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no one "loves" running. it is so boring and time consuming. takes zero brain cells. I agree, RW is a total waste of time, just like the climbing rags. How many ways can you regurgitate the same ole crap, and dispense it to the lazy masses. meadows, you still in for Indy? I now have a half scheduled for 10 weeks out. if you are not at your ideal weight, then you are consuming too many calories. period. if you are at your ideal weight, then forget about it.

Whataya tawkin' about? I love running, just not every time I do it.

I'm still doing the Indy and looking forward to all that running. Where's yours?

local...state capitol building. shooting for 90 minutes, which would be a PR by 20 seconds. I'm just being pigsteak. I, too, love running. I have always said, if I could choose only one sport for the rest of my life, it would probably be running. Climbing is a close second, but stays there because there are as many frustrating days as elation days at the crag. With running, most days are relaxing. To expand on others, I add 10 minutes each week to my long run. I also take a 1 minute walk break every 10 minutes. This is the system used by Jeff Galloway. I will build up to 30 minutes longer than the race I am planning on entering.

I also do pace work once a week, or less. This entails running 10-20 seconds faster than my race pace, and I vary the distances. Right now, I am doing 400's with a 1 minute rest.

Running is difficult in the way that it is hard every single time I go out. Some days are better than others, but that first 2½ miles always hurts like hell.

With climbing...eventually the 5.6's, 5.7's, etc etc become easy & you wonder how you ever had trouble on them...but with running it always hurts. Does this ever change?

I'm doing the pig in Cincy...anyone running that one?

Running is the most fun when there are 11 guys trying to clobber you... and you take the hits, spin off, and continue to the endzone. Hell yeah! I miss those days sometimes.

diggum, it does change. just like your climbing analogy. when I am training for a longer race, at first even short runs seem hard. but when you work up to 10 miles and longer, then a 5 miler is a breeze. in fact, you won't even sweat.

interesting article r.e. high intensity interval training:
http://www.wsu.edu/~strength/hiit.htm - suggesting that HIT is the way to burn the fat...

Good article Pete. You know, one reason HI-IT may work better is muscle development. I ran track in college, and you could always tell what someone ran by looking at them. The sprinters were bulky and cut; the distance guys were lean mean bean-poles. Seems if you work at a higer intensity, you burn calories, but build muslce. The distance guys burned lots of calories, but just toned their muscles. If you build muscle, you can afford to weigh more and still have a lower body fat percentage. Furthermore, muscle is metabolically active, unlike fat. So, just by being more muscular, your basal metabolic need is higher.

What is High intensity interval training?

sprint, walk, sprint, walk, sprint ... puke