I sort of agree with this but it really depends on how much free time you have. If you have a great career, don't sacrifice that to run elite hobby jogger times. These days, bare minimum is at least sub 14 5K to be considered pretty fast. But if you're just wasting away on a cubicle job to go home and do more mundane stuff, why not run more.
I sort of agree with this but it really depends on how much free time you have. If you have a great career, don't sacrifice that to run elite hobby jogger times. These days, bare minimum is at least sub 14 5K to be considered pretty fast. But if you're just wasting away on a cubicle job to go home and do more mundane stuff, why not run more.
Agree, also why not play video games more. Or any activity whose sole benefit is enjoyment.
You're almost surely trolling here, but no matter, what an empty, joyless, life you must have if you'll only do something seriously if you're getting paid for it.
I don’t know about OP but I’ll consider doing something for many things other than money like health, fame, rewarding familial relationships, the environment, scientific advancement, world peace etc.
I suppose if I have extra time and nothing better to do, I might run more than 3 hours a week. Or play video games. (I do neither.)
Do you actually do some or all of the things you mention or are you just considering doing them? But sure, if those things bring you more satisfaction than running more or playing video games do then you should do them. Others might prefer running or video games.
Dedicating that much time to running when you are earning no money from it indicates a high level of neurosis.
16:00 is not fast. It's pretty bad actually. There's literally thousands of 15-17 year olds doing that of very little mileage. I actually knew a 43 year old who ran 15:54 off of 40 miles per week. It's just objectively not good.
If you can't break 16 in high school, you shouldn't waste your time, by your logic, trying to run in college.
Prolonging of life isn’t everything. Running fitness translates super well to many activities.
Nobody except you is talking about prolonging life being everything.
“Running fitness translates super well to many activities.”: ha ha ha ha, what a silly mom and apple pie statement. Sounds like you don’t disagree with anything I actually said.
You’re the one who brought up prolonging of life as though it was the standard by which a fitness activity should be judged
And maybe you don’t have enough friends who do other activities, or you haven’t experienced it because you’re a washed up 30 mpw guy but even after only doing high mileage for a few seasons, it was like a superpower (for years afterward) when jumping into other activities. Flying up the skin track, pushing the pace in group bike rides in running shoes and a backpack, cross-country skiing for many miles with no prior experience. The list goes on.
I got up to a peak of 120-140 but never broke 2:30 *shrug* I am the Biggest Loser!
Alan
I realize you are being sarcastic and humble braggy, Alan, but unlike maybe OP, I didn’t imply you or anyone running 100mpw is a loser, just that running more than around 3 hours or so per week is comparable to video games, masturbation, taking unnecessarily long walks, meditating all the time, etc.
I don’t know about OP but I’ll consider doing something for many things other than money like health, fame, rewarding familial relationships, the environment, scientific advancement, world peace etc.
I suppose if I have extra time and nothing better to do, I might run more than 3 hours a week. Or play video games. (I do neither.)
Do you actually do some or all of the things you mention or are you just considering doing them? But sure, if those things bring you more satisfaction than running more or playing video games do then you should do them. Others might prefer running or video games.
Nobody except you is talking about prolonging life being everything.
“Running fitness translates super well to many activities.”: ha ha ha ha, what a silly mom and apple pie statement. Sounds like you don’t disagree with anything I actually said.
You’re the one who brought up prolonging of life as though it was the standard by which a fitness activity should be judged
And maybe you don’t have enough friends who do other activities, or you haven’t experienced it because you’re a washed up 30 mpw guy but even after only doing high mileage for a few seasons, it was like a superpower (for years afterward) when jumping into other activities. Flying up the skin track, pushing the pace in group bike rides in running shoes and a backpack, cross-country skiing for many miles with no prior experience. The list goes on.
Seems like you don’t understand English. I stand by everything I wrote. Sounds like you don’t disagree with anything I actually wrote.
I got up to a peak of 120-140 but never broke 2:30 *shrug* I am the Biggest Loser!
Alan
I realize you are being sarcastic and humble braggy, Alan, but unlike maybe OP, I didn’t imply you or anyone running 100mpw is a loser, just that running more than around 3 hours or so per week is comparable to video games, masturbation, taking unnecessarily long walks, meditating all the time, etc.
(Assuming running isn’t your way of making a living, of course, the implicit context throughout this thread.)
100 MPW is about 12 hours total time. That's not much time for a hobby.
I wonder about the ironman hobbyists putting in 40 hours a week just to have a shot of making Kona. But whatever who cares. People don't even bat an eyelash at someone playing fortnight 40 hours a week.
I doubt any age grouper is putting in 40 hours per week training for IM. I'd put it closer to 20 hours for the top age groupers, maybe 25 if they are neurotic. Most are closer to 12-14 hours per week.
Shrug, you’re simply wrong then. I recommend putting in more time running and then maybe you’ll see how life-enriching it is when so many other activities become easy.
Shrug, you’re simply wrong then. I recommend putting in more time running and then maybe you’ll see how life-enriching it is when so many other activities become easy.
Sounds like you are incapable of actually pointing to something I actually said you even disagree with, leave alone wrong.
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