A word on running – I know we all have distractions. Many times I hear others say (and I tell myself) they didn’t have time to run today. You always have time to run, you just have to make it a priority. Don’t let other things distract you! Even if you get in only …
This was one of my favorite quotes while coaching. In fact one of my best runners had it put on our team t-shirts one year. She claimed part of her success was from putting a post-it of this quote on her bathroom mirror. I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer …
So, today is a relatively hot day for October here in the Carolinas where we might reach 80. In the summer, though, if you can’t get a run in before 10 am then you can get into some dangerous heat. Then in the winter it can be downright miserable with freezing rain. No matter …
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I hope you all had a good start to your running week! I don’t have much today except possible goals for this week and a quote! Our coach in college had t-shirts printed with this one and had a sign in our locker room with it as well. Every morning in Africa a gazelle …
Motivating yourself to get out and run is sometimes the toughest chore – worse than the actual run. This means you have to find ways to motivate yourself and overcome those doubts or excuses not to run. By doubts I mean that nagging thought you will never be as good as someone else, or never …
Keeping a journal is one of the simplest ways to inspire you to get out and run, but it does a lot more than that. Write down everyday what kind of running you did – or even any exercise (I also do yoga to a dvd – I write it down, if my girls and …
I hate it when I go out for a run and not 2 or 3 minutes in, I feel a side stitch coming on – ugggh. It makes me tense up more knowing my run is probably going to go terribly and it will hurt. Certainly an obstacle that keeps me from either completing a …
No, you don’t have to trudgingly run along and get so bored you want to stop. That happens to me, especially if I am on a treadmill. So admit it, it is one of the things keeping you from pulling on those clothes, lacing up the shoes and going. Hopefully these 3 ideas will help …
