What pisses you off about running?

couchtomato wrote:

I hate how much I don't like running. Right now I hate running just slightly less than how much I hate *not* running. The only reason I get out the door every day is because I know how mad I'll be at myself tomorrow if I don't run. I'm very worried that at some point the scale will tip slightly in the other direction and I'll lose my only motivation. I'm in probably the best shape I've been in since high school, and I just don't really care.

maybe you need a break. seriously. finish up your current racing season, maybe take 4-6 months off (dont get fat, but dont race or anything like that). try to take up other things you might not be able to do now. see if your life without running is better than with it. then you'll know

i was good in college, took a couple years off from racing and realized the grass wasnt greener. im back training and racing but have a much better appreciation for it

I wish that was it, but I just started running again this spring. After 10 years of not focusing on running (cycled for a while, played some other sports, etc), the itch was finally strong enough that I got myself running 6 or 7 times a week consistently. I never raced longer than the 800, so outside a few garbage XC seasons, my weekly milage has never been very high. I'm up about 50km/wk now, which on the one hand is way better than I was doing four months ago, but on the other hand feels pretty pathetic considering this is my "base" phase. I have no desire to run 5ks, 10ks, or marathons, but I'd love to be race the 800 or mile next year, even if I'm not very competitive. If I can't convince myself to run more than 30 miles a week, though, I don't know how successful I'll be.

Even in high school, the racing was mostly what enticed me, not the running, but the team aspect made the running tolerable. Now that I don't have that it's just a slog.

The only things I don't like about running is how my feet often get absolutely destroyed with blisters in the summer...and chafing, chafing really sucks.

Otherwise, running is awesome, and I love how even if you're not a pro or a D1 runner, you're still living one of the most healthy lifestyles one could live. I'm going into my senior year in college as a D3 runner and my body is more fit than it's ever been, even though I missed indoor and outdoor track from a foot injury. I'd say I'm even ahead of where I was a year ago in terms of getting ready for XC, and I still think I can accomplish my long term goal of a 1:54 800/sub 4 1500.

Run on ppl ^_^

mature and realistic wrote:

stooof wrote:

The sport is on Life Support, Nike, and everyone wants to bitch about that. Nike has subsidized the sport and kept it alive during dark times, and no they aren't perfect, but people on this board need to not see things so black and white, and see things more maturely and realistically.

Wut???!!!

The sport is dying because Nike and IAAF/USATF support drugs and cheating.

Cycling is back on the rise again

Races that fill up in 10 minutes or require a lottery.

I'm upset that Malmö's vanity Wikipedia page doesn't include even more detailed information about his incredible running career.

injury

the necessity of recovery (why can't I just run all day, every day?)

in-race fatigue

soreness

lack of talent

lack of smooth, easy form

losing

underperforming

the length of time needed to build fitness

the constant need to eat

treeline wrote:

The intelligence quotient of most high school coaches falling somewhere between coal miner and street sweeper.

#ourstupidityisdrivingaknifeintoourhearts

Making such a disparaging remark about coal miners and street sweepers was really uncalled for.

Insufferable Know-It-All wrote:

treeline wrote:

The intelligence quotient of most high school coaches falling somewhere between coal miner and street sweeper.

#ourstupidityisdrivingaknifeintoourhearts

Making such a disparaging remark about coal miners and street sweepers was really uncalled for.

Is this really such a common problem? I had a (long retired) D1 runner/ professional marathon runner as a coach and even my female middle school coach was and is very knowledgeable about the sport. Not one team in my conference had a dipsh*t for a coach, and every team had at least one 16:40 guy at the worst.

Certainly not bun huggers

lottery winner wrote:

Insufferable Know-It-All wrote:

Making such a disparaging remark about coal miners and street sweepers was really uncalled for.

Is this really such a common problem? I had a (long retired) D1 runner/ professional marathon runner as a coach and even my female middle school coach was and is very knowledgeable about the sport. Not one team in my conference had a dipsh*t for a coach, and every team had at least one 16:40 guy at the worst.

I'm not sure exactly how common the problem is, but it's common. I have a similar competitive background to your high school coach and was fortunate enough to learn distance running training from (in my opinion) two of the best distance running coaches in the world. In the league that currently coach in there are 6 teams with 4, as you put it, dipsh*t head coaches.

I understand that it is not always easy trying to find experienced and qualified coaches, and that sometimes an AD needs to hire whoever is available, but what pisses me off are the dipsh*t "coaches" that have no respect for the sport and possess no willingness to learn the sport or attempt to provide adequate coaching to their student-athletes.

kikKomen Soi sauce wrote:

injury

the necessity of recovery (why can't I just run all day, every day?)

in-race fatigue

soreness

lack of talent

lack of smooth, easy form

losing

underperforming

the length of time needed to build fitness

the constant need to eat

Yes, what this guy said

That I'm slow wrote:

Did an 800-600-400-200 ladder tonight. The 400 and 200 hurt pretty bad.

Then it hit me that the elites run a marathon at a faster average pace than I ran for my intervals.

Simply depressing.

Wait til you hit your 40's and 50's if you haven't quit by then. It hits me that I used to run marathons at a faster average pace than I run for my intervals now.

treeline wrote:

The intelligence quotient of most high school coaches falling somewhere between coal miner and street sweeper.

#ourstupidityisdrivingaknifeintoourhearts

Judging things on the IQ of my father, you're objecting to high school coaches being too clever for you.

Getting posterior shin splints always. My it bands hurting. Feet being sore. Running has been like this for a long time, I've lost my passion for it. I don't know why I always hurt so much.

Drivers rolling through a stop sign, looking left as they try to turn right, not looking for runners.

Sooner or later, I will be killed. Two kids in my neighbourhood have been killed by exactly this in the past few years, yet the douchebags in my neighbourhood still make their right turns without looking right first.

Side cramps! f***ers

I've been running for 40 years and haven't had a good run or runner's high for about the last 25 years. It's always a struggle but I can't stop. Addictions are terrible.

The manic depressives in this thread.