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Anonymous
I'll tell you something that's going to make /fit/ rage, so listen carefully.
Two years ago, I was a weightloss-oriented runner, but a somewhat lazy one. I ran 3 miles a day, stopping to rest a few minutes between each mile until I was down to 160 lb. This was going against conventional wisdom, I wasn't getting omg injured doing it too often as a lot of people liked to throw at me. This was probably because I was gradually losing weight while doing it, relieving intensity all the while etc.
Now, 6 months ago during winter break, I set out to train for the LA Marathon. I had 3 weeks to do it, as back at school I didn't really have the appropriate areas for distance running (100% inclines/declines). But what I did in three weeks was what mattered to me. I ran EVERY of those 21 days. First day I ran 2 miles, connected without rest. Next day, 3 without rest. Next day, 4. Next day, 7. Next day, 4. Next day, 8. Next day, 3. Next day, 10. At 10, my body gave up and I was fully discouraged. Next day, 2... next day, 14. Next day, 5. Next day 20. Next day, 4. Next day, 22. Next day, 3. Next day, 26.2. This was only two weeks in. I rested for 4 days, and did 3 miles for the following days, and at last pulled off another 26.2 miles in 3 hours 15 minutes. Yes, I ran sore--but the soreness went away and became unfelt in time.
I didn't die. Protein protein protein. I ended up running the marathon some 1.5 months later though, undertrained at that point due to laziness and malnutrition, and due to frat events I drank 3 gallons of liquids the night before under the shitty obligation of brotherhood. Still pulled out at 4 hours, which is alright considering I did, unbeknown to me, HIIT style running for the last 8 miles when my endurance gave up.
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