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Hmmm. I can see how logic may take you to that conclusion. But since bouldering works in a predominantly vertical direction, the rules are different. Let me know if you have any other faults in your logic that need correcting.

Thanks for clearing that one up.

So would someone who sprints up hills be considered a runner then? Just making sure I have it all straight.

now you guys are getting it. meadows, thanks for clarifying my special place amongst the legions. weber, running starts with the mile, and goes up from there. although your times for those "practice runs" are quite admirable, I am sure you would admit that deeper feeling of success comes from grunting it out on a boring, tedious road, all the while pretending that Alberto Salazar is on your tail.

people like to try and blur the lines amongst activities, but I have been deemed the savior of the sporting world. so many joggers call themselves runners that I am afraid we have an epidemic on our hands. (and to clarify, I am a jogger.) Although I have 5 marathons under my belt, my pace and committment is sporadic that I don't dare degrade the runners of the world by including myself among them.

so rest assured weber, after 40 years in the trenches, you can probably safely call yourself a runner...that is, unless you start wearing tights that show a fat-dimpled ass.

now as far as being a climber, the law has been written. 12a is the minimum requirement for club status. anything less, just be honest with yourself and call it what it is..a recreational outdoor pursuit where you'd prefer to toprope everything, but peer pressure makes you get on lead and then make up excuses for failing. (see other thread for available excuses.)

best to you at the joggers olympics coming up.

linustgl wrote:Thanks for clearing that one up.

So would someone who sprints up hills be considered a runner then? Just making sure I have it all straight.

Not until the grade is higher than 45 degrees and hence more vertical than horizontal. Furthermore, since running is inherently a horizontal direction, the sprinter must continue for at least one mile, two to be uncontested.

Porkboy wrote:....but I have been deemed the savior of the sporting world.

Someone please ban his ass.

charlie,

it is not a role I take lightly. I am sure Ghandi felt the same when he received his calling. Same with John Holmes. Piggie was destined.....sigh.....

charlie wrote:

Porkboy wrote:....but I have been deemed the savior of the sporting world.

Someone please ban his ass.

You mean, like, cover him with roll on deodorant?

Sorry. It's been a long week.

pigsteak wrote:...... Same with John Holmes. Piggie was destined.....sigh.....

John Holmes, that where your rank came from?

lol...never thought of it that way...

SCIN wrote:YOU SHOULD GO DO THE BLACK PROBLEM BECAUSE NATURALLY I HAVE TO RECOMMEND THE HARDEST PROBLEM IN THE GYM FOR YOU TO TRY BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL KNOW THAT, SINCE I RECOMMENDED IT, I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THE PROBLEM! I DON'T REALLY CARE IF YOU HAVE FUN IN THE GYM ON ALL OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS JUST AS LONG AS YOU LEAVE HERE KNOWING THAT I HAVE DONE THE BLACK PROBLEM WHICH IS THE HARDEST PROBLEM IN THE GYM!

HOLY SHIT! I LOVED THE BLACK PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH I COULDN'T DO ANY OF THE MOVES! BUT I WAS ON THE SAME PROBLEM THAT SOME OF THE STRONGEST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY COULDN'T DO AND NEITHER COULD SCIN! BUT I TOUCHED THEM AND GREASED THEM AND CLIMBED ON SOMETHING COOL PEOPLE CLIMB SO I'M COOL BY PROXY!

AND IF YOU SEEM COOL AND EMO ENOUGH, I'LL EVEN SHARE THE BETA WITH YOU, TOO! BUT ONLY IF YOU SPREAD MY NAME AROUND EVERYWHERE SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW I'M THE COOL DUDE WITH THE BETA FOR THE BLACK PROBLEM! AND IF ENOUGH PEOPLE HEAR OF ME, THEY'LL THINK I DID IT, TOO!

I LOVE FLORIDA AND THE BLACK PROBLEM! THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE SOUTHEAST GREAT!