But I have come up with an idea to try to re-ignite my enthusiasm for this running challenge. I think it's a good idea, and I have even given it an exciting and totally unpronounceable name.
10ktober!
I am going to add a new challenge to my existing one. For the month of October I am going to attempt to run 10k every day. 10ktober! This is going to be tough and it is separate from the overall challenge of running every day for 365 days. It is a challenge within a challenge. A play within a film.
I am totally scunnered with running at the moment and I am trapped in a vicious circle of apathy. I can't be bothered running so I run the minimum 3km. After running the minimum I am demotivated and fed up, feeling like "what was the point in that?". I came up with this idea of 10ktober when running Arthur's Seat this morning. Arthur's Seat is about a 10k circuit from my front door and it's the 1st October. The rest of the idea made itself! On my way down from the top of Arthur's Seat I came up with a name for my new challenge and that was that. However, 8.5km into my run when running up the steep Calton Terrace Brae (so called because it's a hill up to Calton Terrace) I did temporarily doubt the wisdom of this new idea!
This is going to be tough so I have decided the rules don't require a continuous 10k run so long as I run 10k every day. So the minimum 3km is still required, but for 10ktober I could run 3km, then 7km later on the same day. Or 10km all at once. Whatever.
It's a big ask to run 10km every day but I think this is the new incentive that I need. I am looking forward to it!
