On the surface of it, Melbourne Marathon looked like another good result. 3 hours and 15 mins, cheeky little sprint finish in the MCG, sun was shining, had a beer afterwards, all is well, right?
Well, not quite...
One of the key things that I try to instil into the runners that I coach, is to "finish strong.” I can already hear a few groans from those runners reading this…
To show you what I mean, take a second to think about the different feelings in these two scenarios…
Whether you're stuck in a rut with your running at parkrun or anywhere else, there are ways to break through it. I chatted to Baroness of Melbourne, Danielle about what to do when this awful ‘rut' strikes.
Head over to the awesome Baroness of Melbourne blog to check out this guest post.
It’s probably not a very politically correct thing to say, but yes sometimes you can fall out of love with parkrun. Having done over 100 parkruns, I can very safely say that the vast majority have been hugely enjoyable experiences and I would not trade my Saturday morning jaunt around the lake for much else. I have dressed up, ran with no shoes, come first, come last, plateaued, PB’ed, paced people, raced people and most things between! However, like many parkrunners, there have been times when my motivation has dipped and you sometimes just fall out of love with it for a while. Now, I am not a doctor but I am going to diagnose this as 'hitting a parkrun rut.'
So when this awful ‘rut' strikes, what can you do?!?
Don’t panic, here’s my three tips to get yourself out of a parkrun rut.
