Even personal trainers have a hard time getting back into routines when they’ve let them go.
I ran a few races this summer. They were conveniently spaced out so that I never really could take a break from training, without seeing a direct result in my times. Now that I’m not committed to any races, I’m having a hard time getting my arse out the door and making my feet move in a manner that resembles running.
This morning I gave myself the old “Today is another day! A new chance to start fresh!” pep talk. It didn’t work. I put on my running clothes. Still no motivation. I tried reading about running (thanks RunnersWorld!). That was enough to get me out the door. And then it happened. Rain. Or more accurately, sparse spitting. The pavement wasn’t even completely wet but it was all I needed to turn me around right back inside my cozy house. Just one problem…I still had all that running gear on. I wasn’t quite ready to call it quits. Luckily, we own an eliptical machine.
I made myself a deal. If I wasn’t going to run for 35 minutes, I was going to have to gut it out for 60 minutes on the eliptical. My brain mulled that over for 30 seconds and decided it was a done deal. I grabbed Transformers (2007), popped it into the dvd player and finally got some muscles moving. I didn’t work as hard as I would have for the run (you can cheat at almost anything, except running) but at least I got moving again. It made me realize that if I’m really having this much trouble with motivation, I could benefit from some cross training. So here’s the plan: Run on Tues/Thurs and Sat, cross-train on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Next week, I hope to add strength training back into my routine. Let’s see if we can turn motivation, smotivation back into a little bit of that You Go Girl! mojo.
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