I'm Sick to Death of Running

...Or Humans Were Made to Run...Alberto Salazar


This week's running was pretty insignificant.
Basically, I'm bored of running, it's becoming a bit of a chore. I am working really hard trying to stay motivated, however it's not really working. All I have been managing to do is to over-indulge on all types of food, and eat my weight in candy. This is clearly NOT in my training program. I'm just so irritated with running that the opposite of running is all I want to do.
I am still missing my gym and core work, but can't be bothered to drive on post to visit the gym. Basically this move has totally disrupted my routine and I'm doing little to rectify it. I figure I will attempt to find a routine once I get back to to work, which, unfortunately is next week.
Saturday's run was a taper 12-miler. It was nothing really to write home about, I got out and ran the 12 miles.  The fact is, that I'm suffering from major running ennui. I just am so blase about it, I don't know how to recover, or to find the motivation to carry me through to the end of the training.

I am trying to remember these words from Derek Clayton, Australian long-distance runner, "I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it and—ultimately—overcoming it." 

So far, no dice. 

Je suis si fatigué de courir, j'ai courir l'ennui sérieux. ..Je ne sait pas si je jamais trouverai ma motivation encore. Je manque mon Europe.



Next Week's Training: Mo=5; Tu=10; We=5; Th= 8x800; Fr=10; Sa=20

In Summation: Running=Ennui; Motivation=Nil; Last 20-miler of the program=Welcome; Blog Procrastination=Par for the course




Derek Clayton in The Masters of the Marathon
Humans Were Made to Run...Alberto Salazar...