It’s like saying I hate being able to walk. Yes, at first it is a challenge and a bit difficult. Then, you get better at it and you’re a better person for it.
I do like walking, because whenever I run even a short distance, my asthma kicks in overtime, and I’m feeling nauseous and unable to breathe and my saliva gets really thick and gross. So walking=good, running=sickness-inducing, for me anyway.
I do sometimes wonder if I ran more, if I’d get used to it eventually and be able to run farther distances without the nausea/breathlessness/saliva build-up.
While it’s possible for almost everyone to run a mile or three(at any pace), it doesn’t mean they are suited for it either physically or psychologically. And forcing it just turns them off exercise altogether.
No, it’s really nothing like that at all. When people say they hate running, they are talking about running as exercise. Running is notoriously hard on your connective tissue, not to mention monotonous as hell. They aren’t saying they hate the ability to run. They hate the idea of it.
I’d love to be able to run, but my feet are flat. This causes me to get shin splints, and no amount of conditioning or even orthotics has or will help me be able to run. Believe me, I have tried. My shins still ache randomly from trying, and the last time I tried was a couple of years ago. So yeah, at this point I hate running. And no, not everyone can run, and no, not running doesn’t make you a bad person.
I like walking. I went for a 2.5 mile walk today when the sun finally poked through the clouds.
But running hurts. I get shin splints, I have bad knees and a bad hip. The only way you’re getting me running is if something is chasing me.
Is there any exercise you don’t like? Is running actually ever easy? I assumed even if you were in shape - it still was hard. I don’t see the need. I’m happy with walking. Walking is natural, running - well was this actually a common thing before recently? Did Ben Franklin or George Washington run for fun? Seems like one of the least fun things you can do. And I actually hiked 5 miles today (not that that is a lot or something).
I can’t imagine ever liking it - and I’m certainly not going to stick with it enough to find out.
Do people that enjoy running actually hate it at first - and then love it after six weeks or so? I like hiking, but it isn’t like you had to really talk me into it.
I use a stationary bike for a heavier aerobic workout. I hate it just as much now as I did years ago. Usually I’m only into it seriously for a few months at a time. But it is not like I like it better at day 90 than day 1 - sure I’m “better” at it, but I’d still rather not do it. If scientists tomorrow decided you didn’t need to do aerobic work out - I’d never do it again, unless being chased, having sex, or maybe hiking.
And isn’t running a little hard on the body? I don’t really know - but it seems like I know people who can’t do it anymore cause they messed up their knees or feet (but I can’t say for sure that is from the running - but I to the impression at least some where claiming it was).
I’ll be honest. Yes, I liked it right from the start. It just came easy to me. I was only mediocre in talent, even more mediocre at cycling and I despise swimming.
Everyone is different.
I hate running-as-exercise, or even walking-as-exercise, because it’s boring. I will happily walk three miles if I’m going from one place to another and they’re three miles apart, but just to walk around and around until you’ve gone three miles? No thanks.
The physical therapists in the hospital didn’t like me much.
I didn’t much care for running for the first 45 years or so of my life. Then it clicked, although with some effort. I just ran my first 50K. A good run is a magical thing; it can lift my spirits and make my body feel great. I love hiking too, and running has helped my hiking immensely.
As far as I can tell, it can be hard on your body especially if you are running with poor shoes and don’t take the time to learn proper form. As with any repetitive activity it can lead to certain types of injury, but the studies that I have seen general report that running is an overall benefit to your body.
I know what I’m saying is a bunch of baloney. It’s just the way it seems to me. I just wanted to get some perspective because I want to get a friend to start running with me and she says that she “hates” running, even though she’s never really tried it. So, I plan on saying this to her and I wanted to get some perspective first.
Perhaps, a better substitute would be “exercise” in general. Saying you hate exercising is like saying you don’t like being able to move your body.
No, Datax I don’t think there’s any exercise I have a particular distaste for. Some I like more than others, but all are good in my book. I find running to be pretty easy. I go at a good pace and if I get tired, I stop. If I do this each day, I get better and better at it.
I dislike running. I’ve not avoided it at all - I grew up playing sports and participating in gym class. As an adult I tried it with friends who run. I’ve never learned to like it and I’ve never felt good doing it, not even once.
Not too long ago there was some info in a thread on this board about how people with long torsos have bodies that are not suited for running. I’m a 5’8" who wears petite inseam pants and extra long shirts. I have a comically long torso. If that is why I dislike running so much then I’ll gladly take it as an excuse.
I dont dislike exercise either. I walk, use the elliptical and swim. I’ve been known to do aerobics classes. I lift weights.
I’d actually love to love to run. I’d also love to enjoy eating fish and to have size 7 feet. None of these things are in the cards for me.
No way, running is hard on the body. And some people are definitely just built to run.
When I see my SO running, he looks different from the people I see struggling. His whole movement is different. It’s like they come down really hard, and his energy goes more upwards. And he’s always loved running.
I can’t run. I just can’t. Everything hurts, my neck and my teeth and my back and my hips. And I don’t usually have any problems, it’s just when I run. I’m plenty fit, I went on a four hour bike ride yesterday and didn’t even ache today. It’s running that’s the problem!
I ran 3 or 4 miles every other day in basic training and then in AIT. I hated it every single time, and six months later, I still hated it. I feel like I’m drowning, except there’s no surface. There’s no escape. Even if you stop running, you still feel like you’re running out of oxygen for the next ten minutes.
So no, it’s not like hating the ability to walk. Not even close.
Given the time and some nice scenery I could walk till hell freezes over. For that matter, when I am working through a problem in my mind or talking on the phone, its pacing around the yard while I do it.
Running? Hate it with the passion of a thousand burning suns.
I mean, I am pretty sure that everyone loves to have the ability to run. It’s just that going for even a slow paced run for long distances (half a mile or more) is quite tiring and tedious and hard on your knees. I remember running about a mile and a half or a little more for the first time in a long time (few months), and my legs ached for a couple of days.
That’s why I say go biking. It’s more fun interesting, faster, and not so hard on your knees, so you can do it for long distances. After getting a water bottle holder on my bike within the next few days, I will be able to go much longer distances on this really long bike trail we have (currently I only go a little over a mile away and then back because I get thirsty very easily).
ETA: It’s not just the knees. After a while, other parts of the body start to ache as well. And plus you are panting for a while after you stop as well. It is quite intense for your body.
Due to an old knee injury, running any significant distance causes me physical pain. Continuing to run causes me more pain. So I hate running because it is literally painful. I’ve been advised NOT to run as exercise because it will only cause further joint damage. So, no, I would not get better at it and I would not be a better person for it, I would be a person with worse knees.
Walking, on the other hand, does not cause me pain. I love walking.
I don’t hate exercise, and I’m decently in shape. I’m not an Ironman, but I ride my bike with regularity in the summer - typical ride is an hour to an hour and half, 10 to 16 miles depending on how many trails versus road riding. Did a longer road ride yesterday, more like 20 miles. In the winter I cross country ski. In the in-between times, I ride the spin bike.
I frikkin’ HATE running. I can’t stand it. I wish I could run, but shortly into it, I start to think about how boring it is. How I hate the feel of the pounding in my feet and knees. How I can’t wait to get it over with.
At first I thought it was just a “challenge and a bit difficult” and “then I’d get better at it” so for 2 summers in a row, I ran 3-4 miles at a time, sometimes up to 6 miles, several times a week. I kept waiting for it to get better, and it never did. I always dreaded the runs. The only way I forced myself into it was to have really good tunes or a good podcast going on my iPod.
For a while I thought maybe it was just that I wasn’t in shape for it. Then I took up cross-country skiing for the first time in years. I went out about twice and loved it. Was I good at it? No. Was it hard? Yup. Did it hurt? You bet. But I liked it a TON. That’s when I contrasted it with all the running I’d done and decided I was nuts. If I could like skiing so much when I sort of sucked at it and wasn’t in shape for it, and I liked it right away, and I’d killed myself for months trying to find some fun in running and just couldn’t, I accepted that I’m just not cut out for running.
I’m short torso-d and long-legged. I have trouble finding pants that aren’t highwaters. And I hate running too.
I don’t hate it, but I’m not like “oh boy! Running!” I can do about 3-4 miles, but I find that if I run too much I get pain and tightness in my ankles, hips, hamstrings and shins. Stretching and ice helps, but I’m not looking to push myself to some sort of injury.
It’s a lot less boring if you run with an iPod. Plus I run along the Hudson so I have NYC as a backdrop which is nice.
But generally, no, I’m not all that fired up to go exercise. It’s sort of like a chore I do to keep from getting fat and soft.
I have always hated running. It’s boring. There are plenty of other ways to exercise.