It is helpful to set goals for motivation when running. But it is just as important to be realistic about your own performance. If you are constantly overwhelmed, you lose the fun.
Episode 30
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When I started walking for the first time after a long break, I had decided to run ten kilometers along the Elbe. Once from Hamburg Altona to Teufelsbrück – that was my plan. I had ridden this route many times before, the view was great. Very early in school, I was a great runner and won numerous competitions. What should go wrong?
Everything, as I quickly discovered. I ran at full speed. It used to work too, why shouldn’t it work now? After a kilometer I was standing in the middle of the sidewalk. The lungs burned, and so did the muscles. I was completely gone, not even in sight of the Elbe. I scolded loudly: “Then it’s over now with running.”
Realistic goals help with running
How did I fail back then? Of my ambition, an unrealistic goal and the memory of old times. A bad mix when you start running again. It didn’t stop with the outburst of anger – I’m an enthusiastic runner today. How to get off to a successful start in running life and why realistic goals are so important is what the new episode of the podcast “She runs. He runs” is about. We talk about how to get started and what you have to do to run a half marathon successfully, for example. Have a listen!
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