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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
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It's torture because you view it as such. The advice is simple: don't look at running as something you "have to do". It's not. If you look at it as "torture", or "have to do it", then it won't be fun. First thing you do: Don't refer to your running with negative connotations. If you tell others that it's not fun, then it won't be fun for you. Next thing you do: Focus on WHY you run. Look at the positive aspects of your running. You're outside, you're in the moment, it helps you stay in shape. Whatever the good points of running are for you, focus on those. Eventually, you will no longer look at it as something bad, but rather something to enjoy. Do it on your own terms.
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Just don't stop. Keep with it. Sooner rather than later, you'll find yourself pouting because your long run got rained out. Then you'll find yourself running anyway. Then you'll find yourself seriously considering running in a tornado, or at the least being annoyed at the tornado. Because it screwed up your run.
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Then you'll find yourself seriously considering running in a tornado, or at the least being annoyed at the tornado. Because it screwed up your run.