I need some advice, dudes. When I run, the only things I can focus on is how long I've been running for, how far I've gone, and when I can stop running. I can never lose myself in the run, and I dwell on this shit so much it makes running fairly unpleasant and almost stressful. I've tried music, podcasts, running inside, running outdoors...
Do I just super hate running? How do you guys not get so painfully bored during a run?
haha.
well, one are you doing treadmills/tracks or road running.
like, I can not stand treadmills/tracks. boring as hell. Road running, on the other hand.. I also bike/hike, etc. so, I can just go and look at trees, and the like.
My route:
I have an apartment complex (wave to locals, often out+their dogs.), beach(always people), some rural houses-people/kids rarely out, other side is woods occasional deer, grapes/trees. then the horse field-wave to the horses. past that, the tree farm. past that, more rural houses-dogs, and then the dairy farm. wave at the cows and farmhands. from there closer to downtown, houses always have people out on porchs/kids playing. most of the way back home.
so thats just the "enjoy nature", smells/sounds of spring/summer/fall. and saying hi to neighbors. Checking out their flowers, decks, houses, etc. Also, yeah, totally decompress thinking of work, plans. game systems, internet arguments, what I SHOULD have said!", etc..
Have done music before of course as well. not recently, but that should help as well.