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You could do a S&R thread asking would you have a tommy or a tammy tank (that's code-word for masturbating... for boys and girls respectively!) if
-- there was someone else in the house -- there was someone else in the next room -- there was someone else in the room (asleep/not) -- they were a close friend -- they were family
No, after typing it I feel a bit sick but I was just wondering about it the other day.
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You said you'd start it for me, Kira. Yes, a "running" thread to keep us all motivated would be useful, too. Unless there are people on here much more fit and dedicated than me, who will just discourage me from bothering. I was meant to go for a run this morning before work, but I have stomach cramps. Now I'm drinking green tea... just like a girl. I'll be buying a "treat" for my elevenses and booking a "pampering session" at Hebe next.
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I'd like a running thread. I started running the August before last (Obviously I mean I took it up as a hobby, not that I have been running continuously, that would be silly and very very tiring) Since then I have done a cancer research 5k, the Great north run (half marathon) and the London Marathon. I'm finding out at the beginning of December if I have my marathon place for this year and I'm so excited I'm practically squirming as I type. This year, if I manage to give up smoking for four months while I train for the marathon, I'm going to make sure I don't cross the cross the finish line and "treat myself" to a cigarette as a reward for not having smoked for so long and getting healthy in the process (maybe I should be having elevensies and booking pamper days instead, it sounds much more healthy). This time I really have to give up for good.
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quote:Originally posted by Honeybaby: Since then I have done a cancer research 5k, the Great north run (half marathon) and the London Marathon. I'm finding out at the beginning of December if I have my marathon place for this year and I'm so excited I'm practically squirming as I type.
What I meant.
However, I did go for my (short) run despite my "stomach cramps". Now that's the difference between a man and a girl.
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That cat looks a bit ill - like it's trying to get up, but can't because it's sickly.
I started running about three weeks ago, and am managing to stick to my goal of running for 30 minutes every other morning. It's getting easier, which is encouraging, although I was hoping for a magical weight loss by this point, which I haven't seen, so I'm a bit disheartened. I want to thin out a bit around the face and gut. I'm starting to get a bit jowly and look kind of old.
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Originally posted by kovacs: "What I meant.
However, I did go for my (short) run despite my "stomach cramps". Now that's the difference between a man and a girl."
Gosh, you're sensitive - maybe you don't need any more pamper days and the suchlike. Would it make you feel better to know the marathon took six and half hours? I was overtaken by three Cornish pasties in the final 500 yards and was so tired I wasn't sure if they were people in fancy dress or if I was hallucinating. Let it encourage you, if I can do it believe me anyone can.
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Hmm...running. It is a bit boring isn't it? Well I find it so. I already get up as early as I can possibly bear so that is no good, and it is dark and I’m tired at night. Plus it might be upset my knees. A bad idea all in all I think.
I would like to be able to wear hotpants in public though - not for running, but as a result of having been running and having excellent legs. Well, perhaps the time for hotpants has passed, but I would like to be hypothetically able to wear hotpants in public.
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I run for about 45 minutes every other day. Sometimes I enjoy it and I seem to sprint along, other times I feel like I need a hip replacement operation and I'm sweating like a nonce in mothercare.
I listen to the radio as I run, it's a good chance to catch up with current affairs and world news*
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I actually felt a bit disappointed this morning that it wasn't one of my 'morning run' days. I've started to quite look forward to it. It's a good time to listen to heavy metal, I find, as you actually get some energy going, rather than listenign to it on the tram, which just makes me want to kill everyone.
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What? The archers? Football? Madness. Thorn speaks the truth - exercise requires FAST music with SHOUTING. I recommend Funker Vogt as they have about 12 albums and each and every track has the same drum beat so you don’t have to worry about varying your rhythm...
Oh which reminds me - Physic I forgot to reply, but I suspect that band may be a bit too FAST with too much SHOUTING for me. I’m all about the synthpop right now..la la la...
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Is there some kind of national fitness kick going on at the minute? Everyone seems to have started running.
I thought I'd try and get myself a bit healthier a couple of weeks back. So threw out the ciggies and started running. A week and 3 runs in I started getting agonising shin splints and found myself limping back to my flat on the last occasion.
So I stopped that nonsense and started smoking and eating pies again. I would like to lose the beer belly though & I've not got the money to join a gym or anything.
Am I complete wuss, will my shins stop bursting into flames if I grit my teeth and keep running?
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i keep toying with the idea of running, as I don't seem to be able to organise myself into any other sort of exercise and the costume lady at Am Dram looking me up and down with an appraising eye and said "size 16?"
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I have inwardly pronating feet which hurt after walking, so to run without crippling myself would need callipers
I don't seem to be built for it. While I can do other strenuous activitites for at least a few minutes - walking up hills, hoovering - after about 30 seconds of running I feel like I'm going to drop dead, and get that funny asthmatic feeling reminiscent of cross-country running at school.
Maybe I'm not cut out for it. Or maybe I'm just horrifically unfit. I did once run for 12 minutes on a treadmill, but that's a whole lot easier.
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I ran teh London marathon in 1999, took me nigh on five hours and I was overtaken by a dragon, 5 MBA students dressed as a worm and my gran. I started off with my fastest time over ten miles, a bit ambitious, hit the wall at about 12 miles in and hallucinated through the next 14 with the mantra 'one more step, just one more'. I fell over the finishing line with my arm round a huge black bloke who turned out to be from Cardiff and we got our medals and sandwiches together. He started crying first, the woos, all that effort and pain for a bit of tin and a sarney and so the two of us blubbed our way back to the nearest tube. I never saw him again, but, we shared a moment.
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quote:Originally posted by herbs: I have inwardly pronating feet which hurt after walking, so to run without crippling myself would need callipers
oH! Oh! Octavia was explaining this to me, but basically if you go to a proper sports shop (as opposed to a pikie outfitters like JD Sports), then they'll test you out and give you shoes to compensate. That's about as much as I remember about that, though, because my eyes glazed over and I stopped listening, like what always happens if I have to listen to a woman speaking for more than about a minute at a stretch.
But Bill Oddie - that shin splintering thing doesn't sound good. I've never had that, but apparently if you're quite heavily built running's not a very good idea.
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I get shin splints. It's pretty damn painful. A decent pair of trainers should help a lot as it's caused by the stress of landing hard on your feet.
But yeah, if you're a fatty like me then cycling or swimming are better than running, otherwise you could end up injuring yourself. I occasionally go for a jog when I'm feeling energetic but being a recovering smoker, I don't get very far before it feels like my chest is full of sulphur
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quote:Originally posted by herbs: I have inwardly pronating feet which hurt after walking, so to run without crippling myself would need callipers
I don't have any arches in my feet at all, so my whole foot kind of collapses towards the inside. Undeterred by this, I started running a while ago and bought special remedial shoes (such as Thorn describes) for the purpose. Ask for shoes for "excessive pronators" - they are strengthened so that they stop your foot rolling around so much.
Bill Oddie - try starting off running in intervals. You can find training programmes easily enough on the internet but basically you should be starting with something like this:
run 1 minute walk 1 minute run 2 minutes walk 1 minute run 3 minutes walk 1 minute run 5 minutes
About 3 times a week, working up gradually to running non-stop for 20 minutes, and from there to 30 minutes, and so on. That way you won't knacker your knees and shins, giving your legs a chance to get gradually stronger. Try not to run on concrete if at all possible - are there any parks near you? Also it's vitally important to warm up properly, with plenty of stretching, and stretch again afterwards. It is tedious but it does help.
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I wouldn't say I was particularly big, just got a bit of a belly that needs to go.
Maybe it's just running on roads in old crappy trainers.
I do enjoy swimming, but I couldn't believe it was so expensive last time I went. It's just a big hole with water (and piss) in after all.
I did read an article that said if you think about excercise and imagine you're running, or something, then your brain will react as if you are running and metabolism 'n stuff will start to do what it does when you excercise.
I know, crock of sh1t you say, can't remember where I read it. But I did give this a go for 10 minutes and sure enough did start to feel a little out of breath!
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