Through the course of my day, I see lots of friends on Twitter mentioning that they’ve missed a few runs and need to force themselves to get out for a quick run in order to get back into it because it’s still not quite “automatic”.
Like most things, a run is something that needs to be ingrained in your day/schedule and once you do it often enough, it ceases being a chore to get out of the way to something you miss when you’re not doing it. How long does it take for that transition to take place?
For me it didn’t take that long, about 4 months or so and I was hooked by a regular training regime and the signs of improvement meant it got easier to do shorter runs so the trauma of going for a run was lessened quite quickly. I go out in pretty much all weathers and I found the same was true when I was cycling the 10km route to (and from) work all year round. I miss not doing it.
Bad weather is a challenge for kit selection, that’s all.
Once you’ve got over that hump where running is a chore to something you enjoy, an entire new world opens up to you and you start exploring and changing your routes with new found confidence but you need to stick with it and push yourself to get out on the road or trail regularly so it becomes a habit because there aren’t any shortcuts to this.