Happy Monday and weekly check-in

[ell]

Firstly:
Congrats to losingit and everyone who raced this weekend! If you haven't done so already, tell us how your race went, we'd love to hear about it and congratulate you!

Second:
Inspiring quote for today:
Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.

-Kristin Armstrong, Author and runner

And lastly:
Any difficult goals you're stretching for this season? How do you deal with the fall/winter blahs and bad weather if you're Northern Hemisphere and the transition to summer race readiness for those of you in the South?

Comments

[ell]

*hug*

It's hard, sometimes. I've got a few things that help me sometimes:

- Make a plan to run with a person. Then I have to run because someone else is counting on me to show up
- Running schedules: It really helps me when I put things on my google training calendar. It somehow takes the onus off me to motivate myself. It's even more helpful when someone else makes the schedule (but that's my Catholic guilt kicking in and YMMV)
- I think about how good I know I will feel at the end when I'm all sweaty and the endorphins are kicking in. I know I'll feel better during and after.
- This one is weird, but sometimes I put on my running shoes and shorts just in case and wear them for doing other stuff, then when/if I get the energy level high enough - I'm already ready and I don't need that extra bit to get ready...

[linaelyn]

Thanks for the practical tips, Ell. You're a treasure.

I've been meaning to run with YK more often this fall. This gives me a great excuse, and the "schedule" will be dictated by "Have we done homeschool PE today? No? All right, then! Lace your sneakers!"

I am old enough and wise enough to remember that I *do* feel better when I run, even if I don't feel like anything could possibly ever be fun, ever again, blah blah blah, woe is me, think I'll go eat worms...

And Estel would love it if I wore my teeny little running shorts all the time. I'm just sayin'. ;-D

Thanks again for the good advice.