A genie grants you three (running related) wishes, what do you wish for?

Id wish that for every mile I run, my wiener would grow by one inch.

Id wish for UNLIMITED running speed

Id wish for UNLIMITED wishes

I like this tact. With that in mind, I would replace #2 with a wish for a full-time massage therapist.

This is completely impractical.

For your first wish, you're going to get a 26+ inch wiener after you run a marathon. That brings way more disadvantages than advantages. It's like being 10 feet tall. And what happens if you do an ultra? BTW, if your wiener doesn't reset each week or so, it would be longer than a blue whale in a few months. This would be downright lethal due to the strain it would put on your circulatory system.

For your second wish, running 40+ mph would almost certainly get you hauled off to some secret military site where they'll experiment on you. I suppose you can outrun them if they don't catch you by surprise, but what happens when you break the sound barrier? Would you even survive that?

As for your third wish, you might need it to take back the effects of your other two wishes. Don't make any new wishes, because, odds are, they'll be just as bad as the first two.

Interesting question. I don't think I'd go with something obvious, like "WR times at various distances," etc...

How about:

- No injuries ever
- The ability to run well (and do other athletic sports/events) into old age
- Every single run and workout contributes to my overall fitness in a tangible way.

That way, you still "get out what you put in," and can feel good about your accomplishments, even if you have a bit of a leg up by never being injured and getting +fitness from each run.

You discovered the hidden secret of my third wish. Unlimited wishes means unlimited potential. I would be able to reset my wiener size after every run (if I so desire).

I would just want the cartilage in my left knee back so I can go for a run again.

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You don't need a wish to know your potential. Run for a few years and you'll have enough data points. Lower your times by some factors (conditions, whatever, be realistic), and you'll easily have an accurate Virtual PR to add to your Real PR.

1. No injuries no matter how much I train.

2. At least one pr every year

3. Racing flats to come back

1. Shatter Bolt's record with an 8.97

2. Go back to the time before GPS watches.

3. Never lose any fitness regardless of the length of a break.

To be forever injury free. Tonnotnhave to warm up to warm up. To have it always be the perfect temperature for a run.

Injury free endurance means you'll never improve! It's those micro-tears that heal and make the body faster/stronger!

yeah something like knowing when I'm pushing the line for injury would be better than actually not getting injured if I over-did it

I don't want to change my physiology I think that would have some negative effects - I just want to get to my own limit

No injuries, aches, pains

I could just think of a time, and I would run it for that distance

no matter what my age, my joints and internal organs would operate as if I were 25.

1. Heal all injuries especially the ones I had to have surgery for and still affect my daily life to a certain degree and no more injuries ever again.

2. Perfect training weather all year round

3. WR in 1500m or 800m

1. Get rid of my chronic injuries, making my legs all healed and ready to run

2. Make my body 20 years younger so I can be right back to when I was last healthy and in running shape

3. Give my legs the ability to withstand up to 100 mile weeks so I could train without future overuse injury worries.

1)That every morning I remember why I can still run well at 72 yo and conciously continue; 2) that I can reach the 100,000 mile mark or more; 3)that the rest of my body keeps up with my running fitness so I can enjoy any physical actvity I want.