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Thinking I need a new challenge/focus [read; addiction].
Any advice appreciated. I'm adept at 5km in the gym & outdoor. Fitness levels are good. Never done an outdoor 10km or greater.
One blocker I have is mental, when I'm outdoors, there some kind of block where I lose interest in a run after 5km. I think a solid planned route would help with that, perhaps.
On the treadmill I feel I can go for a fair amount of time and I think a large part of that is that I'm essentially very lazy, when I run on a treadmill, I know I'll be exactly where I started no matter when I decide to finish. But if I'm out on a run, I know I can't just quit i.e. I'll still have to get back to my starting point. Which fills me with apathy.
Maybe a charity run for Dnipro or something might help me pull the finger out.
Thinking out loud for a change...
Any advice appreciated. I'm adept at 5km in the gym & outdoor. Fitness levels are good. Never done an outdoor 10km or greater.
One blocker I have is mental, when I'm outdoors, there some kind of block where I lose interest in a run after 5km. I think a solid planned route would help with that, perhaps.
On the treadmill I feel I can go for a fair amount of time and I think a large part of that is that I'm essentially very lazy, when I run on a treadmill, I know I'll be exactly where I started no matter when I decide to finish. But if I'm out on a run, I know I can't just quit i.e. I'll still have to get back to my starting point. Which fills me with apathy.
Maybe a charity run for Dnipro or something might help me pull the finger out.
Thinking out loud for a change...