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| What's the nicest thing anyone has said about your running? (Read 1723 times) |
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posted: 5/19/2008 at 2:16 PM |
| A friend of mine is the local High School basketball coach. He's always been very athletic and is a very intense competitor. I was running through his neighborhood one evening when he and his wife were out for a walk. As I passed, he yelled, "Good job. You're my hero." At the end of that street another friend was working in his yard. He was a linebacker in college on a National Championship team (Div. II). As I passed he said, "I admire you." Having never been an athlete myself, I enjoyed the compliments. |
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| view log Don't mess with. |
posted: 5/19/2008 at 5:46 PM |
| Quote from Davdaws on 5/19/2008 at 2:16 PM: Having never been an athlete myself...
Well, you can no longer say that now, can you?  |
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posted: 5/19/2008 at 5:56 PM |
Quote from waytogomom on 5/19/2008 at 5:46 PM:Well, you can no longer say that now, can you?
And isn't that cool? |
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| view log Girl On The Run |
posted: 5/19/2008 at 8:58 PM |
I had a sort of unintentional "compliment" of sorts, just a bit ago. I had just finished 10 of 11 miles and was plodding my sweaty butt home. On the bike path I met up with about half a dozen emo/goth kids all dressed in black and on scooters and inline skates. One of the kids asked me "hey, how are ya'?"
I told him "tired...10 miles will do that to a person."
His eyes got like this --->  and he said "TEN MILES?!"
I replied "yep, and I did 15.5 last weekend."
Kid was speechless...then he yelled to his buddies, "hey, this lady just ran TEN MILES!!!" The guys were pretty impressed. The lone female looked bored.  |
Kirsten . . . --> GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS <--
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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posted: 5/19/2008 at 9:00 PM |
| I got my coworker to start running. This Saturday, while I was doing my longest run to date, I actually passed by him on the trail. He told me today that, before he could tell who I was, he thought, "That chick runs with great posture." I'll take it. |
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| view log Playmaker / nemesis |
posted: 5/19/2008 at 9:07 PM |
| "Woo-hoo, nice ass!" |
20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20 |25k: 1:35:59
21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
What are you doing? |
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posted: 5/20/2008 at 1:15 AM |
| When I am on campus, sometimes the older folk will say "I should be doing that" as I run by. |
I'm condemned by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure.
-Max Bialystock |
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posted: 5/20/2008 at 7:51 AM |
| "Nice arse!" - received just the other day (from a middle aged "lady") whilst out running - a great boost and maybe a hint that my weight loss is going ok!? |
| 24hrs 100miles £10,000 |
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kfree |
posted: 5/20/2008 at 1:27 PM |
| My 9YO son has friends with parents 10 years younger than I am. A few days ago he told me "You and Dad are old, but not really because you run." That seems like pretty good motivation to me. |
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Donni |
posted: 5/21/2008 at 5:36 PM |
| My local sheriff deputies are always waving and giving thumps up. I feel like their keeping an extra eye out for me. |
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| view log Girl On The Run |
posted: 7/6/2008 at 12:26 AM |
Tonite I was out running on the paved rail trail. It's quite busy this weekend. Early in my run I met a family on bicycles and we all said hi. A few miles later I had turned around and met them again. The dad said "wow, you're covering a lot of ground."
Tonite's run wasn't my longest of the week, or anything, but compared to where I was 2 years ago in my running and to a non-runner it was a long way to go. |
Kirsten . . . --> GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS <--
• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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| view log Defy Gravity |
posted: 7/6/2008 at 1:37 PM |
Great motivational thread, everyone!
Two comments I treasure from my running club were being called the Energizer Bunny and being complimented on my "usual metronome pace."
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| view log Bif! Bam! Pow! |
posted: 8/24/2008 at 5:21 PM |
Hood to coast 2008 (this weekend) Mile 5ish of 6 of my second leg. Passing a few vans who were cheering their runners on mid course. It was near the end of the leg so some of the runners were starting to show it. Passed a van and they said "wow...she is running really smoothly"  |
Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M
Faster than a speeding toddler..... |
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posted: 8/24/2008 at 5:59 PM |
I was told by a couple of my classmates that "my form looked good" and that they both wish they could look like that.
People always get impressed when I say I ran more than 10 miles. I guess not impressed really, more disbelief. Responses like "wow" or "that's really far" or just shake their head.
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posted: 8/24/2008 at 6:25 PM |
Work Colleague - "So how far did you run this week?"
Me - "70 miles"
Work Colleague - 70 miles!!?? I don't drive that far in a week. |
50 mile hijack starter stopper |
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