I’ve set and exceeded many goals over the last few months, why not add one more?
Last night Chris and I went for a run, and while he had no trouble with the effort at all, I had absolutely no desire to run the entire mile. My lungs didn’t burn, my legs didn’t give out, nor did my heart ache – rather I simply gave up. Call it a lack of motivation.
See when I play basketball I have a goal – win the game. After 3 hours of basketball if the game is tied with one shot to go, I have no problem exerting myself. When running, even though I have a goal to finish, I don’t have the desire to overly exert myself. I can’t quite explain it. So I’m going to ignore my own thoughts and works towards a specific goal.
So I’ve decided to set the goal of being able to run (read: jog) an entire mile without letup before my 7th wedding anniversary (August 27th). Where I’ll go from there, who knows.
[tags]goals, running, exercise, jogging, the-diet, diet, anniversary[/tags]
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P is for Portman. P is for -. I’ll kill your stupid dog for fun so don’t push me.
Chris: No idea what any of that means. But I’ll take it as motivation.
Seriously, 1 mile is NOTHING. I’m short and unfit and I can periodically get up and go run a 10K (6.2 miles) with no training, so you should be able to do 1 mile.
I’ve been meaning to start running again — it’s a really great exercise and habit to get into.
Start with a mile and soon you’ll be able to do 3 miles and maybe even start doing periodic 5 mile runs easy. Good luck.
Get up and run a 10K? Wow.
I have the same problem as you with running; why do it?
If there is a dog going to chew my ass off I can run, if I need to get some where I run, but if I’m just out for a laugh where is the motivation?
Good luck with your goal anyway!
I did that about a year ago – one mile without stopping. Wow – it was hard. For some folks this might be nothing at all, but for some of us, this is a really hard goal. And I’m not even THAT out of shape – just a few extra pounds, but no endurance for running whatsoever. Good luck!
If I can do it, you can!
Good Luck!
YEA!!! Congrats!!!
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