ILX running running thread

i think i'm down at around 150# these days? 5'7"

haven't run in 3 weeks. i think my foot is infected :(

i could totally beat up gbx though

6'0" tall, 154 pounds. My legs are in good shape, but my arms are like twigs.

Poor harbl foot!

it's just a blister and it's scabbed over but i think the location is making it heal slowly? it's on the side of my heel and every time i walk it's like this nagging soreness. running might be easier than walking though, less heel strike

maybe you should stop kicking gbx

why would i kick him when i can just sit on him

haha this thread made me weigh myself for the like the first time in forever

harbl i have found that alternating running with swimming has really helped cut down on minor injuries esp to my feet but ive turned into this big swimming proselytizer

oh it wasn't from running! i just had to wear normal shoes somewhere and underestimated the amt of walking i'd have to do basically. i wish i had a place to swim though.

i am 5'10" and 155 but i don't think of myself as a running type ; )

i am extremely wee compared to all of you. 5'2". maybe this is why i am so slow. (i think maria is short too, though, so there goes my theory)

I'm like 5'7 and 185? But tza can rep that i am not porcine, i hope.

i am 5'7" and a fattey but uh... less of a fattey than i used to be? anyway it's a process, but i will never have a 'runner's physique' so whatever.

forks i have seen in states of normalcy and buffness but never fattness.

ive turned into this big swimming proselytizer

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me too!

i'm kind of in softening normalcy at the moment; starting to do those mile and a half nightly jogs and 20-40 minutes on the stationary bike to get back to a point where I can get my cardio on come January.

oh another thing - all my height is in my torso so that probably also makes me a bad runner but i like it so whatever.

sometimes i wonder if i am a weakling. for me, running 2.5 miles 4-5x a week is totally "getting my cardio on". i've never exercised this much in my entire life. any more and i would feel like it was taking over.

i have like the shortest torso! btw i'm very very slow

(note: sometimes i run for 40-45 min, which brings up my distance, but more than 45 min and WHOA TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE)

lechera, it's all really relative. this is less than i'd like to be doing but pretty much the max of what i feel comfortable with. There was a time when I was doing a lot more but never anywhere near some of the numbers I'm hearing on this thread. you're not a weakling, you're you and the elastic capabilities of you are really personal.

you're right
i'm certainly not ambitious enough to try any harder than i'm trying atm

i am rly interested in ppl's heights because they always surprise me. i had imagined forks and lechera being really tall people!

all my height is in my torso so that probably also makes me a bad runner but i like it so whatever

lol u shld swim

i like how i abbrev'd in the first sentence but not the second wtf

ha, i have been a lil' fire hydranty guy since high school and super shrimpy prior.

ha! really? i am (and, sadly, have always been) v short. it truly delights me to think that anyone ever thought i would be tall.

!!my sleepover camp name was shrimpy!!!

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hah lamp i did competitive swimming from like 5-16 and then i got all music schooly.

i love swimming :) but i was never really a champion at that, either. haw.

wish I ws 154 lbs

didn't really picture u as 5'7" john

i wish i was 154 lbs too but i also feel like i would look weird.

only when i'm wearing my high heels, xp

I'm 5'11 165lbs since it's show n tell day

maybe 5'10 sbeen a while since I ws measured

i'm short too - 5'1" - but i'm also really slow! i think this is mainly because i would rather run a long distance slowly than even a short distance quickly, though, so i don't really TRY to be fast. i think i'm a pretty medium build, but i don't have wiry obvious muscles so you probably wouldn't look at me and think "there's a runner!" oooh well.

wait, are tall people better runners for some reason?

wait, are tall people better runners for some reason?
--Drama Mama's and Papa's too! (forksclovetofu)

r u joking?

what, longer legs? I understand the ergonomics of it, but i also know lots of slow tall people and lots of short speedy folks too so... no, not joking?

sorry that was rude

but yeah I think that all other things being equal a longer stride is better

my gf's sister is a marathon runner and she's a bit taller and her husband is about my height and they keep pace with each other and when i once said something about how "taller must make it easier" they looked at me like i was nuts

I think it matters for sprinters!

yeah most of the fast people in hs i remember were pretty tiny

tall people are heavy

well n/m I take it all back

not disagreeing though, it has to be a combination of things! like relatively long legs for your height has to help but there is a point at which you are carrying too much i bet

I guess that it is long legged ppl are faster not tallies

Interesting! The same person who mentioned that I have a runners build said that I have long legs but a shortish stride (when running, not walking)and should try and increase it. Also I am trying to build up to 195lbs (my former weight) or thereabouts within 2-3 months, so it will be interesting to see what effect that has on my running.

Tehresa - I am hugely jealous of anyone who can swim WELL! I can swim for ages, but I am unbelievably slow and inefficient in the water. I really need some lessons.

yeah my gf is a great swimmer; I am woeful. if we go swimming it's basically just 1hr of me partially drowning and her lolling at me ;_;

I've heard that shorter people tend to be better runners because generally lower weight and lower center of gravity = more efficient movement, but given the trouble I sometimes have keeping up with taller people who are only walking quickly, I think stride length has to be a contributing factor to speed so height HAS to be helpful. Honestly I bet tall skinny people have it best.

the trouble I sometimes have keeping up with taller people who are only walking quickly
tell me about it! i'm a fast walker and still STILL! i have to tell people that i can't keep up with them because i'm a hobbit. it kind of irritates me actually. notice that i can't keep up and slow down so that i don't have to break into a trot in order to talk with you.

also: Honestly I bet tall skinny people have it best.
don't they ALWAYS.