Bored with your trail running route? The solution may be simpler than you think …
Posted June 4th, 2007 at 2:37 PM by Bart Moylan
Section: Running & Training, Motivation, Cross Training, Health & Fitness, Exercise
So you’ve just blown through one of your regular trail routes and you are feeling like it’s become too routine, as if you’ve just done your regular 3-mile loop in your neighborhood. As you think to yourself how mundane that loop was the thought hits you in the side of head like a wild right hook from Chuck Liddell, the trails I’m running have become just like the pavement, uninspiring and ridiculously repetitive!
One of the reasons you left the pavement for the woods was the different surroundings but somehow that does not seem to be the case. Lost is that sense of adventure, excitement or what lurks up ahead. Logic would dictate that you should change trails, routes, hills or mountains. However, what if that’s not possible, or you have already tried that, but can’t shake the monotony?
Well, you should start by considering your attitude towards your training runs and workouts, as well as how your routine generally unfolds…
Read the rest at our partner site: TrailFit.com
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The Final Sprint
Sometimes you just need to slow down and enjoy the day, the beauty of a single flower, the views. Thanks for the reminder.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:42 am