The lone wolf runner

I understand this completely.

And yet, it can be difficult to even run 1 mile without somebody else doing it with you.

I would think that people who only run by themselves end up taking more days off than if they ran with others.

Thanks for sharing.

Now fuc* off out there and knock in 10 x 400m at 5K pace.

Is this what you meant in the first sentence?I always liked running by myself [better] than [running] with my team.If so, maybe some more social interaction will improve your language skills. Maybe you are on the spectrum.

Lone wolf runner wrote:

I always liked running by myself then with my team.

You got the point. No need for this comment.

jamiadvice wrote:

Is this what you meant in the first sentence?

I always liked running by myself [better] than [running] with my team.

If so, maybe some more social interaction will improve your language skills. Maybe you are on the spectrum.

Lone wolf runner wrote:

I always liked running by myself then with my team.

I am a lone wolf, but I loved destroying my teammates in high school and college. I didn't lose a single workout/run after my FR year in both HS and college. Some people are just competitive by nature. Others are not. Nothing wrong with that. Been a lone wolf post-collegiately now.

I'd like to say somethong.......

I was a lone wolf, but then my coach brought home a new runner, Doug, and I knew then that my lone wolf pack had grown to 2. Then a few months later Doug introduced me to his friends Stu and Phil and right then I thought to myself "could it be possible, yes, I think it could, my lone wolf pack had now grown to 4."

I'm a lone wolf runner partly by choice, partly by circumstance. I work a job with inconsistent hours, thus I can't necessarily run at the same time as a group might. I've also never been much of a group guy anyways and enjoy the time running alone as it helps clear the mind as well as the body

jamiadvice wrote:

Is this what you meant in the first sentence?

I always liked running by myself [better] than [running] with my team.

If so, maybe some more social interaction will improve your language skills. Maybe you are on the spectrum.

Lone wolf runner wrote:

I always liked running by myself then with my team.

He also finds their company intimate.

kj wrote:

I didn't lose a single workout/run after my FR year in both HS and college..

How do you lose a workout/run?

I'm with you. I've been running for over 20 years (didn't run on high school or college teams) and 99% of my runs are solo. I don't like running in groups for whatever reason.

I've always been a lone wolf. In college, lots of the guys on the team needed to run with someone else, or they would lose motivation and the quality of their workout would suffer.

My training philosophy in high school was derived from two quotes. One from Percy Cerutty: "While a man is racing, he must hate himself and his competitors," and the other from Tom Fleming: "Somewhere, someone in the world is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."

In College, the talent pool was a little different, so I modified Fleming's quote to, "Somewhere, someone is training smarter than you. When you race him, he will win." I could never run more than 90 miles a week without burnout, but running in a group, I was pressured to do so. Now, a couple years later, I am training at a higher level, lone wolf-style again.

dsddd wrote:

I'm with you. I've been running for over 20 years (didn't run on high school or college teams) and 99% of my runs are solo. I don't like running in groups for whatever reason.

I also have been running 20+ years and never ran in hs or college. And most of my runs are solo, but there is nothing like having a running partner to shoot the shit with and beat up on each other while doing work outs or just cruising through a 10 miler. People push each other.

Some people need teammates for motivation other people need quotes and still others need modified quotes.

Also I don't understand your last two quotes. The original version implies you should train literally every minute of every day. Your modified version is very defeatist: your own motivational quote is declaring YOU are going to lose because someone is training smarter than you.

I think you are feeble minded.

Boston wrote:

dsddd wrote:

I'm with you. I've been running for over 20 years (didn't run on high school or college teams) and 99% of my runs are solo. I don't like running in groups for whatever reason.

I also have been running 20+ years and never ran in hs or college. And most of my runs are solo, but there is nothing like having a running partner to shoot the shit with and beat up on each other while doing work outs or just cruising through a 10 miler. People push each other.

There's only one guy that I can tolerate running with. An older dude and I love listening to his stories of racing back in the day. Other guys, even friends, I would much rather just run on my own than have to put up with their injury/job/woman/training BS. "STFU Dude, just run!!!!"

Only room for one on the treadmills I run on. That would be really weird to try to have two people on a treadmill at the same time.

Every morning just before breakfast

I don't want no coffee or tea

Just me and good buddy Weiser

That's all I ever need

'Cause I run alone, yeah

With nobody else

Yeah, you know when I run alone

I prefer to be by myself

I ran lone wolf for most of the first four years of running. 1968-72. No real choice. There was no sizeable running community. Outside of high school and college you just didn't see runners on the streets.

I run all of my workouts alone. I live in a rural community and the only workout most people around here get is walking from their house to their car. Not a lot of options to train with especially in the "cold" (30s and 40s are fantastic for running but most people can't get outside when it's under 60 degrees) months. However, I enjoy training solo so If I did have the option of training with a group I would probably run by myself most of the time.

In my 40 years of being a runner, I could NEVER run with other runners....

Except in warmups or codlins of racing.

In a training run, other guys would always want to talk..

I can't talk when I run....

It's always huffing and puffing and trying to conjure up the strength to say what I want to say..and can't enjoy the pace of my mind with that of my workout.....

Conversation while running to me is a distraction, like some fly buzzing around my ears.

I never could train with other people.

90,000 miles and still training alone.