Sooner wrote:
Stop running! Seriously! When I was in HS I wrestled and stayed around 154lbs. at 5'7". After hiking the Appalachian Trail twenty years later I lost 29 lbs and never got it back. When I started racing seriously in the 80s, I bottomed out at 112lbs. Now I stay at 122lbs. Stop running and grow up & out.
How many miles was that hike? I'd like to try it, or maybe run it.
The AT used to be around 2K - I did 1500 of it that summer. Best thing I ever did. (I need to do it again.) Teaches you how to make friends w/ your own brain. I got to Maine w/ all my priorities straight. Yeah, you could run it w/ a good support team. But you'd miss a lot - especially mentally. One thing: You're a better runner when you're done - no doubt about it. I PRd all over the place after that summer. Every day, up and down mountains w/ a pack. Great journey.
"literally" is one of the most misused words in our language. to grow up literally would be to grow taller, that is, up.
Ironman wrote:
Ironman was once all of the above. Ironman now bench presses 300 and looks great because all those years of running gave him a low body fat %.
It's your world, you can change it.
Wow Ironman, you sound awesome now. Can I also learn to talk in the third person like you? Can I wear stars & stripes pants like you? I bet you sport a mean roundhouse kick.
fighting blue hen wrote:
Ironman wrote:Ironman was once all of the above. Ironman now bench presses 300 and looks great because all those years of running gave him a low body fat %.
It's your world, you can change it.
Wow Ironman, you sound awesome now. Can I also learn to talk in the third person like you? Can I wear stars & stripes pants like you? I bet you sport a mean roundhouse kick.
You think anyone wants a round house kick to the face while I'm wearing these bad boys? Forget about it!