March not-check-in

[ell]

Hi Runners!

Hope you're having a great March so far! Mine sucks. I've lost my will to run. No I have no idea why. I've never been this unmotivated for marathon training since I started six years ago!

So tell me something good about your running today, why you do it, why you like it, whatever makes you happy when you run.*

* or just feel free to complain (about the weather, about how your favorite shoes have been discontinued, anything you want)

Comments

[cofax7]

I had a beautiful six-mile run in the East Bay hills this morning.

Which is as far as I've been able to run since I had inner-ear surgery last May. So go me!

[blnchflr]

Aw, that is beautiful!!

[ell]

Gorgeous run! And yay for running again after surgery :-)

[blnchflr]

Sorry about your lack of running enthusiasm (might your mind be telling you your body needs a break?).

I like running, because it's easy to do logistics-wise - I can do it right outside my front door. I like the feeling of accomplishment, because for many years I never believed I could be "athletic".

I may not like it so much come Sunday at 20 km with 5 km to go :) D:

ETA: And my fave shoe totes have been discontinued, may you rest in peace, Nike Zoom Structure 13 <3

[ell]

The reasons you run are very like my own! I need to remember them :-)

(How did it go on Sunday? Well, I hope!)

I am still mourning the loss of the Brooks Ghost 6. The Ghost 7 is really uncomfortable and I haven't found a suitable long run replacement as yet.

[blnchflr]

(It went ok, really - report: http://skuf.dreamwidth.org/157159.html)

[raininshadows]

I run because I wanted to see if I could, basically. I tried for about a month in August last year, but my ankles started hurting too much to keep going. I got a benign hypermobility syndrome diagnosis partway through August, along with a physical therapy prescription, and I assume the physical therapy is why I'm doing okay now. I decided to try again in mid-January, and it's gone way better, although it's probably too early to say whether it's going to work out long-term. The running itself isn't actually terribly enjoyable, but I like the way it makes me feel.

[ell]

Yay for running going better this time around! I used to love the actual running as well ans the feeling after and that is what I am missing the most, so I hope it comes back. I hope after a little while the actual running gets more enjoyable for you as well :-)

[linaelyn]

I hope your misery loves company, because... yeah, I'm not having the joy of running here, either. Which feels stoopid and horrible, because the weather is GORGEOUS, spring is sprung, there's nothing wrong with my body (besides the aspect of declining in cardio-shape from not running), my shoes fit and aren't worn out, and I have the time and energy to be running...

I just don't wanna.

I'm doing a bunch of core exercising and something my niece suggested called a "thigh slimming challenge" (HA!! It's bulked up both of our thighs really nicely, just like I told her it would.) And the furniture sanding project is making any upper body work... superfluous.

But I'm not running.

I figure it's a phase, and I'll grow out of it. Being unmotivated just happens sometimes, and for me, it often means that I just need to let go and do something else that I *am* motivated to do. My advice to you: follow your bliss. Even if it means you're not in great shape for the next marathon. You can always blow it off on the Day-of-Race, if it's just your own race, and if it's the relay? I have it on good authority that your teammates are VERY understanding, and are there for the teamness much more than the racing. We can be Team Runs-Not-So-Much! :-)

[ell]

Well, I have downgraded my May marathon from Boston Qualifier to fun run. (And yes running a marathon for fun does sound like crazy talk)

I'm doing a lot of aikido and that will have to do for now. Maybe when the weather improves I'll feel better about all this.

(But there might be an actual reason. I was at the doc for bloodwork last week because this whole feeling tired and unmotivated all the time has gone on long enough and we needed to rule out all the other things it could be. She said it was all fine, but then at the last minute ordered more iron tests given my past history. Then I got a call that I need to come in and see here this week again. The appointment is tomorrow and I will find out then if my iron levels have dropped again into the danger zone. So there might be an actual physical thing that I can do to fix it :-) )

[semielliptical]

Good things about my running: I ran 13.5 miles today, my longest distance ever! Also it is almost spring here so on my runs I have been hearing birds and even spotted some new greenery in areas where the snow has melted.

Despite the improved weather, I feel like it has been taking a little extra effort to get outside and run. In the worst of the winter I had to plan carefully around weather and darkness to fit in my runs - now I can run almost anytime and it gets easier to put it off for no good reason.

Best wishes for regaining your motivation!

[ell]

Thank you! I'm still looking for it, hopefully I find it soon!

And congrats on your longest run ever!