This is not intended to be a “running blog”, but it is intended to be a blog about how I am trying to hack my own running motivation.
I am a pretty big guy (almost 300 at times) and while I enjoy running, it is not because I am good at it. This is why I built my own running motivation software. I am not only the site designer (of course my family helps) but, I am also the demo account. So it is fairly easy to see how I am doing, from week to week.
Last time, I talked about how motivating it was for me to have cool shoes. Now, when I say running motivation, I only mean something that could motivate me to run more than one time. Watching an awesome video, for instance, might get me out the door once, but I need to have consistent motivation. Something that will get me out of the house every week, or at least contribute to getting me out of the house on a weekly basis.
So I was thinking of repairing my running shoes, and I decided to try sugru. The problem is that I should have let the sugru dry while it was on my foot. As it is, the sugru contracted and now I have these really uncomfortable plastic sticking into my toes.
Oh well. Better luck next time.
Now how has this impacted my motivation. Well Run Or Else is still working for me, I have made my distance each week since I have ruined my vibrams, but I am often walking rather than running. Of course I am still nursing a calf injury, but mostly it is because I do not want to put on my old heavy running shoes.
So at least for me, having cool running shoes really does seem to impact my running motivation.
-FT
Have you read “born to run”. I only allow myself to listen to the e-book while I’m running, so I have something to look forward to while torturing myself :).