Stay away from the christians, or you'll end up shouting "down with the devil" or "she had it coming" at some unfortunate kids funeral.
Now you know why she was concerned about your knees. That's where you'd have spent the rest of your life.
Good luck to you.
I've been competing since '74 through high school and college and training/racing ever since plus 22 marathons with no knee problems...genetics?, luck? Who knows. Just run.
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Gah, so tonight this girl I have been going out with said I run too much. Currently I am only running about 70 miles a week, though i am looking to get up to 85 pretty soon.
So she used to be a runner, and she is in physical therapy school now, and her dad is a doctor and yadda yadda yadda. So she gives me this whole schpeel on how i am wearing out the cartilage in my knees. I'm 24 and dont really think about this stuff that much just because i feel like i run in a gentle way and my knees never bother me. Still i didnt really have anything to counter with. i tried a few weak things, but there was no changing her mind..
basically i just came on here for some support. getting up at 745 tomorrow to do a morning run to make a double tomorrow. its not 2 AM. wouldnt be so late if me and this girl hadnt started arguing about something else.
f*** if i know what will happen to my knees in 30 years, i am pretty confident i am running in a smart way, but for all i know she could be right.. still i dont want change anything right now. i told her about the 1000 dollars i could win for being the first one from my state in a marathon, and she was just like, " well think about how much knee replacement will cost.. is it worth it?" what a downer. put me in a pretty bad mood.
but to hell with it, here is to doubling up for 13 tomorrow.
I do NOT know why non-runners and non-serious runners always focus on the knees as the point of problems for those who run a lot. I've been running since age 8, and I'm now 44, was competitive in high school and college and then trained for and ran a couple of ultras (plus 7 marathons), running anywhere from 100-140 miles a week for a couple years in there, and I have NEVER had any problems with my knees...not one. I've had calf problems and Achilles tendon problems, and IT band problems (away from the knee), but NEVER any knee problems; I wish all my other body parts were as solid as my knees. Do some runners eventually have knee problems? Yes. Running a lot is NO guarantee that you'll have knee problems though. I know some ultra runners who have been doing it for 30+ years that have NEVER had any knee problems. WAY more runners over age 40 have calf and/or Achilles tendon problems than ever have knee problems.
Bottom line is your girlfriend has no idea what she's talking about.
Welcome to the club, OP.
Ha. So it'd probably be a pretty dick move to forward her some of the pro-running articles at this point. I do want her to see them just so she knows their is a legitimate other side to the question. Still i could see it looking like i was just trying to continue to argue and get the last word. (and maybe that is a little true)
I'll probably hold off unless i can think of nice way to send it
If you love running keep doing it.
THis is seriously a non issue. Move on chump.
I'm almost three times your age (running since high school)and my knees work fine.
I've been running since the 60's, well over 130,000 miles and I have no knee problems. Dump her.
My mom told me that I ran too much and I was only running 45 mpw max. I am 38 and rarely speak to her.