We tried this back in the fall and you all responded so well, I thought I’d try it again — a thread to encourage each other, if you’ve got a race this weekend, a new distance you’re running for the first time — or if running is brand-new to you.
Let’s hear if you:
Need encouragement for a new goal you’re aiming for — ask and you shall receive 😃
Have encouragement to give or want to give a fellow runner a shout-out, especially if you recently ran something you’re proud of
Tell us what you’re planning/thinking about running this weekend (or sometime soon), and I’m sure our amazing community here will have some great thoughts to pump you up and get you going. 👏 — Terrell
Started training for my 1st half marathon in the late fall. Then got COVID and newly diagnosed with ankylosis spondylitis. I have not been able to get the motivation or energy to get back on track. I was following the N2K program
I have a marathon in two weeks. I’m barely in shape. I’m from western Pa. We have have a good old fashion winter. So training has been hard. The race is in Florida.
I got up this morning and didn’t want to run. But it’s been a few days, and my half marathon is three weeks away. My wife said I should skip it, after my failed long run earlier this week. Then I remembered what I wrote here, that if you just run, the motivation will usually catch up. So I suited up and left the house, no plan in mind. I couldn’t even decide which direction to go. But a couple with a dog was ahead of me as I crossed Bayshore Blvd in Tampa. They turned left, so I turned right.
At about the 4 mile mark I decided to run to the gate at MacDill AFB. My motivation must have finally caught up. As I approached the gate, I saw a few A-10 Warthogs doing touch-and-go. I remembered I put my wallet in my hydration pack, so I decided to just go a little way past the gate to see if I could capture a picture. (I’m a retired Army Reserve senior NCO) I decided to go just a little further. And a little further. Then I thought “f… it, I’m just going to do a half marathon”.
It wasn’t my best time at 8:27 per mile, but it will change the rest of my training leading to the half. I’ll do a few days of interval runs a week, a half marathon every weekend, and the final week I’ll get a few 5 milers in to stay in the zone.
If you’re over 45, and can manage the cost, those hyper percussion massagers are the bomb. We have the Hypervolt. I’ve used the Theragun at a gym. It makes all those muscles ease up.
Chronic arthritis is destroying my mojo!!! I've been running on my indoor treadmill using iFit and a trainer to try and get myself inspired. I ran the 100 miles for the American Cancer Society in January and done two "Conqueror" challenges. The pandemic has destroyed me mentally.
Motivation for me is knowing I have a race in the future. If not it’s so easy to say I think I’ll skip a few runs. My next race is the United Half in New York at the end of March.
I signed up for a half marathon in April. It will be my 4th but I convinced my brother to run it with me. It will be his first. I’m aiming for a PR! I moved to Phoenix 5 mo ago and struggling with finding a good time to run. I prefer morning runs but during the week, it’s so dark and I’m not sure about how safe it is to run alone at 5:30 so I’ve been trying some afternoon running. I don’t mind it but there’s always a distraction. I have a tread but prefer running outside. Advice?
I joined a running group here in Honolulu to get me motivated. I have 16K coming up end of February as a b-day gift to myself and a 1/2 marathon end of March. Finding time to train is a challenge for me esp. during the weekdays. I leave for work at 5:30 am and doesn't get home until 6:30 pm with dinner, kids' homework, etc. waiting. I'm lucky if I can put in 2 hours of running in the weekend and don't feel rush. How do you juggle everything?
23 year Army Vet so running is second nature to me.
Back in October 2021, with too many "pandemic pounds", coming from working from home in the pandemic signed up to run the 2022 Houston Half Marathon and started my 14 week training plan ramping up to what would be 20-25 miles a week.
Sunday, Jan 16 with 26,000 runners in 30 degree temps I finished the 2022 Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
High on success - I said I'd take " a week" off.
One week turned to two.
and after seventeen days - I (finally) went out for a four mile run yesterday.
I was stunned at how far I had backslid - my body clearly telling me "HOW DARE you train four four months straight - take seventeen days off - and come back expecting everything to be hunky dory."
Hello: Been running on the treadmill and doing 3.5 miles 4-5 days a week. I try to think, look, focus elsewhere and sometimes I concentrate on the treadmill, it's not physically hard but it can be mentally tough. Maybe this will be helpful, once I go outside. Until this weather breaks, today ice and high 20's, I'm inside. Boring and I don't look forward to it. Any advise? Thx.
I will be doing my first live since February 2020; the Mesa Half Marathon on the 12th of this month. I'm looking forward to the energy of the race event and seeing fellow half marathoners!
I am running the PHIDIPPIDES CHALLENGE sponsored by Jell Galloway and Dean Karnazes.
It is 327 miles like they would do in Greece around 490BC. I started this week (2/3/22) and I have till December 31 to complete the race.
. My mileage will denote to which city in Greece I would be entering. There are 15 cities beginning in Athens finishing in Marathon. I plan on completing the challenge in April . HEY--- I was looking for a challenge to keep away from the dreaded treadmills.All my running will be completed in MA.
Good morning from Apache reservation, first of all I run miles to train, second of all it's for my weight and health.
I have a run in April but its a 4.2 miles, so I'm running to get a better timing, so my training is speed for now. My next half marathon will either be in San Francisco in July or in October in Glen Canyon, AZ. I have been invited to run in Las Vegas the of the month but I'm not interested for now. But for all runners out there that have a goal go for it, my goal was to run a half marathon and I did it👍 I'm happy about that, training is so important to run long distance, do it cause you love to run like I do, pay attention to your run, maybe there's something you need to work on in your run, pay attention to your aches and pain, take care of it, always stretch for about 10 minutes for your run, at times its good to walk also. My runs are up and down the hills and mountains, I don't have a flat area to run, so I run where I run🏃♀️ so prayers are important before and after the runs I do.🙏 so whatever your goals are stick with it and accomplish it, you will be happy you went through with it. So happy running to you all n lots of luck on your runs. May God be with you all.👍❤😊
I'm running a 10k trail race this weekend, and it's my first trail. It's so muddy outside, and now the temps are going to fall into the low 20s at race start. I'd appreciate any prayers for safety. My biggest worry is rolling an ankle or injuring my knees. I'm excited to take the run off road, and will be happy just to finish without injuries.
Wasn’t there someone on here who is part of the Lake Havasu Half that takes place in the spring? I promised him I’d run that & Covid hit, so I didn’t get to. I’m ready now & going to sign up for it! It’s April 2nd. It would be fun to get some of us in the SW to go!
Feb 4, 2022·edited Feb 4, 2022Liked by Terrell Johnson
I have been told by my PT that I need to give running a break - hopefully not a long long one - because I developed PF in my left foot. It’s painful but what’s worse is seeing another beautiful day for a run pass without going. I need to know that PF goes away eventually - I feel like this is my new normal and I’m not happy!
Four weeks ago, my husband and I were hiking and through a crazy freak accident, I slipped and fell and fractured my fibula right by my ankle and also got a severe sprain. I am really in a bad place mentally and emotionally and just watching myself lose so much fitness I have gained the last few months is so sad, and I am so nervous that my good leg is going to end up hurt from how much it’s having to compensate. I haven’t ever broken a bone or had to take more than a week or so off running before, but it’ll be months before I am even close to where I was before. I guess I’m looking for ways to keep myself from going down the metaphorical black hole. Anybody got any advice or words of wisdom?
I am recovering from an injury to my left foot, tendonopathy with partial tears all over. Culprit is the posterior tibilias not common for running injuries. But weeks of listening to my ortho and PT have me on the road to full recovery...slow return to running, daily exercises (hard to keep up)...and I'll manage to run the NYC Half in March. Lots of lessons with this one. Over ran and trained last year...oops.
I started covid symptoms a little over two weeks ago. My symptoms were pretty mild, and I'm essentially recovered. But I didn't push myself to exercise while I was sick, and now my motivation to exercise has completely tanked and hasn't come back yet. Last night I ran for the first time since symptoms started, but it took a lot of convincing. What are your best strategies for WANTING to go running again after a break?
I am recuperating from meniscus surgery. I had a detached root. The surgeon had to drill through the bone to reattach the meniscus where it joins the bone. This requires 6 weeks of non-weight-bearing. I have never heard of this before and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this injury?
I was fit. Lost it gradually and need it back. Am basically a slow runner with a want to do the Cedar Breaks half marathon in August. I will take all the encouragement I can get.
Started training for my 1st half marathon in the late fall. Then got COVID and newly diagnosed with ankylosis spondylitis. I have not been able to get the motivation or energy to get back on track. I was following the N2K program
I have a marathon in two weeks. I’m barely in shape. I’m from western Pa. We have have a good old fashion winter. So training has been hard. The race is in Florida.
I got up this morning and didn’t want to run. But it’s been a few days, and my half marathon is three weeks away. My wife said I should skip it, after my failed long run earlier this week. Then I remembered what I wrote here, that if you just run, the motivation will usually catch up. So I suited up and left the house, no plan in mind. I couldn’t even decide which direction to go. But a couple with a dog was ahead of me as I crossed Bayshore Blvd in Tampa. They turned left, so I turned right.
At about the 4 mile mark I decided to run to the gate at MacDill AFB. My motivation must have finally caught up. As I approached the gate, I saw a few A-10 Warthogs doing touch-and-go. I remembered I put my wallet in my hydration pack, so I decided to just go a little way past the gate to see if I could capture a picture. (I’m a retired Army Reserve senior NCO) I decided to go just a little further. And a little further. Then I thought “f… it, I’m just going to do a half marathon”.
It wasn’t my best time at 8:27 per mile, but it will change the rest of my training leading to the half. I’ll do a few days of interval runs a week, a half marathon every weekend, and the final week I’ll get a few 5 milers in to stay in the zone.
If you’re over 45, and can manage the cost, those hyper percussion massagers are the bomb. We have the Hypervolt. I’ve used the Theragun at a gym. It makes all those muscles ease up.
We're all in it together ...
Chronic arthritis is destroying my mojo!!! I've been running on my indoor treadmill using iFit and a trainer to try and get myself inspired. I ran the 100 miles for the American Cancer Society in January and done two "Conqueror" challenges. The pandemic has destroyed me mentally.
Motivation for me is knowing I have a race in the future. If not it’s so easy to say I think I’ll skip a few runs. My next race is the United Half in New York at the end of March.
I signed up for a half marathon in April. It will be my 4th but I convinced my brother to run it with me. It will be his first. I’m aiming for a PR! I moved to Phoenix 5 mo ago and struggling with finding a good time to run. I prefer morning runs but during the week, it’s so dark and I’m not sure about how safe it is to run alone at 5:30 so I’ve been trying some afternoon running. I don’t mind it but there’s always a distraction. I have a tread but prefer running outside. Advice?
I joined a running group here in Honolulu to get me motivated. I have 16K coming up end of February as a b-day gift to myself and a 1/2 marathon end of March. Finding time to train is a challenge for me esp. during the weekdays. I leave for work at 5:30 am and doesn't get home until 6:30 pm with dinner, kids' homework, etc. waiting. I'm lucky if I can put in 2 hours of running in the weekend and don't feel rush. How do you juggle everything?
Buzzing on my runners high ... probably took too long off
23 year Army Vet so running is second nature to me.
Back in October 2021, with too many "pandemic pounds", coming from working from home in the pandemic signed up to run the 2022 Houston Half Marathon and started my 14 week training plan ramping up to what would be 20-25 miles a week.
Sunday, Jan 16 with 26,000 runners in 30 degree temps I finished the 2022 Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
High on success - I said I'd take " a week" off.
One week turned to two.
and after seventeen days - I (finally) went out for a four mile run yesterday.
I was stunned at how far I had backslid - my body clearly telling me "HOW DARE you train four four months straight - take seventeen days off - and come back expecting everything to be hunky dory."
Aches - hips, toes....
Guess 17 days is too long.
Buzzing on my runners
Thank You
Thank you
Hello: Been running on the treadmill and doing 3.5 miles 4-5 days a week. I try to think, look, focus elsewhere and sometimes I concentrate on the treadmill, it's not physically hard but it can be mentally tough. Maybe this will be helpful, once I go outside. Until this weather breaks, today ice and high 20's, I'm inside. Boring and I don't look forward to it. Any advise? Thx.
I will be doing my first live since February 2020; the Mesa Half Marathon on the 12th of this month. I'm looking forward to the energy of the race event and seeing fellow half marathoners!
I am running the PHIDIPPIDES CHALLENGE sponsored by Jell Galloway and Dean Karnazes.
It is 327 miles like they would do in Greece around 490BC. I started this week (2/3/22) and I have till December 31 to complete the race.
. My mileage will denote to which city in Greece I would be entering. There are 15 cities beginning in Athens finishing in Marathon. I plan on completing the challenge in April . HEY--- I was looking for a challenge to keep away from the dreaded treadmills.All my running will be completed in MA.
Be Well Everyone,
MOE
Good morning from Apache reservation, first of all I run miles to train, second of all it's for my weight and health.
I have a run in April but its a 4.2 miles, so I'm running to get a better timing, so my training is speed for now. My next half marathon will either be in San Francisco in July or in October in Glen Canyon, AZ. I have been invited to run in Las Vegas the of the month but I'm not interested for now. But for all runners out there that have a goal go for it, my goal was to run a half marathon and I did it👍 I'm happy about that, training is so important to run long distance, do it cause you love to run like I do, pay attention to your run, maybe there's something you need to work on in your run, pay attention to your aches and pain, take care of it, always stretch for about 10 minutes for your run, at times its good to walk also. My runs are up and down the hills and mountains, I don't have a flat area to run, so I run where I run🏃♀️ so prayers are important before and after the runs I do.🙏 so whatever your goals are stick with it and accomplish it, you will be happy you went through with it. So happy running to you all n lots of luck on your runs. May God be with you all.👍❤😊
I'm running a 10k trail race this weekend, and it's my first trail. It's so muddy outside, and now the temps are going to fall into the low 20s at race start. I'd appreciate any prayers for safety. My biggest worry is rolling an ankle or injuring my knees. I'm excited to take the run off road, and will be happy just to finish without injuries.
Wasn’t there someone on here who is part of the Lake Havasu Half that takes place in the spring? I promised him I’d run that & Covid hit, so I didn’t get to. I’m ready now & going to sign up for it! It’s April 2nd. It would be fun to get some of us in the SW to go!
I have been told by my PT that I need to give running a break - hopefully not a long long one - because I developed PF in my left foot. It’s painful but what’s worse is seeing another beautiful day for a run pass without going. I need to know that PF goes away eventually - I feel like this is my new normal and I’m not happy!
Four weeks ago, my husband and I were hiking and through a crazy freak accident, I slipped and fell and fractured my fibula right by my ankle and also got a severe sprain. I am really in a bad place mentally and emotionally and just watching myself lose so much fitness I have gained the last few months is so sad, and I am so nervous that my good leg is going to end up hurt from how much it’s having to compensate. I haven’t ever broken a bone or had to take more than a week or so off running before, but it’ll be months before I am even close to where I was before. I guess I’m looking for ways to keep myself from going down the metaphorical black hole. Anybody got any advice or words of wisdom?
I am recovering from an injury to my left foot, tendonopathy with partial tears all over. Culprit is the posterior tibilias not common for running injuries. But weeks of listening to my ortho and PT have me on the road to full recovery...slow return to running, daily exercises (hard to keep up)...and I'll manage to run the NYC Half in March. Lots of lessons with this one. Over ran and trained last year...oops.
I started covid symptoms a little over two weeks ago. My symptoms were pretty mild, and I'm essentially recovered. But I didn't push myself to exercise while I was sick, and now my motivation to exercise has completely tanked and hasn't come back yet. Last night I ran for the first time since symptoms started, but it took a lot of convincing. What are your best strategies for WANTING to go running again after a break?
No matter the struggles, challenges, heartaches or weather, running is always an option.
I am recuperating from meniscus surgery. I had a detached root. The surgeon had to drill through the bone to reattach the meniscus where it joins the bone. This requires 6 weeks of non-weight-bearing. I have never heard of this before and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this injury?
I was fit. Lost it gradually and need it back. Am basically a slow runner with a want to do the Cedar Breaks half marathon in August. I will take all the encouragement I can get.