When you view running objectively, it is a dumb thing to pursue

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6 months ago 10/24/2023 10:38am EDT

re: Art Vandelay the fake one

i did another sport. i hurt my shoulder. it quit being fun. i literally set my stuff down mid-practice, packed, never came back. this does not lessen the fun it once was. but be attuned to the signals of the universe.

also, maybe it's because i was a sprinter/hurdler who also did 800 and XC but you vs. me to the fence post is primal -- the opposite of fake. but the distances you are doing may become no fun anymore. do another distance. do hurdles. do a field event. challenge yourself.

or maybe it's time to transition out. one of the dangers of being an endurance athlete, to me, is ceasing to listen to the universe and just enduring....everything.....

6 months ago 10/24/2023 1:05pm EDT

re: seattle prattle

seattle prattle wrote:
Art Vandelay the fake one wrote:
Strutting around in little shorts, training for hobby jogger races, obsessing over miles and times, it's goofy.
Yet I'm out there every day, putting in the miles. Is this really something a respectable person would spend his time on? When we're dead, is this what we want to be remembered for?
Whether or not it is goofy, it's far more goofy to be sitting around discussing it.

Very true. When it comes up that I like to run people usually seem a little bit interested. They want to know how much I run, talk about their own struggles with motivation, or talk about their own running. But, when I say that I read a running forum... and that the forum is called letsrun.com... pure ridicule ensues, guffaws for hours etc

6 months ago 10/24/2023 3:01pm EDT

re: Art Vandelay the fake one

Art Vandelay the fake one wrote:
Strutting around in little shorts, training for hobby jogger races, obsessing over miles and times, it's goofy.
Yet I'm out there every day, putting in the miles. Is this really something a respectable person would spend his time on? When we're dead, is this what we want to be remembered for?

Just like everything else in life. Pick one or two "dumb things" to pursue and be happy.

6 months ago 10/24/2023 5:28pm EDT

re: Art Vandelay the fake one

You're totally right. Who would want to be healthier, avoid obesity, lower stress, live longer, have more red bloods cells and hence oxygen going to the brain, and therefore, be smarter?

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