Motivation ???

Those who know me are aware that I love training, admittedly almost to the point of obsession. I am a 7 day a week gym junkie with ever changing goals and aspirations.

Recently I began training for a triathlon while living in Texas. I have always been very involved in mountain bike racing, but found the move to Texas leaving me with nowhere to ride nowhere to compete, and feeling left without a goal. Enter the idea of triathlon ….

SWIMMING – Okay... Not too bad, learned a few strokes (heads up front crawl a must for open water) and trained until I can handle the 2000m distance I needed, not a problem

BIKING – well, this area I needed no help with

RUNNING – this is where the reason for today’s post is coming from. Where the heck do all you runners get your motivation from?? Honestly, from the moment my first foot lands I want to stop. I find this is a constant mental battle going on inside just to keep moving. Each step gets worse than the next and all I want to do is stop and rest.

So after three weeks of training indoors I am up to three 20 minute segments with 2 minutes in-between totaling up to 1 hour. My question is this for everyone who is a runner …. What do I do to enjoy this … or how long does it take before you begin enjoying this aspect? I look around at all these graceful gazelles running on the treadmills next to me, and can’t help feeling that I must look like a drunken hippo! Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated