DFW Running Club!!

Idiophreak

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Anyway, where's yours?!

I'll go with this one, from my first race:


Not the most flattering, but it's recent at least...and "runny"

RichOneday_2

Bunnyinthelights wrote: »

Hi 30-
I'm going to throw a slight spanner into your works here-I love that like me you are determined to use running to help you lose weight/get fit etc but I would persoanlly just use the nice fit picture and delete the 'negative' one as it is not projectinve your new positive image. Also, stop calling yourself 'Fat Boy' (pop pysch 101) but it's true.

Also, I reccently had a friend point out that by using certain words to describe things you are building up the wrong connatation in your mind. ie. to LOSE weight implies that you want to find it again...that is why I am 'reducing' my weight-I dont want the !!!!!!y stuff to find me again!


*Bunny steps off her soap box*

A bigger flaw in the argument about using running to achieve a target weight loss is 'What then?'

So you achieve your 11 stone target, or whatever, and have therefore 'achieved'. If that was the sole motivation normal psychology would say 'Job Done' and, hey presto, activity reduces, weight increases and back to square one.

There has to be a measurable target based around running with a follow up target ready to replace it, otherwise running is just seen as the means to an end, which doesn't work, except temporarily.

It's the same with any physical activity - it has to become a part of the long-term lifestyle and, more importantly, enjoyed.

30dirtybirds

RichOneday wrote: »

A bigger flaw in the argument about using running to achieve a target weight loss is 'What then?'

So you achieve your 11 stone target, or whatever, and have therefore 'achieved'. If that was the sole motivation normal psychology would say 'Job Done' and, hey presto, activity reduces, weight increases and back to square one.

There has to be a measurable target based around running with a follow up target ready to replace it, otherwise running is just seen as the means to an end, which doesn't work, except temporarily.

It's the same with any physical activity - it has to become a part of the long-term lifestyle and, more importantly, enjoyed.

Sage like words there, that is pretty much EXACTLY what I did before. So how to change the way I think? Ideas?

RichOneday_2

Idiophreak wrote: »

I'll go with this one, from my first race:


Not the most flattering, but it's recent at least...and "runny"

Can you just step to one side, Idio, I want a quick look at Swansea Bay!:p

beer_tins

Idiophreak wrote: »

I'll go with this one, from my first race:


Not the most flattering, but it's recent at least...and "runny"

Hmm, he is younger than me, isn't he?!

And are you wearing a timing device at an official race?! The running police will come to get you!

(Land_of)_Maz

Idiophreak wrote: »

I'll go with this one, from my first race:


Not the most flattering, but it's recent at least...and "runny"

awwwww! you is just a babyface!! now i feel like a right old wifie!!

Thanks for sharing Idio!

beer_tins

30dirtybirds wrote: »

Sage like words there, that is pretty much EXACTLY what I did before. So how to change the way I think? Ideas?

Set yourself short term and long term targets, like running 10k in under XX minutes by dd/mm/yyyy and then an even better "long term" target. Make sure you always have a new target to aim for, for when you achieve one of your goals. Weight loss is incidental, you can't use it as a goal because once the weight is off, you don't have a goal any more.

(Land_of)_Maz

beinerts wrote: »

Hmm, he is younger than me, isn't he?!

And are you wearing a timing device at an official race?! The running police will come to get you!

ooo-er and it's a big one!!

speaking of timing devices i was wearing my watch while swimming this morning so decided to time some lengths to see how i was doing, having never done it before it would have made more sense to do this first time, but hey ho, i'm sure improvements will be seen anyways....

1 length of breaststroke - 1 min exactly
1 length of back stroke (back crawl? whatever!) 1 min exactly
1 length of front crawl Maz style-ee - 52 secs!
(edit - for the avoidance of doubt is was a 25m pool!! lol)

How ace is that!

All in all 32 (or maybe more cause i lost count.. but it was at least that). Another half mile achieved... yay me!

redsquirrel80

Thanks for the 'runny' pic Idio!

RichOneday_2

30dirtybirds wrote: »

Sage like words there, that is pretty much EXACTLY what I did before. So how to change the way I think? Ideas?

Its all about getting competitive, either with other people or with times.

There's always another target springs up as soon as you've achieved. So when you break 60 mins for 10K you immediately start thinking about 55 mins, then 50 mins and so on.

Or pick someone you know who you think you could never be as fast as and measure the difference as you 'close in' on that standard.

You never get to the end of such challenges, so unlike focussing on weight loss which is not really the target anyway (its really body shape!) you get to love the process and want it to continue.