Back to it - how do you motivate yourself to train!!

Well, Ive been out of action now for nearly 2 1/2 weeks, having missed 10 training runs from the schedule that has been set for me by the micoach app - your training friend and shouting maching that appears to take great pleasure in telling you you are going far to slow and need to speed up!!! Bugs and just feeling really off colour have resulted in not running, but tonight is the night.....................hopefully!!!!

After a break like that, its really hard to get motivated to go for a run, and although its only 20 minutes (yes you heard me - whilst Tom, Laura and Dave try to beat each other with what for me would be impossible runs at this stage) Im just happy to still be standing after 20 or 30 minutes. To be fair, hearing how everyone is doing is really motivational, but sat here on the sofa at the moment, with work to do, and Man Utd vs Chelsea\ on TV (unfortunately not the mighty Wolves!), it was always going to take a lot to get me moving!

Receiving the NRAS newsletter for Spring, and seeing the articles about what we are getting up to has also helped, and whenever I feel like I really can not be bothered, its things like that, and thinking about how hard it must be for Simone (the unfortunate other half) to get up each day with the aching and stiffness of the arthritis, knowing she has to try and go and work, that makes me think - its only 20 minutes, and hopefully its going to result in lots of money and good things for a charity that have done so much (I try and block out the thought of the pain, the inability to breath, and the general thoughts of what people may think (and mock) as a 17 stone man tries to jog at the same pace as the elderly walk!!)

So - this is it - think its nearly time to get going!! One last thing for today - thanks to everyone that has read this blog - over 200 views from all round the world (may not sound like much - but every view gets people to learn a bit more about the NRAS!)

Wish me luck............................(and inform the emergency services just in case!)

ps - 180 days time - it will all be over! 26.2 miles complete - or the alternative......injury!