I RAN IN THE RACE IN DURAM...IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR A RUN...THE WINNER RAN THAT SHIT IN LIKE 16:30

4/30/2007 10:23:13 AM

Penn Relays 5k, this weekend

Place Athlete           School/Affiliation          Mark
1     Stephen Koech     ESMI (Kenya)                13:53.04
2     Patrick Cheruiyot ESMI (Kenya)                13:53.46
3     Stephen Chemlany  Westchester Track Club      14:08.17
4     Matt Kerr         unattached                  14:18.50
5     Brian Medigovich  Adams State                 14:18.94
6     Josh Simpson      unattached                  14:20.80
7     Devin Swann       Raleigh Running Outfitters  14:27.97
8     Andre Silva       Kentucky                    14:29.21
9     Brian McGovern    unattached                  14:29.37
10    Chris Mammone     Bellmore Striders           14:31.78

4/30/2007 10:29:43 AM

WOW...THATS RIDICULOUS

4/30/2007 10:31:35 AM

you want to see ridiculous, check out Chapel Hill resident (UNC 04 grad) Shalane Flanagan's recent times.
So far this year, she's set new American Records in the 3000m@8:33 (4:35 pace) and the 5000m@14:44 (4:45 pace)

http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Flanagan_Shalane.asp
You can see her training out at Umstead sometimes

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 10:58 AM. Reason : .]

4/30/2007 10:58:01 AM

hell, I can only barely beat out a six minute mile. that's ridiculous. my legs are too damn short and I'm too damn lazy to do any better.

4/30/2007 11:21:56 AM

Quote :

"...THE WINNER RAN THAT SHIT IN LIKE 16:30"

that's not all that fast, actually--i mean, not that i could do it faster, but the winner in most 5k's is atleast under 16

4/30/2007 2:03:09 PM

Quote :

"It's just an activity that happens to be painful, frustrating, and extremely uncomfortable if you're not good at it, giving you the impression that people who do it a lot are feeling the same pain and frustration that you feel when you do it."

oh no you didn't. NO YOU DI-N'T.

anyway, yeah, I like running but I don't enjoy it. humans were not made to run, at least not well, and that's a fact.

4/30/2007 2:15:08 PM

I AGREE...I DON'T "ENJOY" RUNNING AT ALL....I ACTUALLY GET PRETTY BORED....I DO LIKE THE FEELING AFTER I FINISH A RUN BUT THATS ABOUT IT

4/30/2007 2:36:34 PM

^^ ok, i guess, but that still doesn't have anything to do with enjoying it. I mean, humans weren't "made" to play video games either, but people seem to enjoy doing that a lot.


^ concerning the "good feeling" that a lot of recreational runners talk about, or runner's high or whatever. I think you'll find that serious, competitive runners don't share those feelings. Someone who runs 10-12 miles a day and does 3 track workouts a week isn't just doing it so they can get a quick rush at the end and feel good about the rest of their day. When I ran, I rarely if ever felt what I would describe as a "runner's high". It was actually the act of running that was enjoyable.


[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 2:48 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2007 2:38:23 PM

that's an awful analogy, and it's not even correct. humans were made to use tools. a video game controller is one of them. we are pretty good at using our digits to do things.

now, running outdoors... not so much. this is evidenced by our slow maximum speed. I'm not saying humans can't or shouldn't run--and I even think some humans are very good at running, I'm just saying evolution didn't really favor running for us since humans stopped needing to be fast when they came out with tools to do shit for them. and quite frankly, it's pretty damn hard for a human to be good at running, and that's after a ton of practice and training. it's real easy to get hurt, and it's real hard to be fast, though this lends to the fact that people do run: it's automatically competitive. I don't think running fast is very natural, either, but that just might be how we're conditioned either by society or by nature.

and yeah, I dont get a runners high but I do tend to feel a lot better after a run, physically and emotionally.

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 3:05 PM. Reason : v]

4/30/2007 2:56:15 PM

Quote :

"humans were not made to run, at least not well, and that's a fact."

ORLY?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=256348&page=1
http://www.physorg.com/news95954919.html
http://discovermagazine.com/2006/may/tramps-like-us

etc.

And no, I didn't dig up those articles just to be disagreeable. I had actually read several to that effect in the past.



[Edited on May 4, 2007 at 3:33 AM. Reason : Haha. Image is hosted on an external site, but has the TWW watermark. I Googled it.]

5/4/2007 3:33:00 AM

OWNED!!!!!!!!!

well that makes me feel a lot better about my running if the news says I'm born to run in hot weather

5/4/2007 12:07:11 PM

lol @ watermark

5/4/2007 12:31:43 PM

We do need some TDub PSAs.

5/7/2007 4:11:40 PM

I like the Springsteen reference in the Discover Magazine link.

5/8/2007 6:14:15 PM

Anyone racing this weekend? I'm running the Capitol Hill Classic 10K tomorrow. I hate that racing costs so much, but it's hard for me to stay motivated when I don't have a specific goal.

5/19/2007 3:11:12 PM

Run a marathon. Much longer build-up. Lower cost per mile raced.

5/19/2007 3:37:32 PM

^^see if your employer will sponsor you...i mentioned something about the cost in front of my boss and he told me they would pay the entry fees if i wore a company t-shirt

5/20/2007 5:21:38 PM

^ That's a pretty sweet deal. I'll have to try that.

5/21/2007 2:03:17 PM

^^ Great idea, just wish I didn't work for the fed gov

5/22/2007 12:41:46 PM