Comments on: Running Increases My Happiness – Data-driven Happiness Essay https://www.trackinghappiness.com/running-increases-my-happiness/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 23:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Hugo at Tracking Happiness https://www.trackinghappiness.com/running-increases-my-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 07:11:50 +0000 https://www.trackinghappiness.com/?p=5513#comment-1906 In reply to Reymundo Garcia.

Hey Reymundo,

Wow this is such a nice story. Do you know how many miles you’ve run in total? Just be tens of thousands! šŸ˜® It’s amazing to think that you’re still happily running at your age, and it inspires me to never stop hitting the road!

And about those times… They are freakishly close to my own PRs haha. Don’t worry, I won’t be breaking any records soon. I’m way off my best running form at the moment. šŸ˜‰

Thanks for your amazing comment!

]]> By: Reymundo Garcia https://www.trackinghappiness.com/running-increases-my-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 01:54:13 +0000 https://www.trackinghappiness.com/?p=5513#comment-1905 Hi Hugo,
My name is Reymundo and Iā€™ve been running since I was 11 years old. I am currently sidelined with a couple of minor injuries but will get back on the trail as soon as I heal completely. The reason Iā€™m writing first of all is that for Fatherā€™s Day this year my son sent me a Story Worth Subscription where I get asked a question about my life and I write an essay about each topic. This weeksā€™ question was ā€œWhat makes you Happy and Why?ā€ It was a difficult question so I googled it and found your blog. The second reason is when you posted your times for your races I was amazed at how close my times were for the same races. Iā€™ve run 3 marathons, my best time was 3:59:22 at the LA marathon in 1991. Best half marathon was 1:39:30 in Long Beach, best 10K in 42:20, and the best 5K in 19:59 in the rain! All of these in California. I am over 70 years old now so I wonā€™t be setting any PRā€™s but like you I am so much happier when I run. Thanks for your story.

]]> By: Hugo at Tracking Happiness https://www.trackinghappiness.com/running-increases-my-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 Wed, 01 May 2019 13:14:15 +0000 https://www.trackinghappiness.com/?p=5513#comment-1216 In reply to Luke.

Thanks for your comment Luke! I haven’t yet looked at the data at that level but that could definitely be an interesting topic for another post.

Injuries would be a nice case study for such an analysis since that’ll keep me on the couch for prolonged periods.

]]> By: Luke https://www.trackinghappiness.com/running-increases-my-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Wed, 01 May 2019 12:48:07 +0000 https://www.trackinghappiness.com/?p=5513#comment-1215 Hey, nice piece. Would be really interested to see if consecutive days running/not running have a cumulative effect??

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