# The Running Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 6, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558 "2002-05-06T16:08:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558/141 "2004-02-01T04:01:53Z")

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It happens to me, as well.

My theory is that your body just gets used to stuff, and when you change things and it has to deal with something it’s not used to, it rebels.

Your body expects to run and gears up for it, and when you don’t you get “blue balls” of the legs.

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**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558/142 "2004-03-22T02:12:55Z")

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Got a PR today! 46:25 for an 8K. Not even close to a competitive time, but the fastest I’ve run in ages. I dressed perfectly, it was cool and still, and I felt damn good.

In May, I start speedwork with some fast friends. We’ll see how this works. My goal is to run a leg or two of the Edmund Fitzgerald 105 km relay with their team in October (IIRC); last year I drove the van and had a blast, but MAN did I want to run!

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558/143 "2004-05-10T16:26:11Z")

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There’s a long, winding hill I like to run up behind where I live. Yesterday I _walked_ up it, and now I’m so sore I can hardly walk up or down stairs.

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**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558/144 "2004-05-13T02:09:09Z")

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> [@JillGat](#):
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> There’s a long, winding hill I like to run up behind where I live. Yesterday I _walked_ up it, and now I’m so sore I can hardly walk up or down stairs.

Oooh, that sucks! What’s up with that, **JillGat**? Is there another thread somewhere that explains why it hurt to walk it?

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**Author:** ![Race\_Bannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Race\_Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Bannon)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558/145 "2004-05-13T02:19:49Z")

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Hey, any Iowa doper/runners listening? I just signed up for the Dam to Dam 20km in Des Moines.

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-running-thread/107558/146 "2004-05-13T12:51:22Z")

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> [@Gazelle](#):
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> Oooh, that sucks! What’s up with that, **JillGat**? Is there another thread somewhere that explains why it hurt to walk it?

Naw. Just more evidence of the importance of cross training. I think that running slow (more steps) or walking (pulling yourself up a hill) is harder than running fast in some ways. No momentum advantage. You notice that cats and dogs usually run up and down stairs - they don’t walk.

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