my first real running workout

[Brina]

Not just going for a run, but an actual workout. A friend from my paddle team is a personal trainer and took second in her age group at the danskin tri last summer. she started this group to do interval training one morning a week. It was a great workout, but I remembered something important. I HATE RUNNING. But, I guess it would be hard to do a tri without it.

[Tri Girl]

lol on the "hate running" comment. I injured myself last fall before my Oct. marathon, and since then I've "hated" running. I'm just now getting back into a groove with it.
Yeah, I guess doing a tri without the running would just be a du- and even duathlons have running (although USAT has some aquathlon races where you only swim and bike... hmmmm).
Glad you tried that run workout. Who knows, you may just grow to LOVE running and want to do it all the time.
Hang in there, it should surely get easier (if not physically- mentally).

[KSH]

I hear ya.

For a short period, I actually began to somewhat like running. Then, I got this lower leg pain.

Now, I dread the thought of running. Actually, it scares me... I think I may never be able to run without pain again.

I am working with someone... and hopefully the leg pain will be fixed... but if it's not, my running days are over.

Hopefully you can become "one" with running!

[Nanci]

I used to hate running- then I discovered trail running.

Nanci

[Nanci]

Makes me wish there were "trail swimming!"

Nanci

[Lise]

Makes me wish there were "trail swimming!"

Nanci

HA! Have you seen some of those X-terra courses? They look like trail swimming to me! Actually, Nanci, X-terra tris might be right up your alley. http://www.xterraplanet.com/races/

I hate running, too. But I do it because I want to be a runner and a triathlete. Sounds funny, but it makes sense to me! L.

[DirtDiva]

Trail swimming...

[Lise]

HA! And to think, I descended from these people.

But wait! There's an entire triathlon!
http://llanwrtyd-wells.powys.org.uk/bogtriathlon.htm

[DirtDiva]

I know! If I could run 12 miles, I'd be tempted to enter just for a laugh!

[Lise]

I know! If I could run 12 miles, I'd be tempted to enter just for a laugh!

Oh, hey, it's only a run of "approximately 8-10 miles". Who gets to choose? How approximate are we talking here? Cuz after 8 miles, that's enough for me! I've never said, "Oh, what the heck, let's do a couple more!" And let's see, you run 8-10 miles, then you snorkle through a bog, then you mtb 16-18 miles...again, who decides that distance?!?

I must say, it sounds right up Nanci's alley.

I especially like the pictures of people cheering along the sides of the bog snorkel channel thing. I mean. Don't they have, um, other things to do? Bog snorkeling. It's going to haunt me.

Let's see. This thread started out about running. I went running today. What happened? I am so de-conditioned. Last fall I was running so much, training for a marathon. Now I cannot run 2 miles without walking a block here and there to catch my breath. Some of it's emotional, a bit depressed about the stupid guy who walked away (see thread in "open"). But c'mon, Lise, shake it off. I'm just not as strong as I was last fall when I was training a lot. I looked back at my training log from this time last year; I am stronger now than I was then, and I had my best season ever last year. So just keep at it. I'm off to ride my bike to the YMCA and go swimming. I just need to run more. And bike more. And swim more.... L.

[Nanci]

S*r*w that guy Lise! He probably has a small pee pee anyway!! It'd be like bog snorkeling to find it!

Just be glad he didn't have a s**t explosion in your bathroom like one guy I met on-line!

Nanci (always ready to take it to a lower level)

[mommelisa]

Just be glad he didn't have a s**t explosion in your bathroom like one guy I met on-line!
Nanci (always ready to take it to a lower level)

LOL, Nanci! That reminds me of that movie with Jennifer Anniston "Along Came Polly". Did you see that scene in the bathroom? I laughed so hard I cried!

[Nanci]

Yeah, it was like that, only we didn't live happily ever after. He didn't even get to kiss me.

Nanci

[Lise]

S*r*w that guy Lise! He probably has a small pee pee anyway!! It'd be like bog snorkeling to find it!

Just be glad he didn't have a s**t explosion in your bathroom like one guy I met on-line!

Nanci (always ready to take it to a lower level)

Ummm...no, I can testify to this one....OK, I'm a sl**. But the two things (he thinks) he has going for him are ...the size of his pee pee, and his Jaguar. From now on, no more guys with fancy cars. Size of car price inversely proportional to size of heart, appearantly!

We never got to the stage of him using my bathroom, I am glad to report.

I am now chuckling and blushing ferociously, both uncontrollably. hehhehehehheh...must stop laughing. And blushing. and laughing...NANCI! I'm bog snorkling trying to re-locate my dignity! hehehhehehehHA!

[Lise]

Oh, we kissed alright. Chemistry. Magic. Wrong! Man, I've had "chemistry" before with people who were absolutely wrong for me, I've just never had them walk away without any warning or a goodbye! Blah! Blah! I should send him an all-expenses paid voucher for an exciting BOG SNORKLING vacation! heheheheheheh ... must get grip on self....