Comments on Cardio & Earthquakes: Run Run Rudolph

If you can sing well, Raina, that along with your ...

2008-03-12T07:46:00.000+13:00

If you can sing well, Raina, that along with your high impact aerobics kick arsedness, will be it. Friendship finis! - Uh... I guess I won't link you to this, then. ;-)

It must've been awful when you couldn't exercise - I remember feeling very frustrated after the car crash last year when I couldn't do any weights; Adam and I were both bored stiff at doing the same old same old over and over again.

Thank you for being supportive of me and reading this post the way I intended it to be taken :-)

The jealous? Oh, let's not even go there, girlfrie...

2008-03-07T19:02:00.000+13:00

The jealous? Oh, let's not even go there, girlfriend. {puts up best talk to the hand motion}

I was jealous of all you exercising people you for many months recently. You COULD exercise, when doing the dishes was a mammoth effort for me.

If you can sing well, Raina, that along with your high impact aerobics kick arsedness, will be it. Friendship finis! ;) LOL

Jealousy is a normal human emotion. Not a nice one, but an emotion all the same. Glad you felt it, could acknowledge it, and came through the other side okay. {hugs}

Hahahhaah! You know what, I'm really glad that yo...

2008-03-05T21:35:00.000+13:00

Hahahhaah! You know what, I'm really glad that you laughed at it :-D

And I don't think I was aware that C25K was time or distance - I guess I interpreted it the way I would like tackle it; time and distance. The whole hog, huzzah!

And I'm an evil person but I laughed so hard when ...

2008-03-05T21:32:00.000+13:00

And I'm an evil person but I laughed so hard when I read this:

"THE FUCK?!?!?! How the hell does this bastard run 3.4km in 20 minutes while he has bronchitis when I've been running for MONTHS and it takes me 25 minutes to run a shorter distance?!?!!?! *splode*"

How the hell indeed. I'm still astounded by how C25K has worked for me.

Btw C25K is time OR distance. I just happen to run at a pace that means I'll achieve both as I'm tall I think.

Hah, yeah - that was a really bad idea, running at...

2008-03-05T21:25:00.000+13:00

Hah, yeah - that was a really bad idea, running at that incline. I could've done some major damage to my back. Running at 1% is much more... err... sane. I guess my problem is that I'm used to being the fittest person I know in every aspect of things - but for the first time, I have company. I need to see that as a good thing, not as some sort of threat to my pride. :-)

In my defence: In this post (http://sweatymarshmal...

2008-03-05T21:20:00.000+13:00

In my defence:

In this post (http://sweatymarshmallow.blogspot.com/2008/02/im-right-behind-you-15.html) you said that you ran 25 minutes at 15% incline!!!! My 1% looked fairly measly compared to that!

I think you are remarkable in how much you do and I think you should celebrate your own victories (which are substantial).

There is always someone who will be better than us - my bloody brother was in the NZ triathlon team when I was weighing in at 139 kgs.

You're right about the competitiveness thing, thou...

2008-03-05T21:18:00.000+13:00

You're right about the competitiveness thing, though I do think there is some value in pushing yourself and challenging yourself - probably what is more key is celebration of achieving those challenges and pushing those boundaries.

And I guess that's more key - being competitive with yourself; fine. Competing with other people when - like you said - I'm not entering an Olympics? I'm not going to achieve much.

Thanks for coming by my blog, and for responding so well to this post :-)

Oh dear!I know our competitiveness always jumps ou...

2008-03-05T21:09:00.000+13:00

Oh dear!
I know our competitiveness always jumps out and say, I should be able to do better, or I want to do better.

But, here's the thing, why do you need to compete? You are not entering in the Olympics? What does it prove?

My brother went out for a run in One Tree Hill and was puffing and sweating... then there goes the old lady running pass him. He was like "WTF"? Err... oh well, carry on.

I am going to do the C25K, and I looked at the programme, I thought, right you kidding me right? Nah I'm gonna do this ins 16 weeks :P What's the rush?

We are all different. Andrew is taller and has longer legs. His dad is running marathon - only started in his 50s and his brother represented NZ on the triathlon world champ... has to be in the genes, surely. (Although those two are so naturally skinny, it's annoying!)
Don't get me started on my bro.. he's 2cm shorter than Andrew, for a long time he was only 65kg and complaining that he's too fat, while chopping on chips after dinner. And saying that I'm too fat.

Anyways, the point is, we are all different. I'm glad that you've realised that you didn't need to be competing with him in the end. It takes all the fun out of it!

There's always someone better and someone worse.

Anyway, I think I will shut up now :P