8 Replies to “3 Ways Running Can Fly By and 500 Reasons to Update Your Running Shoes”
I started running a few years ago. I lived in a small town and no team sports, so it was a way to get outside and exercise. I ended up losing a bit of weight from it… then I started racing and when I was bit by the bug, I didn’t stop!
I just got new running shoes yesterday, I was having a few aches and pains but sometimes I think, as athletes, we are quick to chalk it up to our training. Like “Hey, I’m training for a marathon, things hurt sometimes.” Yeah, turns out I ran the 26.2 in neutral shoes when I needed stability. And I’ve been running for years and looks like I still have things to learn!
BTW, I have a giveaway going on on my blog if you’re interested :).
This will sound bizarre but NOT doing an “out and back ” or loop course makes running fly by. Something about running from one destination to another makes it seem not quite as far. I love running A to B. but I save the “can you pick me up from my run ” card for the really long ones and suck up the loops etc for most of my training. 🙂
haha…no bizarre at all! i actually am not the biggest fan of out and back’s either. i have this weird thing where i think on the way out all the landmarks i pass are ‘taunting’ me at how few miles i’ve run, until i flip around. then on the way back i’m thinking, “suck it, now i’ms up to XX miles.” yea, i beat u in crazy. 😛
I always ran growing up, but it was never just running. It was running for soccer conditioning, running after a soccer ball, running for dry land training for swim, and the dreaded Mile Monday for high school field hockey. But freshman year of college is when I got into running to run, and ran my first half marathon/first road race ever.
I got my husband back into running. He ran XC in HS, but had quit running. When we started dating in college, I got him back into it 🙂
Running with a friend is what makes a run fly by the most for me.
I started running a few years ago. I lived in a small town and no team sports, so it was a way to get outside and exercise. I ended up losing a bit of weight from it… then I started racing and when I was bit by the bug, I didn’t stop!
I just got new running shoes yesterday, I was having a few aches and pains but sometimes I think, as athletes, we are quick to chalk it up to our training. Like “Hey, I’m training for a marathon, things hurt sometimes.” Yeah, turns out I ran the 26.2 in neutral shoes when I needed stability. And I’ve been running for years and looks like I still have things to learn!
BTW, I have a giveaway going on on my blog if you’re interested :).
so funny, i love the timing! glad u’re breaking in dem new kicks. yea, there’s a difference between normal aches and shoes-are-dead aches. 😉
This will sound bizarre but NOT doing an “out and back ” or loop course makes running fly by. Something about running from one destination to another makes it seem not quite as far. I love running A to B. but I save the “can you pick me up from my run ” card for the really long ones and suck up the loops etc for most of my training. 🙂
haha…no bizarre at all! i actually am not the biggest fan of out and back’s either. i have this weird thing where i think on the way out all the landmarks i pass are ‘taunting’ me at how few miles i’ve run, until i flip around. then on the way back i’m thinking, “suck it, now i’ms up to XX miles.” yea, i beat u in crazy. 😛
I always ran growing up, but it was never just running. It was running for soccer conditioning, running after a soccer ball, running for dry land training for swim, and the dreaded Mile Monday for high school field hockey. But freshman year of college is when I got into running to run, and ran my first half marathon/first road race ever.
I got my husband back into running. He ran XC in HS, but had quit running. When we started dating in college, I got him back into it 🙂
Running with a friend is what makes a run fly by the most for me.
i too used to DREAD the PE mile…but we had it on friday. 😛 woot woot, way to get ur hubby back into the runner groove! 🙂
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