When running...what do you think about?

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Cassandram333
Cassandram333 Posts: 36 Member
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I was running on the treadmill and to keep me going I was thinking about the number on the scales at the end of the week and what I would look like when I lose the weight.

But it crossed my mind...I wonder what everyone else thinks about to keep them running through the pain?

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  • Stephanie_Autry
    Stephanie_Autry Posts: 228 Member
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    I like to blast my music loud and sort of dance & sing while I'm running. If I don't do that, then I think about how great I will feel after I'm done running or working out. Just thinking about it will all be over soon- and I pretend I'm going to get off in 1 minute but I stay each time and keep going. I try to trick my mind into thinking that I'm not going to run as long as I really am.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
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    I just kind of zone out.. because I take the same paths over and over, that I just kind of zone and let my mind wander.

    I think about my music, what I'm doing later that day, what I'm going to eat, etc.. pretty much anything but my run!
  • Ohwhynot
    Ohwhynot Posts: 356 Member
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    Lol I pretend I'm a viking running into battle. I hate hate hate hate hate running but it works.
  • Cassandram333
    Cassandram333 Posts: 36 Member
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    Both great things! I don't want to think about the scales because I'm worried I'll start thinkinhim burning more than I am!

    Love the idea of thinking about what's going on around you vs the actual itself. Sounds kinda relaxing actually lol
  • Cassandram333
    Cassandram333 Posts: 36 Member
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    Lol I pretend I'm a viking running into battle. I hate hate hate hate hate running but it works.

    LOL!
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
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    I think about how I might feel like I'm about to die now but that at the end I'm going to feel great knowing I finished lol I also think about whatever song is on sometimes I sing it in my head or I'll think about what I'm going to wear later that day. This morning I thought why did I sign up for that 5K again? (kinda in a panic lol)
  • muddyventures
    muddyventures Posts: 360 Member
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    I've been thinking about where to place my feet, I pull slightly in and knick the inside of my 'ankle,bottom of tibia I think) area and have been working hard to not do that... it has been very hard for me. I actually wear the edge of my shoe near the bottom of the tibia).
  • ennysmith
    ennysmith Posts: 26
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    When I am running,I listen the music and count the rounds that I have taken.
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
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    My music.
  • aylawill
    aylawill Posts: 65
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    I used to run on a really creepy trail around town, so I thought about Criminal Minds a lot! Haha!
    Seriously, though, I kind of zone out and listen to my music, or just think about pretty much anything. What I need to do later, clothers, work, my goals, the future, Pinterest!
  • auntjenny74
    auntjenny74 Posts: 72 Member
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    Is the dog stopping to poop or is she just sniffing something?
    Is she stopping to poop now?
    Poop or sniff?
    Please don't let her see that bunny across the road.

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