What's your default answer for "so do you run?"

So when I cross the finish line I can scream "PR FVCK YEAH, WEBB IS BACK BABY!!!!!!!!"

"Yeah, I do a little running...I usually try to run once or twice a day."

Do you even lift brah?

"Yes."

"uh huh"

no

For me the question is more like so have you run a marathon? Or Occasionally do you run marathons?

Sometimes they ask how much I ran that morning or last night if they saw me out running. Its always a question about that one run and never about the big picture, average mpw over a year or more.

"No, I got hurt in college."

or else

"I don't run or do windows."

"I qualified for the Boston Marathon. How are those overpriced, color-themed, untimed 5k shuffle runs treating you?"

"I go for the occasional jog-about"

All. Dang. Day.

Potato

This is kind of trite and rote.

No, you all cannot be a champion. Factor that by one Olympics every 4 years.

I think wanting to win is not important at all.

I think fantasizing that you are winning the Olympic gold while having a blast training your ass off / or on, is the important thing.

Training should be gratifying, always leave some on the track or trail for next time.

Races should be the fun icing on the cake.

I bet you almost everyon's PB felt FUN.

And better than all that stuff, years later... That your teammates and friends are a fraternity or a sorority For Life.

Your Tribe.

You might not know it to look at me, but I can run really, really fast!

Alternately: "I choose not to run."

"Stop meddling in my affairs!"

Although I no longer look the part I was a comptetive runner for a number of years spanning from 8th grade through college.

As a 30+ year runner who moved back to the town I grew up in, a frequent variation on the question I get is "so do you still run?" My favorite answer is "not since this morning".

edward teach wrote:

For me the question is more like so have you run a marathon? Or Occasionally do you run marathons?

Sometimes they ask how much I ran that morning or last night if they saw me out running. Its always a question about that one run and never about the big picture, average mpw over a year or more.

Definitely. People find it crazy that I've "only" done one marathon and it was as a pacer.

Holiday Inn Expert wrote:

"I qualified for the Boston Marathon. How are those overpriced...runs treating you?"

Oh, the irony.