Me too; it varies wildly from run to run. It sounds like you're much better able to shut down the thinking than I am, too. I can focus on running itself or my surroundings for a bit but inevitably find myself caught up again in the thinkies. (I really struggle with meditating, too.) Do you have a method for tuning out the thoughts, or is it something you can just do? Thanks!
Me too; it varies wildly from run to run. It sounds like you're much better able to shut down the thinking than I am, too. I can focus on running itself or my surroundings for a bit but inevitably find myself caught up again in the thinkies. (I really struggle with meditating, too.) Do you have a method for tuning out the thoughts, or is it something you can just do? Thanks!
I guess I just kinda fall into a rhythm and that often dictates whether there is anything I feel I need "to think through or about" (family, work, whatever), or if I'm able to simply tune everything out. I don't listen to music because I want to be aware of my surroundings, so that might help me in terms of "just running"....sorry, I don't have a silver bullet on this one, and I will say that I have, like you, had more than my share of runs that were consummed by an overload of thoughts as I wrestled with something related to my family or friends and/or my job --- but thankfully the run itself served as a great stress relief at those times. I don't think I have ever gone on a run and felt worse (mentally) at the end than when I started.
Me too; it varies wildly from run to run. It sounds like you're much better able to shut down the thinking than I am, too. I can focus on running itself or my surroundings for a bit but inevitably find myself caught up again in the thinkies. (I really struggle with meditating, too.) Do you have a method for tuning out the thoughts, or is it something you can just do? Thanks!
I guess I just kinda fall into a rhythm and that often dictates whether there is anything I feel I need "to think through or about" (family, work, whatever), or if I'm able to simply tune everything out. I don't listen to music because I want to be aware of my surroundings, so that might help me in terms of "just running"....sorry, I don't have a silver bullet on this one, and I will say that I have, like you, had more than my share of runs that were consummed by an overload of thoughts as I wrestled with something related to my family or friends and/or my job --- but thankfully the run itself served as a great stress relief at those times. I don't think I have ever gone on a run and felt worse (mentally) at the end than when I started.
I love that expression -- the "thinkies"!