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I hate to admit that every single time I know I’m running whether its the following day or the morning of, I think, “Do I have to? I’d really rather just stay inside and watch day time TV and drink tea.”
I know I’m allowed to think these things and I always run anyway even if I have to force myself to go but I get the feeling that since I am currently training for a half marathon, I should want to get out there and run. Like I keep saying to myself, this half marathon won’t run itself. And it’s not like I’m just running for myself either. I’m running for a cause – a good cause, my local hospice, St Rocco’s. The reason I decided to run for a cause was to give me that extra push that I needed to get out of the door but some mornings, that’s not even enough. Once I’m done with my run I feel fantastic and I’m so glad I did but I just wish it wasn’t so hard to get going initially.
What gets you out there in the mornings/evenings even when you really don’t want to? Do you reward yourself for doing it or is the run itself reward enough?