I got caught in that rut too. Was going to the gym 3-4 times a week with the wife. Gym closes and I’m back to the “go to work, come home, drink a beer, eat dinner, watch TV, go to bed” pattern. I feel a million times better waking up early and pounding out my workout. I’m planning on doing a half marathon this summer, probably an unofficial one. Just remember, it’s 80% mental and 20% physical. It’s go time!
I ran cross-country and track in middle school and high school, continued track into junior year of college (D3, nothing special) and ran the baltimore marathon 12 or 13 years ago (a bet, undertrsined, finished... barely) so I have some idea what I'm getting in to but it's been a while, we shall see how quickly I bounce back. If you've run 10 miles before a half will be no problem, running is something that your body gets back into pretty easily (but I'm guessing you knew that already). Want to set a start date/date range for the unofficial saddlehunter off-season inaugural half marathon? I'm in to do it the same day/week, honor system make your own course. Prizes will be the same as the entry fee- nothing!
If you’re game to do it, then I am too. This might be pretty far out but the weekend of June 20th would be my tentative race day. I haven’t run 10 miles since the summer of 05/06 so hopefully I’m not getting in over my head. Pencil me in haha!
Momentum is huge in working out. Just keep up the good work and get into a rhythm. It gets to a point where you find it weird not to work out.
They have a really nice collection of workouts. I will say this though, the shakeology stuff and the “coaches” are ANNOYING! Always trying to sell you crap you don’t need. I just do the workouts, my wife cooks pretty healthy, and I make my own shake. They have enough of my money lol.
100% agree. We dont buy any of the products.
Same here the workout videos/programs have always turned me off because of the sales pitches or the "peppiness" of the leaders. I found that just writing down the exercises as a set and then following that on my own was more my style back in the day, clearing off the old junky treadmill so I can run at home when I've got my kids here and can't leave the house is today's anti-excuses project. Over the last few years it turned from a clothes hanger to a place where long term storage (like Christmas decorations) got stacked on top of it. Can't use it if it's buried...
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