Do Mormons sneak runs on Sundays?

Sunday runner wrote:

Most of them live in Utah and Eastern Idaho. There are a whole lot of places to get out of town where few would see them running.

Actually most of them live outside of those areas.

As with any behavioral standard for any group, you will find a range of commitment and compliance with group norms. A low-commitment church member will ignore a dozen other behavioral norms that someone else might care about more than going for a run on Sunday.

But in general, no, I've never been aware of people who are both committed Mormons and dedicated runners sneaking in a run or even a cross-training session. I'm sure it's happened, but I've known enough Mormon runners that I think it's pretty uncommon. I'm also familiar enough with the issues involved, and it just wouldn't make sense to sneak in a run.

For a major race, I have seen runners decide that running is preferable to not running: think Olympic marathon, for example. My own son decided that he could justify running at NXR one year. But there's no sneaking about it; you make a decision and go with it.

Most Mormons choose not to run on Sundays but many do run on Sundays. They don't have to sneak in Sunday runs.

Sellers?

Treadmills make it easy to run in the privacy of your own home.

Hell yeah

Rastafarians partake in the sacred hemp everyday. Now that's dedication and commitment.

T.M.A.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.

But it is literally sneaking them in. I go to great lengths to make sure friends and family don't find out. I always keep them private on strava. This is a huge religious and cultural taboo for an "active" mormon.

I try to never take a dump on Sunday but I have to sneak one in every once in a while. It helps if I fast on Saturday and pray to the tree gods on Friday.

A saint of the latter days would, depending, probably be sneaking in a nap. When the going is good, work is favorable. Under the fog of competition, social circles and life, my laborers sneak by goodness. Das kapital, ja.

See 4 yourself wrote:

Sunday runner wrote:

Most of them live in Utah and Eastern Idaho. There are a whole lot of places to get out of town where few would see them running.

Actually most of them live outside of those areas.

Yep, a lot more in CA than Idaho.

runnER/DR wrote:

But it is literally sneaking them in. I go to great lengths to make sure friends and family don't find out. I always keep them private on strava. This is a huge religious and cultural taboo for an "active" mormon.

Do you think you're fooling God? If your faith is real, that's what should scare you, not your friends and family. If your faith isn't real, then why even bother sneaking?

Oh no I don't believe in God. I just go through the motions because I'm so embedded in the culture. Wife, kids, friends, family...everyone around me believes. It's not worth risking all those relationships so I'll just play along.

Sunday runner wrote:

Most of them live in Utah and Eastern Idaho. There are a whole lot of places to get out of town where few would see them running.

Most active Mormon’s in Utah do not. They spend the day in church and with their family. Sunday’s are great days to be out on the trails or skiing because there are less people. Same thing for going to the grocery store, etc.... less people and crowds. Now, I also know people who say they are Mormon, but they aren’t active and haven’t been since they were kids, and they run, shop, ski, etc. on Sundays.

Ultra Runner Chick wrote:

Sunday runner wrote:

Most of them live in Utah and Eastern Idaho. There are a whole lot of places to get out of town where few would see them running.

Most active Mormon’s in Utah do not. They spend the day in church and with their family. Sunday’s are great days to be out on the trails or skiing because there are less people. Same thing for going to the grocery store, etc.... less people and crowds. Now, I also know people who say they are Mormon, but they aren’t active and haven’t been since they were kids, and they run, shop, ski, etc. on Sundays.

When I see posts like these, I thank God I'm an atheist and don't have to concern myself with such nonsense.

I myself am a Mormon in Utah and I don't run on Sunday. I'm a senior in high school and our coach uses Sunday as our rest days and the most we're allowed to do is rolling out and stretching. My team has a good shot at the state title this year and our depth and high performance did not come from sneaking runs on Sunday lol, since most runners prefer to only run 6 days week anyway we choose to take our rest days on Sunday after a long run Saturday.

My former roommate was a devout Mormon, and after a lot of careful thought, decided to exercise on Sundays. She made sure she did it in groups. She rationalized that she was far from home, and a couple of her main social activities at the time were biking and running, so her training groups were like being with family. She still did the full Sunday church routine as well.

Unrelated, but after a lot of soul-searching, she ended up leaving the church years later. She also came out as a lesbian. She remains a total badass athlete who is low-level sponsored as an ambassador in a couple sports.

It would be difficult to conceive of another religion as demented and goofy as Mormonism. Go ahead and try.

Mondo Hondo wrote:

It would be difficult to conceive of another religion as demented and goofy as Mormonism. Go ahead and try.

I don't think you actually know much about the religion. In case anyone is curious: