what’s it all about?

Posted on February 27, 2008 by JH

I wrote something this morning over there at the Ausrun forum, on a post Clarkey started called “Introducing…”.

It was all about stuff like “Why did you start running?” “What do you like about it?” and “how much training do you do?”, that sort of stuff. I, dutifully, filled the thing out and clicked “publish”.

Simple.

The thing is, that last question about training got me thinking. I’ve been running 60km a week, sometimes more, and I have no idea why. I’m not training for a marathon, I’m not trying to lose weight. So what’s the point? Isn’t that a bit eccentric?

Possibly. Maybe I’m running those kms “because they’re there”. More likely, I just like running 5 times a week. I like it.

Running
A fartlek session this morning around Princes Park. It was the same session I did a few weeks ago but this time I managed to get a few hundred metres further, which was pleasing.

  • 2×60 sec/60 float
  • 4×30 sec/30 float
  • 2×60 sec/60 float
  • 4×30 sec/30 float
  • 2×60 sec/60 float

I was pretty fagged at the end of it. Next step - the same session over rolling hills. That’s fun. No, really.

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6 Responses to “what’s it all about?”

  1. Jaykay, on February 27th, 2008 at 3:28 pm Said:

    I have to admit there are days when I really don’t like running, but mostly I do.

    Nice fartlek session

  2. jojo, on February 27th, 2008 at 10:14 pm Said:

    i wanna come do one of those sessions with you…. you’re seriuosly not doing them right if they are fun :)

  3. ajh, on February 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm Said:

    What better reason is there to do it than that ?

  4. Em, on February 28th, 2008 at 7:45 pm Said:

    Coz even when it hurts it’s good :-)

    running that is, don’t know what you were thinking

  5. JH, on February 29th, 2008 at 7:45 am Said:

    I think you probably DO know what I’m thinking ;)

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