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Run every day (2021)

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Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by zer8k »

mgkimsal wrote: post #18

> Everyone is busy. “I don’t have time”, “It’s impossible”, I’ve heard it all - I don’t buy it. If this was the case, you wouldn’t have time to do your laundry, watch that TV show, or even read this rant. Most of those 'other' things are asynchronous or can be 'multitasked'. I can 'watch' a TV show while checking some emails, or eating a snack, or while folding laundry. Running is a full-body one-thing-at-a-time-only…

> Then stopped. It didn't bring me any great satisfaction or insight or whatnot.

I fixed a few health problems running, and stave off others. Every mile I add is another health problem I can kick down the road. I only run 30 minutes or so 5 times a week. Around 3-3.5 miles per run depending on how motivated I am. 30 minutes is such a small amount of time but it may as well be an eternity when you consider how obnoxious internet connected life is. I feel better and care a lot less about the small shit in life. I'm sorry you didn't see the same benefit. Maybe another modality is your cup of tea.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by jvm___ »

mgkimsal wrote: post #18

> Everyone is busy. “I don’t have time”, “It’s impossible”, I’ve heard it all - I don’t buy it. If this was the case, you wouldn’t have time to do your laundry, watch that TV show, or even read this rant. Most of those 'other' things are asynchronous or can be 'multitasked'. I can 'watch' a TV show while checking some emails, or eating a snack, or while folding laundry. Running is a full-body one-thing-at-a-time-only…

I can't talk on the phone. I can't fold laundry. I can't eat. I can't read blogs. I can listen to podcasts and music; that's about it.

You can talk to whoever you're running with...

Middle-age friends lifehack: Join your local running group. Spending an hour a week jogging with people, where there's nothing else to do other than talk about running. Except talking about running means you talk about the places you've been, or why you can't be there next week, or you ask a question about where they live (because they're local like you). Small talk becomes easy because there's 0 distractions and you can always just talk about running.

The math on how you determine if someone is a friend is something like 100 hours spent together or 1,000 to be a best friend. Running together weekly is a life-hack to accumulate hours with new people.

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Look for your local Facebook or meetup.com group that meets 'at 6:30 on Tuesday at the Starbucks parking lot'. If you don't think there's one in your area, drop the area below this comment and someone will know of one.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by pyrophane »

webosdude wrote: post #37

This article doesn’t explain why running is so good for you. Running can be good and provides some benefits to your heart, lung and joint health. Good for your mind if you are doing it in moderation. My heart readings improved significantly year over year based on lab results. But if you do too much running it can affect your mental and physical health adversely too.

Physical health I get. Running is hard on the body and most of the people I know who have done it for a long time have developed some kind of chronic physical ailment.

But how does it adversely impact your mental health?

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by oh_sigh »

ElectronBadger wrote: post #34

I disagree with the idea. I run regularly, usually 40K per week, I tend to run 3 or 4 times per week. The body needs regeneration, muscle/tendons microdamages need time to heal, depleted reserve of glycogen needs time to restore. The risk of injuries will be higher. Without resting intervals stamina goes down, so consecutive runs will not be as strenuous as should be to build better endurance.

Yes, I didn't like the part where he said one of the excuses you should ignore is "my legs hurt". If your legs hurt, don't run!

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by mgkimsal »

jvm___ wrote: post #42
mgkimsal wrote: post #18

> Everyone is busy. “I don’t have time”, “It’s impossible”, I’ve heard it all - I don’t buy it. If this was the case, you wouldn’t have time to do your laundry, watch that TV show, or even read this rant. Most of those 'other' things are asynchronous or can be 'multitasked'. I can 'watch' a TV show while checking some emails, or eating a snack, or while folding laundry. Running is a full-body one-thing-at-a-time-only…

I can't talk on the phone. I can't fold laundry. I can't eat. I can't read blogs. I can listen to podcasts and music; that's about it. You can talk to whoever you're running with... Middle-age friends lifehack: Join your local running group. Spending an hour a week jogging with people, where there's nothing else to do other than talk about running. Except talking about running means you talk about the places you've b…

I'm in a local run group. I can't really run and keep up with folks. Occasionally I do a slower run/walk with folks, but people don't always want to be that slow (for me).

It's also something that is only convenient once a week or so - doesn't answer the issue around the rest of the time.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by mgkimsal »

jvanderbot wrote: post #23
mgkimsal wrote: post #18

> Everyone is busy. “I don’t have time”, “It’s impossible”, I’ve heard it all - I don’t buy it. If this was the case, you wouldn’t have time to do your laundry, watch that TV show, or even read this rant. Most of those 'other' things are asynchronous or can be 'multitasked'. I can 'watch' a TV show while checking some emails, or eating a snack, or while folding laundry. Running is a full-body one-thing-at-a-time-only…

You may appreciate audio books while running. My reading queue has been decreasing because of this.

I do some - I perhaps lump those in with 'podcasts' mentally, but yeah, sometimes I do audio books.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by ElectronBadger »

oh_sigh wrote: post #44
ElectronBadger wrote: post #34

I disagree with the idea. I run regularly, usually 40K per week, I tend to run 3 or 4 times per week. The body needs regeneration, muscle/tendons microdamages need time to heal, depleted reserve of glycogen needs time to restore. The risk of injuries will be higher. Without resting intervals stamina goes down, so consecutive runs will not be as strenuous as should be to build better endurance.

Yes, I didn't like the part where he said one of the excuses you should ignore is "my legs hurt". If your legs hurt, don't run!

Definitely. Also, running days should be interleaved with stretching/strengthening exercise days.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by zh3 »

Just for general fitness, it's oretty easy to do a mile a day (or more) on a treadmill. A fast walk is enough if running isn't your thing, two or three 10 minute sessions is all it takes. Not long enough to get coding before the next meeting? Hop on the treadmill and have a think.

As a bit of added fun, it's easy to hack a treadmill to measure speed, stride, distance etc. I've got an old 42" TV in front of mine, great for watching videos, youtube and (using a PC) walking through CGI of various forms.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by mgkimsal »

darkclouds wrote: post #38
mgkimsal wrote: post #18

> Everyone is busy. “I don’t have time”, “It’s impossible”, I’ve heard it all - I don’t buy it. If this was the case, you wouldn’t have time to do your laundry, watch that TV show, or even read this rant. Most of those 'other' things are asynchronous or can be 'multitasked'. I can 'watch' a TV show while checking some emails, or eating a snack, or while folding laundry. Running is a full-body one-thing-at-a-time-only…

> I hit my apple watch 'rings' - 730 cals, 30 min exercise - 400 days in a row. It was time consuming, and often boring, but I did it. Then stopped. It didn't bring me any great satisfaction or insight or whatnot. You dont mention your diet, which could explain why you stopped.

It's... OK.

But... I just stopped because trying to hit that every... single... day - rain/shine/snow, while traveling on the road, etc... it just became ... boring. Well... some days "inconvenient" was a better term.

Re: Run every day (2021)

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Post by atoav »

pavlov wrote: post #5

Why are people who run so obnoxiously self-important about it? This post makes no effort to explain why running is supposed to be the center of a human being’s mental universe. People who happen to love running seem unable to understand that it’s not the same for everyone. You don’t see this kind of oblivious nonsense from someone who likes powerlifting or pastel drawing or making sushi.

My whole family runs (including sub 3h marathons) and not a single one of them writes online about running.

As far as I can tell they are not self-important, they just run. I also run, and compared to the rest of the family even more under the radar: I do no contests ever, I run alone, I run at night. If I ever speak to someone about it, it is because they asked or because it was the topic of the conversation before I entered it. Running is my thing that I do for myself, the rest doesn't give me anything. It is a good habit, a free time and helps me to release stress (which is mostly mental in my job).

So maybe your question could be rephrased: "Why are the posts I read from people who post online about running so obnoxiously self-important about it?"

As I don't believe runners are any more annoying than e.g. ice skaters I could think of one rhing. Like with noises the things we find annoying might also have to do with ourselves. A friend of mine is constantly complaining about how "obnoxiously self-important" vegans are. He loves meat, but as a somewhat rational person he knows he is wrong. When I ask him where those vegans are and what they do he can't point to any specific thing. You could sit a vegan on the same table as him and even if the vegan says nothing and minds their own business he would feel they are "self-important" — all while he would be the guy to start speaking about it.

I am not implying that a similar mechanism is at play in your case at all, I don't know you. But it is something to be aware of. If you e.g. are someone who feels they should run more, but never get around to it for one reason or another, that might color your perception of people who do write about it.

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