Need advice on running. Beginner runner here. Mental block interfering with progress.?

[ilovepurritos]

I'm having issues. I've just started running again and I'm training for a half-marathon. It is going ok, my cardiac stamina is getting better and my legs still hurt but it's a good kind of pain. However, I keep getting in my own way. I am scared that I can't run farther and push myself but I don't want to stop. So I go to the gym and half way through the run I convince myself that I've had enough for the day but when I stop and get back to the car, I don't feel like I did my best. I don't have that runner's high or satisfying ache in my legs from pushing myself. And it just keeps repeating. I don't know how to break the cycle. Any tips for moving past my current mental blocks.

[halafax]

So thinking so hard about the running and just let yourself go as you run. I tend to do what virginguru does. I zone out and just go. If you worry too much about the run its going to get to you. Dont worry about how far you are running just get on the treadmill and run. Let your stress and anxieties go and it will be easier. If you are blocking yourself it might mean you are having self doubt as to whether or not you can do the half marathon. Remember what yoda said: there is no try, only do. And the old nike commercial: Just do it.

[nickstaa]

You need to push yourself more and when you feel like giving up just remember that you always regret it.

if you aren't able to push yourself more get a personal trainer or train with someone who is fitter than you.

A personal trainer will definitely work.

[KaylaBabe2016]

Do a cool down that's what us runners have to do after long distance after you run long and hard you lightly jog for about 5-7 minutes. It's not at all that you aren't pushing yourself.

[virginguru]

well I use meditation; also known as zoning out or spacing out, I focus my attention on something else to completely forget about cramping muscles during running or working out.

[mario1321]

You have too walk before you run

[icantwait]

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