jogging

Also, I heard jogging is bad for your feet..? At least, that's the excuse I use. I do a hell of a lot of walking though.

To tone yr beer belly, surely less beer and more sit-ups = the best way?

there is a good thread on marathon running with lots of good advice (you wouldn't think it: skipping ropes! amazing) in the archives, you should search it out kilian.

Rain - no fun. Snow - no fun. Really cold weather - best time ever.

Yesterday we jogged for about 40 minutes along the Berkeley waterfront and down the pier. It was A-mazing! Our reward was seeing the sun set behind the Golden Gate and seeing tyhe lights of San Francisco flick on "like a Journey song". I listened to Rex The Dog and Superpitcher and Nathan Fake and watched people fish. Itis also funny to see people sat in their parked cars in the marina watching the sun go down - young couples, goth kids getting high, people who may or may not be having illicit affairs, PLUS two Mexican dudes with their windows rolled down drinking beer and singing along to Latin ballads at FULL volume. Jogging is awesome.

http://www.h2oaudio.com/

Yes Jim, cos when I'm running I'm forever contending with shouting, divebombing children. Enjoy your municipal playground.

Yeah yeah, enjoy your overstressed joints Fallaize ;)

And even though it's only been about a month, I'm slacking wildly already. I wanted to run three miles a day, three times a week, but it's more like two miles a day, twice a week if i'm lucky. Grrr. I hate having no motivation.

I currently run 100 paces then walk 50, and so forth, cos I've literally had fuck-all exercise since I was 18 (drug-fuelled all-night clubbing aside) and my body just can't deal. Hopefully cutting smoking from 10 a day to 5-10 a week will help.

But yeah, the breathing thing: I tend to fall in with my paces when I breathe, so I'm breathing in for two paces, then out for two, etc. Is this wrong? I get the feeling there's a method in all this, but I don't know anyone else who runs so haven't bothered to ask before.

I also took up swimming several weeks ago and it has really improved my jogging endurance. Now I swim one day, jog the next. And my abs! My abs! Oh, they're still covered in some womanly fat but they are showing through as it (slowly) goes away. Yeah, the only thing with swimming is no music (and the waterproof case for my iriver costs over $100! rrgh. well, maybe one day.)

(Also, from that H20 audio site:
"In the frozen tundra of Tofino, B.C. - Canada, Sepp uses H2O Audio listen to his favorite music, and mask the numbing cold. Check back later to see what Sepp listens to... "
- haha, Canada in being totally misrepresented yet again shockah... Tundra? It is rainforest, PR people. Please send me your waterproof audio device free of charge for this valuable information, thanks.)

why does it take 48 hours for the post-jog muscle pain to come thru?

It's called delayed smug on the part of THE WORLD. Serves you right for trying to get fit.

Swimming pwns running, that is all.

-- Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:27

Right now, I totally agree with this. Although my belly ain't shifting through swimming and I suspect running does it more good.

It seems the most boring thing in the world. This is why I have taken up tennis again: as though I have a valid purpose to run. A goal. But of course it's silly as well: I mean ffs who runs after a little ball that keeps coming back?

why it takes that length of time for the pain to kick in i know not. do know that a good post-jog warm down and stretches are more effective at keeping the aches at bay than those you do beforehand.

stevienixed is right of course but you need another person. or a wall. to borrow from mitch hedberg, them motherfuckers are relentless.

it's not pain so much as just this incredible sense of stiffness. i woke up with it (posts out of context thread can have this freebie if it wants)

i'm pretty sure i'm familiar with what you're talking about. do you go regularly? my recovery time was always longest when i hadn't gone jogging for a while but the less time i left between runs, the less time it took for the aches to subside.

no it's because i hardly ever run in any way, but the time delay just seems weird. used to happen a day or two after playing football too.

then in my expert medical opinion your body is just weird. i guess it's just a tightening and your muscles take longer to settle down. if you do the stretchings afterwards you shouldn't get it at all though. probably.