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I run slow I work in the social services, and a lot of the people we work with have a lot of regrets. I've asked our case managers to have their clients come out and watch me run. I run so slow, time run backwards. As I waddle along, your life runs in reverse. Scars becomes wounds become chances to exercise better judgement. I run slow. Like most people, I enjoy running in the mornings, before it gets to hot. Unlike most people, I've been pushed over by a squirrel. I run slow. Sometimes when I am running, I think of those zen fountains that absorb a drip drip drip of water down a bamboo tube before finally tipping over and dumping their contents into a pool. Each step I take is another drip. I think, that fountain would call me a pussy. I run slow. But I know where I have been. Six months ago, I didn't run. Six months ago, I had heartburn bad enough to keep me from sleeping through the night. Six months ago, I felt like I needed to go to sleep at 2pm. And six months ago, running felt impossible. I run slow, and I have ways to go. But I can sleep. I feel alive. I can run two, slow, miles. Slowly. Sometimes I get discouraged. I compare where I am to where other people are. But all that matters is where I am compared to where I was. Once something good becomes something you are going to do for the rest of your life, the pace becomes less important. I know that my drip drip drip will amount to that deluge, eventually. Someday I will run 3 miles, slowly.
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Goldmine this.
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Aug 17, 2008 05:08
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This is...beautiful.
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Aug 17, 2008 05:11
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Wow. Like poetry.
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Aug 17, 2008 05:25
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I came in here ready to direct you over to the running megathread, but this is way cooler.
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Aug 17, 2008 05:30
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Yup. Genius. "But all that matters is where I am compared to where I was."
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Aug 17, 2008 05:46
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I got overtaken by a 70 - 80 year old the other day. But 6 months ago I couldn't run slowly for 1 minute, now I can run slowly for over 3 miles. Hell, I've been overtaken by a woman pushing a pram.
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Aug 17, 2008 05:52
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I wanna race the op
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Aug 17, 2008 06:08
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Someone put this in CD so someone can make a short film of it and win a million art film dollars.
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Aug 17, 2008 06:10
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Postin up in this glodmine
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Aug 17, 2008 06:53
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I run pretty loving fast
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Aug 17, 2008 07:24
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I run slowly too, I ran my personal best last night, 2.75 miles in 30 minutes which amounts to something like a 10:50 per mile average. I started C25K towards the end of June, at that point I could run maybe 8 minutes without stopping. Nowhere to go but upwards and onwards.
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Aug 17, 2008 07:27
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someone find his other posts
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Aug 17, 2008 07:28
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This is actually pretty loving inspiring. It's been a tough month to exercise, and eat right; and i've fallen of the loving horse more times than i'd like to admit here. I keep going to the transformation thread to get inspired, but no dice. But this ain't bad.
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Aug 17, 2008 07:34
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I started running a month ago. On my first run, I got overtaken by a big group of 80 year olds in reflector vests. Then a big group of kids with Down's Syndrome. But this morning on my run, I can now run faster than the old people. Not the Down's kids yet. But they are next.
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Aug 17, 2008 07:59
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It is technically impossible for time to flow backwards. There was never an episode where superman orbited the earth really loving slow to turn back time because it just doesn't work and the creators of the show knew that.
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Aug 17, 2008 08:22
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Penguin Radar posted:I got overtaken by a 70 - 80 year old the other day. But 6 months ago I couldn't run slowly for 1 minute, now I can run slowly for over 3 miles. Hell, I've been overtaken by a woman pushing a pram. I would've tripped both of those loving showboats.
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Aug 17, 2008 08:26
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Gpig posted:It is technically impossible for time to flow backwards.
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Aug 17, 2008 10:01
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this thread is inspiring me to start running
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Aug 17, 2008 10:32
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I too have been trying to drop my run time. I've been running a mile and a half in 12:30. I got it down to 12:25 the other day. It's amazing to think about how much pain goes into shaving those seconds off, and it encourages me to get out there and do it again. I'm shooting for 1 1/2 miles in 11 minutes. I know I can do it.
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HondaCivet posted:Someone put this in CD so someone can make a short film of it and win a million art film dollars. That is actually a pretty good idea, this text with some zen-like runner running along would make a pretty good motivational advertisement.
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Gpig posted:It is technically impossible for time to flow backwards. There was never an episode where superman orbited the earth really loving slow to turn back time because it just doesn't work and the creators of the show knew that. Well you see this one time on Battlestar Galactica and Heroes, and those shows have much newer science, therefore...
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Aug 17, 2008 13:59
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Very nice.
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Aug 17, 2008 15:09
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I too, run slow.
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Aug 17, 2008 15:12
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Yeah, but can you kick MY rear end?
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Aug 17, 2008 15:28
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I was reading the OP while listening to "The Shins - New Slang", perfect combo. 5'd
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Aug 17, 2008 15:44
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This thread has inspired me to give up on my sprint training...and run slowly. I'll post my progress later.
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Aug 17, 2008 16:49
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I used to not run at all. Now I run slow.
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Aug 17, 2008 19:06
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Finally, I run faster than someone. Today is a great day!
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Aug 17, 2008 19:13
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Bucket-O-Nothing posted:I too, run slow.
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Aug 17, 2008 19:26
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That's awesome  *is a fellow slow runner, I can slog through 2.25 miles in 25 minutes*
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Bucket-O-Nothing posted:I too, run slow. MAY PAYNE runs slow too? Awesome track.
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Like most everyone here, I came in here to make fun of you for being slow. That was absolutely beautiful. Good job.
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