This thread surprises me a little bit. I always look forward to my runs. I started running because I enjoyed the act of running. I am getting older and slower, but I still look forward to every run. The main thing I dislike about this sport is the frequent, nagging injuries.
I've been running 55 years and it's always a struggle to get going. But I run every day unless I'm injured or it is too icy. My psychological trick is that long ago I decided I was going to run every day, so there was never a question of if I'd run, and that I'd run first thing, so there wasn't a question of when I'd run. Just try to take away the option to not run.
That said, the first mile or so of every run I am full of doubt, not sure I want to be doing it. The trick is to just hang on.
Chepngetich fan wrote:
This thread surprises me a little bit. I always look forward to my runs. I started running because I enjoyed the act of running. I am getting older and slower, but I still look forward to every run. The main thing I dislike about this sport is the frequent, nagging injuries.
I agree. After 20 years of marathon training I still get excited the night before a long run. I can't remember even thinking about bagging a run except when injured. On cold wet snowy or otherwise nasty mornings I might go to the treadmill or head out with some initial reluctance but I never give a thought to not running if I can run. It's the only way to start the day!
It was easier when I was younger and went running every day. I could go home have a snooze and still go for a run without thinking about it.
The I heard take 1 day off a week. So I would have Mon off after long run day. Then come Friday drink straight after work that's another day. Of courser I would have missed Fri anyway but that's 2 days
Nowadays if I try to train properly I just get injured so stick to 1-2 jogs per wk but that's not enough really to keep the weight down.
Started doing a weekly long walk about 5/6 miles
Anyway my tip go every day. I never did double though as hate morning running and its a bit much imo, I was running 16 min flat for 5km. Say I did doubles I reckon maybe 15:00-15:30. The guys I trained with and winning local races were sub 15. The standard was really high I once did 16:34 and was 60th just in some local 5km. 33 min 10km would get you between 10th to 40th in local races run nearly every week
??? No mental gymnastics needed.
The run needs to happen, and I have a 1-hour window typically to make it happen. SO urgency gets me out the door. Stop being lazy.
n9_berlin wrote:
WTF is this one: "What if I need to pee mid-run"? You just stop, optionally pause your watch, and pee. If you are doing any sort of tempo or intervals, you should hold it for a moment so that it doesn't mess with the purpose of your workout.
Now pooping mid-run, that might be a problem depending on where you run. When at home, I always take a few pieces of TP with me when I go running and occasionally I need to use it in not-so-appropriate places. When I was in a training camp in Kenya, that was worse. No matter where you run, there will always be people around, and every spot of land is someone's corn or passionfruit patch. I had to wake up real early so that I definitely get that bowel movement before setting out.
As for excuses, when my coach writes me a rest day, I have to really try hard not to run at least a 40 minute easy jog, so I have the opposite problem. When I'm told to rest and it's icy outside, it helps me to actually rest!
Clearly you are a man. Contrary to rumor, there are lots of women on this site for whom needing to pee is actually a pretty big problem, at least for those of us in urban or suburban areas.
One of the reasons some folks claim that 40% of training and running is 'Neck Up'.
Spent 45 minutes this morning negotiating with myself about whether to run. Finally got out the door. Finished the run in 35 minutes.
The run itself is never the hard part. It's the 47 layers of mental excuses beforehand. "It's too cold." "My legs feel weird." "I'll go tomorrow." "What if I need to pee mid-run."
Then you finish and immediately think "that wasn't bad at all, I should do this more often."
Every. Single. Time. https://speedtest.vet/
What's everyone's go-to excuse that you know is BS but still try to use anyway?
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