I feel this so much. A lot of times, my easy runs feel so hard (with body aches, or mental fatigue) but a lot of times, if I speed up in the same runs, all the ailments that were plaguing me suddenly disappear and the run actually feels easier.
I’m coming back to running after several years away from it and hating it while I was forced to do it in the army. Maybe it’s because of a different mindset this time around, but I’m just fascinated with what my body can do and the progress I’m seeing week by week. It’s all new to me now but I hope the feeling of wonder never goes away. I’ll be back at it tomorrow on the NRC app and some awesome coaching from Coach Bennett or one of the other coaches. Thanks for including me in this community! 💪🏻
My goodness, “Today we may be struggling to do something that came easily yesterday” - it’s been a week like that at work... I’m feeling so fed up with myself, I dreamt a whole playlist of sad songs (honest!!) “I don’t think like that anymore” woh! Maybe there’s hope for me too!! Much love coach!!
My week was exactly this - a planned easy run yesterday that I ran hard (felt phenomenal) and a run a few days prior that was the most torturous torture. I got through it begrudgingly and I am grateful for it. The hard runs (by effort) help the easy ones seem easy by comparison. Without them… well, maybe everything would seem hard. Or mediocre. 🤷🏼♀️
I really needed to read this post today. Went out for my Sunday long run yesterday and my planned 22 miler just wasn't happening. Because of a busy and active Saturday, my legs were heavy on Sunday morning and called it quits after 14 miles. I was feeling pretty down Sunday afternoon. This post got me feeling a little better. Thanks coach.
I quite simply wouldn’t and couldn’t run without you in my ears at some point of my run. A very injured long distance runner whose doctors say you shouldn’t run but your mind needs the space and your brain so desperately needs the chemicals and your heart needs the care so go but go short and when the pain isn’t too much. Only one dude in my MDT knows- because he’s a runner- is that every run is a journey and a discovery and an opportunity. My healing is not linear. My recovery is not linear. My running is not linear and hell when injured, an affront to consistency. But it is always a story and I feel more comfortable not conforming to my body dictating how to run because your voice is an antidote to all the patriarchal, go hard or go home bs and all the fear mongering. I do go hard, I have run till I can’t walk, I have damaged my health. But now, now I run to battle all the doubt and to in ways manage the pain but I couldn’t do this without being made to feel like I’m not an imposter by the amazing wisdom of CB. :). I sometimes even don’t turn my watch on and run intuitively.
Running is a gift but many seem determined to use it to make themselves look better than others and that. That sucks. Means lots of people don’t run because they don’t think they’re good enough and belong. We runners should own that. It’s meant to be for everyone and inclusive.
My easy run tonight was hard - thanks for interrupting the negative dialogue about “losing my game” and reminding me that some runs are just hard. And to be a good coach/friend to myself.
I feel this so much. A lot of times, my easy runs feel so hard (with body aches, or mental fatigue) but a lot of times, if I speed up in the same runs, all the ailments that were plaguing me suddenly disappear and the run actually feels easier.
I’m coming back to running after several years away from it and hating it while I was forced to do it in the army. Maybe it’s because of a different mindset this time around, but I’m just fascinated with what my body can do and the progress I’m seeing week by week. It’s all new to me now but I hope the feeling of wonder never goes away. I’ll be back at it tomorrow on the NRC app and some awesome coaching from Coach Bennett or one of the other coaches. Thanks for including me in this community! 💪🏻
My goodness, “Today we may be struggling to do something that came easily yesterday” - it’s been a week like that at work... I’m feeling so fed up with myself, I dreamt a whole playlist of sad songs (honest!!) “I don’t think like that anymore” woh! Maybe there’s hope for me too!! Much love coach!!
My week was exactly this - a planned easy run yesterday that I ran hard (felt phenomenal) and a run a few days prior that was the most torturous torture. I got through it begrudgingly and I am grateful for it. The hard runs (by effort) help the easy ones seem easy by comparison. Without them… well, maybe everything would seem hard. Or mediocre. 🤷🏼♀️
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Really liked this piece as there are some days where everything is hard and just getting out on the run feels like a victory.
I really needed to read this post today. Went out for my Sunday long run yesterday and my planned 22 miler just wasn't happening. Because of a busy and active Saturday, my legs were heavy on Sunday morning and called it quits after 14 miles. I was feeling pretty down Sunday afternoon. This post got me feeling a little better. Thanks coach.
I love this post coach. It's so true xo
I quite simply wouldn’t and couldn’t run without you in my ears at some point of my run. A very injured long distance runner whose doctors say you shouldn’t run but your mind needs the space and your brain so desperately needs the chemicals and your heart needs the care so go but go short and when the pain isn’t too much. Only one dude in my MDT knows- because he’s a runner- is that every run is a journey and a discovery and an opportunity. My healing is not linear. My recovery is not linear. My running is not linear and hell when injured, an affront to consistency. But it is always a story and I feel more comfortable not conforming to my body dictating how to run because your voice is an antidote to all the patriarchal, go hard or go home bs and all the fear mongering. I do go hard, I have run till I can’t walk, I have damaged my health. But now, now I run to battle all the doubt and to in ways manage the pain but I couldn’t do this without being made to feel like I’m not an imposter by the amazing wisdom of CB. :). I sometimes even don’t turn my watch on and run intuitively.
Running is a gift but many seem determined to use it to make themselves look better than others and that. That sucks. Means lots of people don’t run because they don’t think they’re good enough and belong. We runners should own that. It’s meant to be for everyone and inclusive.
My easy run tonight was hard - thanks for interrupting the negative dialogue about “losing my game” and reminding me that some runs are just hard. And to be a good coach/friend to myself.
Started reading this thinking it was about running, and it is, but it’s also about life, and also not.
Really though, for me any run on a treadmill is a hard run, they always feel like a marathon.