SOBW has lost his ever-loving mind...
Son of BW (no, not that BW, this BW) is in ROTC and looking at some very competitive billets once he graduates. All of them require top physical condition, so he has been hitting the PT very hard. Running has been a major part of his regime. Couple of months ago, he was bored over the weekend and, voluntarily, decided to run a one-man marathon. He's run close to that distance, but never hit it. Did it in 3 hours 35 minutes. Keep in mind he's never "trained" for a marathon other than the PT he is involved in with ROTC and his own extra curricular training. He's run 4 marathon distances in the past 2 months.
So, this weekend, he organized an ultra-marathon of 52 miles for the ROTC. Did it in 10 hours 14 minutes, nonstop. Kid is going to be a physical beast when he gets to his final rating for his first duty assignment next year.
Oh, he's also cum laude, close to magna cum laude on his grades, so he's got THAT going for him...which is nice.
BTW, my sticker on my truck reads "0.0, I don't run"
Humble brag from a proud dad and not ashamed to say it.
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3mo
Marathon distance is unfathomable.
* in practice one afternoon
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3mo
I had run cross country and track in HS for three years before that but had never run longer than 12 miles.
I paid dearly for my hubris, though. Cramps in both legs the last six miles and could barely walk for days afterward.
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3mo
He probably never did more than a couple of miles before his sophomore year last year, where he got into the advanced PT group.
I asked for proof of life yesterday, he said he was fine and feeling great. I bend over to pick up a stamp off the floor and it takes me 2 days to recover.
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3mo
Never a more deceptive trap has been laid... Muhahahahaha!
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3mo
& I'd have to say I bet my daughter is the only one to have accomplished such both in same week :
- run a full marathon
- receive a "pass with distinction" re a doctoral thesis
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3mo
To my way of thinking, the only good reason to run is to get away from something.
Instead of running, I've trained in martial arts for about 30 years now. If life ever puts me in a situation where I have to run, I'm going to either talk or fight instead. I don't run.
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3mo
If you told me I had to run a marathon by a certain date or die, I'd just start digging my grave instead.
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3mo
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3mo
run is thoroughly unpleasant.
It's not a physical fitness thing...like I said, I still do martial arts at my not-so-young age. I've got decent strengths, flexibility, balance, and cardio. But any amount of running, even 50 feet of it, just makes everything from my hips down hurt. There is absolutely nothing about running that I have ever found enjoyable, even when I was young and it didn't make everything hurt.
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EDGEMAN
3mo
They say running long distances doesn't help reduce it, but running short sprints is the way to go.
From Dr. Sean O'Mara:
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3mo
Years ago when I lost about 40 pounds, I was following a workout regimen similar to what Mark Sisson outlined in his book The Primal Blueprint. He was a former distance runner who was dealing with injuries stemming from the abuse that years of running had done to his body. He stopped distance running and started sprint workouts and, in conjunction with diet changes and some body-weight exercises, cut body fat and added a lot of muscle.
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