Complete the sentence: Running a 5k is __% mental and __% physical.

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  • NotPC

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 8:29am EST
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    10% mental 90% physical

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    Luv2Run

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 10:22am EST
    re: ABCDABCD

    ABCDABCD wrote:

    Complete the sentence: Running a 5k is __% mental and __% physical.

    Also, running a marathon is __% mental and __% physical.

    Well I would say it is 100% physical. I mean I can sit and think about running a 5K but that is not going to get me to cover the distance.

  • I win the internet

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 10:25am EST
    re: ABCDABCD

    Running a 5k is for skinny fat girl boys who spend 50% of their time partaking in mental masturbation and the remaining 50% getting physically dominated by real men

  • Ataglance

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 10:34am EST
    re: luv2run

    luv2run wrote:

    ABCDABCD wrote:

    Complete the sentence: Running a 5k is __% mental and __% physical.

    Also, running a marathon is __% mental and __% physical.

    Well I would say it is 100% physical. I mean I can sit and think about running a 5K but that is not going to get me to cover the distance.

    You could say it's 100% mental because if your brain doesn't send the signals to the muscles telling them what to do then you'd just sit there.

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    ScottEvil

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 10:36am EST
    re: Ataglance

    I've never run a marathon but I find 5k short enough that I can just gut it out without thinking. So it's like 20/80.

  • El Flaco Pelon Rojo

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 3:59pm EST
    re: ABCDABCD

    You can run an amazing 5K on will power. You do need some level of fitness and freshness.

    You're not gonna outkick Mo unless you are physically ready, of course.

  • Steelnation

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 4:01pm EST
    re: ABCDABCD

    33% 67%

  • Hoping Hoping Hoping

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 4:20pm EST
    re: ABCDABCD

    It's 100% Physical-in the nature of carnal lust. The hope that the two or three busty cheerleaders who drew the short straw and were forced to "support" the cross-country team will notice my skinny, pasty white ass running a 19 minute 5K across some non-descript golf course.

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    Bad Wigins

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    8 years ago 12/23/2015 6:25pm EST
    re: indeed

    indeed wrote:

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    Both are 100% mental and 100% physical.

    Exactly. Body and mind work together. Now can you guess what blood lactate and brain lactate levels are likely for a typical 5000m runner?

    "once in brain, lactic acid was actively consumed for oxidative processes"

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7070874

    That's why Kemboi pointed at his head after winning Beijing 15 with an amazingly fresh kick.

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