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purple hayes
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 Posted: 09/08/03 - 13:41 Post subject: Do personal problems speed you up or slow you down?
When things are going wrong in your life, i.e. family/work/friends/whatever, do you train harder or do the extra stress take it out of you and you find yourself unable to train as hard?
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Dancer
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Posted: 09/08/03 - 13:46 Post subject:
Depends on the problem, but usually I get more intense with my training when I'm stressed.
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/08/03 - 15:40 Post subject:
When a demon pops up on my shoulder I run faster, farther and more furiously to leave him behind.
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spongebob
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Posted: 09/08/03 - 16:27 Post subject:
It depends.
Most stress gets me motivated and makes me work harder to run better races and run faster times. These would be things like butthole bosses, annoying cow-orkers, relatives, the New Orleans Saints, etc.
Some stress depresses me and causes me to run a lot less with much slower times and I just don't seem to care. This is caused by things like people dying.
My new formulas explain the complex process involved:
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/08/03 - 17:15 Post subject:
| Runner X wrote: |
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower |
This is me. Add to that what is probably obvious, sick stress = a brick wall
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/08/03 - 20:39 Post subject:
Being angry, disgusted, frustrated, etc always sped me up. I often joked with the Mrs. that I was going to pick a fight with her prior to racing, just so I would run faster.....she didn't like that idea
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copteacher
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Posted: 09/08/03 - 23:09 Post subject:
not really either way. I just use the time to clear my head. If I ran hard from all my stress I would be legless.
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robp
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Posted: 09/09/03 - 07:24 Post subject:
Well considering I've pr'd and run my 3rd best time in the 5k, pr'd in the 5 mile, would've pr'd in the 4 mile if my shoe hadn't come untied and am still hoping to pr in a 10k before the year is out I'd say stress has made me faster. And that may be a pr as far as sentence length goes.
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Posted: 09/09/03 - 16:48 Post subject:
I definitely work harder and with a lot more determination. I turn the music up and run until whatever I am feeling has subsided (mad, depressed, nervous, happy, sad).
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TriBob
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Posted: 09/09/03 - 16:52 Post subject:
It can speed up training; but, tends to kill a race since it pushes the stress threshold past the limit.
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Pebbles
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Posted: 09/11/03 - 10:00 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Runner X wrote: |
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower |
This is me. Add to that what is probably obvious, sick stress = a brick wall |
 Ditto for me.
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akern
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Posted: 09/11/03 - 13:05 Post subject:
| Pebbles wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | Runner X wrote: |
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower |
This is me. Add to that what is probably obvious, sick stress = a brick wall |
Ditto for me. |
Excellent way to say it.
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Posted: 09/12/03 - 13:28 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Pebbles wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | Runner X wrote: |
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower |
This is me. Add to that what is probably obvious, sick stress = a brick wall |
Ditto for me. |
Excellent way to say it.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 09/12/03 - 15:28 Post subject:
| Runner X wrote: | It depends.
Most stress gets me motivated and makes me work harder to run better races and run faster times. These would be things like butthole bosses, annoying cow-orkers, relatives, the New Orleans Saints, etc.
Some stress depresses me and causes me to run a lot less with much slower times and I just don't seem to care. This is caused by things like people dying.
My new formulas explain the complex process involved:
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower |
me too
I've heard divorce helps improve running. We determined this once on a long run and fellow runners that we know. We also determined that this would not work for me. And it appeared with all our running acquaintances--it appeared to be only true for men 
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Posted: 09/23/03 - 18:52 Post subject:
| flarunner wrote: | | akern wrote: | | Pebbles wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | Runner X wrote: |
Mad stress = I get faster
Sad stress = I get slower |
This is me. Add to that what is probably obvious, sick stress = a brick wall |
Ditto for me. |
Excellent way to say it.
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 me too!
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