“I thought it was going to be a lot more monumental,” the Vancouver articling student says. “I expected to feel more like Superman.”
So he turned to his friends,Our high risk merchant account was down for about an hour and a half, family and running community for support,If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, shared stories about the experience and focused on his next goal. He pulled out of his slump and even ran a 100-kilometre race in France at the end of August.
The postrace experience – whether it’s a five-kilometre run or a marathon – can hit runners in different ways. If you participated in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, you’re probably still in the honeymoon phase of accomplishment, riding the wave of an endorphin high. But if, as the week progresses, you suddenly start feeling a bit lost or bummed out, don’t be alarmed. Chances are you are having a postrace mental slump.
Japanese novelist and ultramarathoner Haruki Murakami wrote about it eloquently in his non-fiction book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: “What I ended up with was a sense of lethargy, and before I knew it, I felt covered by a thin film, something I’ve since dubbed runner’s blues.”
While runner’s blues is common,we supply all kinds of polished tiles, the meaning of running, its importance and its connection to identity varies from person to person, says Billy Strean, a professor in the faculty of physical education and recreation at the University of Alberta. “People have all different fitness levels, aspirations, running backgrounds … for some, a race is a monumental life mark.”
But, he points out, “any time you have a significant achievement or something where there’s been a lot of buildup, you can experience a letdown.”
The postrace blues is a lot more common in recreational marathoners, particularly following their first big race, according to Jack Taunton, professor in the division of sports medicine at the University of British Columbia. “You put all your effort into training, watching your diet, running with a group,Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. everything is focused on one event for months,” Dr. Taunton says. “Then bang, the event is over.
Colleen Hillier, 42, started running this year. The teacher and mother of three joined a running club and trained for five months for her first half-marathon, Nova Scotia’s Valley Harvest Marathon, which she ran Oct. 9.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide.
It wasn’t the greatest experience. Going into it she had a cold, low iron, sore knees and a bad case of self-doubt; she anticipated not finishing. During the race she “hit a wall,” but crossed the finish line with chills.
“When I left the race, I thought: I will never do this again.” Still, she was proud. “I must have said to my husband 100 times that day, ‘I did it! I made it!’ ”
A few days later, her muscles still sore, and not yet ready to consider running another race, she was plagued by a sense of “Where do I go now?”
“People have difficulty coping with the emotions after a race … and wonder what to do with all those hours in the day,” Dr. Taunton says.
But Ms. Hillier has recovered. Now, she says, she plans do another half-marathon next spring. “But I’ll be looking for a flat course next time,” she says, laughing.
So he turned to his friends,Our high risk merchant account was down for about an hour and a half, family and running community for support,If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, shared stories about the experience and focused on his next goal. He pulled out of his slump and even ran a 100-kilometre race in France at the end of August.
The postrace experience – whether it’s a five-kilometre run or a marathon – can hit runners in different ways. If you participated in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, you’re probably still in the honeymoon phase of accomplishment, riding the wave of an endorphin high. But if, as the week progresses, you suddenly start feeling a bit lost or bummed out, don’t be alarmed. Chances are you are having a postrace mental slump.
Japanese novelist and ultramarathoner Haruki Murakami wrote about it eloquently in his non-fiction book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: “What I ended up with was a sense of lethargy, and before I knew it, I felt covered by a thin film, something I’ve since dubbed runner’s blues.”
While runner’s blues is common,we supply all kinds of polished tiles, the meaning of running, its importance and its connection to identity varies from person to person, says Billy Strean, a professor in the faculty of physical education and recreation at the University of Alberta. “People have all different fitness levels, aspirations, running backgrounds … for some, a race is a monumental life mark.”
But, he points out, “any time you have a significant achievement or something where there’s been a lot of buildup, you can experience a letdown.”
The postrace blues is a lot more common in recreational marathoners, particularly following their first big race, according to Jack Taunton, professor in the division of sports medicine at the University of British Columbia. “You put all your effort into training, watching your diet, running with a group,Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. everything is focused on one event for months,” Dr. Taunton says. “Then bang, the event is over.
Colleen Hillier, 42, started running this year. The teacher and mother of three joined a running club and trained for five months for her first half-marathon, Nova Scotia’s Valley Harvest Marathon, which she ran Oct. 9.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide.
It wasn’t the greatest experience. Going into it she had a cold, low iron, sore knees and a bad case of self-doubt; she anticipated not finishing. During the race she “hit a wall,” but crossed the finish line with chills.
“When I left the race, I thought: I will never do this again.” Still, she was proud. “I must have said to my husband 100 times that day, ‘I did it! I made it!’ ”
A few days later, her muscles still sore, and not yet ready to consider running another race, she was plagued by a sense of “Where do I go now?”
“People have difficulty coping with the emotions after a race … and wonder what to do with all those hours in the day,” Dr. Taunton says.
But Ms. Hillier has recovered. Now, she says, she plans do another half-marathon next spring. “But I’ll be looking for a flat course next time,” she says, laughing.
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