I found a 6.5km race in Paris in October, it looks very low key and doable. Just not sure if I'm trying to talk myself into or out of signing up lol
What made you sign up for a race?
I mean I am happy just running, but I know that I am very goal oriented and at some point I am going to run out of distance and will need to orient my training around something or I will just run out of motivation.
Any help or ideas? I am not fixed on the idea of a race. In fact, I really am not competitive, but I have found my motivation slipping and it's a mental challenge to keep it up. Do you think signing up for a race will "remotivate"?
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Yes, it will definitely motivate. It puts a date in the diary and that gives you something to work to. Plus, you know you can handle the distance “easily”, so you can just enjoy it.
If you can run a 5K, I am sure you can run a 6K, just run it slowly, it will take you around 45/50 minutes at a reasonable pace for that 6.5k race in Paris come October, go for it, plenty of time for you to prepare for it. 😊 🏃
I have done 10k on the treadmill, but outside is still a scary place lol. But the grass seed pollen is down to "moderate" so it might be worth trying to get out more
I think you should go for it too. I've never been competitive either (and until very recently have never seen a challenge through (except kids and marriage) ) but with running I'm excited to see what I can do. I think if you're already feeling like you're losing some motivation then entering will give you more drive.
Oh yes BIT, I’m certain it’ll remotivate you! It’ll give you something to look forward to and work towards. I like to have a race entered, even if it’s months ahead. It keeps me focused. So far I’ve run 2 (even though Race for Life wasn’t a race as such), and I have 2 coming up. It’s a wonderful way to keep from getting stale - so go ahead and enter! Plus you get bling! 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅
Just do it.. do it for you...not because you have to but because you want to...It will focus you and it will shake your running up a bit...I did my HM, just to see if I could...for me... and although the training was so different, I enjoyed the whole thing. !
It might have been me or perhaps Hidden I entered the inaugural Bergerac 10k back in May, then had to sort out a certificate (at a cost of £65 because my UK GP wouldn’t give me one and I don’t have a french doctor!) only for the race to be cancelled the evening before due to incompetence at the Mairie! I haven’t found another race yet locally to be able to make use of it. It is valid for 12 months though
oh my goodness - my doctor listens to your heart, does all the normal health check stuff and gives you your certificate although I did have a heart ultrasound 2 years ago, which gave me a clean bill of health
We are thinking of another trip at the end of October to sort the house out for winter but 20 October is the same day as the Great South, so that wouldn’t work for me. This is the one I saw la-parisienne.net/choisis-i...
It does, doesn’t it?! We go back to the UK the week before unfortunately 😢
DO IT! You sound like me, I enjoy running, but I need something to aim for, I'm looking for a race now to keep me motivated, there's nothing wrong with that. I don't see races as being competitive, it's just an event that you want to do well at. Where people support you and appreciate what you're doing!
I will NEVER run a marathon.. NEVER.. unless I get into the London Marathon. I don't even want to do it, but If I get accepted, it's my time to run a marathon.. Once.
I did look at Berlin and Paris.. I'd really like to do it, but London would just be so much easier for me, family and friends.. and I'm not running a marathon twice. 😫😂
I love how this conversation has changed from whether you should sign up for a 6.5km run.. to whether I should sign up for a MARATHON in Paris... How did that happen!? 😂
I signed up for the J. P. Morgan challenge when I started C25K. It was a scary decision, but I knew that having a target and telling people my plan would be huge motivator. It worked.
I only entered a 5km race to help make sure that I actually stuck to the C25K programme and didn't give up. It was a couple of weeks after graduation and it did keep me focused! It was such a nice feeling to actually finish (and faster than I had expected too!) and it is LOVELY to receive a medal 🥉 for finishing. Silly but I am so proud of it. I think you should go for it, why not? ☺
If you are goal motivated backintime i am sure that signing up for this race will work...it will give you something to work towards and that distance is def doable for you...sign up NOW!!
I guess it's an individual thing. Personally i find races really motivating and i seem to have discovereed a competitive streak that lay dormant for 57 years 😂 (it's only me I'm competing with, but the race attmosphere makes it possible). You'll never know if it works for you unless you try one - and this race sounds like a great place to start.
It sounds perfect! A very doable distance & time frame plus it's in Paris!😃❤️ Watch out for the cobblestones though - my friend did the Paris marathon earlier this year and found them tricky to negotiate. You'll love it!
Whether it’s a run or a race or a race with just yourself is what you make of it. I’m signed up for a hilly 6 km in France in September. That’s why I started C25K in the first place. I’ve run the course four times already, but as with parkrun it’s best to do your own thing in my view. Go on!
not really, I am about 1-2 hours outside of Paris (depending on where in Paris), there really isn't much around. There is one local-ish race that I know of but that's only once a year. The 2 nearest parkruns are 3 train/tube rides away - the downside of living in the very outer suburbs/small villages - the upside, of course, is being able to afford to live here lol
I signed up for one my son messaged to me BEFORE I put my contacts in. Then I nearly had a heart attack when I actually saw what it said. But, I think it will be ok. I don’t think there is mud involved...
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