Or do you run to keep fit? I'm not sure if I really like it....I do it because it's something I've always wanted to do...but I'm slow and a lot of the time I find it had to get motivated to get out the door!
How do you keep motivated (having a lack of motivation at the minute which is bad timing as I have a marathon in two weeks!!)
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I enjoy it more than I ever thought I would and actually gave up playing football to pursue it more.
It is now however my main source of fitness so I do it for both fitness and enjoyment
Here here D2D.... See you at the Northants Ultra!!
I've only just started running more consistently (previously I did the odd run now and again but mainly went to the gym for fitness) but find that I don't actually enjoy the running itself (although it has its moments) but the feeling afterwards of achievement.
I think that will change and I will start to enjoy the running more, especially if I do more varied routes and improve my distances and times.
Ninja....thats exactly how I feel....I really am pleased with myself when I've finished...usually love being out in the elements....it's the getting up and going where I'm lacking at the minute (probably just Taper madness!!)
I think if I was thinner and fitter I'd enjoy it more and running would hurt less....
I agree with your sentiments ginger...especially the thinner and fitter part for me too!!
I replied: 'I enjoy having run. There's a subtle difference.'
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i hate running - because my style is awful and i run like an elephant,
i love running - because for an hour after my bum and legs look great, the exercize keeps the blues at bay, it gives me chance to indulge in glossy magazines (zest/runners world etc), clothes shopping and hours in waterstones without people telling me i waste money, it makes the people around me proud of me, i get to indulge in geeky training schedules and excel nerdiness, it keeps me away from the marlboro lights, i can eat big amounts of food the harder i train , i love the natural high of a good training session, alot of the women in my family have heart related illness's so it helps keep that in check, the bf runs so we have a huge part of our life in common, i can listen to my ipod as loud as i like without people telling me to turn it down, i get a bath and a lush sunday roast after my lsr on a sunday, i can book half m's and full m's in advance so i can plan my months around training and events rather than benders.
there are times when I really enjoy a run; there are times when I wonder why I bother going out the door......
but I ain't gonna stop
I have a sort of love/hate relationship with it....
about 5 years ago I realised that alot of my running was pointless force of habit, and it was taking up to much of my time. So I made a concerted effort to ban myself from running all year around.
I think I have the balance right now as I take big breaks away from it...so I train heavy for about 5 months of the year and aim for an event....do a light bit now and then for about two months (with no set goals other than just getting out for a run when the weathers nice and I fancy seeing a bit of country side - never wear a stopwatch when I do this )and then I take a break where I completely avoid it for about 5 months. Dont run a single step.
There are much more important things in life to be busying yourself with other than running and personally I think the best way to keep it interesting is to step away from it for decent periods.
Id like to be able to stop completely for a year or two but I have been running since I was fairly decent at cross country running at school - so as much as I sometimes kid myself and say this is definately the last year....I think im stuck with it....oh well there are worse habits you could be stuck with.
this thread has just made me decide to go for a run when i was trying to find reasons (excuses!) not to..thanks gingerfurball!
I want to enjoy running but have been plagued with too much injury to enjoy it for too long without all my progress going to waste! It is a means to get fit for me but i hope that once i have mastered it i will start to see the benefits and enjoy it..i hope!
Thing is though, I enjoy being OUT there. I've had to cut my running down to three days a week because of me kneeees, but two or three other days are for cross-training. And what I do for cross-training is yomp around the same countryside that I run in. I tend to keep the really steep, on-all-fours-sometimes hills for the yomping days.
But the views from the tops of those hills, and the li'l furry critturs I see in the dawn and sometimes in the dark, and the very FACT of being out and breathing the air...oooooh, makes me almost want to come over all American and gushy.
;o)
Cheers for that D2D, im not too bad with a map and a compass thankfully so pop over to the Northants thread if your up for it.
Jason, running is a good habit to have. Sometimes taking it way too seriously is not as healthy as it's over loading and just full of injurys but there is nothing wrong with running every other day if you don't love it that much.
Personally I want to get as good as I can at running, but because I'm fairly new I have to take one step at a time. It's get breaking your old PB though, no better feeling than that!
I agree with that...its the country side that inspires me to run most....the winding open trails of the two moors way or the up and down coastal paths I am fortunate enough to have easy access to....like you say you could almost get all romantic and sentimental about it....dont know how people manage to motivate themselves when the bulk of their running is road.
although there is a flip side to it, mostly due to our rubbish weather........being stuck in the middle of dartmoor on your own after two hours on your feet already and still at least ten miles from anywhere in beating rain and driving winds, soaked to the bone,caked in mud, cursing hell and all humanity with no way of opting out other than to get to the end does make you question whether there might actually be more enjoyable things you could be doing on a sunday.
After 2 years of not being able to run more than a mile on a treadmill - let me say that I have managed to run outdoors twice and let me say that I didn't like it. I loved it.
Really really find out what you like when it's not there.
hi everyone
running is part of my life ..'i've been running since i was a student .. i feel good and satisfied .. I often run together with my friends ...i prefer ..is better. Yes... i like running but respect my limits.
good run everyone
enrico