I hate to run (but a year later, it's much better).

[Cringer]

Working out right now. Thankfully I am past the running. I hate to run.

I have always worked out, sometimes not real regular though. Easy to make excuses when you are only home 2 days a week. But I love to lift weights. Running I hate though. We got a treadmill, and I have not done any aerobic stuff since high school. And you don't get much of it sitting behind a wheel 10-12 hours a day.

So, on vacation and running every day. I hate running.

[Marmel]

You do a good job running the ImperialFL.

[Cringer]

You do a good job running the ImperialFL.

Thats more fun. And I get results much faster. :D

[Ksyrup]

Maybe you should try running without the keyboard.

[Cringer]

Maybe you should try running without the keyboard.

Actually it is a whole laptop. ;)

[Cringer]

Now my nipples hurt.

Shirt gets all sweaty, rubs against your nipples the rest of the time.

No pain, no gain.

[Desnudo]

Vaseline or band aids on the nips prevents that. Also, try running outside. The treadmill is the boringest machine invented by man.

[Zippo]

Vaseline or band aids on the nips prevents that. Also, try running outside. The treadmill is the boringest machine invented by man.
I agree, running outside is a lot less boring and interestingly I noticed that I am able to run a longer distance in a shorter period of time on the streets than running on a treadmill.

[Ksyrup]

Now my nipples hurt.

Shirt gets all sweaty, rubs against your nipples the rest of the time.

No pain, no gain.
Here's a story you'll wish I never typed...

Buddy of mine, an attorney with the state where I used to work, decided to run a marathon. He did some marathon in Alabama in January, I think it was. He bought a skin-tight running outfit to wear under some layered clothing on top, because it was freezing (and I think snowing at the time). About halfway through he sees some blood dripping, but doesn't think too much of it. At the end, he decides to check it out, and for the first time realizes that the outfit he was wearing had completely rubbed his thighs and crotch area raw, to the point that he was covered in blood. It was so cold, though, that he had no clue because he couldn't feel it.

After 5 minutes of wincing when he told the story, we laughed about it for months.

[Cringer]

Here's a story you'll wish I never typed...

Buddy of mine, an attorney with the state where I used to work, decided to run a marathon. He did some marathon in Alabama in January, I think it was. He bought a skin-tight running outfit to wear under some layered clothing on top, because it was freezing (and I think snowing at the time). About halfway through he sees some blood dripping, but doesn't think too much of it. At the end, he decides to check it out, and for the first time realizes that the outfit he was wearing had completely rubbed his thighs and crotch area raw, to the point that he was covered in blood. It was so cold, though, that he had no clue because he couldn't feel it.

After 5 minutes of wincing when he told the story, we laughed about it for months.

That is just lovely sounding. :eek:

As far as running outside. Find my city on a map guys, running outside would kill me. Also, I do not mind the treadmill. I like the incline on it, something I would have to drive an hour to get around here on a street.

[Icy]

I'm trying to lose weight now and have your same problem, i love to go to workout at the gym but i hate aerobic stuff. I have found a solution lately, i have a static bicycle that i put in front of my pc, then i launch a movie on the computer and watch it while cycling. Yesterday i did it for an hour, my max ever, it was during a whole brother in arms chapter (i never get tired of watching that serial). My main problem is not what i got tired but that i got bored soon and this solved my problem.

[terpkristin]

I miss running.
Though I can still swim and bike, and damn do I love those. Much more than lifting. I prefer yoga to lifting.

/tk

[Calis]

Heh, I'm the exact opposite.

I quite enjoying running, but can't force myself to go to the gym and lift weights. Hate it.

Running on a treadmill is horribly boring though.

[Dutch]

I'm trying to lose weight now and have your same problem, i love to go to workout at the gym but i hate aerobic stuff. I have found a solution lately, i have a static bicycle that i put in front of my pc, then i launch a movie on the computer and watch it while cycling. Yesterday i did it for an hour, my max ever, it was during a whole brother in arms chapter (i never get tired of watching that serial). My main problem is not what i got tired but that i got bored soon and this solved my problem.

I just finished running a mile and a half.....and this sounds like a great idea. I hate running too.

When I go run around the track I need a T-Shirt that says, "I'd rather be smoking."

[vex]

I hate running, love going to them gym, but I have to work out with someone or I lose motivation fast.

[Zippo]

I just finished running a mile and a half.....and this sounds like a great idea. I hate running too.

When I go run around the track I need a T-Shirt that says, "I'd rather be smoking."
lol :D

[SackAttack]

I love to run. Problem is, I'm a teeny bit overweight. So I need to lose some weight so that running will be easier on my knees, but to lose weight, I may need to run.

Oh, the dilemma.

[Desnudo]

Try eating less. ;)

[Cringer]

Try eating less. ;)

That is over rated. :)

[Breeze]

I'll start running as soon as a pass a jogger that's smiling. :D

[Desnudo]

That is over rated. :)

Well once you're skinny and running again, you can eat all you want.

[Cringer]

Just for the record, I still hate this shit.

[Suicane75]

Just for the record, I still hate this shit.
Run Forrest, Run!!!!!!!!!!!

[korme]

Heh, I'm the exact opposite.

I quite enjoying running, but can't force myself to go to the gym and lift weights. Hate it.

Word. But that's because I am so damn weak that I just get embarrassed trying to lift with my friends, doing the minimum weights.

To run on a tready, you need a tv in front of you. We got a treadmill in my brother's old room now and I just watched Family Guy back to back for an hour with a good jog. Only problem is I had the volume loud as shit because the treadmill isn't exactly quiet.

[Cringer]

for an hour with a good jog

screw off....


;)

[damnMikeBrown]

I like lifting at home, one of the reasons being that I didn't want to be around "big" people with me being all weak. I've got a 'power rack' and it's super easy to do things by myself now. I really enjoy the freedom that it gives.

As to trainer time (bike in front of tv), it is the longest interval of time ever recorded. Nazi's and sadistic Argentinian's used it as a means of torture.

[Tara]

Just for the record, I still hate this shit.

I'm with you man!!!! I've never liked to run!!!! I prefer much more try with any other aerobical exercise togheter with weight lifting.
BTW sometimes i run with my boyfriend but it is a sort of tourture.

[digamma]

Back on a marathon training schedule. 80 minutes strong this morning. Nice.

[DeToxRox]

Yeah I'm running again too.

During hockey I'd run 5 miles a day, now 3 is stretching it but whatever, I'm getting there.

[Cringer]

ok, I am chocking this up to the fact I am a trucker who hasn't run for ten years. I did 2 miles today and am happy as hell about it.

5 miles a day? As in every day? That is part of my problem I am sure. I am lucky to get a good work out 3 days a week, Saturday through Monday. This week is only Sunday and Monday.....

[DeToxRox]

ok, I am chocking this up to the fact I am a trucker who hasn't run for ten years. I did 2 miles today and am happy as hell about it.

5 miles a day? As in every day? That is part of my problem I am sure. I am lucky to get a good work out 3 days a week, Saturday through Monday. This week is only Sunday and Monday.....

Ha well, I liked to run to loosen up so I'd run 3-4 miles in the morning and another mile or two after school.

[Cringer]

Alright, I am still running as part of my workout every day I am home. And I hit one of my goals today. I ran my first 2 miles straight (as opposed to the post a couple above where it was running for a mile, then walking some, running some, so on.).

Anyways, 2 miles in 19:07. I know thats not great for some but I am pretty happy about it. Then did my normal incline walk for a bit, run for a bit, until I got up to just over 3 miles for the day on the treadmill. I am actually starting to hate it less.... :D

[Dutch]

Awesome. I can't do that yet. I can run about a mile then I gotta take a quick break and then keep going. I may never be in really good shape again.

Just gotta keep on truckin'.....

I know that last part was lame, sue me. :)

[JW]

Run. It is good for you. I get cranky if I don't run. Something about endorphins I think. I've been running since I started running cross country and track in high school, and then thru an Army career, and I've kept running. Ran two miles this afternoon. I run two or three times a week and use one of those Total Gym contraptions for tone.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

Vaseline or band aids on the nips prevents that. Also, try running outside. The treadmill is the boringest machine invented by man.
More dog poop on the shoes too. :)

[Cringer]

Awesome. I can't do that yet. I can run about a mile then I gotta take a quick break and then keep going. I may never be in really good shape again.

Just gotta keep on truckin'.....

I know that last part was lame, sue me. :)

I never get tired of Keep on truckin', so it's ok. :D

JW: Yeah, I am starting to get to the point that when I am on the road, after a couple days I am looking forward to working out when I get home.

Now, I just wonder if I have the energy in my legs to repeat this again tomorrow. Not sure about that but I shall see.

[JW]

[QUOTE=Cringer]
JW: Yeah, I am starting to get to the point that when I am on the road, after a couple days I am looking forward to working out when I get home.
QUOTE]

One thing I learn as I get older, though, is never to run two days in a row. It just doesn't work out well. My muscles need that recovery time now.

[Izulde]

I used to like to run but not anymore so much.

[Cringer]

One thing I learn as I get older, though, is never to run two days in a row. It just doesn't work out well. My muscles need that recovery time now.

Well, since I have started that is how I have been doing it because I am only home Sat. through Mon. each week. So I usually end up running 3 days in a row unless I get in too late Sat. and have to skip that day.

Most of the time Monday is a little harder for me because it is my third day, so I understand what you mean. Though Sunday is usually my hardest workout day, so Saturday doesn't seem to effect me so much.

This week I got home Friday because of the holiday weekend. I ran yesterday but did not work out any more then that. I am sure by Monday I will struggle to run my first 1.5 miles. :D

[digamma]

Back on a marathon training schedule. 80 minutes strong this morning. Nice.
29 days till the marathon. One more long run left next weekend. Word.

[Cringer]

29 days till the marathon. One more long run left next weekend. Word.

insane. :p

[Loren]

2 hours :rolleyes: I ran for a whole 2 minutes friday oh yeahh baby :cool:bite meee:) i then proceeded to have my boob almost suffocate me during yoga :(

[Cringer]

i then proceeded to have my boob almost suffocate me during yoga :(

I love when that happens.

:D

[Cringer]

One thing I learn as I get older, though, is never to run two days in a row. It just doesn't work out well. My muscles need that recovery time now.

You jinxed me. I had a serious drop off today from yesterday as my legs felt like lead. Had to stop and incline walk after only 1.25 miles. Had to force my self to do some more running after that, and didn't really feel like going to 35 minutes. I did though....

Tomorrow would be day 4 in a row, I will try it but not sure what I can do. I have only had the chance to run 4 days in a row once before.

[cthomer5000]

Here's a story you'll wish I never typed...

Buddy of mine, an attorney with the state where I used to work, decided to run a marathon. He did some marathon in Alabama in January, I think it was. He bought a skin-tight running outfit to wear under some layered clothing on top, because it was freezing (and I think snowing at the time). About halfway through he sees some blood dripping, but doesn't think too much of it. At the end, he decides to check it out, and for the first time realizes that the outfit he was wearing had completely rubbed his thighs and crotch area raw, to the point that he was covered in blood. It was so cold, though, that he had no clue because he couldn't feel it.

After 5 minutes of wincing when he told the story, we laughed about it for months.
I had a friend who did something similar. It was a triatholon, and the clothes pins holding on his # to his shirt cut just nipples up something fierce. There's a funny picture of him crossing the finish line with blood-soaked nipple region on a white t-shirt.

[Zippo]

You jinxed me. I had a serious drop off today from yesterday as my legs felt like lead. Had to stop and incline walk after only 1.25 miles. Had to force my self to do some more running after that, and didn't really feel like going to 35 minutes. I did though....

Tomorrow would be day 4 in a row, I will try it but not sure what I can do. I have only had the chance to run 4 days in a row once before.
I think you just need to get use to it. I've been running daily for over a year now and I haven't missed too many days in that span. In fact, I think I've only missed one day this summer due to a sprained ankle. And yes, it really gets tiring every once a while but if you keep at it, it just becomes routine to pull it through each time. This is one of the reason I love running, it's always going to be tough since one would always be competing against himself, but it feels so much more fulfilling when you reach your goal each time. :)

Good luck!

[NoMyths]

Only time I'm running is if someone's chasing me with a reason. And/or a weapon.

[Schmidty]

I love when that happens.

:D

I just love the word "boob".

[Qwikshot]

I can only run for like a mile. My mind just does not willing go gentle into that good night.
I hate running on roads, and there is no real park to speak of in the area.

I have never gotten a runner's high either.

I don't know if this a product of poor technique, poor breathing, or just not being disciplined enough to punch to the next plateau.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

I need to get back to running. I've been hampered the past month with tendinitis on my ankle. I'll start running either tomorrow or Thursday, I need to prepare for the next PT test and to make my assault on those size 34 khaki cargo pants.

[Cringer]

Update:

Crap. Three weeks is what it took me to do 2 miles straight again. I didn't get a chance to work out yesterday, not sure if that helped with my legs or not. But this was my best workout yet I guess. Started with just over 2 miles (did 2 miles at 19:30 or so and went to 20 minutes) Then I walked the rest of the 1/4 I went into getting to 20 minutes. Then a ran another quarter, walked another, ran another, then walked one more 1/4 mile. When I walk I put the incline at 6 or 7 and do a fast paced walk. Then did an easy walk until about the 37 minute mark.

After that I did my weights as usual.

Hope to repeat tomorrow morning, but we will see......

[digamma]

Ran the Twin Cities Marathon yesterday in 3:28:45. Beat my previous marathon time by 21 minutes.

[Raiders Army]

God created cars so we don't have to run.

[Raiders Army]

Doc: And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.
Saloon Old Timer #3: If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore?
Doc: Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun.
Saloon Old Timer #3: Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?

[Wasabiak]

Cringer, I thought you lived in Wisconsin?

[Passacaglia]

Doc: And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.
Saloon Old Timer #3: If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore?
Doc: Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun.
Saloon Old Timer #3: Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?

Awesome.

[Cringer]

Wow. I did not think I had improved in my running much until I read my last post in this thread. I kind of slacked off some during November and December. I had a bad string of weeks where I would gethome from the road Saturday morning, which means I had been up all night. I would then have to stay up all day. It would kill any Saturday workout, and usually Sunday ones too because I was still tired from lack of sleep the previous two days. So I was lucky to get in one or two decent workouts a week. Usually one good one, and one mediocre one.

Anyways. Back around the begining of December we where in a thrift store and I was looking through the used book section. There was a book on running, with the angle of working towards running a marathon. It also gave a bunch of general advice. One thing that I took note of when looking through it was the guy said don't be ashamed to take 1 minute walking breaks. That doing this will extend your ability to keep running longer. He said take the breaks as often as you want, the key is to extend your time being active as long as possible.

So I am now running 1/2 mile, and then I walk for 1 minute. Depending on the day I will vary my next walk break from that point on. This week I took just the 1 break after 1/2 mile, and then was able to run the next 2.5 miles. Today I took the first break, then at the 1 mile mark took another. I then went 1 mile and took another. Then went another 1 mile, and another 1 minute break. Then finished with runing the last 1.25 miles. So I was able to do 4.25 miles, in about 50 minutes.

The only downside is I have backed off on my weight lifting. But I am working back into doing that to the same level I was a few months ago.

One thing I think I am going to do is to start tracking my running and lifting by writing them down. I figured I am to a level where I can start to do this now. Tracking my workouts will be interesting and keep me on track more I think. Just seeing in this thread how I went from a half mile run and then walking until I hit the 15 minute mark when I started this, to now being able to do 40-50 minutes of mostly running is a pretty good feeling and I am glad I started this thread to remind me of some of this.

[Cringer]

Can't believe I have been doing this crap for a year now.

Went for a 5.7 mile run today. Non-stop running, although I get a little slow at the end there. If I could run more then two days a week maybe I would be down to 200 lbs. by now, but oh well. I am getting there.

[Qwikshot]

I can't run, but I bought an exercise bike, it is much more enjoyable to me...especially if I cramp up or my shin splints act up, if I'm 3 miles out, I still got to get back...on a bike, I just gotta crawl out of the basement.

[Dutch]

Can't believe I have been doing this crap for a year now.

Went for a 5.7 mile run today. Non-stop running, although I get a little slow at the end there. If I could run more then two days a week maybe I would be down to 200 lbs. by now, but oh well. I am getting there.

Wow. I can't believe you can run that far and weight 200+. That's pretty remarkable. Congratulations on a great year!

[MrBigglesworth]

Can't believe I have been doing this crap for a year now.

Went for a 5.7 mile run today. Non-stop running, although I get a little slow at the end there. If I could run more then two days a week maybe I would be down to 200 lbs. by now, but oh well. I am getting there.
I started running about a month and a half ago. I'm up to about 3.5 miles at a time, and I'm having a great time with it. I'm hoping to get up to 10k range by the middle of the summer, and eventually go for a 10 mile run this summer (which will most likely involve some walking).

This site is amazing:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/