http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/eric-motter/training-motivation/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:17:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/eric-motter/training-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 FITGirl222 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:58:56 +0000 http://www.columbusmarathon.com/blog/?p=218#comment-1497 I have several tricks I use to stay on schedule. First, I print my training plan (a grid showing days/weeks and how many miles for each day) and keep it in plain sight on my desk. Every day that I do the mileage I circle the number in green. If I miss a day I would put a red "X" through the day. I'm proud to say that over my last 2 training cycles (for half marathons) I haven't missed a day or a mile. I'm too type A to want to break the green circle pattern. My other trick is that I listen to audio books when I run. And ONLY when I run. If I want to hear what happens next in my book, I have to go run. I love to read and physical books take me away from my responsibilities in life, but audio books make me get out there more enthusiastically. I find that when I listen to music it's only background noise and my mind is still going and thinking about everything - how much longer do I have to run, I'm so tired, what I need to do for the day and I stress myself out. However, listening to the story of my book becomes my primary activity and I totally zone out on the running - to the poin that I have to keep an eye on the time and make sure I don't run too long. Good luck everyone. I can't wait to do Columbus again!! I have several tricks I use to stay on schedule. First, I print my training plan (a grid showing days/weeks and how many miles for each day) and keep it in plain sight on my desk. Every day that I do the mileage I circle the number in green. If I miss a day I would put a red “X” through the day. I’m proud to say that over my last 2 training cycles (for half marathons) I haven’t missed a day or a mile. I’m too type A to want to break the green circle pattern. My other trick is that I listen to audio books when I run. And ONLY when I run. If I want to hear what happens next in my book, I have to go run. I love to read and physical books take me away from my responsibilities in life, but audio books make me get out there more enthusiastically. I find that when I listen to music it’s only background noise and my mind is still going and thinking about everything – how much longer do I have to run, I’m so tired, what I need to do for the day and I stress myself out. However, listening to the story of my book becomes my primary activity and I totally zone out on the running – to the poin that I have to keep an eye on the time and make sure I don’t run too long. Good luck everyone. I can’t wait to do Columbus again!!

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