RunningAHEAD - Topic: Hardest part of a run?

AbbaSnail

posted: 11/27/2006 at 10:24 PM

Other than the obvious (getting out the door on a really cold, early morning, the wall, that really long steep hill), is there a part of your run that just seems harder than the rest? Where you think about walking more than usual or wonder why you decided to run this far or maybe just cut things shorter? For me, there are several points like this: - the first couple miles until I warm-up and get in the groove. - the middle of a long hill. - going against the auto-pilot reflex. (I often turn right here and head home, but tonight I will go straight instead and add a mile....) - any figure-eight loop type of intersection where I could cut my run shorter by heading home. Yours????

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Wingz

Professional Noob

posted: 11/27/2006 at 10:36 PM

LOL! That about covers it for me!

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gfischer

Cryptic

posted: 11/27/2006 at 11:17 PM

cramps

kooky2003

Now that was a bath...

posted: 11/28/2006 at 5:12 PM
modified: 11/28/2006 at 5:36 PM

I usually find my approach to the midway point difficult. i get that 'Blimey, you aren't even half way through yet' feeling and have to push myself to not care about this! Also sometimes I struggle at the very end of a run. This might sound strange but I find my motivation wavers as I approach the final km. My mind has already mentally stopped and I have to trick myself into imagining that there is actually further to go than there is sometimes! Claire xxx

jlynnbob "HTFU, Kookie's distal tibia"

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sistinas

posted: 11/28/2006 at 5:30 PM

For me it's the first mile and a half or so - everything always feels off when I'm not warmed up.

jlynnbob

You'll ruin your knees!

posted: 11/28/2006 at 6:07 PM

Sometimes it's just getting out the door (I know, not what you wanted to hear), sometimes it's stopping! Lynn B

""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)

AbbaSnail

posted: 11/28/2006 at 9:36 PM

Quote from jlynnbob on 11/28/2006 at 6:07 PM:

Sometimes it's just getting out the door (I know, not what you wanted to hear), sometimes it's stopping! Lynn B

I definately agree about getting out the door - the number of runs I have missed because I procrastinate and then it is too late is ridiculous. And I have never played by the rules, either, whether if be answering a question or behaving at times. And Lynn, I think anyone who has run over 100 miles at a time clearly has a problem stopping! Maybe we can work together and come up with a happy middle, OK?

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Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 11/28/2006 at 11:09 PM

Hardest part of a run? Stopping. Of course.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

JakeKnight

posted: 11/28/2006 at 11:49 PM

Quote from Trent on 11/28/2006 at 11:09 PM:

Hardest part of a run? Stopping. Of course.

My kind of answer. Oh, yeah.

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AbbaSnail

posted: 11/29/2006 at 12:21 AM

Quote from Trent on 11/28/2006 at 11:09 PM:

Hardest part of a run? Stopping. Of course.

You sure its not avoiding the monkeys? Evil grin

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RunChicRun

madness baby

posted: 11/29/2006 at 12:44 AM

The hardest part of my run seems to change every week as my distances get longer. During 2 mile runs, it was the first half-mile, then from there it's usually whatever that middle mile is on my run. The end is great for me!!

deb

trishierunner

esq.

posted: 12/13/2006 at 1:17 PM

The first couple of miles, absolutely. It takes at least 2-3 miles before I feel like I'm in the groove, found my pace, breathing, etc. .... maybe that's why I'm such a horrible 5Ker? Wink

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 12/13/2006 at 1:22 PM

Quote from trishierunner on 12/13/2006 at 1:17 PM:

The first couple of miles, absolutely. It takes at least 2-3 miles before I feel like I'm in the groove, found my pace, breathing, etc. .... maybe that's why I'm such a horrible 5Ker?

Ditto. I'm not sure I will do any 5ks next year. I don't like them enough to want to spend the $$ on race fees. k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

Eddy

Slow-smooth-fast

posted: 12/14/2006 at 5:27 PM

Pretty much the same for me. The first 2 miles are sometimes that hard you fel like you dont want to carry on. But it is all worth it when you get in the groove

"I've been following Eddy's improvement over the last two years on this site, and it's been pretty dang solid. Sure the weekly mileage has been up and down, but over the long haul he's getting out the door and has turned himself into quite a runner. He's only now just figuring out his potential. Consistency in running is measured in years, not weeks. And over the last couple of years, Eddy's made great strides" Jeff 14 Jan 2009

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 12/14/2006 at 5:40 PM

Quote from Eddy on 12/14/2006 at 5:27 PM:

Pretty much the same for me. The first 2 miles are sometimes that hard you fel like you dont want to carry on. But it is all worth it when you get in the groove

Totally.

k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

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