I love running - Page 3 - Clubhouse

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

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02/10/2002 at 20:03

Hey MartinH and Billyboy - we're all in the same region more or less! I live in Wachenheim on the Deutsche Weinstrasse and work in Mannheim-Seckenheim. Our house is 200m from the start of the Pfaelzerwald so we run almost always on sunlit (summer) or snowy (winter) forest trails.
S.A.

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

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02/10/2002 at 20:14

Reasons to run? Clean crisp air, pine needles, miles and miles of forest trails, feeling good, tired-but-wonderful, the taste of a good beer afterwards, my dogs running ahead and back to me,self-reliance, my post-run shower, finding new routes through the forest, lowering my blood pressure, getting rid of work-induced stress, and many more. And maybe mostly -because I can!

The Evil Pixie pirate

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02/10/2002 at 20:20

12wks ago I started runnng as someone said that I would never get fit or lose weight by my 30th. I found a 5K and did that for charity. That was the Hyde Park run (Sonia O'Sullivan was putting her feet up before i crossed the start!)
I came home from that event with a grin across my face, I wanted more! I wanted the freedom, the thrill of having completed a distance, having achieved more than before, the support, the crowd, the whole running thing!
I'm doing the Reading half now ... why? Because I can! Because I want to say to my sona as he gets older .. I did that! and it was me not the team, the bat, the ball etc just ME!!!

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

pirate

02/10/2002 at 20:56

Go Pixie! 'Because I can' is my motto.

Plodding Hippo

02/10/2002 at 21:00

My motto is "never say what if"

Old Timer

02/10/2002 at 21:54

I run because my family told me,i was too old!Run the london marathon they said,impossible!But i did it,then injury struck.So now they said you'll have to give up.No no and thrice no, we are now managing some gentle gym work and waiting for a scan that will hopefully give me a clean bill of health.I will run forever.......

Plodding Hippo

02/10/2002 at 21:57

Well done you
Dont let theb###ds grind you down

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

pirate

02/10/2002 at 22:32

Yeah to that! I've got osteoporosis, but so what? I don't let a small thing like fractured bones slow me down - competing in Ironman triathlons I've seen blind people or people with only one leg finishing! In tri circles there's a very famous kid named Rudy Garcia who has no legs but is a fierce triathlon competitor - if he can do it, so can we able-bodied folks!

Sarcy

03/10/2002 at 00:01

To enjoy the feeling of getting into the Zone after the first mile or so, the breathing sorts itself out, the heart rate steadies and there is no-one else there.
Even if you have a bad run you are still happy you made the effort to go out.
The feeling of setting a target, long or short term and achieving it. Having the confidence to say that you can, even if others wonder why you bother.

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

pirate

04/10/2002 at 20:16

MartinH and Billyboy - do you guys ever go to Volksmarsch events? John & I often run one on a Sunday for a change in route if we're not doing a race anywhere

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