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re: Running advice requested for new runner (updated with new shoes!)
Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:50 am to KG6
Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:50 am to KG6
Yes, the mental challenge has been the most difficult for me to conquer. When I first started running a couple of months ago, I convinced myself I had to stop and walk pretty quickly into it. I know it doesn't seem that great, but now that I can run over 2.5 miles in 30 minutes without slowing down, it's a small victory for me. I will get there one day 
I would love to be able to run a marathon one day. This whole concept of "just get out there and run" is so foreign to me.
I can't even begin to fathom how people do full marathons. I can't.
I would love to be able to run a marathon one day. This whole concept of "just get out there and run" is so foreign to me. I can't even begin to fathom how people do full marathons. I can't.
This post was edited on 5/19/15 at 11:51 am
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Posted on 5/19/15 at 11:57 am to When in Rome
There was an Ironman in my neighborhood this weekend. That blows my mind. But gets my kind of amped to try and push myself past my limits. I just can't stay concentrated on something like that for more than 2 months or so though. And I think it takes a little more effort than that . I trained for a half marathon twice. Both times I got to around the 8 mile mark. You really have to dedicate time during the week, but especially for your "long" run on the weekend. I always end up getting hammered one weekend and am too hungover to do my long run and don't have time during the week. Then I just fall off the wagon. It's pretty a pretty standard cycle for everything I do fitness wise . But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I fully have confidence that if I ever stick with it, I can accomplish it. I think most people can. They just have to get the mental part down to where they believe in themselves and push themselves.
. I trained for a half marathon twice. Both times I got to around the 8 mile mark. You really have to dedicate time during the week, but especially for your "long" run on the weekend. I always end up getting hammered one weekend and am too hungover to do my long run and don't have time during the week. Then I just fall off the wagon. It's pretty a pretty standard cycle for everything I do fitness wise . But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I fully have confidence that if I ever stick with it, I can accomplish it. I think most people can. They just have to get the mental part down to where they believe in themselves and push themselves. 
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