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[cormack12]

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So, anyone here runs? I'm currently hibernating, it's been a slow year, but I would like to pick up the pace already in February, got some half marathons coming. Are you running yourself?

Do you have social profiles on Strava, Runkeeper, Nike+...?

What are your favorite races? I have three marathons and around 20 half marathons under the belt. Not so proud of my times, but I am not the one to brag about that. I simply love running. Anyone else?

 

[liberteer]

Thanks, cormack12

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Not an avid runner. Ive learned i get bored around 15 miles about. Just keep my running to about <8 miles or short sprints when i do cardio for work outs.

My wifes coworker is a super runner though. Shes into marathons and tris etc. dunno how she (and others) are so passionate for running

 

[God Enel]

I was running like 7-8 years ago when I started with sports now I can’t even do it for like 20 minutes. Not because I’m not able to do so but because it’s boring. Don’t know why I can walk like for hours. Go on a hike and so on but running is killing me. I’d rather workout 2 hours than go for a run.

 

[olimariOA]

I know I couldn't run a half marathon, but after listening to Cam Haynes and David Goggins I feel like people who run halfs or even fulls are wusses. Do 200 miles at a time then call me.

Kidding, of course.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I have nothing to offer, except respect to anyone good at running. Even when I was a kid in gym class I always sucked at it. Always among the worst in marathon tests. I could hold my own in basketball and team sports or squash, but put me on a track and I'm probably one of the last guys.

Even when I was a kid, I always got shin splints fast too. My breathing might not even be that bad, but the second the shins hurt, my running dropped like a rock.

 

[Papa]

Yeah, I run a bit, though not as much as I used to due to recurring knee injuries. I've never been a super long distance runner, preferring to do ~5 km 4 to 5 times a week. PB for 5 km is 21 mins but currently averaging around 23

 

[petran79]

I was running like 7-8 years ago when I started with sports now I can’t even do it for like 20 minutes. Not because I’m not able to do so but because it’s boring. Don’t know why I can walk like for hours. Go on a hike and so on but running is killing me. I’d rather workout 2 hours than go for a run.

I can swim for 2 hours on sea but find swimming even more boring. I dont run but tried it once and I have the stamina for 1-1,5 hours. Havent tried longer

 

[llien]

I actually wanted to run Cologne's full marathon (was into it as a kid, then nothing, now in my early 40th) but a colleague of mine, who at his 59 runs for 2-4 hours a week advised not to. He meant, although it's quite doable after 1 year of training (there are literally "how to prepare for a marathon run in 1 year" guides), it would still quite harm my body.

So, uh, still bodybuilding a bit instead, with occasional crosstrainer activities.

 

[Wings 嫩翼翻せ]

Yeah, I run a bit, though not as much as I used to due to recurring knee injuries. I've never been a super long distance runner, preferring to do ~5 km 4 to 5 times a week. PB for 5 km is 21 mins but currently averaging around 23

Yeah I did distance back in the day too. Last time I seriously ran was Fall of last year. Still have my endurance, but it has been a while.

 

[God Enel]

I actually wanted to run Cologne's full marathon (was into it as a kid, then nothing, now in my early 40th) but a colleague of mine, who at his 59 runs for 2-4 hours a week advised not to. He meant, although it's quite doable after 1 year of training (there are literally "how to prepare for a marathon run in 1 year" guides), it would still quite harm my body.

So, uh, still bodybuilding a bit instead, with occasional crosstrainer activities.

You’re from cologne?

 

[llien]

You’re from cologne?

Almost. Leverkusen. =)

 

[God Enel]

Almost. Leverkusen. =)

Awesome, right around the corner.

 

[partime]

We had a Nike+ NeoGaf group years back, it was a fun community, but it became less active and I moved over to Strava.

Enjoy running short & long distances.

 

[Cunth]

I used to run a lot but I’m the same as other people and tend to get bored after a while, unless there is some nice scenery. Should take it up again as I’m trying to lose weight though

 

[jshackles]

Two years ago I did my first 10k, and then a few months later my first half marathon. Last year I ran two half marathons. I probably need to lose about 60 pounds (realistically) to be in good enough shape to run a full marathon, but I've been working on that.

I can't wait til the weather gets warmer (around March here) and I can start hitting the trails again - one in particular I like to run is about 15 miles out and back along the ocean and it's absolutely amazing. Running on the treadmill in my garage in the winter is such a bummer. I'll probably end up doing a few halfs in 2019.

 

[eot]

I've done two half marathons, but I'm not good. Hope to break 2h next time but I feel like I should already have started training.

 

[highrider]

Great exercise but difficult to continue as you age, particularly if you are a larger framed person.

In the military I loved running. It’s much more fun at the crack of dawn with a platoon of lights running in formation. It’s almost kind of noble. I just get too bored running, so I transitioned in to basketball for my cardi b.

Edit: I began to dabble in distance running in the Army, I had a platoon leader who was a distance runner and I would run with his group a lot. He was the most fit running dude I’ve ever seen. He died of a massive cardiac arrest at 28 running a marathon. At the time I thought I was nowhere near his condition and it scared me. He was also a good friend. Distance running is serious business. I see a lot of overweight people in cross-fit and running half marathons.. You have to work up to that, and even then there is some inherent danger.