If you were offered $1 million today to never run again - would you take it?

I would hate not catching the bus when I could, so the answer is no.

For $1 million? Yes. It would suck - I would have to get into swimming and/or cycling, but for $1 million I could make that sacrifice.

Yes I probably would if it's non taxable. I could buy what I need and save the rest while I continue to work towards early retirement.

george oscar bluth wrote:

For $1 million? Yes. It would suck - I would have to get into swimming and/or cycling, but for $1 million I could make that sacrifice.

Do you know how boring swimming is? It is fine once in a while but every day training sucks.

I would stop running for half that. No question. I don't run for trains or buses either, since there's always another one in five minutes.

Just curious about the parameters here though. Do you mean expressly running as sport/exercise? Can one trot? Gambol? Skip? Is the devil somehow involved so that it's not simply a "word as bond" situation and taking the money results in one's ability to run being taken away? So that, for example, even if caught in the path of a falling tree, one is physically governed somehow to a brisk walk? These are all important questions.

But no matter the answer, I would take the money.

frogs wrote:

I would stop running for half that. No question. I don't run for trains or buses either, since there's always another one in five minutes.

Just curious about the parameters here though. Do you mean expressly running as sport/exercise? Can one trot? Gambol? Skip? Is the devil somehow involved so that it's not simply a "word as bond" situation and taking the money results in one's ability to run being taken away? So that, for example, even if caught in the path of a falling tree, one is physically governed somehow to a brisk walk? These are all important questions.

But no matter the answer, I would take the money.

You can not run as a hobby. You can run at times to catch a bus or to avoid a speeding car. You just can't train to run races.

Runner XX wrote:

frogs wrote:

I would stop running for half that. No question. I don't run for trains or buses either, since there's always another one in five minutes.

Just curious about the parameters here though. Do you mean expressly running as sport/exercise? Can one trot? Gambol? Skip? Is the devil somehow involved so that it's not simply a "word as bond" situation and taking the money results in one's ability to run being taken away? So that, for example, even if caught in the path of a falling tree, one is physically governed somehow to a brisk walk? These are all important questions.

But no matter the answer, I would take the money.

You can not run as a hobby. You can run at times to catch a bus or to avoid a speeding car. You just can't train to run races.

Could I play a sport that requires running, like soccer?

I'd consider it. Obviously, I'd have to review the complete contract before accepting the cash and entering into the agreement.

Certainly. There are other sports that I think I would enjoy. Rock climbing, to start.

Yes. Could get a sick bike and go wherever I want to ride it

Stenny Hoywer wrote:

george oscar bluth wrote:

For $1 million? Yes. It would suck - I would have to get into swimming and/or cycling, but for $1 million I could make that sacrifice.

Do you know how boring swimming is? It is fine once in a while but every day training sucks.

It's not much more boring than running is.

I would take it and then secretly run.

Since I haven't run since May, yes.

I would not! Running is part of me and my source of happiness. I cannot buy happiness with 1 million dollars.

In a heartbeat. Running is just a hobby. I have other hobbies. I like riding my bike and swimming.

Oddly enough, if the question was "Would you spend $1 million to be able to run again" and I was handicapped and actually had $1 million, I would probably say yes.

nope

Or to rephrase that question. Whats more fun? A million dollars worth of stuff (1 nice car, 1 paid off house, any stuff you want and model girl) or 2-3 hours of straight wearing headphones listening to music, running through the woods, jumping over rocks, streams, climbing over logs, running around trees feeling like there is nothing better in the world. Just a simple 2-3 hours on trails makes me not really stressed, not really caught up in the cares of the world so much. Funny thing is, to get the true (and not false) and real answer to the question you have to come back from an awesome long run, then ask it and then think ok never run again and never feel that awesome feeling again. And the answer that comes back is simply no. No emotional feeling, no need to explain anything, conceptualize or logically think anything. It's simply no, I feel great. Good luck, take your $, I'll take what I got thanks! :)

After running competetively for most of my life and logging some modest PR's even by LR standards, one day about 15 years ago I simply stopped in the middle of a training run, walked home and never ran again. I mean never. I still follow running, I miss the friends I made and of course competing, but something in me just said 'no more.' For 1 million dollars I tend to think that day would have happened a lot sooner.