I am not a hipster: I don't run
When I read other blogs, it sometimes feels like everyone is a runner. Lilith, Sofinesse, Lien, Annelyse, ...
Some of them were reluctant converts, some of them run marathons , ...but all of them seem to have become very passionate about running. It is my impression too that a lot of them have running injuries (wha, that'll teach them - joking!) which frustrates them greatly.
I'm not a runner.
Running reminds me of a painful spleen.
Running reminds me of being painfully out of breath.
Running reminds me of the Léger test in high school
Some of them were reluctant converts, some of them run marathons , ...but all of them seem to have become very passionate about running. It is my impression too that a lot of them have running injuries (wha, that'll teach them - joking!) which frustrates them greatly.
I'm not a runner.
Running reminds me of a painful spleen.
Running reminds me of being painfully out of breath.
Running reminds me of the Léger test in high school
Beep.............................[trying to find motivation]................................Beep
.............................[hating it already]....................................Beep
......................[sigh sigh ]...............................Beep
.................[breathing heavily].......................Beep
.............[breathing more heavily]........Beep
..........[dying slowly]...........Beep
.....[AUCH].........Beep
.....[Fx it I give up, I'm dead] [catching up breath for the next hour]
I have tried to start running though several years ago. I'm quite aware that I am in an eternal sad shape and that I should change that. Running is a sport with a low threshold: you can do it anywhere, anytime and you don't need much besides a good pair of shoes to start of with.
Many years ago I started "Start to run" like so many other Belgians with the podcasts from Evy Gruyaert. I didn't do it during the tv-show was on, but one or 2 years later. I enjoyed the first lessons because it was easy and short...I hated the next lessons as it started to become harder but I felt motivated because I noticed progress. Unfortunately my progress stopped due to surgery. Same story with 2nd attempt the year after.
To make a long story short, I believe I have tried to do the start to run program probably about 5 summers. I always stopped my attempts to run in winter time when I lost my motivation to run in the dark 100%. I've completed the program once and started the Start to run 2 sequel but quit after lesson 2 or so. I had the intention to run the Leuven Corrida for 2 years but never achieved a full 5 km run in my life and never subsribed for the run. (oh my god, sounds aweful to type that). Since I became a mom, all sport activities have stopped.
Looking back at my running attempts, I enjoyed them as long as the start to run program didn't take more than 30 minutes. 30 minutes is a good time to squeeze somewhere in your agenda. Jan's cooking dinner, ok, I'll quickly go for a run and I'll be back by the time dinner is served - so to speak. 30 minutes gave me multiple trail options around our house. I enjoyed going from a state where running 200 m gets me without breath to a slightly better shape. But as soon as distances grew and the running time increased, I found it so BORRRRIIING. While I managed to learn to run for 30-60 minutes (at a mediocre speed but lets ignore that), I was counting down to get home and start doing other things. Somehow I also belief that walking regularly at a steady pace is more fun, more easy to do and also contributes to my health. When I consciously walked each day some kms to beat my pregnancy diabetes, I clearly felt more energetic.
So no, I'm not a runner and I will never be one. I don't think I'll ever share that runner's enthusiasm at all. But now that I've written all that, I believe it would be good to maybe start that start to run just once again ...in spring time when days are getting a bit longer again. Pushing myself up to that mediocre minimum level just now and then for 30 minutes wouldn't harm me I suppose.
Many years ago I started "Start to run" like so many other Belgians with the podcasts from Evy Gruyaert. I didn't do it during the tv-show was on, but one or 2 years later. I enjoyed the first lessons because it was easy and short...I hated the next lessons as it started to become harder but I felt motivated because I noticed progress. Unfortunately my progress stopped due to surgery. Same story with 2nd attempt the year after.
To make a long story short, I believe I have tried to do the start to run program probably about 5 summers. I always stopped my attempts to run in winter time when I lost my motivation to run in the dark 100%. I've completed the program once and started the Start to run 2 sequel but quit after lesson 2 or so. I had the intention to run the Leuven Corrida for 2 years but never achieved a full 5 km run in my life and never subsribed for the run. (oh my god, sounds aweful to type that). Since I became a mom, all sport activities have stopped.
Looking back at my running attempts, I enjoyed them as long as the start to run program didn't take more than 30 minutes. 30 minutes is a good time to squeeze somewhere in your agenda. Jan's cooking dinner, ok, I'll quickly go for a run and I'll be back by the time dinner is served - so to speak. 30 minutes gave me multiple trail options around our house. I enjoyed going from a state where running 200 m gets me without breath to a slightly better shape. But as soon as distances grew and the running time increased, I found it so BORRRRIIING. While I managed to learn to run for 30-60 minutes (at a mediocre speed but lets ignore that), I was counting down to get home and start doing other things. Somehow I also belief that walking regularly at a steady pace is more fun, more easy to do and also contributes to my health. When I consciously walked each day some kms to beat my pregnancy diabetes, I clearly felt more energetic.
So no, I'm not a runner and I will never be one. I don't think I'll ever share that runner's enthusiasm at all. But now that I've written all that, I believe it would be good to maybe start that start to run just once again ...in spring time when days are getting a bit longer again. Pushing myself up to that mediocre minimum level just now and then for 30 minutes wouldn't harm me I suppose.
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