Marathon Boredom Fighting Tips?

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bananabelle92
bananabelle92 Posts: 8
in Fitness and Exercise
HI! I'm running my 2nd marathon tomorrow and am looking for any ideas or advice to prevent boredom. What do you think about when you run such a long distance? Any mind games you play?

Thanks!

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  • moxiept
    moxiept Posts: 200 Member
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    You should probably post this in the long distance runners group section too. Lots of runners there that may have some good tips for you as well. :wink:
  • Carrieendar
    Carrieendar Posts: 493 Member
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    I've recently gotten away from needing this, but I use to use Audible.com a lot with long runs-- you can get quite a bit of an audio book listened to on a long run!
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    Skip it, stay home and play Call of Duty instead. That cures my running boredom every single time
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.

    Weren't you the one that splashed Gatorade in my face?



    Corral C is where it's at. Corral B they run too fast to talk and corral D they all wear tutus and talk too much
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.

    Weren't you the one that splashed Gatorade in my face?



    Corral C is where it's at. Corral B they run too fast to talk and corral D they all wear tutus and talk too much

    D@mn I'm always in Corral B... You mean that I need to slow down if I want the hot guys to hit on me ?!? Mmmm Scratch that... The hot guys are the ones faster than me. I don't want some Corral C dudes hitting on me after all!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.

    Weren't you the one that splashed Gatorade in my face?



    Corral C is where it's at. Corral B they run too fast to talk and corral D they all wear tutus and talk too much

    I was playing hard to get.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.

    Weren't you the one that splashed Gatorade in my face?



    Corral C is where it's at. Corral B they run too fast to talk and corral D they all wear tutus and talk too much

    D@mn I'm always in Corral B... You mean that I need to slow down if I want the hot guys to hit on me ?!? Mmmm Scratch that... The hot guys are the ones faster than me. I don't want some Corral C dudes hitting on me after all!

    Or a guy that wears the marathon's shirt on race day. Never trust them.
  • dschassie
    dschassie Posts: 192 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.

    Weren't you the one that splashed Gatorade in my face?



    Corral C is where it's at. Corral B they run too fast to talk and corral D they all wear tutus and talk too much

    D@mn I'm always in Corral B... You mean that I need to slow down if I want the hot guys to hit on me ?!? Mmmm Scratch that... The hot guys are the ones faster than me. I don't want some Corral C dudes hitting on me after all!

    Or a guy that wears the marathon's shirt on race day. Never trust them.

    Bahaha, this totally made me crack up. I am adding this to my "runner's talk":
    - Corral C is where it's at. Corral B runs too fast to talk and Corral C wears tutus and talks too much
    - Never trust a guy who wears the marathon's shirt on race day
    - You don't want a Corral C dude hitting on you...
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    I play "awkward pickup lines to the cute girls." It worked once actually.

    Strike when they are weak. Solid plan.







    You never did call me though.

    Weren't you the one that splashed Gatorade in my face?



    Corral C is where it's at. Corral B they run too fast to talk and corral D they all wear tutus and talk too much

    D@mn I'm always in Corral B... You mean that I need to slow down if I want the hot guys to hit on me ?!? Mmmm Scratch that... The hot guys are the ones faster than me. I don't want some Corral C dudes hitting on me after all!

    Or a guy that wears the marathon's shirt on race day. Never trust them.

    Bahaha, this totally made me crack up. I am adding this to my "runner's talk":
    - Corral C is where it's at. Corral B runs too fast to talk and Corral C wears tutus and talks too much
    - Never trust a guy who wears the marathon's shirt on race day
    - You don't want a Corral C dude hitting on you...

    She meant to say that a corral A/B guy running in C is ok :)

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