how long did it take before you liked to go running...
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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!!!0 -
hasn't happened yet.
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When I started running outside instead on on a treadmill. It does not feel like exercise to me when I am outside0
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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!0
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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:0
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I started liking it when I began to treat it as a sport and learned how to train for improvement.0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
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?0 -
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!0 -
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.0 -
"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:0
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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.0
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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.0
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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.0
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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.0 -
I usually start liking it after the first mile and a half. Before that, though, every single time I go, it's effing torture.0
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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!0
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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.0
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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!0
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