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The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner-Runner
kinboshi:
My biggest problem is combining work, poker, the rest of my life AND running.
Today for example, I got up at 6am and ran 8 miles (the weather was almost perfect, about 7 degrees, and a nice drizzle).
But to get up at 6am I"m having to have to go to bed earlier. As I increase the miles I run, I"ll have to get up earlier and earlier (or run faster!). This obviously doesn"t work well with playing poker in the evenings. I could run when I get home from work in the evening, but I"m not too keen on that.
I prefer to run in the morning for a number of reasons.
Firstly, I"m usually knackered and hungry when I get home from work - not physically exhausted (as I sit at a desk all day), but ready to sit down, have my tea and relax. By the time I"ve eaten it"s too late to go out and run, even if I wanted to. The second reason is that I like running in the morning. There are far fewer people about, maybe the occasional dog walker, people on the way to work (or coming home from the night-shift). It means I get the paths to myself most of the time. It"s difficult to drag my semi-concious body out of bed when the alarm goes off, but once I"m out the door and have done my first mile, I feel good and actually enjoy the run (enjoy is a relative term here). Also, the feeling of getting back getting in the shower and thinking that I"ve already achieved something for the day is a good one. Someone said to me once that there"s no feeling quite like aches you get after you"ve done some exercise - and it"s so true.
My legs are aching a bit today - but it"s a good feeling.
lukybugur:
I and a few of my mates decided that this was going to be on our list of things to do during our mid-life crisis years. A couple have done it already and are doing it again this year. The rest of us ... hmmm, we"re not so keen to say the least.
I would like to use it as an "excuse" to get myself fit but like you, would find it very difficult to dedicate the time to it. As I said last year, maybe next year ...
Swinebag:
I"m running in an attempt to lose a bit of weight (well a lot really) and have made a reasonable start. I may do a 10K in june but am a long long long long way off even thinking about doing a marathon.
good luck with this Dan and I will sponsor you.
kinboshi:
--- Quote from: Swinebag22 on January 22, 2009, 12:58:36 PM ---
I"m running in an attempt to lose a bit of weight (well a lot really) and have made a reasonable start. I may do a 10K in june but am a long long long long way off even thinking about doing a marathon.
good luck with this Dan and I will sponsor you.
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Thanks for the comment - you swine :D!!
(appreciate the sponsorship though. Double it will have to be, trebling it seems pretty unlikely...)
kinboshi:
--- Quote from: lukybugur on January 22, 2009, 12:57:08 PM ---
I and a few of my mates decided that this was going to be on our list of things to do during our mid-life crisis years. A couple have done it already and are doing it again this year. The rest of us ... hmmm, we"re not so keen to say the least.
I would like to use it as an "excuse" to get myself fit but like you, would find it very difficult to dedicate the time to it. As I said last year, maybe next year ...
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As Nike would say - Just Do It!!
Do a 10K, then a half-marathon, and then enter a full marathon. Write a stupid blog on here and then you have no excuses!
Seriously though, anyone can do it if they put the miles in training.
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