OK, how many people on here would rather be a runner than a swimmer, but due to injuries or something else have been forced to turn to a sport that has less impact on the body?
I swim as cross training for running. I found that every day running did not work for me(although I would love to if I could) but 3 times per week does even with high mileage.
I do love swimming and the feeling after a good workout, however, for me, it cannot compare to the feeling of running. It is so much more relaxing and provides better "thinking time than swimming".
I think when someone dislikes running, it is because running is so much more difficult that swimmming. Now don't blast me for that yet, let me explain.
Most people will begin running with no real plan. They enjoy it a little and then overdo it. All of the sudden they get shin splints or runners knee or achilles tendonitis. Then they usually say "running is too hard on my joints". Well, the truth is they didn't build up slowly, had the wrong type of shoes, ran too much on concrete, need orthotics, etc..
There is a lot to know about running and not getting injured. It's like swimming, if you don't do some research, learn from others already doing it, etc, then you won't be any good.
And it's true, after 45 minutes or so you enter a zone, some call it the 'runner's high', that you will never experience swimming. Again, I love swimming, the great feeling after a swim, lots of things about it, but it cannot compare to running. Also, swimming doesn't have that signature event like running has in the MARATHON.:thhbbb:
I like running, but it does not like me. I have tried the go slow, have orthotics, right shoes and everything. I have the cardiovascular system and the athletism to run far and to run fast(actually I love sprints, and am good at them), but I do end up with injuries everytime I try to start running. So I don't, and I am sad, because it is good cross training, easy to do, just start from home and go. I now do a lot of speed walking instead, which is good exercise as well, just not quite the same as running.
I think when someone dislikes running, it is because running is so much more difficult that swimmming. Now don't blast me for that yet, let me explain.
Most people will begin running with no real plan. They enjoy it a little and then overdo it. All of the sudden they get shin splints or runners knee or achilles tendonitis. Then they usually say "running is too hard on my joints". Well, the truth is they didn't build up slowly, had the wrong type of shoes, ran too much on concrete, need orthotics, etc..
There is a lot to know about running and not getting injured. It's like swimming, if you don't do some research, learn from others already doing it, etc, then you won't be any good.
And it's true, after 45 minutes or so you enter a zone, some call it the 'runner's high', that you will never experience swimming. Again, I love swimming, the great feeling after a swim, lots of things about it, but it cannot compare to running. Also, swimming doesn't have that signature event like running has in the MARATHON.:thhbbb:
I like running, but it does not like me. I have tried the go slow, have orthotics, right shoes and everything. I have the cardiovascular system and the athletism to run far and to run fast(actually I love sprints, and am good at them), but I do end up with injuries everytime I try to start running. So I don't, and I am sad, because it is good cross training, easy to do, just start from home and go. I now do a lot of speed walking instead, which is good exercise as well, just not quite the same as running.
