It's Not Over Until the Fat Lady Sings..Running That Is.

yet another letsrunner on the street of broken dreams and false hope.

Maybe we should set up a special section for guys who have been on the come back trail for a week now and feel a need to proclaim to the world that they are about the embark on the longest, hardest journey (at the worst possible time in their lives because they are almost always out of school, in their late 20's, fat, working 80 hours a week, married with 2 kids) so as to (a) set new PR's, (b) qualify for trials, or (c) both.

I say again, as I always do on these threads, write us when you have put a year of real training under your belt and regale us with tales of fitness and sucess.

Sorry to lump you in with all the others, but seriously.

truman wrote:

I want to run again. By that I mean train hard again.

I ran 4 years at a university. My first two years I had a PR of 3:50 AND 1:52. My last two years I had a pr of 3:53 and 1:55. All summer I took some time off, just running 30-40 minutes 4-5 days per week. I'm ready now to do it again. I am now at a different school getting my masters and have alot of time on my hands. I want to race in the spring...DO I HAVE TIME??? This may be my last year to do it, I will be working full time at the end of the summer.

HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT GETTING IN COMPETITIVE SHAPE for the SPRING?

those later times would be sb's, season bests, not personal best

I'd suggest you start base training now, start doing speed around february, talk to the coach at your school, he should be able to set up some sort of program for you

jerkyb wrote:

yet another letsrunner on the street of broken dreams and false hope.

Maybe we should set up a special section for guys who have been on the come back trail for a week now and feel a need to proclaim to the world that they are about the embark on the longest, hardest journey (at the worst possible time in their lives because they are almost always out of school, in their late 20's, fat, working 80 hours a week, married with 2 kids) so as to (a) set new PR's, (b) qualify for trials, or (c) both.

I say again, as I always do on these threads, write us when you have put a year of real training under your belt and regale us with tales of fitness and sucess.

Sorry to lump you in with all the others, but seriously.

Yep, and they seem to be becoming more frequent. Makes me glad I kept running after college. I was never an all-conference type (okay, I flat out sucked), but at least I've maintained my suckage level in the 10 years since graduation and therefore have not had to bore everyoone with talks of a "comeback". I've also not had to delude myself or others with false hopes of what I might become.

It would be fine if they came back, I just wonder what the hell they are all doing telling us about it.

Message to "comebackers": Nobody cares. Nobody. Run, don't run, whatever. Stop telling us about it.

And for the love of God, please stop asking us how fast we think you can run. If that makes any difference whatsoever in your decisions, you should just quit the sport and go away.

I'm not fat, or married, or have kids. I still can run a 16 5k.

I'm just excited to start again. But ya'll are right, I just need to go out there and work my A$$ off. Sorry for the waste of a post. I don't want to be the comebacktalker I want to be the comebackdoer.

Good luck to all those guys like me who want a fresh start in running!