TAN #11: Shamelessly Pad Your Post Count Here! (Page 47)

And yet another thing we are ALL thankful for. Plus, being in charge would REALLY eat into your TAN time.

If I were in charge, and my employees tried to make me doing anything even remotely festive during work hours, especially if there was no beer involved, there'd be a whole lot of open positions the next day.

Bah, humbug, the lot of you. 

is doing the eliptical beneficial to running at all - or will it still be like starting all over again?

trust me, it wasn't my idea - i'm not so sure how he'll react

on a totally different note - so, I've been dealing with PF since May - I think it is finally getting better - i'm going to give running a try again starting in december in the meantime, I've been doing the eliptical - my question is

is doing the eliptical beneficial to running at all - or will it still be like starting all over again?

trust me, it wasn't my idea - i'm not so sure how he'll react

on a totally different note - so, I've been dealing with PF since May - I think it is finally getting better - i'm going to give running a try again starting in december in the meantime, I've been doing the eliptical - my question is

is doing the eliptical beneficial to running at all - or will it still be like starting all over again?

It depends on what you mean by starting all over again.

You will still have some fitness.  It just won't be running-specific.  Plus, coming off injury, you're going to want to start slow, and with low mileage to build strength and ensure that you're not going to reinjure yourself.

Short answer: you're not quite at square zero, but you're set back.  Just how far back is hard to tell. 

Eh, it's seldom easy.  That's sorta the point.

You'll be fine, trust me.

I know this guy on another website.  He's managed to put in something like 2-3k miles this year in running.  Plus, he had a fracture (I forget what exactly, though), and he missed a few weeks.  Someone asked him if he felt the time off for the injury was a good thing.  He said it was, because it forced him to rest.

And, for the record, he does tri's and du's in the summer, which is his "off" season. 

Scout's advice is pretty good, though. Start slow, take it easy... have you bought a trainer? 

well, i am not a natural runner (which you have probably picked up on)

Now, personally, I believe this statement is at best patently false, and at worse, a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The human body is, by its very construction, designed for long, slower, running.  So unless you've managed to change a few thousand years of evolutionary advancements, you have the requisites to be a runner.

Now, as for the second part.  People who "suck" at running are the ones who say they suck at running, or hate it.  You obviously don't hate it, otherwise you'd never consider training for a triathlon.  So, let's drop the "hate running".

It's uncomfortable.  Hell, it downright hurts sometimes.  But it gets better.  And that's ultimately the goal.  To improve.  Trust me, no one will give two figs if you average 5 minute miles, or 25 minute miles.  It's not about how fast you get there, it's about the journey itself.

You'll be fine.  Trust me. 

A) I don't have a hot date this weekend, sadly. Thank you for pointing that out. Paper cut, lemon juice etc.