Running. Why do they do it?

[Cyclone 10]

They seem to forget that the human body is just like a car, work up to many miles and the shocks and everything else start to wear away. Yes running is great for the heart but the knees and other joints will start to go and the plastic one's just don't work so well.

 

Low impact exercise is the answer so quit running and start walking

 

Walking isn't just low impact, it's also low intensity, very low.

[davyboy 19]

Because running feels good. After you get over the initial hump of exhaustion over a few weeks or so, then running is a pretty enjoyable way of keeping fit.

 

'Runners high' is a real thing and the health impacts of regular exercise and wide and varied.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurobiological_effects_of_physical_exercise

 

So why do all the runners/joggers look so blooming knackered.

It looks like misery to me.

[Cyclone 10]

All who? Have you been studying runners somewhere?

[JFKvsNixon 11]

So why do all the runners/joggers look so blooming knackered.

It looks like misery to me.

 

Maybe rule 10 from cycling applies here?

[hyper 10]

So why do all the runners/joggers look so blooming knackered.

Running or cycling never gets easier, with practice you just get faster

It looks like misery to me.

on the contrary, there's great satisfaction knowing you have had the ability to push to the limit. Plus, you know you have worked for the post-exercise beers

[Agent Orange 11]

Why do people go out running?

 

Because they like it, I would guess. Why do you go swimming?

[Grenoside123 10]

There's a lady I see all the time running around Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Woolly wood bottom, I've even seen her on Carlisle Street. I'd guess that she's in her 30s. She is literally just a bag of bones, and I always think to myself, come 50/60 years of age, she's going to be blooming wheelchair bound bless her as her joints will just be destroyed. How much is too much I wonder?

[PeteMorris 10]

I took up running once....It's 2 minutes of my life I'll never be able to reclaim!

[JFKvsNixon 11]

I took up running once....It's 2 minutes of my life I'll never be able to reclaim!

 

At least you stuck it out!

[Agent Orange 11]

I took up running once....It's 2 minutes of my life I'll never be able to reclaim!

 

2 minutes? No stamina

[PeteMorris 10]

At least you stuck it out!

 

2 minutes? No stamina

 

Well I have to confess...Almost a minute of that was taken up with doing my shoe laces up, followed by a few sips of water to prevent dehydration.

[cassity 10]

I took up running once....It's 2 minutes of my life I'll never be able to reclaim!

 

That's probably what inspired the thread. If you're unfit initially it will be painful if not uncomfortable. You need the resilience or dedication to know or understand it's only temporary generally. The quit mentality for some I guess can be very overwhelming.