Running watches and where has my motivation gone!

[srw]

A toy won't get you out and active. You need a goal, or an alternative motivation.

There's a very good book - The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel - which covers this sort of thing extremely well. He gives very good practical advice on how to get over various different kinds of lack of motivation for all sorts of situation.

 

[Dusty Bin]

A toy won't get you out and active. You need a goal, or an alternative motivation.

There's a very good book - The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel - which covers this sort of thing extremely well. He gives very good practical advice on how to get over various different kinds of lack of motivation for all sorts of situation.

Not being funny, but staying in a reading a book is probably not compatible with getting 'out and active'...

 

[Rob3rt]

Not being funny, but staying in a reading a book is probably not compatible with getting 'out and active'...

That is a classic one, I want to do something, I will research how to do it etc..... hours spent reading, never actually get round to doing it!

Yeah... I do it all the time!

 

[Dusty Bin]

I've often thought about buying that 'procrastination' book - but I usually end up doing something else instead..

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I read a cycling forum or two, oh.....

 

[Plax]

A toy won't get you out and active. You need a goal, or an alternative motivation.

There's a very good book - The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel - which covers this sort of thing extremely well. He gives very good practical advice on how to get over various different kinds of lack of motivation for all sorts of situation.

Not being funny, but staying in a reading a book is probably not compatible with getting 'out and active'...

That is a classic one, I want to do something, I will research how to do it etc..... hours spent reading, never actually get round to doing it!

Yeah... I do it all the time!

Well I've just bought a copy on eBay for £2.99. It looks interesting so I might actually read it. Failing that it will look good alongside my copies of "The Success System that Never Fails", "Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude" and "Extraordinary Solutions to Everyday Problems".

 

[srw]

Unlike the others it's written by a scientist and describes his own research with specific examples.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Plax, I've been in exactly this situation. For whatever reason, I don't use a bike any more and found that I was getitng steadily more and more unfit. I started running mostly to encourage my brother (who was even less fit than me) and have now got really into it. The reason I like it is that I can go for a run if I've got an hour spare: cycling always seemed to take up the best part of half a day, and I'd certainly never get around to going in the week.
Ignore those who say that the toys won't get you out of the door ... they do! I go out running to gather data and try and beat my records as much as just for the fun of running. I bought myself a Garmin Forerunner 10, having read about issues with the waterproofing of the Forerunner 110, and so far as I can tell, the FR10 is the better tool. Dead simple to use and very robust. I was so impressed that I bought my fiancee one as well. Well, actually I was more annoyed that she kept pinching mine.
Good luck with it. I'm so hooked that I've started doing 10K races, and am training for my first half marathon in nearly 30 years. I'm even planning to run a 10k for my stag do, probably wearing a wedding dress if my best man's got anything to do with it!
If you do get a Garmin, you can send me a friend request on Garmin Connect if you like, I'm Rhythm Thief on there too and can be found at http://connect.garmin.com/profile/RhythmThief . I'm only connected to my brother and my fiancee on there, but I find it really encouraging to get comments on my running.

 

[Born2die]

I can be a lazy git and find it easy to skip the gym but I do 4 or more classes a week and the people there have become good friends who if I disappear are liable to heckle me via text and fb or turn up and haul my ass down the gym

 

[Crackle]

Plax, I've been in exactly this situation. For whatever reason, I don't use a bike any more and found that I was getitng steadily more and more unfit. I started running mostly to encourage my brother (who was even less fit than me) and have now got really into it. The reason I like it is that I can go for a run if I've got an hour spare: cycling always seemed to take up the best part of half a day, and I'd certainly never get around to going in the week.
Ignore those who say that the toys won't get you out of the door ... they do! I go out running to gather data and try and beat my records as much as just for the fun of running. I bought myself a Garmin Forerunner 10, having read about issues with the waterproofing of the Forerunner 110, and so far as I can tell, the FR10 is the better tool. Dead simple to use and very robust. I was so impressed that I bought my fiancee one as well. Well, actually I was more annoyed that she kept pinching mine.
Good luck with it. I'm so hooked that I've started doing 10K races, and am training for my first half marathon in nearly 30 years. I'm even planning to run a 10k for my stag do, probably wearing a wedding dress if my best man's got anything to do with it!
If you do get a Garmin, you can send me a friend request on Garmin Connect if you like, I'm Rhythm Thief on there too and can be found at http://connect.garmin.com/profile/RhythmThief . I'm only connected to my brother and my fiancee on there, but I find it really encouraging to get comments on my running.

Oh, you haven't found Strava yet have you

 

[Tommy2]

I've started doing 10K races, and am training for my first half marathon in nearly 30 years.

You should do well then if you've got nearly 30 years to train for it

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Oh, you haven't found Strava yet have you

Not heard of it before. Looks a bit too competitive for me, to be honest.

 

[uclown2002]

Not heard of it before. Looks a bit too competitive for me, to be honest.

It doesn't have to be.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

You should do well then if you've got nearly 30 years to train for it

Not necessarily ... in 30 years I'll be 72.

 

[Plax]

I'm on Garmin Connect, I upload my Garmin 705 rides there. Hadn't really thought of it as a social thing, but I'm Plaxinator on it. I'll try and remember to find you on it next time I'm on unless you find me first!
Talking of Garmins. We went for a run after work today and I took my 705. I think it was having a funny half hour as there was erratic lines shooting off in places and in one section I was swimming in the lake. I'll take it on the next run to see how it fares and if I get the same thing then I'll resign the 705 to just cycling. I've never had anything like that on the bike.
I've seen the FR10, it's cheaper than the 110 and doesn't seem that much different, poorer battery life and number of activities it can store is less and that's it I think. So might just get a FR10!