I am curious how many cigarette smokers we have in the letsrun community. I ran my entire childhood (4:22 mile in hs) and decided to hang up the spikes in college. Long story short, I started smoking in college and have continued now since being out for over a year. Has anyone else switched out a great habit for a bad one? I continue to run but not regularly and not competively. Any thoughts/comments?
I smoke. I obviousely like it alot. I also like physical activity alot. So it works for now but like with all drugs you will sacrafice more and more. There is o free lunch.
I former teamate of mine was a virtual chain smoker
Ran 1:53, broke 4 mins and could still break 2 mins and run 2.47 marathon aged 40 . He was one of those people who seemed to be able to do anything and get away with it
He even was in the beach scene in Chariots of Fire
Died of lung cancer last year
Jørn Lauenborg from Denmark was a smoker and ran 2:12.
2.12.58 at age 39.
Joey Dunn wrote:
ukathleticscoach wrote:Died of lung cancer last year
LOL
Sorry. Not LOL. Maybe he got addicted before everyone knew that it could kill you.
Rep Newf wrote:
I am curious how many cigarette smokers we have in the letsrun community. I ran my entire childhood (4:22 mile in hs) and decided to hang up the spikes in college. Long story short, I started smoking in college and have continued now since being out for over a year. Has anyone else switched out a great habit for a bad one? I continue to run but not regularly and not competively. Any thoughts/comments?
Please define "smoker".
What about hand-rolled cigarettes that are not legal? Does that count in your question? If so, let me know because I have a ton of names to add then.
Smoking is for insecure people who want to feel cool. In the process they ruin the air for everyone around them and make themselves look pathetic, inevitably dying a not so pleasant death to lung cancer.
cheers boys!!
i ran n college went 1458 in the 5k then got kicked off my team for partying too much. ended up just drinking more picked up smoking for a year and ran maybe 10times that year. raced 1 5k and went 1728. i quit smoking about 3 months ago and ran 1550 a month ago and went 1:12.24 in a half marathon 2 wks ago off a 3month avg of 43 miles per wk.
Bill Rogers smoked a ton after college before getting serious about running and becoming one of the greatest American marathoners. Quite inspiring actually. His story helped me give up pot/social cigarette smoking. I still drink a lot though, but thats the running culture more than anything.
Add Steve Jones to the list. Not during his 2:08 days, but still hard to believe that he could be a chain smoker and then move on to that success.
Also, that Lynyrd Skinrod(sic?)guy that use to run the Tahoe Triple marathon (2:40ish first day, sub-3 next 2 days?)
Ken Bob, you are a POS
Yes, Ken bob is a butthead.
i bet he rants on about loving his freedom too.
ken bob wrote:
Smoking is for insecure people who want to feel cool. In the process they ruin the air for everyone around them and make themselves look pathetic, inevitably dying a not so pleasant death to lung cancer.
cheers boys!!
Smoking is really quite pleasant. There is no feeling quite like lighting up a cigarette on a cold winter day and pondering the cosmos while you smoke. I do not smoke, and have not since I was a teenager because of the associated detrimental health effects and high cost (you should all quit now!), but sometimes I really would like to.
What was his name?
ukathleticscoach wrote:
I former teamate of mine was a virtual chain smoker
Ran 1:53, broke 4 mins and could still break 2 mins and run 2.47 marathon aged 40 . He was one of those people who seemed to be able to do anything and get away with it
He even was in the beach scene in Chariots of Fire
Died of lung cancer last year
I run, and smoke...just not cigarettes!
Biever Kleever wrote:
I run, and smoke...just not cigarettes!
You prefer pipes, I suppose?
I do not smoke cigarettes but smoke weed occasionally(once or twice a month) and it has absolutly no effect on my running ability. I was an average HS runner. an Ok runner in high school,about 1620 for 3 miles and 1010 for 2 miles, 206 for the 800m. I recently ran a 1656 5k and I took a few year hiatus from running when I got into college. However, the more you smoke weed the more you do not want to do physical activity. I think smoking cigarettes on the other hand would really be detrimental to your lungs.
Robert Cheruiyot( 4 times Boston marathon champion). He also goes clubbing regularly at a famous club in nairobi called Florida 2000( nicknamed madhouse).