5 miles per day. Any motivation tips out there?

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  • l3cupcake
    l3cupcake Posts: 11
    I'd been hearing that running in the morning is easier to make a habit than in the afternoon. That's what I've been trying for, and it's worked pretty well so far. Thanks for the laying out the running cloths idea; I've used it. It works.
  • l3cupcake
    l3cupcake Posts: 11
    There are games online that you can play to help you be motivated. No, seriously. They give you missions where you have to 'outrun' an enemy, pick up supplies then bring them to town to decide who gets them etc. They use real world miles that you track when you run, you can still make your own soundtrack etc. A friend of mine is into zombies so he does this one, though I imagine there are others. .

    https://www.zombiesrungame.com/

    Also, I can't remember the name of the site, but there is one that tracks your miles and donates to a charity of your choice based on how fast/far you run.

    Mind games for yourself, tell yourself you just have to do that first 1/2 mile, after that you can turn around and go home if you want - usually by the time that 1st 1/2 is up you'll want to keep going.

    Dear god this is brilliant
  • l3cupcake
    l3cupcake Posts: 11
    It sounds like you're going to burn yourself out fast. Stop trying to lose more than 2 pounds a week.

    The distance isn't actually an issue. I had 5 miles as a habit for about three months. I lost 35 pounds, then upped my distance to 8 per day...then I burned out.
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    Most training programs follow and easy, hard pattern. Doing the same run every day isn't the way to go about it. Alternate. Do 5 one day, then 9 the next, then maybe 6, then 8. etc.
  • laurasuzanne2006
    laurasuzanne2006 Posts: 103 Member
    Most training programs follow and easy, hard pattern. Doing the same run every day isn't the way to go about it. Alternate. Do 5 one day, then 9 the next, then maybe 6, then 8. etc.
    This.
    You may not see as much of a result as you think from running 5 miles for 6 days. you will get better results with speedwork, hills, and variation.

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