When you're out there by yourself for 2 hour runs, what do you think about?
When you're out there by yourself for 2 hour runs, what do you think about?
Everything. Those long runs make your mind go crazy. I'd say about half of all thoughts are about running - imagining future races, past races, training, dreams, etc.
I'm not telling...
Nothing. That's one of the main reasons why I run. It's one of the few points of the day where I don't have to think. It's just me, on my own, running. Left foot, right foot. You don't have to think. That's the beauty of it.
Cool question, should be a good thread.
I'm all over the place too with what goes through my head, but there's also a lot of time where there is just blanking out thoughts and taking in the stuff I'm running past.
Funny though, unless it's a very specific sight, smell or feeling I rarely think about past races.
I think about running.
Unless I am running with a friend on a long run, then we think and talk about anything and everything.
i hate thinking about racing because it inevitably makes me run faster, which is exactly what I want to avoid.
mmmmm beaver
I don't really think about anything except form & pace. I hope it doesn't sound stupid when I say it's very Zen-like. There's the road. Your footfalls. Nothing else.
Meanwhile, I don't really like running by myself. I like companionship, but I don't want to talk to you, per se. I really simply like someone else being there.
chicks and coming up with my next witty post on letsrun.com
Does anyone not really remember what they think about when they run?
In races and in training..when I'm done and reflect back, I really can't remember what I was thinking about..if I was even thinking about anything. It's like my mind was blank. But I'm pretty sure I was thinking about something..
Zen Runner wrote:
I don't really think about anything except form & pace.
Really? Even on a long run? I'm guessing your mind drifts and you think about lots of stuff.
I pretend I am Bekele, and start throwing down real hard on everyone. They all drop, cause the pace is treacherous.
As I finish and win, all the people just want to thank me.
Buying magnums for my monster dong.
pretty much everything, but some things more than others. future training and racing. dreams of winning the big races. school. a certain girl. what i'm going to eat later. i have no one to run with right now so i get a lot of time just to think. it's great, but i miss running with my teammates.
Ohia wrote:
i hate thinking about racing because it inevitably makes me run faster, which is exactly what I want to avoid.
I don't think about racing, just about running.
Its depends on run. For long slow runs I think about everything....problems, solutions, crazy stuff, past events.
For intervals or tempo runs I think about the feel of the run. I am I smooth, am I running efficiently?
Nothing wrote:
Nothing. That's one of the main reasons why I run. It's one of the few points of the day where I don't have to think. It's just me, on my own, running. Left foot, right foot. You don't have to think. That's the beauty of it.
This is the way I am. I zone out and don't think about anything. I actually love doing the same runs over and over so I don't have to have to think and I can zone out more. It's the one time of the day where I can relax mentally as weird as that sounds.
most of the time, i think about whatever i'm going to eat for my next meal.
nostalgia--a certain smell from the trees or something will trigger a memory of a race or run in college and i get sentimental about it.
pride--i think of all the hard work i did and what i accomplished (i wasn't good in HS, but did well in college).
why my in-laws bug me sometimes
snappy answers to stupid questions throughout the day/ week
i think about the chicks that i see on the trails (especially when about once or twice a year i get a "look")
same ol' boring stuff that ya'll think about...
For me, I love spacing out and just letting my mind process the day/week... it's meditative. Then after a few miles, I like to put on an audiobook :)
It's interesting to hear what people think about... check out this experiment we did with language analysis!