Why Do I Never Enjoy Running? (Page 4)

My wife has always been a runner, and I used to kid her that running is what you do for a real sport; it’s not a sport in itself.  I swore I’d never run just to run as it seemed silly to me to go out and run.  But once I bit the bullet and started running regularly, I really started to love it. 

Now I love to just go out and listen to tunes and have my own alone time - no moderating sibling rivalries, no prioritizing honey-do lists, no stressing about work issue, nothing but my own alone time.  And just relaxing on the pace and running how I feel like running has really helped me enjoy it.

Like some others on here, I even like running on the treadmill.  Now I wish I could say the same about pool swimming – I just hate that to death, though I love OWS swimming.  I guess we all have our issues…

Yep, see this quite a bit.  Some have become used to the higher effort and others try to justify going at a higher effort because they feel so slow otherwise.  If the zone puts you at an 11+ min/mile, then you run at 11+min/mile.  Keep running frequently and it'll get better.  Another poster brought up the possible lack of frequency (and mileage) and it is so true.  Can't run faster and expect it to get easier.  Run easier and expect to get faster.