Ugh....again, it's not about the running. Or even forcing myself. It's an exciting challenge and a new adventure. I'm not forcing myself to do anything, I'm making a choice to push my body to new limits and to give myself an opportunity to experience new things.
And I'm all about the medals, and there's plenty of 5ks around here that give away medals, and I'm sure I can find a few more. So, I'll be sure to tell the medals I have that they aren't real.
But one of the reasons you deliberately cited for doing this is to take an activity you don't enjoy and make yourself enjoy it. Which... is fucked up, on many levels.
I wish you luck finding 5ks with medals. They really don't exist except very rarely, and I've run 5ks in four different states in the last few years.
Yes, I guess it's fucked up to take an activity that challenges me, keeps me healthy, active, and turn it into something fun. That's totally fucked up.
Thanks. I've found several 5ks with medals and 2 of them I'm doing this month. So, IME it's not very rarely, it is a very common thing.
Yes, stupid stuff like how YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE RUNNING. lol.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. To take something and turn it on it's head and make it something I enjoy. I don't like running for the sake of running, but I like running for something, I like challenging myself, I like setting new goals, I like accomplishing things, I like traveling, I like exploring.
IDK why y'all feel the need to run up in here and just pick things apart. We all get it, you don't like me. Enough is enough already.
I'm not hurting anyone, I'm not affecting your life in anyway, why oh why, do some of you feel the need to pick ONE sentence and run with it. I'll never understand.
I'm running the wrong 5ks and 10ks apparently. I have yet to run one that gives out medals to everyone. The 2 medals I have for my 5ks I worked my ass off for.
Post by keweenawlove on Oct 6, 2015 12:50:53 GMT -5
I've run probably 5-10 5 or 10Ks a year for the last 15 years in over 10 states. I can think of 2 that gave out finisher metals. But you're clearly more knowledgeable than me on this.
lol, no, it is not a "very common thing". I have run dozens of 5ks, in several states, over many years, and I have NEVER gotten a medal. Any medals I have are from half marathons.
You are terrible at lying.
LOL. Okay. I'll be sure to believe you vs the medals I have on my wall or the below medal I'll receive for the next 5k I run. Total liar.
THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. To take something and turn it on it's head and make it something I enjoy. I don't like running for the sake of running, but I like running for something, I like challenging myself, I like setting new goals, I like accomplishing things, I like traveling, I like exploring.
IDK why y'all feel the need to run up in here and just pick things apart. We all get it, you don't like me. Enough is enough already.
I'm not hurting anyone, I'm not affecting your life in anyway, why oh why, do some of you feel the need to pick ONE sentence and run with it. I'll never understand.
I'm sorry, but it's fucked up! Do something you LIKE DOING! It's fucking crazy to make yourself do something you say you hate because you have decided you shouldn't hate it. I mean, wtf?
It's not affecting my life, no; and I don't hate you, but this is utterly ridiculous, and I'm entertained that you can't see how insanely it comes across to normal people.
I am doing something I LIKE DOING. It's crazy to me that people can't just let someone do whatever the want. You don't have to understand it. It's not for you to understand, it wasn't the point of this thread. It has spewed into this.
I'm running the wrong 5ks and 10ks apparently. I have yet to run one that gives out medals to everyone. The 2 medals I have for my 5ks I worked my ass off for.
Me too. The only medals I got for 5ks were for Warrior Dashes. Clearly I am just running the exact wrong races in all states.
I guess SD is a special snowflake because they give out medals all the time for 5ks.
But one of the reasons you deliberately cited for doing this is to take an activity you don't enjoy and make yourself enjoy it. Which... is fucked up, on many levels.
I wish you luck finding 5ks with medals. They really don't exist except very rarely, and I've run 5ks in four different states in the last few years.
Yes, I guess it's fucked up to take an activity that challenges me, keeps me healthy, active, and turn it into something fun. That's totally fucked up.
Thanks. I've found several 5ks with medals and 2 of them I'm doing this month. So, IME it's not very rarely, it is a very common thing.
Sure you can find 5ks that give out medals, but the majority do not. Maybe if you are only looking at larger 5ks it is common, but not in the majority of 5ks. I've done around a dozen 5ks this year and have yet to receive a finishers medal.
The longer the distance of the race the more likely it is you will receive a finishers medal.
Guess this was already covered, I am late to the party.
It's one thing to have dreams/goals/whatever you want to call them, but they also need to be realistic. Traveling the country (and world even) to chase medals for a 5k (which don't really exist) is not MM nor remotely realistic.
I know I am beating a dead horse and she's gone, but dang. Your head can't always be in the clouds.
keweenawlove - actually, one is a relay race and most offer a 5k. Additionally, those are just the small handful that jump out to me from the GIANT list I have. No dates are set in stone. It's like y'all think that if I post something on GBCN today then I'm acting on it right.this.second. Calm your tits, I've not registered for any races. I'm simply putting together a travel plan and figuring out which ones I want to attend.
Lucy Honeychurch - the few 5ks I've run have given out medals....
mofongo - you again....1) as per the advice I received here I'm not attending a masters program until it has a few years under it's belt, which you'd know if you bothered to read anything instead of being a snarky hose beast. 2) I have not determined if the amount of time will be 3,4,6 months aboard. Again, something you'd learn if you took the time to read. 3) I'm always looking for ways to make extra cash, not because I need it, but because I have time on my hands, why not make more money and pay off that damn car loan. But again, you'd realize that if you took the time to read.
I've probably run about 20, and none gave out medals. T-shirts, yes. Swag in the form of pens and bag clips, yes. Medals, no.
Don't bank on medals. And maybe, you know, do something you like, instead of forcing yourself to do something you already know you hate.
I only run 5ks that give out medals. So far I have found three alone in my hometown. So its possible!!!
Actually the best 5K with a medal was called the "Craft Brew Race" and it included an all you can drink craft beer sampling for approximately 2.5 hours after the race. And I got a medal. Although the race cost $50....it was worth it.
Actually the best 5K with a medal was called the "Craft Brew Race" and it included an all you can drink craft beer sampling for approximately 2.5 hours after the race. And I got a medal. Although the race cost $50....it was worth it.
Well since she's not here anymore, I will say she would need a visa to either study or work in France, and I'll be bitchily frank, I don't think she would have done that.
Recently? I remember a couple of years ago when she was scared she was going to have her car repossessed, but naturally everything was magically solved at the end of the thread.
Yes, very recently, as well as the gofundme.
I know I saw her social media name once, but don't remember it. Don't worry. Her old blissanity handle is still active on here so she can still spy.
I was going to let this go, but it's hard, I just feel so conflicted & hurt. Between people talking about me like I'm not here, people spreading vicious lies, and people social stalking me like I'm a Kardashian, it's hard not to feel hurt. I'm a person after all, with feelings and I think it's often forgotten here, especially when it comes to me.
Over the 10+ years I've been posting on TN / GBCN -- originally on TIP and then moved to MM when I wanted to get serious about my finances -- I've shared a lot, learned a lot, and changed a lot. I've learned over the years to not share particular bits of information here or to ask certain questions, or to purposefully leave out details. I do this to protect myself, as much as possible, and to avoid any unnecessary drama.
I used to post just to stir the pot and have fun. I've moved away from that and tried to focus on using the collective knowledge for valuable information. This place used to be my largest pool of people from various backgrounds, ages, careers, etc. It was extremely helpful to learn about MM + career + travel + marriage, etc.
For the first time in years, this place has made me cry. I felt, and still feel, hurt that people can be so cruel. That even after a decade people can still focus on the darkest sides of me and pick at my scabs. Instead of seeing the growth, the light, the progress, it's ignored and forgotten. It's assumed that if I don't talk about it here or because I didn't share every.single.detail then I'm not doing it, I'm lying, or I need mental help.
It sucks because I've felt a loyalty to the TN / GBCN community, because it has helped me through a lot of rough patches. It has helped me ask for raises, it has helped me discover what I want in a relationship, it has helped me be better with my money, it has helped me learn about various industries, it has helped me in so many ways I can't count.
I tried to leave a few years ago (2012) and was reeled back in after people were social stalking me again. I don't understand the fascination of stalking me, especially when you're looking for "holes in my story" or the latest drama. You're not going to find it. I've worked too hard to change my stars. I won't let a forum of women who have grown to hate, despise, judge, loath, fill in the blank tear me down.
At the end of the day, I'm a person behind this screen, a person with feelings. A person who doesn't owe a forum all the details of my health insurance, care for my dog, visa applications, etc. And refusing to share those details doesn't make me a liar or in need of mental help.
I know this post will fall on deaf ears and will bring out the snark.
I hope someday you find a hobby you actually like.
I was driving to work this morning and I realized, I HATE driving. Far more than I hate running. But I have to do that everyday.
jenny1980 - Based on people's reactions and continued comments about the state of my mental health or that I'm lying because I don't share details, isn't an impulse. It's fact. Look at what has happened in this thread. It's not that I'm convinced that this forum has it out for me or is obsessed, it's that I don't deserve to be treated with such callousness. No one does.
I hope someday you find a hobby you actually like.
I was driving to work this morning and I realized, I HATE driving. Far more than I hate running. But I have to do that everyday.
jenny1980 - Based on people's reactions and continued comments about the state of my mental health or that I'm lying because I don't share details, isn't an impulse. It's fact. Look at what has happened in this thread. It's not that I'm convinced that this forum has it out for me or is obsessed, it's that I don't deserve to be treated with such callousness. No one does.
There are more people that are nice to you here than people that treat you with callousness.
Many of them you respond to with unnecessary hostility.
I do find it interesting that you're feeling victimized on a forum on which you admit you've frequented for the sole purpose of "stirring shit" and riling everyone up. It's disingenuous at most, and kind of amusing.
I'm allowed to feel hurt that because I don't share every.detail I'm told I need mental help or that I'm a liar. I'm a person and I'm allowed to be hurt and upset by rude remarks. And as I mentioned above, I've really tried to steer away from that over the last few years vs when I was 21 and posting here.
But I digress, it's pointless to explain as it just falls on deaf ears and you continue to pick at one sentence instead of reading the whole book.
I was driving to work this morning and I realized, I HATE driving. Far more than I hate running. But I have to do that everyday.
jenny1980 - Based on people's reactions and continued comments about the state of my mental health or that I'm lying because I don't share details, isn't an impulse. It's fact. Look at what has happened in this thread. It's not that I'm convinced that this forum has it out for me or is obsessed, it's that I don't deserve to be treated with such callousness. No one does.
There are more people that are nice to you here than people that treat you with callousness.
Many of them you respond to with unnecessary hostility.
Yes, there are the plenty of people who are nice to me. And that's what has kept me around for so long. But, I refuse to keep defending myself and I refuse to continue to put myself in situations where I'm called a liar and told I need to seek mental care. It's rude and it's not the kind of energy I want in my life.
Yes, I've been an asshole to people. I won't deny that. And that usually stems because I don't know the poster and they pop in with unrelated comments or assumptions. We all do it here, assume, assume, and assume. I just don't want to anymore.
It's unfortunate because, like I said, I have plenty of supporters here and people who provide me with valuable information.
Probably because you ... you know, lied. In the past. It's probably difficult to trust much of what you say after that, particularly when you indicate you only say things to amuse yourself (4-minute mile, etc). Other people are also allowed to be irritated and hurt by your replies to their reasonable responses, and respond accordingly by not entertaining what they consider to be probable falsifications.
And again, that you automatically end your posts with insulting things is likely a further indicator as to why people do not take you seriously, and/or think you're unnecessarily inflammatory.
Best of luck.
Best of luck to you as well sweetie.
ETA - Apparently, I'm the only individual to have lied at 21. Or ever.
OMG bliss. At the very least you are incredibly WEIRD for trying to organize travel around a hobby you hate. Why not just travel...to travel? This is an incredibly odd way of thinking, and because basically NO ONE thinks like that, the group is bullying you for pointing that out? Your incredulity over this is truly unbelievable.
People drive because they HAVE TO. They pay bills because they HAVE TO. I am not going to organize a trip to see my power company's headquarters because I hate paying my electricity bill. LOL!
Whatever, good luck on your travels and can't wait to see all those medals! <----- apparently the only acceptable response