Mantras for running / walking

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  • Fit2befitZ
    Fit2befitZ Posts: 150 Member
    These are great...need to read later tonight
  • careyayn22
    careyayn22 Posts: 95
    I also count steps

    I also repeat I'm strong, I'm strong, I'm strong...
  • hunnybrose
    hunnybrose Posts: 1 Member
    These are great! I don't really do anything except try to convince myself that I'm not going to die. I think I'll try one or two of these today and see how that works for me :)
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Mine is "You're not getting home any quicker by walking!"

    During races, I think, "The sooner I finish, the sooner I can pee!"

    I never have the urge to urinate while just out running by myself. But EVERY time during a race, I feel like my bladder is going to fall out.
  • kfrat22
    kfrat22 Posts: 2 Member
    When I used to row on a crew team, our coxswain used to tell us "You're a viking, and vikings don't get tired." It's silly, but when I start hitting the wall, I just think "I'm a viking, and vikings don't get tired"
  • orangebreeze
    orangebreeze Posts: 15 Member
    mine are so lame: "one foot in front of the other". I used this running in high school and use it now that I have started to run once again. Also, the guitar solo part in the begining of the DMB song "Drive In Drive Out"
  • Barbellsandthimbles
    Barbellsandthimbles Posts: 205 Member
    Yeah...mine's very profound: Do.Not.Stop.
  • mingecrackers
    mingecrackers Posts: 152
    Bump for later :3
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I will not die.... I will not die....

    One more mile....

    *kitten* you wind.... (or other weather conditions of choice)

    I'm not really the zen type, when running.
  • igora_soma
    igora_soma Posts: 486
    It depends on my level of desperation :) Usually it's "just keep going another 5 minutes" - that does the trick when I'm not quite in my happy place. When I'm REALLY dying I like to say to myself "remember when you couldn't run even 30 seconds? yeah! so waht the hell have you been doing the last 45-60 minutes. RUNNING NONSTOP!" - that works like a charm ;)
  • LoggingForLife
    LoggingForLife Posts: 504 Member
    Get it done.

    Your'e not dying

    And I swear a lot at things I'm mad at and think I won't stop until I'm not mad any more. Some days it takes a while! Swearing is very cathartic.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    **** **** **** **** ouch son of a ***** ****!!!!!!!!!!
  • jmelyan23
    jmelyan23 Posts: 1,648 Member
    Bump
  • still_crafty
    still_crafty Posts: 682 Member
    I have two . . .

    "Move your *kitten* fat girl"

    and

    "He'll never catch me again"
  • recriger
    recriger Posts: 245 Member
    I haven't run in a decade, so I'm new again. Currently my mind looks like the Batman TV show but with different words.
    umpf-thump-ou-bam-crap-*kitten*-wam!!! in a 4-4 beat.

    Hopefully soon it will revert back to my service days and simply be a 4 count breathing in and a 4 count breath out. concentrating on the beat was always trance-like. I just hope there is enough sports tape and neoprene to get me back to that point.
  • katemateg
    katemateg Posts: 334 Member
    I've done 6 marathons and on the first I had this song in my head, I forget by whom but it went along the lines of

    "kkkkeep on running, kkeeep on running, there's no place like home, there's no place like home"

    On training runs of 24-26 miles I kept repeating (out loud, Iooked like a wally, but who cares) " STRONG, SLOW, STEADY"

    And I count. A lot, either just 1 2 3 4 or up to 100 or anything. Times tables, starting with 1x up to 12x. Got me up some long hills in half marathons
  • AlliH621
    AlliH621 Posts: 102 Member
    I do TODAY what you won't - So TOMORROW, I can do what you can't!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    **** **** **** **** ouch son of a ***** ****!!!!!!!!!!

    That's one of mine too. Interspersed with the aforementioned 'I will not die' and '*kitten* you wind'.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    Mine used to be "I only run when chased". In fact, I hadn't run any kind of distance since middle school track (25+ years ago). I decided on Memorial Day that I was going to run a 2 mile July 4th race with my son, and I started training. I ran the race (finished in 19 minutes, which was faster than my training pace), and now I'm kind of addicted. I am doing 5k 3-4 times a week and plan to run 2-3 5k races in the fall.

    Now my mantra is "Just Keep Running" (like "Just Keep Swimming from Finding Nemo, but since I'm not swimming...)

    and

    "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Daft Punk)
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    Hardest part is lacing up my running shoes.
  • runnerchick69
    runnerchick69 Posts: 317 Member
    When I'm out on a 20 miler I will keep telling myself it is only 20 miles or just keep putting one foot in front ot the other. Before I know it I'm 14 or 15 miles in and at that point I repeat it is only 5 miles :smile: Whatever it is you think about or repeat to yourself the thing to always remember is you are out there and it doesn't matter if you are on a 20 mile run or a 2 mile run...keep running!
  • marieautumn
    marieautumn Posts: 928 Member
    I hate running so when I run I repeat this in my head "No more fat pictures!". It motivates me to keep at it. But i really prefer the elliptical and stair master. Less of that winded feeling.
  • Cwyman1
    Cwyman1 Posts: 72 Member
    Being fat is hard, working out is hard, pick your hard!

    I like this...going to steal it.
  • jd479
    jd479 Posts: 2
    Normally I think through song lyrics to pass the time, but lately it's mostly been "Jeez, it's freakin' hot."
  • RunnerBlonde808
    RunnerBlonde808 Posts: 257 Member
    I count a lot too. I count to 10, repeat, etc. Or I'll count my breaths in and out.

    And when my kids were watching Nemo a lot. I would say "just keep swimming, just keep swimming"....lol! Seriously, it helped.
  • ladytinkerbell99
    ladytinkerbell99 Posts: 970 Member
    bump for inspirations - thanks. Great ideas. :flowerforyou:
  • eaddyphd
    eaddyphd Posts: 6
    good stuff.....

    "all I need is within me now"
  • seaKind
    seaKind Posts: 136
    these are great! I love praying the Rosary on slow days, and just "Hail Mary's" are great for higher intensity!
  • hjoyk
    hjoyk Posts: 6 Member
    Every single time I have seen someone out running in the last few years, I have just had this longing to BE a runner. So with some encouragement, I just faced my fears and got out there and started being one! ;) Now whenever I am getting discouraged, I say over and over, ``I am actually going to BE a runner!`` It just fills me with joy and accomplishment!
  • cindyj7
    cindyj7 Posts: 339 Member
    I love these! Thanks everyone!

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