Monday, August 24, 2009

Runner Motivation Report: August 24, 2009

The goal of this blog is to track how I stay motivated to run. Historically, this has been a big problem for me in the long run. To counter this, I plan to use whatever good ideas or dirty tricks that I can find to make sure my motivation exceeds my laziness, week after week.

A key part of this is tracking the numerous obstacles that life throws my way (work schedule, family commitments, illness and injury, disinterest, bad weather, lack of energy, etc). I will try to pair these with the various solutions and motivators (guilt, website community, upcoming race, determination, etc) that allowed me to overcome those obstacles.

Aug 24 Obstacles

  • Planned visit by my sister prevented me from thinking that I could sneak in a run tonight
  • Right shin was feeling just a tad bit sore
  • I knew I needed to run during daylight to get a good calibration of my Nike+ device, but at 7:30 kid #2 was crying and kid #1 was getting her last snack before bedtime.

Aug 24 Solutions and Motivators

  • I am excited to get my Nike+ gear up and running, so motivated to get out there to run.
  • My sister’s flight was cancelled, so this obstacle fell away.
  • I decided to ignore my shin. I have switched to running at the track, which is super soft. Also, I know have my new Nike+ Air Moto shoes, which are well padded. I think my shin will be ok.
  • My wife agreed to handle both kids. I found out later that kid #2 kept on crying. So maybe I am a bad father, or perhaps he’ll just get over it.

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