• stealers
      • What are some of the biggest running myths? 3/1/2010 11:17AM
      • stealers
      • I'm stealing this from ST, but I think it could be fun. What are some of the biggest training, racing, nutrition, etc. myths?
    • someonehadtosayit
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    • kcal
      • RE: What are some of the biggest running myths? 3/1/2010 11:38AM - in reply to stealers
      • kcal
      • Calories in/calories out is the final determinant for body weight.
    • All Rules of Thumb
      • RE: What are some of the biggest running myths? 3/1/2010 11:43AM - in reply to stealers
      • All Rules of Thumb
      • Don't increase your training by more than 10% per week.
    • keep it simple..
    • X-Runner
      • RE: What are some of the biggest running myths? 3/1/2010 12:15PM - in reply to stealers
      • X-Runner
      • Running is usually bad for your knees.

        Your lungs freeze when you run in the cold.

        People run a lot to get 'runner's high.'
        To me, you feel runner's high high you are out of shape and then run hard.
    • Haji
    • Big Scary Boss
    • USAF_run
      • RE: What are some of the biggest running myths? 3/1/2010 1:06PM - in reply to Big Scary Boss
      • USAF_run
      • Here are some very regular comments from the uninformed military members:

        - "I wish I was born naturally fast like you"(they disregard the 70+ mile weeks that I run)

        - "Of course he's going to run faster on his PT test than me, his legs are MUCH longer" (I'm 6'2)

        - "He can run his 1.5 mile real fast but I bet he couldn't carry me in a war zone" (I'm the only military member in my wing to score a 100 on the PT test. You need 67 pushups in a minute, 58 situps in a minute and 9:06 for 1.5 mile run. On top of that I can still bench press 255, being one of the stronger members of the group. And if you lost some eff'ing weight and got down to a reasonable size, maybe I could carry you in a war zone)