A word on demotivation

What motivates you and gets you moving is just as important to know as what does the opposite. I learned today what is a demotivating force for my running. Watching your team get spanked in the ACLS finals. I'm not a die hard Rangers fan, but I do support them and have really gotten into the playoffs this year. They are one win away from going to the World Series again this year and the game was in progress when I got to the gym. I normally don't pay attention to the TVs at the gym. But today I specifically picked a treadmill in front of a tv with the Rangers game on. It was tied at 3. And it was exciting and distracting until they started losing, and badly. When they went down by 4 runs, it started hurting. And that damn TV was right in front of my face and hard to look away from. I had two bad options for distractions, the treadmill screen that slowly ticks down the miles, or the pathetic Rangers game. I tried to look at my feet instead. Needless to say, finishing the run was difficult, but I did it. Go Rangers! Miles logged: 3.5