So I was running for the first time in a year today, im overweight (6’3 215) and I genuinely have a very uncoordinated body and I decided to go for a 5k. I wanted to stop looking at strava on my phone and instead distracted myself with my thoughts. I suddenly remebered seeing a video online on how our ancestors use to hunt prey for hours at a time in order to tire out prey and secure food, so with each lap I finished I kept pretending that I was chasing prey to feed my family and with each lap I kept throwing imaginary spears and bow and arrows with the goal of finally “catching prey” when I was down with my run. Honestly for the first time running in a while it kept my mind off of things and I sprinted last few seconds to secure a 36 minute 5k which I’m assuming is terrible. My knees and joints are about cooked right about now and I honestly don’t wanna think about what I’m gonna feel like tommorow. Anyways during my run I feel like I activated an ancient ancestral gene that made me push further in a run than I ever had and honestly felt amazing catching my prey (finishing 5k).
Do you guys have makeup stories to make your run more bearable? Or do you just focus on making it to the end?