Runner lost my mojo

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MyGhastIsFlabbered · 27/03/2026 15:51

I used to love running, I was never fast but it gave me such a buzz. I did a very slow marathon last year and since then I’ve just lost my love for it. I’ve started caring too much about how fast everyone else is and now haven’t run for months. I was supposed to be doing the same marathon next month but haven’t trained for it so there’s no way that can happen.

I hate the thought of never running again but at the moment equally I hate the thought of running and it actually gives me anxiety.

Any tips to get my mojo back or should I just leave it and see if it comes back on its own?

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jasflowers · 27/03/2026 15:59

Longer you leave it, the harder it will be to come back to running but also, if you hate the idea, it will be difficult but that running love wont appear on its own, you have to make the effort.

A Marathon is daunting, as is the training, why don't you do some Park Runs? join a club?

Tips? enter an event months away, say a 10k or a 1/2, buy some nice kit, shoes etc
Have this as your target... and set goals, realistic ones, say 5k in under xx mins, a long run, do some off road running, run a forest trail, a coastal path... do some x training.

Just re read, if you re getting anxious, try some long walks and have a think about how running used to make you feel and why?

kangaroomouse · 27/03/2026 15:58

Do you have strava?

if so get off it 😅

I would think about your ‘why’. Go for a mile in the woods and see how you feel.

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