Do you call it "PRACTICE?"

Training.

Interesting.

In high school we called it track practice and XC practice, but now I call what I do "training".

Odd how it changed.

sam w wrote:

you do not really practice running.

then what are you doing?

you are running; you are training.

you are actually doing it - not practicing it.

this was a really stupid and worthless thread that moves interesting ones down. Please crawl in a hole and die.

Personally, i've always called it practice. In college, i realized i "practiced racing."

Once A Runner quote for the day:

"Cassidy figured that a natural affinity for interval work was the difference between those who like to race, and those who liked to train. And there is a difference. Racers express little enchantment with training."

Page 199.

i practice running every day. it's important

Actually, you do practice, in a way. Your muscle cells are practicing how to provide your body the energy it needs by ordering the reactions that take place and making everything more efficient. These are spatial and chronological issues - the more practice the cells get, the better they become at it.

"we talkin' bout...practice."

if you do drills, pace work, stretching, wieghts and running all in one set a side time for it then its practice, if you just go for a morning run or long run without doing any of that other stuff then its training.

fruitbowl wrote:

you are running; you are training.

you are actually doing it - not practicing it.

no, you're practicing doing it. actually doing "it" is putting on a jersey and spikes, a guy firing a gun, and you trying to win the race.

when you go for a run - you are practicing. simulating what might be happening in a race.

i call it workout