how long did it take before you liked to go running...

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  • kellybeam
    kellybeam Posts: 22
    About six months, but I did get there!

    And I hate, hate, hate the treadmill. It's outside or elliptical.


    I hate treadmill running, too!!! It's on the road for me. At the gym, elliptical and strength training all the way!!! I have been running for 6 months and there are still days I force myself to go....when I get done, I am so glad I went!!! :)
  • TigressPat
    TigressPat Posts: 722
    hasn't happened yet.

    This
  • TristansHawk
    TristansHawk Posts: 114 Member
    When I started running outside instead on on a treadmill. It does not feel like exercise to me when I am outside :)
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Not sure exactly when it happened...within the first few months though. I remember driving past an area where I usually run, looking longingly at the path and wishing it was a run day because i wanted to be out there. And I wondered what had happened to me and who's voice I was hearing in my head! :tongue:
  • angelayogalv
    angelayogalv Posts: 3 Member
    Glad I read this! I'm thankful for the others that call it the dreadmill. I had a big breakthrough two weeks ago running for over 22 minutes with no break. It was a great feeling but the very next run I was checking the clock for the 22 minute mark, just like I was at 6 minutes & 8 minutes & so on. My goal is to run a 5k, all the way this time. And to stop wishing it would end. :laugh: :laugh:
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    I started liking it when I began to treat it as a sport and learned how to train for improvement.
  • ril0riley
    ril0riley Posts: 54 Member
    I avoided the treadmill for a long time, because I "knew" that I hated running and didn't want to be the one fool hogging a machine by walking when there were people lined up to run
    One day the stair machines (which I had gotten comfortable with) were all taken so I grudgingly tried the treadmill
    As soon as I saw that I could burn a lot more and work up way more of a sweat in the same amount of time, I decided that I'd still do my stair workouts when I had time, but if I ever only had 30 minutes to spend at the gym, I'd run

    Anyway, all that to say it took about 2 months of that new habit before I started running exclusively. And a few months after that, when I finally decided to try a run outside (which I was CONVINCED would be somehow different or much more difficult) I was HOOKED.
    Now I can't get enough of it.
  • sccet
    sccet Posts: 141 Member
    hasn't happened yet.

    Having run off and on for 20 years, this. :)

    More seriously, I rarely enjoy it for the first 2 miles. I always love the last mile and I always love the post-running physical and emotional high.
  • NicholeElizabeth92
    NicholeElizabeth92 Posts: 186 Member
    I feel like gym running is no fun but when its while doing something like a sport, that's when I enjoy it.it sucks cause I workout around 4am and no one to play basketball with...

    Does your gym have a track? I hate running on tredmills...3 seonds feels like a year on those things....so I decided to take to the track even though its always either super advanced runners or older people speed walking. That helped me a lot! Also awesome music helps too.

    As for basketball....could you go to the gym later on the weekend and have a pick up game...or a day or two out of the week?
  • RunForChai
    RunForChai Posts: 238 Member
    When I first started running, 15 years ago [and 30 marathons ago] my mentor told me she always hated the first mile. Me too! But once I get going I love it! Many new runners are trying to run too fast---run slower and enjoy the world around you. I coached running for a long time and feel that new runners lose weight faster than anyone else I know.

    Good luck!
  • jungleclaudia
    jungleclaudia Posts: 2
    I started running because I had a deep depression and I wasn't eating anything, so my therapist told me that I should make an activity that helps me to stay alive. At first I did it because It was like my "homework" from therapy, but after two months I really fell in love with it. Also, it helped me to lose weight and I started eating clean and healthy.
    You can try new places, the atmosphere is always important. :)
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    "Like running"? Ummm... still hasn't happened for me and I've been running for nearly four years. What I "like" about running is the feeling of being able to do it (was never athletic growing up), the feeling of being done, and the all the wonderful calories I get from running. :laugh:
  • rainghirl
    rainghirl Posts: 203 Member
    When I actually have somewhere nice to run. For years I ran round the streets, and it was okay, but not very exciting, but when I moved to where live now and I can run out in the countryside and up on the moors, it's just fantastic. Makes all the difference to me. I detest running on the treadmill - if it was a choice between that and swimming, I would usually choose swimming.
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    I've never liked it indoors! It's tolerable on an outside track. It's pretty good when I run around town. It's FUN when I run on paths or thru nature.
  • Lisapayne76
    Lisapayne76 Posts: 157 Member
    I am a new runner and I dont go very fast but I am enjoying running using Zombies Run. It makes it more of a game.
  • MeanSophieCat
    MeanSophieCat Posts: 200 Member
    The THIRD time I tried to train for 5K distance. 2008 - ran for 9 weeks, still didn't like it, quit. 2010 - ran for 15+ weeks, still didn't like it, quit. 2013 - been running for 7 weeks, FRICKIN LOVE IT.

    I don't know what changed. I'm approximately the same weight as all the other times. I'm older now. I think the only difference may be that I started out in slightly better shape this time from other activities and so got to the running happy place faster.
  • dangerxbadger
    dangerxbadger Posts: 396 Member
    I usually start liking it after the first mile and a half. Before that, though, every single time I go, it's effing torture.
  • Ironman2be
    Ironman2be Posts: 140 Member
    Hate every minute of it!!! But I ran my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marathon last summer and I love the feeling of getting that Medal draped around the neck and the feeling of accomplishment afterwards. But running sucks.. plain and simple! :)
  • KrissyKris10
    KrissyKris10 Posts: 68 Member
    I always loved it when i was DONE. It was probably about the time when i could run for 20mins straight without wanting to pass out. the lungs didn't burn so much and i could really just let my mind go. The cares of the day just seemed to melt away and it really helped to improve my mindset/attitude/mood. I might mention that i can't stand to do it anywhere but outside.
  • phatnotfat81
    phatnotfat81 Posts: 171
    Hated it always. Gave it up and started lifting. Much happier now.

    ^^ ditto...i may jog once or twice here and there...way better and easier results lifting though!
  • nellyett
    nellyett Posts: 436 Member
    Sounds like I need to get off the belt and on the street...

    Oh HE^^ YEAH!! NOTHING beats the rush of the fresh air, solitude with your tunes, sun / wind / rain / snow on your face, every changing scenery, freedom of movement, like a run outside!! LOVE it! It is my ME time :):):)

    I did the C25k program last summer as well....took me a few weeks to really get into it, and started loving it. No one was more surprised than me! Especially since I was a pack per day smoker.....so you can't use that as an excuse! LOL

    I think it was because I could see drastic improvement so quickly. Google proper running form. A couple little tweaks made all the difference for a pain free run. The days that I had a hard time getting motivated to get out there, I would come here and search threads about running, and when you see how enthusiastic people are about it, it's really encouraging!

    Also, even if you only have time to get out for a 20 minute run, it's so worth it! Do intervals or something if you want to make it more intense. Otherwise, my favorite runs are the longer ones where I just get out and 'cruise'. I don't worry about time or pace and just head out for the joy of it!. I feel that it helps me more mentally than anything else :)
  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
    I'm bout to give up and stick to swimming...

    The day I dropped my traditional running shoes and started going barefoot.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    I actually don't remember. I didn't used to enjoy it in high school when I ran cross-country (a friend of mine convinced me to join the team, but I didn't really enjoy the act of running, even in meets.) Then I went through a breakup, and I found it to be a release. It became my time to escape, whether it be from emotional issues, school, toddlers, or whatever, I would go out and just run around until the problems didn't seem so bad. Some of those problems took longer runs to sort out, but then I could just go a bit more slowly to take more time.

    Running is what you make of it, really. It can be a great workout that you just do to burn calories, or it can be free therapy.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I'll let you know if that ever happens.
  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
    I've been running for about a year and a half and I really enjoy it. I like to find fun places to run for my weekend run when I can...along the ocean is my favorite but I love park trails too. I just ran my first Half this past weekend and I liked how I felt after completeing it but still had never experienced that "runners high" until this week. It was my first run after the Half and I was worried about it for some reason and told myself 4-5 easy miles. I got going and was having so much fun I ran 6.2 at my fastest time yet. It was such a good feeling
  • lcnelson
    lcnelson Posts: 279 Member
    I could not even run for 1 minute when I first started and then gradually I learned I could run longer if I slowed down. What a HUGE piece of advice. Not even 6 weeks later, I ran my first 5k with no walking and was hooked!
    I agree with other posters that when I am running it is my ME time and I am uninterested in running with anyone else. I clear my head, relieve my stress and do all my important thinking and decision making. Being outside with fresh air and others who are trying to better themselves physically is an awesome motivator.
    I will also tell you othat well over half of my time running is spent 'psyching myself out' and convincing myself I can do this and will get through it. I do it everytime and it works:)
    The runners high is totally addictive and there is nothing like finishing a run exhausted, out of breath and legs aching. I love it and feel so accomplished.
  • dangerxbadger
    dangerxbadger Posts: 396 Member
    I actually don't remember. I didn't used to enjoy it in high school when I ran cross-country (a friend of mine convinced me to join the team, but I didn't really enjoy the act of running, even in meets.) Then I went through a breakup, and I found it to be a release. It became my time to escape, whether it be from emotional issues, school, toddlers, or whatever, I would go out and just run around until the problems didn't seem so bad. Some of those problems took longer runs to sort out, but then I could just go a bit more slowly to take more time.

    Running is what you make of it, really. It can be a great workout that you just do to burn calories, or it can be free therapy.

    This. Running literally saved my soon-to-be-marriage. It's cheaper than therapy, and better than meditation.
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    I never liked running until I realized that I could do it.

    Running and exercise in general is a high and escape - it's addictive.
  • piscesy2k
    piscesy2k Posts: 21 Member
    I started running to work out the stress in my life, both home and work. It was also to get in a bit of ME time, some QUIET time, where it was just me alone with my thoughts.

    I changed my running from the afternoons to the morning, which was really hard as I am NOT a morning person, but this way I knew I could do it on a regular basis, work is unpredictable and I need to stay late more often than not.

    I found that at the 4 month mark I started to look forward to getting up in the morning to go for my run, the first mile is still the hardest, by the 3/4 k mark my legs really kick in, and by the time I get to 7/8K I feel invincible. I'm still training, and finding that just after the 10K mark my body starts quitting on me. Slowly but surely I will get there.
  • ladybuggprincess99
    ladybuggprincess99 Posts: 142 Member
    Day 1 of C25K, when I realized at 287 pounds, I COULD do it. I'm at 244 and with each pound lost, I'm feeling even better about it!

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