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

[ilanarama]

For me, running is my therapy. It's a reward, it's an escape. If you can bring yourself to that space, where running is not something you "have" to do but something you "long" to do, it can help with bad episodes.

Good luck getting through your depression, whatever it takes.

[linaelyn]

I agree with you, running is my therapy, and my escape. Unlike most of my running partners, I run because it's fun, not because it's good for me. But this exactly *why* I run into trouble -- even though it's good for me, and even *better* for me when I am depressed, I an unused to running for any reason other than the sheer *JOY* of getting out there and running! When I'm depressed, I can't see the joy in anything, so it's harder to run for the fun of it.

I long to long for running again. :-} I appreciate your input and perspective, here, though. Thanks.

Getting through being depressed is going to be a "Time Heals All Wounds" exercise. Let's just say endings suck, but eventually I'll be able to see that it also makes life sweeter that all things in existence are finite.