Pathological B S
Pathological B S
You are very judgmental. So what if a runner loves to run and runs "slow" in your opinion? I love running. It brings joy and fitness to my life.
Romans 5:3-4
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3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
I'm not a religious dude, but that's pretty spot on.
absolutely love these guys or gals. despite perhaps inert sanity issues
run baby.
Sid22 wrote:
I am a 16:30 guy...
You know, there are a whole lot of runners out there who might wonder why you even bother. I am not one of them, but the point here is that while you believe this 20:xx dude is nothing special, you are in the same category as he is...a non-professional runner with no chance to ever be one. You both run because you love it.
Use this. If you score under 80%, you are slow. 80-90%, you are a runner. Above 90%, you are a fast runner.
YMMV wrote:
Use this. If you score under 80%, you are slow. 80-90%, you are a runner. Above 90%, you are a fast runner.
http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup06.html
That's not what it says.
truly unbelievable nobody has said Derek Rubis yet. End of thread people
Obsession? I would say passion. Time doesnt matter too much. Run is all about balance. You need the right balance when you run. Run gives you balance in your life. If you find that your right balance is to run two times a day and 100 miles / week that is good. No matter how"fast "or " slow " you are.
Hi,
As a woman, who taught myself to run, I definitely feel my life revolves around running and I'm fairly slow. Last year during a injury year ( and with too much work-meaning 2-4 international travels a week with a 40 hour work week), my fastest marathon was 4:30 on the dot. My PRs are 48min for 10km, 1:47 for 20km, 3:53 for the full marathon.
This year after a good amount of physio, getting back into training (100-120km a week for just a month), I ran a 1:52 half a week before doing a 4:30 marathon (I also cycled some 130km that week too, so I was running on rather sore legs). And ok I'll admit, the marathon was going bad, so I did stop for a nice IPA in the marathon because it was being offered on course. I'm working on doing a long build-up to actually earn times that can justify how my life revolves around running. I also want to start racing in a way that I properly push myself to get the most out of races. And some of us may have bad years, killing our buildup.
A remarkable amount of people train well, but on race day, don't really push themselves. They, like me haven't learned what people do in competition which is test themselves beyond what the train does. Could be this "slow" guy, doesn't really know how to do a race pace?
Some people also may not get what distances they do well in, some people just suck at distances 5000m and under.
But I will nominate people who run fitness blogs, and post about running but finish marathon in 5:30 and over. I see them sometimes, and just think, if I posted as much about my fitness as you, I would never mention a marathon if I could finish it under 4.
Overall there are many more slow people than fast people.
Is he getting paid?
Are you getting paid?
No to both? Didn’t think so.
You guys are the same.
There's a dude I know through Strava. He seems very serious, has an instagram just for running. He has a 28 minute 5k best. I like people who are enthusiastic about running, but this is the kind of dude I just want to tell to move to a different sport. If you're a grown man who's been training for years and has barely gone sub-30, I honestly think you'd be better off doing a different sport.
Still better than the ones that are over 30min. I do think anyone putting in a reasonable effort can break 25, but people have heavy mental barriers. I do think it's weird to have a strava and instagram. Though the weirder thing may be the ones who are following him.
But, I wouldn't recommend switching to another sport. There is something very simplistic and accessible about running, that you don't really get with any other sport. And running is pretty simple, if they suck at that, they are not going to be that great at other stuff.
I've wondered if people that plateau under their potential are suffering from year-round training without built in recovery. My biggest break-throughs have come after a regimented off period before the next cycle. It tests you mentally having to rebuild volume from scratch, but its what has had the most effect on my progress.
My good buddy is so dedicated. His life revolves around running. He was a mid 19 guy in HS. His pr these days like low 18s. 1:25 for half. 2:58 for full on 70 mpw. Not fast but not bad.
I’m about the same but on much less mileage.
Sid22 wrote:
took off at a blistering 6 minute mile pace
Wow impressive.
I consider myself one of them. Make 2:40s marathoner doing 90mpw and getting smoked by a lot of women
WHOSE, not WHO’S
Get off his back, he's out there grinding k.
As long as the "slow" runners are nice enough people, I don´t care how slow they are. Great thing if they participate in races and get something out of running. But yes, I have noticed very slow people who get too obsessed about running, but better that than opioid addiction.
By the way, funny how for a lot of people in Europe the way to go seems to be training well until you are 18-21 and then deciding if you have what it takes to make it to the top. If you don´t, you completely stop doing ANY sports and focus on other aspects of life for 15 years. Then you realize you need to do something about you being overweight and take up running or whatever as a hobby. The same goes for Americans who stop running once they finish college.