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Where the subject is running, runners are nothing if not? (Read 80 times)

LRB


    Obsessive.


    delicate flower

      That is true!  I am pretty good though about not discussing running with non-runners.  If they ask me about it, I keep my replies short vague.  "My race was good.  I finished.  Training is going well."  HOWEVER, when face to face with another runner...yeah, the running talk will not end and no detail is too small.  Big grin 

      <3

      Docket_Rocket


        Crazy. Joking

        Damaris

         

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        LRB


          Crazy. 

           

          If you have run in single digit temps with sub-zero wind chills, yeah, you might be a little crazy.  Not that I have ever done that a half-dozen times, I'm juss' sayin'.

          happylily


            SO: "Syria just announced that blah, blah, blah..."

            ME: "Really?"

            SO: "Yeah, and Moscow believes that blah blah blah.."

            ME: "Hmm..."

            SO: "Obama responded with blah blah blah..."

            ME: "Wow!"

            SO: "You're not listening, are you? You're thinking about your next run..."

            ME: "Yes."

            PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                    Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

            18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

            Learningdaily


            Fibromyalgia Fighter

              Passionate.

              Relentless forward progress

              Docket_Rocket


                 

                If you have run in single digit temps with sub-zero wind chills, yeah, you might be a little crazy.  Not that I have ever done that a half-dozen times, I'm juss' sayin'.

                 

                What about in 90-100F and 75DP and do a LR of 20 miles?

                 

                Or running as a hurricane approaches Miami?

                Damaris

                 

                As part of the 2024 London Marathon, I am fundraising for VICTA, a charity that helps blind and visually impaired children. My mentor while in law school, Jim K (a blind attorney), has been a huge inspiration and an example of courage and perseverance. Please consider donating.

                Fundraising Page

                Awood_Runner


                Smaller By The Day

                  guilty

                   

                  SO: "Syria just announced that blah, blah, blah..."

                  ME: "Really?"

                  SO: "Yeah, and Moscow believes that blah blah blah.."

                  ME: "Hmm..."

                  SO: "Obama responded with blah blah blah..."

                  ME: "Wow!"

                  SO: "You're not listening, are you? You're thinking about your next run..."

                  ME: "Yes."

                  Improvements

                  Weight 100 pounds lost

                  5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)

                  10K 48:59 April 2013

                  HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013

                  MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013


                  Dad on the run.

                    Good Looking!

                    Chasing the sub 20 5K.

                      Verbose.

                      Dave

                      Brrrrrrr


                      Uffda

                        - Andrew

                          The subject of running…do you mean training, resting, jogging, racing, eating, stretching, planning, healing, hurting, smelling, seeing, wearing, thinking, worrying, drinking, warming up, cooling down, striding, lifting, listening, aging, speeding up, slowing down, holding pace, surging, drafting, layering, monitoring, feeling, supporting, cheering, aiding, doping, reporting, logging, blogging, pacing, crapping, sweating, sprinting, falling, hurdling, lacing, lubing, timing, with a group, going solo, with a stroller, signing up, dropping out, DNSing, DNFing, DFLing, winning, losing, displaying, judging, supplementing, cleansing, going minimal, cushioning, hydrating, complaining, reflecting, focusing, zoning out, getting high, feeling low, overtraining, undertraining, weighing, comparing…or did you just mean, “running”?

                          Come all you no-hopers, you jokers and rogues
                          We're on the road to nowhere, let's find out where it goes
                          RSX


                            Dull

                            Love the Half


                              Irritating.

                              Short term goal: 17:59 5K

                              Mid term goal:  2:54:59 marathon

                              Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life.  (I started running at age 45).

                              happylily


                                Irritating.

                                 

                                Speak for yourself. The rest of us are fascinating. Big grin

                                PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                                        Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

                                18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

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