Is this group really for running?

"Virginiaz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Really for running? No. We tend to use the roads, trails and parks for
running. The newsgroup we use to chatter amongst ourselves about subjects
that may, or may not, be directly related to running. It was ever thus,
and ever will be.

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Or is this newsgroup used for other purposes?

Oh, you mean the wind-ups? Let me explain.

Like any good broad-spectrum antibiotic, this group can cure all sorts of
disease. You have a problem with technical training? Lyndon, Sam and
Donny pop along. Mystical running? Oz is your man. Desert running?
Common. Ultras? Stumpus, Freese, et al. Girlie stuff? Mary049, joe
p., Teresea. And so on...

For each element within running there are a number of conflicting - and
usually contrary - opinions on 'how best to achieve your goals'. My take on
the matter is that running is an activity best learned through personal
experience - i.e. you make mistakes, you learn, you adapt, you accumulate
knowledge, you get better. Given that we are not running to survive, but
for fun, I think this process of self-education is a core part of the
activity. Others disagree. So I tease them.

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Do people -- runners -- who use this group understand my question?

As a runner who uses this group, I'd have to say "no". Does this matter?
Probably not. As long as one person does, that's fine.

OTOH, if no-one understand you, are you *really* asking a question? Are
you? Huh?

Check out coolrunning.com - there are more serious groups there I've found -
sorry you are meeting such idiots here - I was hoping to find some serious
people but that seems to be impossible. - Linda

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Or is this newsgroup used for other purposes? Do people -- runners -- who

use

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this group understand my question?
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Or is this newsgroup used for other purposes?

Yes, we use it to jookup for illicit sex. When will you be joining us?

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Do people -- runners -- who use
this group understand my question?

Nobody does.

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sorry you are meeting such idiots here -

Oh, you two aquainted?

Linda and Pete said:

Check out coolrunning.com - there are more serious groups there I've found -
sorry you are meeting such idiots here - I was hoping to find some serious
people but that seems to be impossible. - Linda

A number of us are serious about running. Unfortunately, most serious runners
have not given much thought to how many calories one burns while pushing a baby
stroller. Not even the ones who run with baby strollers -- most of them are
more interested in performance than losing weight. Doesn't that in itself tell
you something ? Serious runners don't have weight problems, at least not for
long. If you'd care to be a serious runner for a few years, you won't have a
weight problem either.

Try to be a little patient with us, because this "calorie counting with a baby
stroller" business is as new to us as to you.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

Virginiaz said:

Or is this newsgroup used for other purposes? Do people -- runners -- who use
this group understand my question?

No. It's a place for us all to whine about the trolls, and to yearn for the
insipid, moderated banality of web forums for drooling morons unable to use any
internet application besides a web browser.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

I just want to thank Donovan for being a part of this newsgroup. You don't
retaliate often but when you do it makes it all worth it. On many of the
posts yours are the ones that I look forward to reading. You seem like one
of the most knowledgeable ones here.
Thanks again
HM

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Unfortunately, most serious runners
have not given much thought to how many calories one burns while pushing a
baby
stroller.

Especially when you're gay.

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No. It's a place for us all to whine about the trolls,

Even we trolls whine about us.

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I just want to thank Donovan for being a part of this newsgroup. You don't
retaliate often but when you do it makes it all worth it. On many of the
posts yours are the ones that I look forward to reading. You seem like one
of the most knowledgeable ones here.
Thanks again
HM

"Lovers in the night, they'll be together, romance at first sight..."

Correction: 'strangers in the night, they'll be together....'

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"Lovers in the night, they'll be together, romance at first sight..."

And why don't you sing songs for me? Huh?

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Or is this newsgroup used for other purposes?

I'm a covert operative with the CIA and I use it to communicate in
deeply-embedded code with my contacts. But that's just me.

Do people -- runners -- who use

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this group understand my question?

I sure don't.

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Blog, or dog? Who knows. But if you see my lost pup, bring him back!

http://journals.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo

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And why don't you sing songs for me? Huh?

Actually I heard one the other day that would be appropriate, and it reminded
me of you, it was by an irish guy who does a lot of work for the "Cam Neely
foundation" and the song is titled "I'm an a**hole". It goes "I'm an a**hole,
a**hole, I'm an a**hole, a**hole" etc etc. Do a search on WinMX for the mp3.