Fighting the Mental Battle

This past week I have found myself fighting a battle with myself to get motivated and make time to get out of the house and put in some miles. Last week, I was doing a cardio workout and did a massive face plant right into the trampoline. When this happened, my neck snapped back with tremendous force and I knew immediately not only that I was hurt, but that I’m not nearly as young as I used to be.  Since doing so, I have struggled to make myself get back in the mood to do any real work outs.

I have used a significant amount of Icy Hot and done a few stretching activities to try and get the juices flowing. Stretching is always something I do before I get out and do my runs, and I usually find that while stretching I get motivated to get up and go. However, it doesn’t seem to be working this week. My neck is still bothering me, and I find myself making up all kinds of excuses each day as to why I shouldn’t go running.  When I come up with a reason to run, I come up with two reasons why I shouldn’t.

I love to run, but just can’t seem to find what I need to get out of the house.  MOTIVATION! 

After doing a little research, I have come across a few recommendations on how to find the motivation needed to get back on the path to success. I found it very ironic that the #1 recommendation, was starting a daily blog, it made me think to myself, what would Mrs. Quinn say about that. LMAO!


Work Cited: Runner's World Article By Calvin Hennick
Published 03/22/2007