Thursday, January 14, 2010

Motivation is Key

Without a doubt motivation is the number one force when it comes to getting anything done concerned with workouts. Unfortunately this is also probably my weakest link. I don't really have a problem with finishing workouts or even finding time to do them but its the lack of motivation or drive that really makes it hard for me, and I'd imagine for most runners too. Today I was searching for some motivation and instead came across this:
Running Rules of Thumb

1. If you see a porta potty with no line, use it. Even if you don't need to.
2. If you have to ask yourself, Does this driver see me? The answer is no.
3. If you have to ask yourself, Are these shorts too short? The answer is yes.
4. 1 glazed doughnut = 2 miles
5. You rarely regret the runs you do; you almost always regret the runs you skip.
6. Not everyone who looks fast really is, and not everyone who looks slow really is.
7. Nobody has ever watched Chariots of Fire from beginning to end. Not even the people who made it.
8. You can never have too many safety pins on your gym bag.
9. Running any given route in the rain makes you feel 50 percent more hard-core than covering the same route on a sunny day.
10. If you care even a little about being called a jogger versus a runner, you're a runner.
-taken from Runnersworld.com and an article by Mark Remy

Oddly enough this actually served as motivation for me; I remembered that I am some sort of runner and that this simple fact sets me apart from the rest and makes me better. How do those rules do that? I get them and laughed at them, so I can see that I'm not your average idiot who never runs or does workouts. In short I can draw motivation from that cause I realize that unless I get outside and actually do something I will become one of them.
Motivation can come from anything...we just have to think it through and get ourselves there.

2 comments:

Laurie said...

Those rules of thumb are pretty good. I especially like the one about running in the rain. I always feel pretty hard core when out in the rain. Good job getting motivated.

Dick said...

If you REALLY want to feel hardcore, try running at night in the snow! That puts you in a category all your own! (When you talk about it just don't let on that the reason you do it is because you're so fat and out of shape you don't want people to see you "running" in daylight!)