Gotta TRI
My legs are killing me
Ex-Smoker turned Runner!
hey funk, when i started running i made no effort to quit smoking, didnt really want to and i felt fine running a 7:30 pace. i quit in november and have already cut out 30 seconds. im really looking forward to improving more and logging plenty of sub 7 miles over the summer.
quitting sucks. let me throw out some tips that helped me. first off, be broke. it has never been a problem for me to quit for a few days or a week as long as i knew i couldnt afford it. convince yourself that it wont fit your budget. ten cigs a day, thats about $20 a week, $100 a month. sponsor some kids or take up an expensive hobby instead.
yo might hate me for this one but i quit drinking altogether to help the cause. if youre like every other smoker on the planet you know damn well that its painful to go through a six pack without a handful of smokes. quitting drinking isnt that bad either, even my friends were cool with it and you can always go back to it once youre in the clear, thats what i did.
the last thing i did was not talk about it. every other time i tried quitting i made a big deal about it hoping that people would support me, bullshit. talking about it made me think about it and that made me do it. you might have to be a bum and distance yourself for a weeks if you hang around people that smoke but they will understand.
hope this helps someone!