Running and p*t is a great combination, (no need for comment from the non-smokers, we already know your stance, and besides if you your for it you would be smoking it) I have smoked p*t since high school, the first time I broke 5 minutes for the 1600 I was in 10th grade and stoned off my ass. Although I no longer race while under the influence I still balance 70 mpw and about 5 bpw
For those that smoke and run, you understand the heigtned sense of awareness about your body and running. Smoking and running is a great way to perfect your running form and is just down right relaxing.
But I also think that it has another advantage: altitude training. Running stoned prevents me from going to far or to fast. But when I am done I still feel that I was running at a decent pace. My theory is that the cardio vascular system has to work harder to get H20 to all the muscles.
Here's how I incorporate running and smoking into my training .
1. Pick out a target race that you want to peak for. It should be several months away. My target race is slated for the end of october.
2. Plan a low mileage training program for the first few months. For me this was a steady three months of 45-50 mile weeks. I ran 2 hard days a week, 3 easy-moderate days and long run. All while smoking almost everyday of the week, sometimes multiply times a day. The high altitude plan lasted from early May to August.
3. About two months before the target race start to cut back on the weed and start to increase the mileage. I now smoke about 2-3 days a week and run between 70-80 mile weeks.
4. 5-7 weeks before the target race I quit smoking on a regular basis. My goal is to go the entire time witout smoking, but if I only smoke once or twice in that time period then that's allright.
5. Go to the line with confidance and ran a great race.
This is just a theory, however, using that same training regiman I was able to take 4:45 off of my half-marathon, running a 1:14.33. I agree with some of the non-smokers on the other thread. If pot becomes the priorty in life than a "loser" is what you will become. However I am confidant that runners have the self-disipline to not let that happen to them. We all know about baseball and football players, but most of those guys are losers to begin with.
It does have a negative effect on the body. Smoking slows recovory and running high mileage and smoking a lot of p*t. I personally think that I was smoking to much while logging 70 mile weeks. I was constatnly waking up not feeling like I had slept and it was harder for me to recover from day to day.
Let me know what some of the other smokers think about this and lets share some knowledge on the subject.
I got a give a shout out to agapeguy, we shared some knowledge on this subject about a year ago, I hope you are still out there reading the bored and maybe I will hear from you.