girl power...There are a few women on this board!

Oops that's meant to read Girl's world :o)

I'm a girl...

I like Autumn! Glad you are feeling better. While I have not had any serum ferritin problems that I know of, I have had problems with anemia and it took a while to get a handle on it. Sounds like you're on your way!

I'll be doing X-country and a few road races. Depending on how things go, I might attempt my first marathon in December. Hope to meet you out on the trasck next year!

RB

What a relief to discover this thread! Sounds like finding female running partners is a common problem . . . although I still do a lot of runs by myself, in the last year I've had the good fortune to connect with a handful of other local women (and a few men) who run at a similar pace. I don't know what your community is like, trail running mom, but is there a running store in or around your town that sponsors group runs? That's how I met several of the women I now run with. Showing up for the runs was a little daunting at first -- it's mostly guys running at a 6:30 or better pace -- but there ARE other serious women runners out there, and I'm lucky to have connected with them. The company is great, we push one another on tempo runs, and cheer one another on at races.

Another thought: if you compete in local races, why not look for training partners there?

16x wrote:

Pete wrote:

Why's everyone so sensitive about the "girl" label? I mean it with all the respect I can muster up through the message board. I know my wife would smack me if I called her a girl, but I just don't get it. I thought women liked to be mistaken for younger than their true age. Why do you gals make it so darn difficult for a guy to know what the heck it is you really want to hear?

"girl" indicates emotional and physical underdevelopment. A woman is the product of complete physical and mental development into female adulthood. The only women who want to be called "girls" are most likely just that.

I think I might change my name.

It's interesting to see Flagpole Willy's explanation of a real man. I guess it doesn't involve holding his wife's purse.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

16x wrote:

"girl" indicates emotional and physical underdevelopment. A woman is the product of complete physical and mental development into female adulthood. The only women who want to be called "girls" are most likely just that.

I think I might change my name.

It's interesting to see Flagpole Willy's explanation of a real man. I guess it doesn't involve holding his wife's purse.

Could you not call me a guy anymore? I prefer man as it indicates a stronger personality and resolve.

Why should we call you a woman when we don't know you? Maybe you are underdeveloped emotionally. That's like me going up to a random person on the street and asking him to call me sir.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

16x wrote:

"girl" indicates emotional and physical underdevelopment. A woman is the product of complete physical and mental development into female adulthood. The only women who want to be called "girls" are most likely just that.

I think I might change my name.

It's interesting to see Flagpole Willy's explanation of a real man. I guess it doesn't involve holding his wife's purse.

Why did you resurrect this thread? It was almost 2 years dead. [unintentional rhyme]

The Real Man thing was mostly a joke. I do actually believe that if you don't have kids that you care for that it's difficult to understand what real work is, but I was just kidding about not being a real man without children. That was back in my kidding days. Kind of over that these days.

I was being sarcastic. I see nothing wrong with the word "girl" and don't think it indicates maturity. The only reason I have it in my name is to identify myself as a female since the majority of LR posters are male.

Flagpole Willy, I knew you were joking. So was I. I resurrected this thread because I was hoping to see if there are any new or old female lurkers around. There seem to only be only 4 or 5 women on here now.

I've been reading posts on here for a while, and post a few times here and there.

Yes, CORRECT!

Everyone else sees it but you