2010-07-04 20:14:00
Thursday 1/7: 18 minutes, 2.8 kilometers, 9.3 km/h average.
Despite making good progress and having an average speed better than usual, I quit.
For the past two/three weeks I've been forcing myself to go out and run (or cycle), knowing that I'll be bored stiff all the way. I made the first goal I'd set myself and finished the nine weeks of C25k, but now I quit.
Writing it like that it seems so easy, but I actually had a hard time coming to terms with it. But in the end it boils down to the fact that I had no internal motivation for running, at all. My whole run I'd think: "Why the heck am I doing this again?!". Originally I started on a whim, both inspired by Marli and hoping to inspire her to keep up her sports. When she indicated she doesn't need me for that, this motivation fell away. In the weeks after finishing the ninth C25k week, there was only one thing that kept me running. My best friend Menno.
He's always been a great support and motivator for me, including with my running. I did not want to be a quitter in his face after all of his support. We had a good discussion about it and after declaring LOVE & PEACE! (i.e. he was fine with it and I was fine with it) I'd decided that for now, enough is enough.
There are many things in life in which I aspire to excel. Sports however is not one of them.
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2010-07-06 18:39:00
Posted by Cailin Coilleach
Oh don't worry, I'll take care of them. Maybe, just maybe, I'll turn this C25k thing into an annual event :) Every spring, work myself up to running half an hour. It's a thought...
2010-07-09 15:03:00
Posted by Menno
That's an interesting idea. Run till you do 5K and when you start to get bored you can quit.
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2010-07-06 13:21:00
Posted by Menno
Give your shoes a good cleaning, let them dry and give them a kiss before putting them in the closet. Take care of them because they might be taking care of you again somewhere in the far future ;).