Do you share running with your significant other? (Read 1317 times)

My husband is just now jumping on the band wagon with running. After he watched me do the half marathon in Little Rock (March 15) he was very impressed, not by me, but the dedication to running in general. He has seen how it helps me stay healthy, determined, dedicated and he is very proud of me. He is running his first 5K with me in a couple of weeks and signing up for his first half in September with me. I am proud of him and this is something we can do together

My partner of almost seven years hates running. I started C25K the day he moved 2,000 miles to live with me, which was good timing--running was always a factor in our home life. That being said, it is lucky we are both independednt and communicate well, or running would have destroyed us. As I stretched my running from an hour a week to between 5 and 7 hours a week, he started feeling neglected. We've added tennis (a sport he enjoys) to our schedule and plan to start lifting together 3x a week (his exercise passion) once I recover from Marathon training. I think we'll always be negotiating, especially since I'd like to see my 5-7 hours go to 10 or so a week and add in swimming 3x a week. He wants to do RAGBRAI (a bike ride across Iowa), so I think my cycle and I will become good friends and my partner and I can train for something together. Darn shame he hates running. MTA-- fixed spelling errors. dyslexia sucks.

My wife runs for fitness and will run an occasional 5K, but she doesn't have a competitive bone in her body. We have different schedules, and we run at way different paces, so we rarely run together. It would be nice to have an SO that was close in pace, even if my slow days were her faster work outs or vice versa, but it ain't a deal breaker.

My wife did the C25k starting last Spring. She started it to lose weight and I also told her that after she finished the C25k and one 5k race she would get a new Ipod and new running clothes. She finished the race and now this year she is talking about doing a half marathon in the future. She is signed up for 3 - 5k's this summer and plans on doing a few others. I honestly never thought she would have finished the program because she hated running. But it's nice that she finished it because she understands the feelings of finishing new distances, the need for good shoes, and the time that is needed to put the miles in.

My husband used to run but at the time I only ran a little bit - although we did run together at lunch fairly often when we worked together. Unfortunately he hurt his knee playing basketball 8 years ago and had knee surgery and now he only runs short distances. But on the other hand if we ran together who would watch the kids, not exactly the date night I am looking for. He is a cyclist and so we are both active, but rarely at the same time. HOWEVER..were I single right now (well if I were also child free - in my mythical totally single life), since running is such a part of my life, I would probably do a lot more running with the various running clubs around town . I am a big fan of the do what makes you happy and maybe you'll meet someone doing the same thing. A lot of the people at the group runs are single because of the awkward totally eats into family time schedule of many of the group runs - especially the midweek ones.

But on the other hand if we ran together who would watch the kids.

Same here - my DH has always been a runner, although never raced until I started running and "racing" (racing is a bit of an overstatement for me) quite recently. We'd really like to run together some of the time but with a small child, one of us always has to stay home - sometimes we take turns to run around the park while the other one hangs out with DS in the playground.

Ahhh, I sometimes long for the days when DH and I would meet at a La Jolla cove after work. He would take off in one direction for his swim and I would take off in another to go for my run. We'd get back to the nice grassy patch and talk about our day and have a little bite to eat. Now the exchange is more like: Me: I'm running on Sat with the girls in the 6:30 am, does that work for you? DH: Okay, then we have T-ball for Pete at the Y 9:00, can you come straight from the park? I'll meet you there, then I can get my laps in while you watch the boys. Me: That works. I think the big thing is to have someone who understands the time and commitment and wants to make the effort. Sheesh, I don't think I'm just talking about running anymore.