Lost my mojo...
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:13 pm
Hello everyone. I have only really posted once on this forum but have really enjoyed reading everyone's messages. It is really motivating to read about how other people have got on, and it is motivation I need right now!
So I thought I would post as I am in a major funk and feel like I have hit the wall. I had reached W5R3 and the 20 minute run and was feeling rather pleased with myself, even - dare I say it - like a runner! However, then I got a cold... I attempted W6R1, perhaps with slightly too much gusto, thinking "I can run for 20 minutes, a 5 minute run? Nae bother!" and sped off like a bullet and it totally knocked me for six. The cold moved into my chest and after researching online the whole "don't run with symptoms below the neck" rang true and with asthma, I couldn't really risk it.
I finally got out after 4 days off and I am still shocked at how far back this has pushed my progress. I repeated W6R1 and struggled through it, tried W6R2 yesterday and today and could barely make it through the first 10 minutes. I'm not sure what it is but I just cannot get my head back in the game. The time is dragging now as it didn't before and I can't seem to make myself keep running... I honestly felt like crying when I got in after each run and throwing my stupid phone off the wall. I know myself too well and when exercise gets hard, I usually give up.
Sorry for the massive ramble but I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who has had similar difficulties and set-backs and how you've got over it. How did you regain the running mojo?! Does it come back? I was really starting to enjoy being out running and making progress but I have hit the wall and don't know how to break through it!
Thanks for reading!
Ruth
So I thought I would post as I am in a major funk and feel like I have hit the wall. I had reached W5R3 and the 20 minute run and was feeling rather pleased with myself, even - dare I say it - like a runner! However, then I got a cold... I attempted W6R1, perhaps with slightly too much gusto, thinking "I can run for 20 minutes, a 5 minute run? Nae bother!" and sped off like a bullet and it totally knocked me for six. The cold moved into my chest and after researching online the whole "don't run with symptoms below the neck" rang true and with asthma, I couldn't really risk it.
I finally got out after 4 days off and I am still shocked at how far back this has pushed my progress. I repeated W6R1 and struggled through it, tried W6R2 yesterday and today and could barely make it through the first 10 minutes. I'm not sure what it is but I just cannot get my head back in the game. The time is dragging now as it didn't before and I can't seem to make myself keep running... I honestly felt like crying when I got in after each run and throwing my stupid phone off the wall. I know myself too well and when exercise gets hard, I usually give up.
Sorry for the massive ramble but I'd really appreciate hearing from anyone who has had similar difficulties and set-backs and how you've got over it. How did you regain the running mojo?! Does it come back? I was really starting to enjoy being out running and making progress but I have hit the wall and don't know how to break through it!
Thanks for reading!
Ruth