RunningAHEAD - Topic: sluggish

posted: 8/14/2008 at 4:44 AM

UGH...I've been a little sluggish lately. My motivation to run has been down as well. I figure it is just a slump I am going through and I'm trying to run my way through it.

The summer is about to end and my wife will be going back to school so I'll be on a better schedule...I figure that will help. I am also going to look for some newer courses away from my neighborhood.

posted: 8/14/2008 at 11:14 AM

Feeling the same way myself - which sux because I have a 20 miler coming up this weekend and it is going to take all my mental capacity to get through it.

Today I did some 1 mile repeats (6 out of the 7 planned). I almost scrapped it completely but I do attribut my streaking to the fact that i was able to get out of bed at 4:50 AM this morning and go out and do what I did. Especially after being up till 1:00 watching the Olympics (man, I am addicted, but these late nights are killing me). Cool

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posted: 8/14/2008 at 1:28 PM

I am with you on the Olympics...watching all these sports I know so little about. I'm learning though and its been cool!

posted: 8/14/2008 at 3:31 PM

I signed up to join a local running club, and with that, will sign up to join their marathon training program. I think that will motivate me for the longer runs especially.

ShanHas

I'm excited!

posted: 8/16/2008 at 12:52 AM

Me too! The local running thing sounds great!

I think I might look into this as well!

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posted: 8/16/2008 at 1:13 AM

That actually might be part of my problem right now. I havent been running with my runnign club as consistently as I was a month or two ago. Just cant figure out why - aside from being able to get my butt out of bed because they run at 5:45 AM every morning.

posted: 8/16/2008 at 9:20 PM

I feel like I am getting throught his slump. I have a 10 miler schedled for tomorrow so we'll see how that goes.

ShanHas

I'm excited!

posted: 8/16/2008 at 10:14 PM

i'm going to be taking a break from the streaking. And giving myself those two days back. I started crying 2 miles into a 13 mile run... that is where the run ended. The friend I was running with thinks maybe 7 days with this being my first marathon is too much. So i'm gonna try a week or two with some days off and see if that solves the problem.

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posted: 8/18/2008 at 1:09 PM

Were you tired or hurting when you started that run? Either way, best of luck to you in your marathon training. Keep your eye on that goal and don't worry about the streaking.

posted: 8/18/2008 at 1:27 PM

Sorry to hear it, but do what you need to to keep running (even if it means not streaking).

Good luck with your marathon.

Jeff

posted: 8/18/2008 at 1:30 PM

On another note, I did have a good 20 miler yesterday. I was pretty tired, having not gone to bed until 2:30 because tehre was a bat in the house that I had to get rid of, and then after that my wife was a nervous wreck over ti for a few hours.

But I started off slow, and got through it in pretty good shape (though last night I was completely wiped out and crashed around 9:00). Only mistake I made was that my last leg was about 7 miles with no water or GU - I wont do that again.

ShanHas