Comments on: Running is My Always Lover http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/ Eat, Love, Ride, Explore. Fri, 04 May 2012 02:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BettyC http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-593 BettyC Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:15:47 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-593 This is really beautiful. Running is not always like this for me, but sometimes it is, and it is like this often enough for me to keep going out the door for a run. You really captured it well. This is really beautiful. Running is not always like this for me, but sometimes it is, and it is like this often enough for me to keep going out the door for a run. You really captured it well.

]]> By: Greg http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Greg Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:09:46 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-578 To Steven, Hey, touche my man, you are right on. I have the scars to prove it.... To Steven,

Hey, touche my man, you are right on. I have the scars to prove it….

]]> By: Steven http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Steven Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:18:10 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-575 <i>You know what I mean…when everything clicks and you find that groove and you could just keep going forever</i> When everything clicks it's time to go see a knee doctor! ;-) You know what I mean…when everything clicks and you find that groove and you could just keep going forever
When everything clicks it’s time to go see a knee doctor! ;-)

]]> By: stephalopoulos http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-572 stephalopoulos Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:32:45 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-572 Say what you want about spinning (and thanks for the props, lady), but I will say that it is NOT slow cardio. And with the 2 people who I like to take classes from back to back--2 hours of spinning ideally twice a week--oh my goodness. I did the 2 hour spinning spell for the first time on my 30th birthday. BEST BEST BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT EVER. My teacher, K, who was subbing for the first hour as well as teaching her class, played Eminem's "Lose Yourself" in both classes because she knows it's my favorite. Tonight is my first post-teaching spinning extraveganza. I could hardly sleep last night because I was so excited. That excitement far outweighed my exhaustion from grading endless shitty papers. I nearly danced on the ice down my street to get to the bus stop. Listening to music on my way to work, I had to concentrate really damn hard for my legs to not go in circles as if on the cycle. Yay! (And I WILL say that since I got into the spinning in a big way it seriously upped my game with other cardio at my gym. Even my intervals workouts on the elliptical machines needed to be tweaked because even THAT--intervalsforfuckssake--seemed too slow and plain. And the extreme lower-body workout and need for core and upper-body stability really made me more focused on chese presses and upper body strength training all summer long. There is a damn good reason why my shoulders went from the curvy mess you saw in my faculty ID photo to the getting-some-actual-definition from back in September. It's like a domino effect--extremely ass-kicking lower body cardio that requires a stable core and upper body requires hardcore core and upper body strength training if it is going to work.) Say what you want about spinning (and thanks for the props, lady), but I will say that it is NOT slow cardio. And with the 2 people who I like to take classes from back to back–2 hours of spinning ideally twice a week–oh my goodness. I did the 2 hour spinning spell for the first time on my 30th birthday. BEST BEST BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT EVER. My teacher, K, who was subbing for the first hour as well as teaching her class, played Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” in both classes because she knows it’s my favorite.

Tonight is my first post-teaching spinning extraveganza. I could hardly sleep last night because I was so excited. That excitement far outweighed my exhaustion from grading endless shitty papers. I nearly danced on the ice down my street to get to the bus stop. Listening to music on my way to work, I had to concentrate really damn hard for my legs to not go in circles as if on the cycle.

Yay!

(And I WILL say that since I got into the spinning in a big way it seriously upped my game with other cardio at my gym. Even my intervals workouts on the elliptical machines needed to be tweaked because even THAT–intervalsforfuckssake–seemed too slow and plain. And the extreme lower-body workout and need for core and upper-body stability really made me more focused on chese presses and upper body strength training all summer long. There is a damn good reason why my shoulders went from the curvy mess you saw in my faculty ID photo to the getting-some-actual-definition from back in September. It’s like a domino effect–extremely ass-kicking lower body cardio that requires a stable core and upper body requires hardcore core and upper body strength training if it is going to work.)

]]> By: snarkypants http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-571 snarkypants Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:49:46 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-571 Don't worry, Steven! It'll keep your lungs nice and happy for the bike. The critics are talking more about "regular people" (yes, now I'm saying you're not normal;) who want to lose weight or get fit and spend mindless hours at the gym doing long, slow cardio on machines... or long, slow runs at the same pace every time. Trust me, you're getting your money's worth with your running, dude! Greg - WOW - you're first Marathon WAS the real deal. That is so cool -seriously. I got your comment last night as I was going to bed (on my phone) and it totally tugged at my heart. I *do* know exactly what you mean when "everything clicks". It's a feeling that is beyond beyond. Indescribable. Sal feels this way on the bike but I don't - I wonder if I ever will? Sherry - you kill! It's so rad that you shouldered your bike up Tabor, you animal. I think I'm headed for a Forest Park day when I get back into town, I miss 'cross. :) Stephanie - you also kill. Spinning is hard as shit. That's why I don't do it ;) Don’t worry, Steven! It’ll keep your lungs nice and happy for the bike. The critics are talking more about “regular people” (yes, now I’m saying you’re not normal;) who want to lose weight or get fit and spend mindless hours at the gym doing long, slow cardio on machines… or long, slow runs at the same pace every time. Trust me, you’re getting your money’s worth with your running, dude!

Greg – WOW – you’re first Marathon WAS the real deal. That is so cool -seriously. I got your comment last night as I was going to bed (on my phone) and it totally tugged at my heart. I *do* know exactly what you mean when “everything clicks”. It’s a feeling that is beyond beyond. Indescribable. Sal feels this way on the bike but I don’t – I wonder if I ever will?

Sherry – you kill! It’s so rad that you shouldered your bike up Tabor, you animal. I think I’m headed for a Forest Park day when I get back into town, I miss ‘cross. :)

Stephanie – you also kill. Spinning is hard as shit. That’s why I don’t do it ;)

]]> By: stephalopoulos http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-570 stephalopoulos Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:04:42 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-570 Sing it, sister. I'm with those who say that there is a strong, meditative aspect to exercise--especially those that we just feel an affinity with (affinity exists for a reason!). And you--for you, running is shooting from the gut in your life the way that writing and teaching (and--fuckit--spinning, as dorky as that sound) are for me. <3 Sing it, sister. I’m with those who say that there is a strong, meditative aspect to exercise–especially those that we just feel an affinity with (affinity exists for a reason!).

And you–for you, running is shooting from the gut in your life the way that writing and teaching (and–fuckit–spinning, as dorky as that sound) are for me.

<3

]]> By: sherry http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-569 sherry Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:03:16 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-569 Cyclocross forced me to run for the first time in at least three years! as much as it hurt, it felt good. i rode up to Tabor yesterday and shouldered/ran up the stairs- ...even though cross is over. i wanted to. it felt good. and it put an awkward smile on my face after... freedom is good Cyclocross forced me to run for the first time in at least three years!

as much as it hurt, it felt good.

i rode up to Tabor yesterday and shouldered/ran up the stairs-
…even though cross is over.

i wanted to.
it felt good.
and it put an awkward smile on my face after…

freedom is good

]]> By: Greg http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Greg Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:34:29 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-568 I ran my first marathon when I was in the Air Force, stationed in Turkey. It was the real deal, from Marathon to Athens on a terribly hot day in 1975. It was a nightmare....but I was hooked. It was the ease and simplicity of getting that wonderful endorphin rush that kept me at it until a silly mountaineering accident brought it all to an end almost ten years ago. Cycling works, but in so many ways I miss the simple act of running. You know what I mean...when everything clicks and you find that groove and you could just keep going forever. I ran my first marathon when I was in the Air Force, stationed in Turkey. It was the real deal, from Marathon to Athens on a terribly hot day in 1975. It was a nightmare….but I was hooked. It was the ease and simplicity of getting that wonderful endorphin rush that kept me at it until a silly mountaineering accident brought it all to an end almost ten years ago. Cycling works, but in so many ways I miss the simple act of running. You know what I mean…when everything clicks and you find that groove and you could just keep going forever.

]]> By: Steven http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Steven Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:36:01 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-566 Hmmm, running has been a necessary evil when it's too cold to bike in the winter, but now that it doesn't kill me afterwards anymore, I'm starting to like it a bit. Don't tell me that it's not a good cardio workout though! I'm not at the point of doing it for the love - it better keep me in shape until I can get on the bike again! Hmmm, running has been a necessary evil when it’s too cold to bike in the winter, but now that it doesn’t kill me afterwards anymore, I’m starting to like it a bit. Don’t tell me that it’s not a good cardio workout though! I’m not at the point of doing it for the love – it better keep me in shape until I can get on the bike again!

]]> By: Jenny http://gritandglimmer.com/running-is-my-always-lover/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Jenny Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:15:28 +0000 http:///gritandglimmer.com/2007/12/17/running-is-my-always-lover/#comment-565 Preach it, sister! Running is such a gift. Thanks for reminding me why I enjoy it. Preach it, sister! Running is such a gift. Thanks for reminding me why I enjoy it.

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