helped on those days I got discouraged. |
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Lisa3.1 |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 2:44 PM
modified: 4/29/2008 at 3:09 PM |
dh doesn't hate that I go running. he knows that running puts me in a good mood, so he looks forward to that. it doesn't bother me that he plays tennis.
MTA: it doesn't bother me that he plays tennis with girls in tennis skirts either, not that he is interested. |
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posted: 4/29/2008 at 3:05 PM |
Thanks! Those are good ideas. I think I may get her a log book and some tech shorts.
I was thinking i about getting her an ipod as a "graduation" present. |
"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better."
Juha "the Cruel" Väätäinen |
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| view log Reproduction Specialist |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 3:18 PM |
My DW only really doesn't like when I am on here all night long. But other than that she likes that I run because it puts me in a much better mood. She did tell me that she is jealous of me because I have something that I am excited about and she wishes she had something like that. She's a former ballet dancer and we can't afford classes for her and that's about all that she really is passionate about. I have tried to get her into running but she hates it. Someday maybe she will come around.  |
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PudgyRunner |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 3:30 PM |
| Quote from runningwild on 4/29/2008 at 3:05 PM: Thanks! Those are good ideas. I think I may get her a log book and some tech shorts.
I was thinking i about getting her an ipod as a "graduation" present.
My fiance just started the C25K too. I never even thought about a "graduation" present. Thanks for the idea! |
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Lisa3.1 |
posted: 4/29/2008 at 3:38 PM |
Quote from millertime1980 on 4/29/2008 at 3:18 PM:My DW only really doesn't like when I am on here all night long. But other than that she likes that I run because it puts me in a much better mood. She did tell me that she is jealous of me because I have something that I am excited about and she wishes she had something like that. She's a former ballet dancer and we can't afford classes for her and that's about all that she really is passionate about. I have tried to get her into running but she hates it. Someday maybe she will come around.
has she thought of initiating a group for ballet dancers
Meetup is a good place to go to do that. |
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