gearhead_318

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That point of the test is timed.

My point in saying all that is that thirdgen is in pretty good shape, better then 18-22 y/o's I know.

mgeoffriau

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I tend toward the opinion that regularly running longer than 5K (or thereabouts, 5K isn't a magic number obviously) has detrimental health effects. That much cardio depresses your immune system and leads to chronic inflammation (both joint and muscle inflammation, as well as organ tissue inflammation).

I much prefer doing shorter, higher-intensity workouts, which studies are showing to just about as effective at improving performance without the huge time investment and detrimental health effects of high-endurance cardio-cased workouts.

I do kettlebells, pullups, pushups, the occasional short barefoot (or quasi-barefoot) run, cycling occasionally, and angleball on Saturdays.

thirdgen

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The guy who placed first that ran in 15 minutes something and looked like someone who does P90x everyday was 23. I size people up by looking at then and saying to myself, "if I got in a fight with that guy, what would happen?". I can tell you, I don't think I would want to fight this guy. I mean I would just for $hits and giggles, but I'm 95% certain he would seriously injure me. I most likely have more weight on him due to my BMI, but I will also be 31. So having at least 6 years on someone and not being that far behind them? I'm happy with that.

gorillazfan1023

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Jesus christ that's a fast time. Were there many hills or was it an easy course? The only timed 5K I did was around 23minutes, but I never run like I want to anymore. I also prefer distance, but the best I could do two mile was 13:30

thirdgen

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It was all flat. There was a slight incline before crossing 2 different bridges, but other than that 1/2 was flat pavement and the rest was fine stone abandoned rail road bed.

thirdgen

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I still can't get over how fast 1st place guy was. I'm running another one next weekend, and he'll be there again. I'm anxious to see what the outcome will be.

jbresee

I ran 19 today in 3 hours. It was 40 degrees and drizzling rain the whole time. Quite miserable, actually.

Running a marathon is a good test of your ability to mental through stuff. You can train for the first 20-22 miles, but it always seems like over that is just a grind, no matter how hard you train.

I've read that it's hard on the body, but I would say marathon training is far less damaging than a sedentary life style.

gorillazfan1023

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Yeah that's a seriously impressive time. I ran cross country in High School, our best runner was insane. Fastest time was 15:06. When we practiced on the track his "race" pace was literally my sprinting.

thirdgen

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The fastest mile ever recorded was something like 3:43? Some guy from Morocco.
Is it racist to say that I doubt that was done by a white guy and that I doubt a white guy will ever run that fast in my lifetime?
Is it sexist to say "how come the women's mile record is like 4:20?"
I had the boys mile record in 6th grade which was like 1991? I ran in 6:19, but I lost to a girl who ran it in 6:10.

mgeoffriau

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Here's an interesting factoid:

There are 80 sprinters who have a recorded a legal (ie, not wind-aided) official 100m time under 10 seconds.

Of those 80, 76 are of West African descent. Of the other 4, 2 are from other regions in Africa. Of the remaining 2, 1 is from indigenous Australian descent.

1 runner out of the 80 who has broken the 10 second barrier is Caucasian.

y8s

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scott and I run a half mile after we lift. every once in a while we run a mile.

Faeflora

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You dont need to hdrate for ahiit before a wussasd 5k run. I could fo it drunk in 20 right now and i dot evern run this year

gearhead_318

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When I'm drunk I feel like I can run good too.

y8s

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since we're crapping up threads:

at work we have a long hallway--maybe 80 feet?--and sometimes I sprint down it to the bathroom to make pee pee. I also sprint back. time is money!

Faeflora

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I are sober right now.

Todd i halellegs you to a rc. I will run it barefoo troo and do five shots beforw hand. If i win then i get to modufy ur frame rail and marry ur baby. If you win i will give u a dna sample for the futur gwnerations of the peopels

gearhead_318

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Your either at least a little drunk or you suck at typing.

Faeflora

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Og fik your poney. I just have an iphone n the jeybaird is qeakscue and IDGAF

gearhead_318

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Trying to comprehend what you type is like trying to follow what my grandma who has Alzheimer's is saying.

Quality Control Bot

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The longest run (more walking) I have done was 21k. I cried for about the last 10k if I remember correctly. It was during training and the only thing I really cared about was not falling behind any one girl. LOL . It was so brutal. I remember just saying "---- this, i would never chase someone for 21k on foot, will just shoot" followed by lots of "this is bs", "f this" etc..

I often ran 1.5 - 5 miles, 1.5 being the preferred. 1.5 for me was 10 min 30, seconds, around there. I think 10:17 was the fastest @ 220lbs 6'3

These days it would take me 2 hours with 1 stop at Burger King to refuel.

I became a better runner after I graduated. Suffered bad bilateral shin splints when I first started running on the road.

Braineack

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