Weekly check-in on a Friday? Inconceivable!

[blnchflr]

How are you doing, running-wise? Any races run and/or coming up?

Northern hemisphereans: Are you running more now that it's summer? Or less now that it's summer?

Southern hemisphereans: How's the current running climate where you are? Yay/nay weather?

Comments

[axelrod]

Well, I thought about running.

Which ain't nothing. Especially since I've been thinking hard about how I set goals for the sort of things one does regularly or (ideally) daily like meditation and qigong and practicing my breathing. I don't do those things daily. Well, there was a period when I did qigong and yoga daily, but my mornings sort of revolved around managing to do those.

So, I'm thinking about how I can get back into running without giving up as soon as I set a goal. And I think the way to do it would be to wait longer. Especially wait to get my meds to the right dosage, because then both my mood and my energy will be better and more reliable.

Also, the weather is in the high 80s/low 90s during the day and humid. Uuuurgh. And I hate treadmill running and don't belong to a gym right now and can't afford a gym membership at the moment - hopefully that'll also come when the meds are doing their thing I can work again.

So, I remain a once-and-future runner.

[38thparallel]

I know many people who push themselves too hard and end up failing to achieve their goals. I'm guilty of that myself. I think it's especially easy to do this with exercise. It sounds like your meds are your priority, which makes sense to me. Maybe once you get your meds on track, (and once the season changes from Hades to Somewhat Normal [and you don't have to worry about breathing boatloads of water while running -- I also live in a pit of humidity]), you'll be ready to hit the road! Whatever you decide to do, we'll be here to cheer you on.

[axelrod]

Thank you for this comment. Like, really, a lot.

[blnchflr]

Waiting until your meds are properly sorted out sounds like a good idea.

I hate treadmills, too - I'm all clumsy and uncomfortable on them. And I too often see people assume everybody can afford gym memberships or, even more ridiculously, personal trainers, and it annoys me, to put it mildly!

[axelrod]

If I really really wanted I could spring for a YMCA membership, but this month I decided to do a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop. As for a personal trainer: I wish! And maybe someday I'll have the time, money, *and* the spoons.

Treadmills are just so friggin boring, is my thing. I'd like to try intervals on them, though.