Do you run more and stronger?
Is it harder for you to get out?
Do you fight against the blues even harder and force yourself out anyhow?
Just curious, really...
Is it harder for you to get out?
Do you fight against the blues even harder and force yourself out anyhow?
Just curious, really...
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It does make it a little harder to run because of the general feeling of not wanting to do anything.
If I "make" myself run though, I always feel better.
If I "make" myself run though, I always feel better.
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I agree. The days I don't want to run and it takes me an hour to talk myself out there are usually my best days! Most days that I don't want to run are because I'm in a horrible mood, or in desperate need of an attitude adjustment. (so, 28 days of the month)
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I usually use running to avoid, vent, zone...whatever..., so it's if I can't run when I'm down than I become a huge b..tch.
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Yes, being down definitely has a negative effect on my willingness to train as evidenced yesterday.
Wednesday = bad day.
Thursday morning = stay in bed all morning and drive to work. :|
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I go back and forth....it depends on whether I'm just cranky or really bumming. Sometimes I can drag myself out by telling myself that going running is fun and I am doing my part to tell whatever it is that is making me depressed to kiss my :moon: by running. If it's really bad I just want to curl up in a ball on the couch and whine and I usually end up doing just that.
For those of you that can always force yourselves out the door, what mental games do you play to do that?
For those of you that can always force yourselves out the door, what mental games do you play to do that?
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In recent years, at my lowest points was when I ran the best with reckless abandon. It wasn't too many years back, but some big probs loomed and the only thing I felt like I could control was my run. I could go how far, how hard, how often and where I wanted. It was a crutch during a tough time. And since I first started running it has been that way. Running is my little selfish piece of the world I can retreat to and relish in if need be.
Genie, I guess the 'mindgame' is I absolutely know, no matter how crappy I feel (periods of injury aside) there is no way a run could make me feel worse. In fact, there's been times I've intentionally pushed myself beyond lines in the sand I've made for myself during those crappy times because I felt so reckless. And amazingly, it ends up being part of an about-face because my running takes a step up and other things follow.
Genie, I guess the 'mindgame' is I absolutely know, no matter how crappy I feel (periods of injury aside) there is no way a run could make me feel worse. In fact, there's been times I've intentionally pushed myself beyond lines in the sand I've made for myself during those crappy times because I felt so reckless. And amazingly, it ends up being part of an about-face because my running takes a step up and other things follow.
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Sometime it had a negative effect on me. I know when I am angry I always turn in a better performance though
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usually i can't wait to hit the road when i'm frustrated, sad, angry or depressed. it's when i get really busy and have to squeeze running into a lunch hour or very early morning that i have to convince myself that skipping the run is a bad idea. i usually think about an upcoming race as a motivator to get out the door. sometimes, i think...you think you're ever going to beat so and so if you don't get out there or you think you'll ever break that PR if you don't get your butt out there and that gets me out the door usually.
Shelly
Shelly
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I don't necessarily feel down some days but there are days when I definitely dont want to go running. Luckily the guys I run with at work can usually drag me out, even when they don't know they are doing it.
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You know, I think feeling blue affects a lot of things, especially exercise. I think this too may be some of my problem (see my "I hate running" post). We found out that my MIL has inoperable cancer a little over a month ago, and this has really put me and my husband into sort of a depression. He is with her in Houston right now, and there is part of me that is jealous that he gets to see her, but another part of me that is glad I am not there. It's very confusing and frustrating, not to mention incredibly sad.
So yeah, I think feelings play a part. The thing is though, exercise is supposed to help with stress, so if we can just get past the feeling of not wanting to do it, it would likely help.
Brie
So yeah, I think feelings play a part. The thing is though, exercise is supposed to help with stress, so if we can just get past the feeling of not wanting to do it, it would likely help.
Brie
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