RunningAHEAD - Topic: Running makes the ordinary EXTRAORDINARY!

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:45 PM

Hot shower = ordinary Hot shower after running in cold rain = extraordinary! drinking beer = ordinary drinking beer after run = extraordinary! listening to funny audiobooks = ordinary listening to funny audiobooks and nearly losing control of one's legs from laughing = extraordinary! 60º day with birds signing = ordinary 60º day with birds singing while running = extraordinary! muscle pain for no good reason = ordinary muscle pain from a good hard run = extraordinary! watch line from a standard watch = ordinary watch line from a big, honkin Garmin = extraordinary! Whatchoo got?

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:47 PM

Eating free Ben and Jerry's ice cream = extraordinary Eating free Ben and Jerry's ice cream after a run = extra-extraordinary

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

xor

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:48 PM

normal stench - ordinary stench after a long run - extraordinary! cursing - ordinary cursing during my 50 milers - extraordinary! marathon finish time - ordinary marathon finish time w/ gunshot wound - extraordinary (no matter what the numbers are)

JLeonard

Just Happy to Run

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:50 PM

Nipples = ordinary Painfully Chaffed Nipples after forgetting to protect them on a long run = extraordinary! Taking a shower with said Chaffed Nipples = extra-extraordinary

Jason

2010 Goals
• M PR (Current: 6:27:00) • HM PR (Current: 2:13:14) • 5k under 25:00 • 10k under 59:00 • Weekly Milage of ~25 miles

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:52 PM

LMAO reading a message board = ordinary LMAO reading a running message board = extraordinary! Big grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

DirtyGraceFlint

The Crap Whisperer

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:53 PM

Quote from JLeonard on 4/21/2009 at 5:50 PM:

Nipples = ordinary Painfully Chaffed Nipples after forgetting to protect them on a long run = extraordinary! Taking a shower with said Chaffed Nipples = extra-extraordinary

hehe...you said nipple

Being the best tiny spec that I can be!

JLeonard

Just Happy to Run

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:55 PM

Quote from DirtyGraceFlint on 4/21/2009 at 5:53 PM:

hehe...you said nipple

...just don't touch mine for another 24 hours.... Shocked

Jason

2010 Goals
• M PR (Current: 6:27:00) • HM PR (Current: 2:13:14) • 5k under 25:00 • 10k under 59:00 • Weekly Milage of ~25 miles

Ben Running

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:55 PM

Having to drop the kids off at the pool - ordinary Having to drop the kids off at the pool 5 miles away from home on a long run - extraordinary

xor

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:55 PM

Quote from JLeonard on 4/21/2009 at 5:55 PM:

...just don't touch mine for another 24 hours....

Mine are available. No waiting.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:56 PM

Quote from Ben Running on 4/21/2009 at 5:55 PM:

Having to drop the kids off at the pool - ordinary Having to drop the kids off at the pool 5 miles away from home on a long run - extraordinary

Especially when the pool is empty, filled with leaves, no leafy trees or shrubbery in sight, and cars keep going by to witness the, ahem, transaction.

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

JLeonard

Just Happy to Run

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:56 PM

Quote from xor on 4/21/2009 at 5:55 PM:

Mine are available. No waiting.

I'll pass. Thanks.

Jason

2010 Goals
• M PR (Current: 6:27:00) • HM PR (Current: 2:13:14) • 5k under 25:00 • 10k under 59:00 • Weekly Milage of ~25 miles

smalcolm

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:56 PM

eating=ordinary eating as much as someone three times your size after a long run = extraordinary sweating=ordinary sweating for so long during a run that it turns to salt=extraordinary spitting=ordinary spitting into the wind and subsequently onto yourself during a run=extraordinary

~Sara
It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. ~ Jimmy Dugan

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/21/2009 at 5:59 PM

Quote from smalcolm on 4/21/2009 at 5:56 PM:

eating=ordinary eating as much as someone three times your size after a long run = extraordinary

Yeah...but if I keep doing this I will be the one 3x larger than my current self. Tongue

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Hobbyjogger

posted: 4/21/2009 at 6:12 PM

sleeping = ordinary a nap after a long run = extraordinary.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 4/21/2009 at 6:22 PM

Quote from Hobbyjogger on 4/21/2009 at 6:12 PM:

sleeping = ordinary a nap after a long run = extraordinary.

On that note... A good night's sleep = ordinary A good night's sleep during the last few weeks of marathon training before taper = extraordinary! Big grin

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

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