Yes put a fork in me I am done!!!! The Bike will be my new fitness way!!!
Yes put a fork in me I am done!!!! The Bike will be my new fitness way!!!
Runner XX wrote:
frogs wrote:I would stop running for half that. No question. I don't run for trains or buses either, since there's always another one in five minutes.
Just curious about the parameters here though. Do you mean expressly running as sport/exercise? Can one trot? Gambol? Skip? Is the devil somehow involved so that it's not simply a "word as bond" situation and taking the money results in one's ability to run being taken away? So that, for example, even if caught in the path of a falling tree, one is physically governed somehow to a brisk walk? These are all important questions.
But no matter the answer, I would take the money.
You can not run as a hobby. You can run at times to catch a bus or to avoid a speeding car. You just can't train to run races.
I found a loophole. No more races or running for "health purposes" but as a mode of transportation. I'd take the million and run to work everyday taking the scenic route that would take about and hour. ANd run home
did it for free wrote:
After running competetively for most of my life and logging some modest PR's even by LR standards, one day about 15 years ago I simply stopped in the middle of a training run, walked home and never ran again. I mean never. I still follow running, I miss the friends I made and of course competing, but something in me just said 'no more.' For 1 million dollars I tend to think that day would have happened a lot sooner.
Very similar story here. In order to compete my best I felt like I was missing a lot of other opportunities by always being chained to a training schedule and the constant cycle of run, recover, repeat. I had also gotten to the point where, after several breakthroughs over the years, I knew that my progress was going to be incremental. I still could make small improvements, but I had found my limits.
I decided to stop racing and just run for fun and fitness. Once I made that decision I stopped running completely within months. I now enjoy other outdoor activities and haven't gone for a run in a year and a half.
I'm not ruling out future hobby jogging but I'd sell that option for a mil.
probably. I could get into cycling I guess.
whats more fun wrote:
Or to rephrase that question. Whats more fun? A million dollars worth of stuff (1 nice car, 1 paid off house, any stuff you want and model girl) or 2-3 hours of straight wearing headphones listening to music, running through the woods, jumping over rocks, streams, climbing over logs, running around trees feeling like there is nothing better in the world. Just a simple 2-3 hours on trails makes me not really stressed, not really caught up in the cares of the world so much. Funny thing is, to get the true (and not false) and real answer to the question you have to come back from an awesome long run, then ask it and then think ok never run again and never feel that awesome feeling again. And the answer that comes back is simply no. No emotional feeling, no need to explain anything, conceptualize or logically think anything. It's simply no, I feel great. Good luck, take your $, I'll take what I got thanks! :)
You could get that same feeling cycling 100 miles in the Sierra Nevadas though.
absolutely not
You can't even wipe your a$$ for a million dollars these days. So no.
I'd pay 1000 to never have to run again. It sucks!
Not the LRC Troll wrote:
I am not trying to be the typical 125lb (but somehow still super-jacked), 6'2", millionaire LRC poster, but 1 million dollars isn't really that much money. People on this thread are talking about model girlfriends and fast cars... come on.
One million dollar will buy you a nice house in a great neighborhood in a small town. Which is nothing to sneeze at, but not the windfall you might be thinking.
You can't even buy a nice rowhouse in DC for a million dollars. Maybe a fixer-upper... and you can never run again?
Depends on your life situation. I am 44 and have a good start on retirement savings and very little debt. With a million dollars I could retire now and easily maintain my lifestyle.
If you are in your 20s or early 30s with little money set aside, then I agree with you.
I would hate to think I could never run again but I think I could replace running with biking and be just as happy.
The million bucks has to be AFTER TAXES though.
Make it three million, and I'd quit
No way Jose. In fact, no money not even $1 trillion would convince me to give up running. I would die much earlier, be more stressed and life would just suck.
wipe it wrote:
You can't even wipe your a$$ for a million dollars these days. So no.
Oh. You. Are. So. Impressive.
you're not smart
You could always just take up ultramarathons...
Not the LRC Troll wrote:
I am not trying to be the typical 125lb (but somehow still super-jacked), 6'2", millionaire LRC poster, but 1 million dollars isn't really that much money. People on this thread are talking about model girlfriends and fast cars... come on.
One million dollar will buy you a nice house in a great neighborhood in a small town. Which is nothing to sneeze at, but not the windfall you might be thinking.
You can't even buy a nice rowhouse in DC for a million dollars. Maybe a fixer-upper... and you can never run again?
Agreed. I'm trying to break this down in my mind and I can't think of any material possession that I could ever value as much as running. I'm curious what the responses would be if the question was "If you were offered a mansion to never run again - would you take it?" To me, that's a no-brainer. I would definitely prefer to run than live in a mansion. And you could replace mansion with anything (valued at ~$1 million). A couple luxury cars? No. A closet full of new suits, ties, and watches? No. Material possessions are pretty hollow if you take away the things you enjoy in life.
Plus, I can't imagine never experiencing another runner's high. It's those little things that I live for.
No, you don't understand, you CANT run, you don't just stop running recreationally
No way, running is a relaxing and fun hobby. It allows you to see the world and can be enjoyed with your mum, dad, brother, sister, husband, wife or friend. Running has given me way more than 1 million dollars could ever buy. There is nothing better than running along a nice trail when it is raining, knowing you that when you get home, you have earned the right to big meal and hot shower!
I live in a very hot and humid climate and during the summer it often sucks to run. And I don't enjoy running in the cold and wet. But to not be able to run when I wanted would suck big time. Running sprints or running up hills or a long run are such enjoyable things. I have cycled a lot in the past and I never want to do again except for indoors or for fun. Nothing matches running.
You do realize it's 2015? Hate to break it to you kids, but $1mm doesn't go very far unless you move to Cambodia or some African nation. I easily spend $140k on restaurants, apt maintenance, first class plane tickets, and the opera year round. I guess running is a cheap sport so most of you will extrapolate that mindset to the rest of life.. But once you mature and pop out of your bubble you'll realize you've wasted much your precious time on a pointless sport instead of trying to make as much money as possible. Now here you are dreaming about chump change... I have it all, but I don't feel sorry for you, this country needs more blue collar cheap labor.
There is so much good that could be done with that money, I would feel selfish if I didn't.
But I only would if: I could run in other sports that require running (tennis, soccer). I could run in life (not for exercise but to catch a bus or something)
I assume I'm not allowed to jog either?
I'm older so its less of sacrifice than asking someone 25 never to run for exercise again. There are many fewer years of running I have left anyway.
Lets say you'll run three times per week for the next 20 years. But instead some will pay you one million dollars not to run. Now lets break that down. If someone offered you $410 not to run each time you planned to run would you take the money and not run?