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| workerbee Senior Member United States Joined 6857 days ago 173 posts - 178 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish Studies: Russian, German | Message 1 of 16 05 October 2008 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I know that there are others out there who study while they do some cardio or hit the gym... I was wondering if there are any other distance runners out there who study during their training runs to keep their mind active? What races or marathons are you training for?
I am a novice runnwe using the Galloway method (gallowalking, oh no :)!) to train for finishing my first marathon this spring... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| arb78 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 3 of 16 07 October 2008 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am training for marathons and triathlons as well and find myself speaking to myself in target languages, especially on my long runs. If I am on a secluded trail, I may even start speaking outloud!
I run for a college team and those of us who are studying the same languages tend to speak that language on runs; it's kind of a weird tradition for my school (Georgetown), but we love it and it really helps us, although it pisses off the people who don't study languages! Ironically enough, I just found out today that my Russian midterm is the day after the Marine Corps Marathon. Just my luck! Looks like I found the perfect distraction during the race! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Morada Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5901 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 16 07 October 2008 at 9:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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I wonder if this has to do with physical activity helping learning occur in the brain.
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| TheMatthias Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6252 days ago 105 posts - 124 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 16 07 October 2008 at 9:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am currently running in college, and during most of my easy runs I practice my Spanish with a fellow teammates
that also speak Spanish. I think that the study of languages while working out is a great idea, not only does it help to pass the time, but it is a great way to get two things done at once. I just wish that more people on my team spoke foreign languages so that I could practice the others that I am learning. And, people that don't speak the language I am speaking usually get mad to, but I think its funny! Matt 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| arb78 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 6 of 16 07 October 2008 at 9:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah it's definitely always a good time. A lot of the times, we don't realize a) how long we've been speaking the language for and b) how long we have been running for so it's definitely a win-win.
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| TheMatthias Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6252 days ago 105 posts - 124 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin | Message 7 of 16 07 October 2008 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Si. Estoy de acuerdo! Todavia estas corriendo para Georgetown?
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| arb78 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 8 of 16 08 October 2008 at 7:43am | IP Logged | ||
Claro que sí! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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