Yo run gang,
Actual Reader Question: "I'm feeling burned out by the daily running grind, any suggestions?"
My witty response: NO WAY! How can anyone burn out on running? Time to shake things up!
Plan tomorrow's run for the lunch hour or the evening if you normally run in the morning.
Run in the woods if you normally run on the road. Better yet, go run a trail or road late at night with a headlamp!
Start and finish your run at a lake and dive in ... preferably naked! Yikes!
Try some GU, new shoes, new route, new run partner or run with a group... Like at one of the weekly runs from the Running Fit stores! (Running Fit Group Runs)
Put a beer out a mile from home, knowing you get a beer for the cool down mile may fire you up!
Run a race. Don't even make plans, don't train, just find one on line (runmichigan.com) and go!
Get someone to drop you off a long way from home with no way to get back but to run!
Drive to a spot some evening then run home. In the morning, run back and get your car.
Got the idea?
I'm off to run the Bayshore Half in TC this weekend and the Virginia Wine Country half next weekend, join half2run.com and join the challenge!
Run wild,
Randy Step, an admitted, lifelong obsessed runner with no burnout in sight!
PS. A great cause: The Scleroderma 5 K Run 2 Mile Walk
Sunday June 26, 8:00 AM - Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak, MI
Join us at the World-Class Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak. The cool thing: your entrance fee for the 5K race and 2 mile walk includes an ALL DAY admission pass into the Detroit Zoo (a value of $11for adults, $9 for seniors and $7 for children) All of the proceeds will benefit the Scleroderma Foundation. The 5K run winds through beautiful Hunting Woods neighborhoods with the finish line in the Detroit Zoo. The 2 mile walk is through the Zoo.
More Info & Registration: http://www.scleroderma.org/chapter/michigan/2011walks.shtm
PS. Volunteers Needed for Flirt With Dirt!
Saturday June 11 - Novi, MI
Come join us in Novi, the land of malls and mansions....Can you believe they have 6 miles of gnarly single-track dirt trails? That's where you'll find the cool people on June 11 ... Not down the street at 12 Oaks Mall!
Click here for more info & to fill our our online volunteer form or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
On top of all the "thanks" and "you rock" you will get throughout the day, you also get an awesome volunteer shirt, a $30 coupon toward any Running Fit event, including race shirt, and a great feeling for giving back to your sport!
