This Saturday I ran a 5K on my treadmill. After I ran, I synced up my run and noticed something cool: it had been exactly one year since I had gotten back into running. One year ago I decided to run my first half marathon (which then lead to my first marathon) and started my training last March by running 5Ks and 10Ks.It’s amazing what a year of training can do:
March 2012
March 2013
Looking back really helped me put my training into perspective. Too often I get fixated on a lousy mile, or a bad day of training when I should be stepping back and looking my training as a whole. Yes, I will have bad training days – everybody does – but I need to start working on letting the bad training days go. Learn from them and move on.
I’m getting to a point in my current marathon training where its becoming hard to stay motivated and not let the bad days get to me. I’m 3 months away from Grandma’s Marathon, but it feels like an eternity. Once race season starts up in a month staying motivated will be much easier for me. Just one month left…I can do this!
QOTD: How do you stay motivated during non-race seasons?
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Great question… I think if you can focus on the outcome, so that feeling of crossing the finish line it makes those moments easier. It becomes like a badge, heck yes that was hard and I did it, just like i know I will do it on race day no matter what. I like the feeling of knowing I completed a run no matter how good or bad… I figure if this isn’t fun then why on earth spend so much time doing it!
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I stay motivated by hearing about other peoples’ runs, races, workouts, and successes! It’s all so inspiring and makes me want to push myself!
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Reading blogs is probably the most motivating thing I do! Good luck with training! Just curious, what training plan are you using?
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Reading blogs definitely helps! I’m following a custom training plan my coach made me. It has me running 5-6x a week
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Mix up your route or routine. last year I would run home from work, run to work, run during lunch, do two runs in one day for my mileage or just run in a new place. Make a playlist, read running blogs, visualize your finish line! It’s hard but putting in the effort will be worth it come race day!
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I try and do other exercise and attempt to keep up my running but sometimes my longer runs fall by the way side and when I start training for a run I have to build my distance back up again.
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