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by jilliana
Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: The mental battle
Replies: 5
Views: 4652

Re: The mental battle

I have a really hard time with this -- either I would get slightly fatigued and tell myself I wanted to stop, or I'd just start to go crazy under the strain of a monotonous run. A few ways I try to avoid it that seem to help: 1-- when I was still running outdoors, sometimes i found it helpful to bre...
by jilliana
Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:23 pm
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: I did it!
Replies: 7
Views: 6415

Re: I did it!

Congratulations! I've been really nervous about that run, so I've been slowly working my way up to it. I ran Wk5Run1 for an entire week, and I'm running Wk5Run2 this entire week. After the last couple of days of being able to handle the 8 minute runs (even adding in a third eight minute section to r...
by jilliana
Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:37 am
Forum: The Starting Line
Topic: Best tunes to run to..
Replies: 9
Views: 7631

Re: Best tunes to run to..

I have a really long playlist so that I don't get bored, and even then I occasionally switch it up to podcasts and audiobooks just to keep it interesting. For cheesy motivational songs I like: Queen-- We Are the Champions and Another One Bites the Dust Pat Benetar-- Invincible Rocky- Eye of the Tige...