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| Hardest part of a run? (Read 719 times) |
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posted: 11/28/2006 at 3:24 AM |
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.
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posted: 11/28/2006 at 3:36 AM |
| LOL! That about covers it for me! |
| Working my way down from 174 to 159 pounds. Currently back at 174. Darn T-day & stress... >:( |
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posted: 11/28/2006 at 10:12 PM
modified: 11/28/2006 at 10:36 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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posted: 11/28/2006 at 10:30 PM |
| For me it's the first mile and a half or so - everything always feels off when I'm not warmed up. |
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posted: 11/28/2006 at 11:07 PM |
Sometimes it's just getting out the door (I know, not what you wanted to hear), sometimes it's stopping!
Lynn B |
| "I was now a baby-burping, farting, too cold, too hot, not hungry-stripped to my core, a simple, frail consciousness." - R Claridge during '08 Leadville 100 |
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posted: 11/29/2006 at 2:36 AM |
| Quote from jlynnbob on 11/28/2006 at 11:07 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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posted: 11/29/2006 at 4:09 AM |
Hardest part of a run?
Stopping. Of course. |
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posted: 11/29/2006 at 4:49 AM |
| Quote from Trent on 11/29/2006 at 4:09 AM: Hardest part of a run?
Stopping. Of course.
My kind of answer. Oh, yeah.
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posted: 11/29/2006 at 5:44 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!! |
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posted: 12/13/2006 at 6:17 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?  |
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posted: 12/13/2006 at 6:22 PM |
Quote from trishierunner on 12/13/2006 at 6:17 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.
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posted: 12/14/2006 at 10:27 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 |
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posted: 12/14/2006 at 10:40 PM |
| Quote from Eddy on 12/14/2006 at 10:27 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.
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Kirsten
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• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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