Motivation

2/1/11

7 miles tempo

1:01

8:43 avg pace

Splits:
M1 – 10:00
M2 to M5 – 8:06
M6 to M7 – 9:30

…and I felt great the whole time.  Exactly 3 months to the NJ Marathon 🙂

Let’s talk motivation.  My motivation for writing this post came from Elizabeth Waterstraat.  Her blog is awesome, she’s hysterical.  Her post yesterday was called No Excuses.  Please read it because it’s very good!

It’s no secret that I love running.  Running has become as habitual as brushing my teeth and (almost) as enjoyable as ice cream.  I love to push myself and my body.  I like to set goals and work hard.  I find it extremely rewarding.

I don’t find myself lacking motivation to run too often..mostly due to my slight running addiction 🙂  My motivation is most likely to wane post-marathon.  Maybe it’s burn out or my mind’s way of telling me to take it easy.  So that’s what I do and then I start to crave running all over again.

Some days it’s hard to get out the door.  I think of it this way:  you always feel better after a run.  I have never regretted a run.  Never.  But I sure as hell regretted skipping a run.

Stop making excuses!  Elizabeth’s post talks a lot about this.  My favorite part of her post is “the excuse is always the easy way out…bucking up and getting the work done, that’s the hard stuff”.

Or, in the words of Nike, Just Do It.