try another word wrote:
NotPC wrote:
LOL yes learn the meaning of words before you try to use them.*
I think you mean "live like hermits"
* I guess you can always blame auto correct.
They can't "live like hermits" if they are living with 5 other people.
They can if the hole up in separate rooms and never see each other.
try another word wrote:
NotPC wrote:
LOL yes learn the meaning of words before you try to use them.*
I think you mean "live like hermits"
* I guess you can always blame auto correct.
They can't "live like hermits" if they are living with 5 other people.
It can be done if you don't have to share a room.
Strictly speaking, this would not be an example of an eremitic style of life. However, such persons could be pursuing a cenobitic style of life.
On the other hand, if one really is interested in living heretical lifestyle, there are lots of options.
you do know how pathetic you sound do you not? wrote:
The master of running wrote:
Don't you want to be 40 and able to say " I ran a sub 14 5 k .... !" Now or never! And you don`t need more than 5-6 sessions per week....plenty of time for women too!)))
Many posters glamorize sub-14 5000m runners on here. A 13:59.99 5000m is roughly equal to a 10.63 100m. Do 100m sprinters, after college live like heretics until age 30 to 35 chasing a sprinting goal? It is just as foolish for 15 or 16 minute 5000m runners to chase sub-14 until age 30 to 35.
No. It's not foolish. That's a value judgement your making, applying your beliefs and values to others. Essentially you're saying that putting off work and financial opportunities, and decreasing time for other avenues and interests of life is not worth pursuing some 5k time goal.
For you it isnt, and nothing wrong with that. For other guys, if absolutely is worth it and fits in with what they want from their life.
sub 14. hmmm.
what about ultra heterodoxy?
I agree in principle that if that is what floats their boats, they should go for it. There is nothing "wrong" with living that lifestyle if you want to, as long as you're not somehow harming someone else or neglecting anybody, etc. However, I wonder how often such people end up regretting it later? (I'm talking mostly about the sub-sub-elites - guys who are still living like that at age 30 with a 10k PB of 30:30, or whatever). Eventually it ends, and they're stuck in mid-life without many useful skills, no connections except with the owner of some running shoe store, no money, and the task of explaining to potential employers what they've been doing all their adult lives. And all they got out of it was some mediocre PB's.
Count Jogula wrote:
I agree in principle that if that is what floats their boats, they should go for it. There is nothing "wrong" with living that lifestyle if you want to, as long as you're not somehow harming someone else or neglecting anybody, etc. However, I wonder how often such people end up regretting it later? (I'm talking mostly about the sub-sub-elites - guys who are still living like that at age 30 with a 10k PB of 30:30, or whatever). Eventually it ends, and they're stuck in mid-life without many useful skills, no connections except with the owner of some running shoe store, no money, and the task of explaining to potential employers what they've been doing all their adult lives. And all they got out of it was some mediocre PB's.
If they don’t regret they should.
Sir Roger Bannister showed how it should be done.
you do know how pathetic you sound do you not? wrote:
The master of running wrote:
Don't you want to be 40 and able to say " I ran a sub 14 5 k .... !" Now or never! And you don`t need more than 5-6 sessions per week....plenty of time for women too!)))
Many posters glamorize sub-14 5000m runners on here. A 13:59.99 5000m is roughly equal to a 10.63 100m. Do 100m sprinters, after college live like heretics until age 30 to 35 chasing a sprinting goal? It is just as foolish for 15 or 16 minute 5000m runners to chase sub-14 until age 30 to 35.
It depends on the person. Everyone should do what really makes them happy not the one which gives them a traditionally successful life.
In any case there is nothing stopping anyone running well and working full time. Look at runners like Ron Hill he had a full time job gained a PhD and won big marathons. OK nowadays you probably couldn't get to the top but you could given the talent run good times
ukathleticscoach wrote:
you do know how pathetic you sound do you not? wrote:
Many posters glamorize sub-14 5000m runners on here. A 13:59.99 5000m is roughly equal to a 10.63 100m. Do 100m sprinters, after college live like heretics until age 30 to 35 chasing a sprinting goal? It is just as foolish for 15 or 16 minute 5000m runners to chase sub-14 until age 30 to 35.
It depends on the person. Everyone should do what really makes them happy not the one which gives them a traditionally successful life.
In any case there is nothing stopping anyone running well and working full time. Look at runners like Ron Hill he had a full time job gained a PhD and won big marathons. OK nowadays you probably couldn't get to the top but you could given the talent run good times
No problems to reach the top on just 60-80 miles per week. It's still possible in our days.
In today's SJW perpetually offended world, if you are a white man and happy with your life, accepting of the gender you were born with and not worried about global climate change (which coincidentally replaced 1960s-1990s fear of global thermonuclear Armageddon) then you are a heretic for not embracing the New World Climate Change Fear Religion.
He showed how being a gentleman miler should be done but there are other types of runners than that.
Your other thread was removed.
Are you a mod?
For what it's worth at my age (59) I know people same age as me and the biggest regret they have is not pursuing a "dream" They were to practical/safe in their life decisions.
The distance running "lifestyle" is very lazy. Sure you train hard, but you barely do anything the rest of the day. Last winter I was working 36-38 hours per week, going to school full-time, and still ran a consistent 65 mpw.
You can work full-time and still train well. Maybe you don't recover quite as well since you can't take a 2 hour nap in the afternoon, but if you have an office job, you're off your feet so you should recover just fine. Just run before and/or after work. If you only have time to run singles, you can still run pretty solid mileage in singles.
Hey, Jamin... have fun following your posts. I agree with several postes. Live so you have no regrets and quit worrying what others think. I did glamorize the LDR training lifestyle. Now that I'm no longer running (arthritis) I took up writing. Check out my new novel, Racing Shadows. A major theme is the impact OT level traing takes on relationships. Enjoy - can get you a signed copy!
Hey, Jamin... have fun following your posts. I agree with several postes. Live so you have no regrets and quit worrying what others think. I did glamorize the LDR training lifestyle. Now that I'm no longer running (arthritis) I took up writing. Check out my new novel, Racing Shadows. A major theme is the impact OT level traing takes on relationships. Enjoy - can get you a signed copy!
Nice trolling.
olyrun wrote:
For what it's worth at my age (59) I know people same age as me and the biggest regret they have is not pursuing a "dream" They were to practical/safe in their life decisions.
Those people are delusional. Like Uncle Rico.
agc5k wrote:
The distance running "lifestyle" is very lazy. Sure you train hard, but you barely do anything the rest of the day. Last winter I was working 36-38 hours per week, going to school full-time, and still ran a consistent 65 mpw.
You can work full-time and still train well. Maybe you don't recover quite as well since you can't take a 2 hour nap in the afternoon, but if you have an office job, you're off your feet so you should recover just fine. Just run before and/or after work. If you only have time to run singles, you can still run pretty solid mileage in singles.
This is 100% true. Same as being a ski bum, surfer/slacker, rock climber dirtbag, etc. it’s all the same. Avoiding adulthood and responsibility.
jamins running shoes wrote:
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Turning 30 in 6 weeks, and can confirm my facial hair has just started to look like this.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Rest in Peace Adrian Lehmann - 2:11 Swiss marathoner. Dies of heart attack.
