When I am done with my runs I feel like crap. I hear about this runners high and how you just hit this place where you feel amazing and you cry tears of joy. {Ummmm yeah, that has not happened to me so I am still counting it as a myth.} I mean high fives to all those who love running but it ain't for me.
I am signed up for a color run on April 26th and I am still going to honor that commitment but I am not going to kill myself trying to finish it. I am going to have fun with my friends and run (code for jog) when I can and walk the rest of the way.
During my contemplation of running, I also figured out that weight lifting is for me. I get in there and get 'er done and finish feeling ready to kick ass and take names. I mean I am exhausted at the end but it empowers me. So from this point on I am going to focus on weight training with a little cardio sprinkled in the mix.
What types of workouts empower you?
I have tried running and it works a bit, but I hate it too. I keep it up because I have friends in the running group, and that makes it easier. But weights, WOW, that is where it is at!! I agree wholeheartedly with you. Such a rush when you can lift more than you did the day before, and the feeling the next day when all your muscles are sore, YUP, LUV IT!!!
ReplyDeleteI have ALWAYS hated running. Then for a while I started to like it. While my brother was deployed I used him as motivation. I wanted to be able to run at least half as far as he did when he returned. Well then I got shin splints & stress fractures & my doctor also informed me with my degenerative back issues I was doing more harm to myself than good. So, to heck with running I said. While sometimes I still get the urge to run at the gym, I enjoy weights much more as well. I feel like I really accomplished something when I am done & I am much stronger than I thought. Weight lifting actually helps more with weight loss than running too! So have fun & not feel like you are suffocating from pushing yourself running... WIN!
ReplyDeleteI am a runner, but I completely get where you are coming from. I'd love to get better at weight training! Ha, pretty much I just need to get the motivation to get off my bit a little more often!
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