5 things that you should know if you have chosen to live with a runner
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
We are all with easy envy look at the beautiful couple who do a lot together, and one of those "family affairs" - running. Agree that it's so nice to look at running and chirping cute couple. He and she - two strong, smart, beautiful - well, almost perfect. But... I personally, looking at the pair, I understand why they run together. Yes, joint sports get too close (it even psychologists have shown, but more on that later), some pairs there easy competitive time, and some do it because they need to maintain the created image, because they do not understand and write angry fans a comment. But there are a few points that are not usually say, if you do not ask about it. ;)
early ups
It is no secret that the majority of runners - successfully, business and quite busy people. And if we add more and families with children, the time to run is even smaller. When else but on Saturday at six in the morning, you can not get up early in order to prepare you coffee, but in order to run. Sometimes, by the time you eat your first muffin for breakfast, they have already managed to burn more calories than your dinner and breakfast together.
Moreover, some people manage to raise at the same time the whole family, so that by the time he return to run, everyone was ready for new challenges, and do not waste precious time of the day nothing. Are you still sitting and dozhovyvaete your morning croissant? Well got up quickly and ran! Jogging ran forward to meet the new day!
Strange things in the pantries, cupboards and around the home
Be prepared for the fact that soon the shoes in your house will be much more than the other shoes. Add to that all sorts of bottles, lotions, tapes, compression socks and other mountain sports apparel, as well as gadgets and all sorts of eatables, which at first glance may not seem like much of a sports. For example, from time to time I ate hoarded for the half-marathon sneakers and other bars.
And if a runner suddenly decides to do a triathlon, then you will find a fascinating insight into the structure of the bicycle for Dummies. Be prepared for the fact that from time to time you have to help pump up the tires, lubricate the chain and do a lot more things a little strange. Now, in the apartment you will come across not only in running shoes, sports gels and socks, but also for spare parts for a bicycle may velostanok himself a bicycle.
Running - it's expensive
Yes, I remember, as we have argued that running does not require large capital investments. May run in his amateur, the initial form - yes, but then... And then it turns into a pretty expensive hobby. Some sneakers will not be enough, because for different weather need their shoes. New items or "those cool sneakers that suggested the coach" would hardly be missed, because really want to try, and if finances allow more, then they will definitely be bought. If the weekly mileage is close to the mark of 100 km, the shoes need to be replaced every three months, as they will simply be worn out and erased. By the way, about the coaches. If all of this for a long time and seriously, then no longer do without a coach. It is he who will prepare the future of amateur athlete in all these competitions and marathons. Less expensive way - running clubs, but here there are some points on which we shall dwell later.
Oh yeah, marathons, to which runner will prepare this very coach! They also cost money. Of course, if it is a local marathon, the amount for registration will not shock you to your order. It is quite another - marathons in other cities and countries (particularly in other countries!), Since there is already need to take into account the travel, accommodation, entry fees and meals.
And if you run a fan decided to abandon a coach, then get ready for the fact that this money will be spent on doctors, medications and procedures, as the injury is almost inevitable.
You have new family members appear
If you dreamed of a large and close-knit family, it you will! Probability - 99%! One percent I left runners introverts (sociopaths?), Because there are some who can not be tightened in all these running tusovochki and clubs. That is, they, of course, communicate with their representatives, but catch them one by one. And even sometimes allow themselves to be drawn into joint run, but the number of running shall not exceed two.
Well, we go back to those who run companies and then these same companies and going. Be prepared for the fact that you will constantly hear talk of a race, and then constantly recurring question of why you still have not joined the slender ranks of the running of the club? Sometimes it resembles a sect, and all this talk about the new running shoes or running technique or discussion last joint run for you will be terribly boring. However, they are usually so passionate about the conversation, did not notice your flight.
Do you still prefer the meat of animals vegetable burgers? Then we run to you!
Power - is a separate issue. There could be as lucky. Some runners eat everything, absolutely not disdaining candy-zheleykami, salty crackers and chocolate bars, others spend hours in the kitchen to prepare a very useful and nutritious energy bars.
Some runners are switching to vegetarianism, since moderate (left dairy products, fish and seafood) and ending fruitarianism or raw food diet. All your protests and entreaties that a person should eat a normal and varied diet (and you must understand that in our latitudes fruitarianism possible engage only in the summer or early fall), they cite the example of persistence famous ultramarafontsev eating only bananas, nuts and salad. And someone on the contrary, decided to sit on the Dukan Diet or paleodiete. In any case, everyone goes through it, trying and experimenting, so be prepared for culinary experimentation, expensive products with a very strange taste and smell, and the mountains of dirty dishes.
As you can see, if you take at least those listed five points, it is clear that much more profitable to run together morally, because the money in the end you will still be spending more, but the nerves and marital happiness is more expensive, true? But seriously, the positive aspects of a much larger, but more on that later. ;)