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| Your Weird-isms while you run (Read 964 times) |
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posted: 9/3/2008 at 1:29 AM |
Just starting a thread to see if anyone had little compulsive things they do when they run.
Here are mine
. I start the timer, but will not allow myself to look at my watch until I am completely finished. Out of the past 4 or 5 years of running, I have only peeked two or three times.
. I WILL NOT cut corners. If I come to a street corner and hop over the grass, I force myself to go back and make the turn without "cutting corners".
. I have to ring my sisters door bell each time I run. She hates it, but I do it anyway.
. Sometimes I count my foot steps (not very often, because it can drive me a little crazy)
. I refuse to stop until I have completed my route. If I stop, I feel like I failed in some small way. I wont even stop for water until my route has been complete.
These are just a few of mine. Does anyone else have these types of things going on in their head when they are running?
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posted: 9/3/2008 at 2:28 AM
modified: 9/3/2008 at 2:29 AM |
I like to complete on an even mile. If I am running by myself I will keep going until I finish on an even mile (not odd or even... just if I am at 6.7 miles I'll run .3 more ).
Other than that I am generally weird enough...
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posted: 9/3/2008 at 12:01 PM |
On monster hills, I never look up. I keep telling myself, the hill has not even started yet. Then when I know I'm close to the top, I allow myself to say the hills started now, an then it's magically over. Werid.
I also still thank my dog after a hard run or hard hill. Even though she's been dead for 4 years. I still feel her by myside. She always kicked into high gear on hills, and I know she's pulling me up them.
I will also play the " just make it to the next farm or whatever, than I can stop. Then, I do it to the next thing down the road. etc. Sometimes it's the only way to fininsh a hard run.
If it's really bad, I count or chant. Sometimes I hear myself grunt like a caveman. Creepy.
I also know every dog, every horse, etc on my normal route. It's so bad, I also sort of know peoples cars.
And the kids at the bustops, etc.
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| view log Village Idiot |
posted: 9/3/2008 at 2:36 PM |
| Quote from nakedfool on 9/3/2008 at 1:29 AM:
. I have to ring my sisters door bell each time I run. She hates it, but I do it anyway.
That is hilarious. Even funnier if the doorbell wakes her up. 
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5K PR: 29:58 (6/6/2008); HM PR: 2:09:24 (9/21/08)
2009 Goals
Run 1500 miles
Run a Marathon in May and MCM in October
PR at all distances |
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posted: 9/3/2008 at 4:03 PM |
| Quote from nakedfool on 9/3/2008 at 1:29 AM: . I have to ring my sisters door bell each time I run. She hates it, but I do it anyway.
I bet that's a real pain when you're running in another city 
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Halloween Hunt 5 Mile - 10.25.2008 - 42:57
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posted: 9/3/2008 at 5:33 PM |
| I am so not responding answering this time. |
And who am I anyway?<br>
Just another fat jogger, evidently. |
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posted: 9/3/2008 at 8:07 PM |
| On most runs, I only check my times when I turn onto another street. On early morning runs, or generally long boring stretches with little traffic, I count telephone poles I pass in between cars passing me. The most I've gotten was 23 poles between cars (it was a very boring run). |
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posted: 9/4/2008 at 3:27 PM |
| Quote from nakedfool on 9/3/2008 at 1:29 AM:
. I have to ring my sisters door bell each time I run. She hates it, but I do it anyway.
I'll have to try that, where does she live?
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| I need more cowbell. |
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posted: 9/4/2008 at 5:20 PM |
A little OCD, are WE???  |
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posted: 9/4/2008 at 5:40 PM |
Quote from irun4waffles on 9/4/2008 at 5:20 PM:A little OCD, are WE???
I think they have medication that will help control this stuff....... 
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2009 RUNNING GOALSs
-40MPW average
-5K time of 23:59 or faster
-5 Mile time of 42:59 or faster
-Half Marathon - 1Hr 59mins or faster
-Run The Baystate Marathon (October 2009)
2009 weight to 135lbs (down from current 147lbs - but ultimately weighed 167 before I started running)
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posted: 9/4/2008 at 6:40 PM |
| Quote from jsobo119 on 9/3/2008 at 2:28 AM: I like to complete on an even mile. If I am running by myself I will keep going until I finish on an even mile (not odd or even... just if I am at 6.7 miles I'll run .3 more ).
Other than that I am generally weird enough...
This seems completely reasonable to me... Which probably means that I'm weird, too, haha. I always have to make sure that my run goes slightly over the intended distance, even if this just means running an extra block or two. I think this started out as a way of training myself to run through the finish line, but now I feel like a failure if my 5 mile run wasn't actually 5.2 or something. |
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posted: 9/5/2008 at 11:29 PM |
| Quote from meggie on 9/4/2008 at 6:40 PM: This seems completely reasonable to me... Which probably means that I'm weird, too, haha. I always have to make sure that my run goes slightly over the intended distance, even if this just means running an extra block or two. I think this started out as a way of training myself to run through the finish line, but now I feel like a failure if my 5 mile run wasn't actually 5.2 or something.
So 5K and 10K races are out for youz? Or do you accept the evenness of kilometers? (Not to mention halfs, fulls etc?) |
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posted: 9/6/2008 at 12:32 AM |
I just realized this on my run today. When I'm running in crowded areas, or by cars during rush hour, I make the worst faces I can think of, and act like I'm about to fall over. Hey, people aren't supposed to think running is all fun and easy Yes, I know I'm strange...  |
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posted: 9/6/2008 at 1:06 AM |
| I don't really think about running while I am running. I do take notice of my breathing every now and then, but mostly my mind is on other more random things. |
all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be
Obesity is a disease. Yes, a disease where nothing tastes bad...except salads. |
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posted: 9/6/2008 at 2:16 AM |
| Ok I too have to go over the mile for mileage. If its a 5 miler...I have to go over, at least to 5.08 and it always has to be an even number!!! |
Pain is temporary...quitting lasts forever.
-Lance Armstrong
Goals:
PR marathon in 2009
PR half marathon in 2009 |
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