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It is Friday already, and I have not run once this week (I have only lifted once and walked a mile once)! And while I keep beating myself up about it, I just can't seem to find the motivation to run or exercise at all. And I have been keeping a 3-4 times a week exercise routine since March.
And physically I know I can run a 5k; I am running 2.5-3 miles three times a week with no real issues, but mentally I am not prepared for it. I wanted to run one on July 17th but still haven't sent in my registration form. I just don't want to be the slow twenty-something who is still at 10-11 minutes a mile - not when I look at past race results and the majority of people are at a sub-10 minute mile pace.
I can blame the weather (it's July and it was 42 degrees this morning - I almost froze to death). I can blame my husband for putting on the Pirates game every night and causing me to fall asleep for two hours (they are so bad and baseball is so boring!). But really it is just me. I need some motivation and I just can't find it.
I almost found it this morning when someone mentioned possibly running the 5k and 7k I have been eyeing for July and August. 7 years I have been trying to do this, and this person just decides in a day?! Bah! Then my egotistical, hateful side went away and my lack of motivation was back in full force.
Must.exercise.tonight... though I am pretty positive my gym membership expired June 30... better get that taken care of.
What do you guys and gals do for motivation when it can't seem to be found? Do you push through it? Do you just sit on the couch for a week and figure you need the break? Do you mix up your routine? Do you find a buddy?
Stepphers!!!! bwahahaha, now that you have a blog, i shall be commenting all over it! remember when we had livejournals back in the day and would post all over them? I do. anyways i much approve of your blog, because a. grammar mistakes really really bother me as well, and i wasn't even an english major! and, b. i have been trying to take up running myself as a way to fill the hours between job searching. sigh. sooooo anyway very exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteI, too, remember livejournal. I still have one.
ReplyDeleteSteph, when I lose motivation it's usually because I've been doing the same routine for too long. You've been doing that lifting routine from Rob, right? Maybe try to switch it up. Focus on lighter weight and 3 sets of 20 reps. Sometimes just changing the order of the exercises or using a barbell instead of dumbbells is enough to get myself re-motivated. Or trying something completely "knew" (Yes, I did that on purpose to incorporate the English aspect of the blog) which is why I am doing this couch to 5k program!
Or, maybe you just need some new tunes! A new workout mix gets me reenergized... Is that right? Should there be a hyphen? Or only one "e"? I'm not sure. Teach me, oh great English gal!
I just want to say - 1. You guys are super awesome, and 2. I just deleted my livejournal because I haven't posted in over a year! haha.
ReplyDeleteMiranders - Running is awesome, but you might be too uncoordinated for it! :P Come get a job in PA so I can take my dogs to you!
Kala - I should switch it up; I do want to keep running though (instead of doing the elliptical or bike) since I want to run that 5k. I don't listen to music while I run or lift, so nothing to change there.
Ack! I wrote a comment, chose the wrong profile, got an error, and my comment disappeared!
ReplyDeleteIn short, I wrote two recommendations: get a buddy.
And, treat yourself: find a place where you love be and make a point of going there to run as a special treat once every week or two. When I ran, I mostly had roads available to me, which were so boring. But I"d make it to a trail every so often -- and I'd have to make a point of doing so -- and that would help with my motivation.