The harsh truth about running motivation

Let’s be real:
If you’re waiting to feel motivated to run… you might be waiting forever.

Motivation is a feeling.
And feelings are flaky.
They ghost you on rainy mornings. They bail when life gets heavy.
They’re great when they show up — but totally unreliable.

The truth?

You don’t need more motivation.
You need something stronger:
Discipline. Habit. Commitment. Grit.

That’s not glamorous. It won’t go viral on a vision board.
But it’s what every seasoned runner knows:

"Motivation doesn’t last. But the habit does."
— (one of you brilliant women said this, and we can’t stop nodding)

Some of us run to cope.
Some of us run to heal.
Some of us run because we promised ourselves we would.
And yeah — sometimes we run just to earn the damn sticker on the calendar. ✨

But the point is:
We don’t wait for motivation to show up.
We show up anyway.

That early alarm? Brutal.
That first cold step outside? Torture.
That voice in your head whispering “skip it today”? Loud.

But there’s power in lacing up anyway.

Because once you’re out there — even just for a short jog — something shifts.
You remember: this is your time.
Your reset. Your sanity. Your comeback lap.

And funny enough?
That’s usually when motivation finally decides to show up.
(It’s always late, but better than never.)

🖤 PS:

We made a shirt for that kind of run —
For the woman who shows up, even when she doesn’t feel like it.
Because sometimes… motivation finds you.

🖤 See the tee that gets it → “Sometimes, motivation finds you”