Back to basics!
Training now for a couple of 10k runs, which might seem like a backwards step compared with everything going on around the club at the moment!
Surely I should be planning to run 7 marathons in 7 days in 7 different countries or something?
The truth is after my last marathon I had lost the desire to just go out and run. What used to be fun felt like a chore and it really worried me. The saving grace came when reading a Runners World article where someone had gone through a similar experience and advised stepping back in distance for a few months.
It worked! Shorter runs, Fartlek, Intervals and the smile was back!
So Horsforth 10k in September and the Abbey Dash in November are my race goals
Anyone around the club on Saturday is welcome to join a shorter quicker session and let me know if you share my goals
Has this happened to you? How do you overcome the running blues? How do you motivate yourself to run when a pizza and beer seems more attractive?
Feel free to comment here
Russ
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It's not happened to me yet, but I've witnessed it on others. From what I've seen, it's best to leave your Garmin behind and go out for a run alone; away from the pressures of others' pacing and goals. If you've had enough after 3 miles then stop. if you fancy going longer but very slowly, then do that.
ReplyDeleteFor me personally, specifically not going back to basics has kept my interest and enthusiasm alive after weeks of training for Edinburgh on road after road, and watching the pace all the time etc. Now that I've introduced some obsticals, some mud and bucket loads of fun, running for me remains exciting and challenging.Just something different for a while, and soon enough I'll be back training for another 10K or Marathon.
20th September I'll be running the GNR. A straight forward run, but an exciting event.
Iain