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Commandments of running

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  • 07-06-2014 11:46pm
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    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,137 ✭✭✭


    Please add your own. They just need to be one sentence.

    1. A long run is not a dress rehearsal for a marathon but a workout to help your body change to use fat as a fuel source.
    2. Run at a pace where you enjoy running and you will get faster and run more.


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    #2
    maw368
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭maw368


    Excuses are an habit... run more


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    #3
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,016 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Reading Running Forums isn't the same as running. So, ciao for now, must hit the road!


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    #4
    inigo
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭inigo


    Listen to your body and rest when it asks for rest.


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    #5
    Finnt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Finnt


    Occasionally forget about the garmin, paces, and distances and just enjoy running


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    #6
    sideswipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭sideswipe


    The first running commandment I ever learned-

    Thou shalt not run with a scissors in your hand:D


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    jonny99
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭jonny99


    Coveting your neighbours pb is not a problem


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    AngelaRI
    Registered Users Posts: 7,192 ✭✭✭AngelaRI


    Plan a PB at a specific race, and you'll be disappointed; run to enjoy the race, and you'll blow your previous best time out of the water! (tested this theory more than once, it held true each and every time)


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    rom
    Registered Users Posts: 5,137 ✭✭✭rom


    AngelaRI wrote: »
    Plan a PB at a specific race, and you'll be disappointed; run to enjoy the race, and you'll blow your previous best time out of the water! (tested this theory more than once, it held true each and every time)

    Someone said to me once if you don't feel like giving up at least once then you ain't trying hard enough.


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    jebuz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭jebuz


    - Thou shalt always hold dear a coin in thy pocket. Upon the 22nd mile, sacrifice it to banish the evils of thirst

    - Thou should make progress in training, but progress at your own rate


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    kit3
    Registered Users Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭kit3


    sideswipe wrote: »
    The first running commandment I ever learned-

    Thou shalt not run with a scissors in your hand:D

    Or a lollipop in your mouth :)


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    Gavlor
    Registered Users Posts: 6,179 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    Commandments of running as per boards.ie

    Running in the rain is wonderful
    Running in wind is wonderful
    Running at 4.35am is wonderful
    Running 4 times a day is wonderful
    AMK is wonderful
    If you aren't running 19 times a week then there is something wrong with you, why do you even bother?
    Don't sit in the lobby of the strand palace. EVER.
    All other sports are rubbish and no participants of other sports would be any good at running.
    Change your runners every week.
    AIS. If you can't bend like stretch Armstrong then there's something wrong with you, why do you even bother.
    Covet thy neighbours pb
    Track fairies are rubbish and aren't real runners.
    Long distance plodders aren't real runners.


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    Ososlo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Ososlo


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Commandments of running as per boards.ie

    Running in the rain is wonderful
    Running in wind is wonderful
    Running at 4.35am is wonderful
    Running 4 times a day is wonderful
    AMK is wonderful
    If you aren't running 19 times a week then there is something wrong with you, why do you even bother?
    Don't sit in the lobby of the strand palace. EVER.
    All other sports are rubbish and no participants of other sports would be any good at running.
    Change your runners every week.
    AIS. If you can't bend like stretch Armstrong then there's something wrong with you, why do you even bother.
    Covet thy neighbours pb
    Track fairies are rubbish and aren't real runners.
    Long distance plodders aren't real runners.

    Well done. I'm trying to think is there anyone you didn't offend there except yourself:D
    You're just jealous of AMK;)


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    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Gavlor wrote: »
    If you aren't running 19 times a week then there is something wrong with you, why do you even bother?

    19? I hope the other two evenings are spent in the gym otherwise you are just throwing your fitness away :D


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    PVincent
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭PVincent


    Are you going to throw in that towel or use it to wipe your sweat off your forehead


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    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    Spend less time crapin on Ur log and train more....


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    #17
    clear thinking
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭clear thinking


    Thou shall wear spikes whenever possible, the longer the better, 15mm being ideal.


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    #18
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,116 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    You don't have enough pair of running shoes. You need another pair.

    The formula for calculating how many pairs you need is as follows:

    X = n +1

    Where X is the amount of pairs you need and n is the amount of pairs you have.


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    #19
    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,568 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    DOs and DON'Ts of marathon running: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/marathon_do

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    #20
    mr.wiggle
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭mr.wiggle


    Finnt wrote: »
    Occasionally forget about the garmin, paces, and distances and just enjoy running

    What you talkin' bout Willis??!!

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    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,156 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Never try to run out the pain of an Achilles injury. Rest it!


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    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    Cars and bicycles belong on the road. runners are entitled to choose the flattest, smoothest, most comfortable surface available in any public place. Even if it means running down the white line (avoids the camber)


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    #23
    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    A club favourite: Pain is just weakness leaving the body


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    gerard_65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭gerard_65


    Pain is a warning something is wrong, don't ignore it.


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    #25
    Tom Joad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,134 ✭✭✭Tom Joad


    Never ever hold a fart in when on a run.


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    #26
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    Tom Joad wrote: »
    Never ever hold a fart in when on a run.

    Ya but you better be 100% sure it is a fart.


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    #27
    davedanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭davedanon


    Never ever cut your toenails the night before a marathon.


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