So I have been lacking my usual motivation and fun during my runs lately.  I have been slogging

So I have been lacking my usual motivation and fun during my runs lately.  I have been slogging through grumpy and in pain, totally focusing on myself and trying to get to the end of the run or the finish line. Overall what has usually been the best part of my day is something I dread lately.  I thought maybe it was because I was doing a streak and I had that extra push of “you must run at least a mile today” pressure, but meh, that’s not an issue. I walk and run multiple miles in the course of my day, every day, and continuing the streak is far from hard when I can shamble a mile mindlessly even if I’m sick :P But I think I figured out what the problem is… i absolutely hate the Season 3 storyline of Zombies, Run! I actually almost want to just let it play and not run to it just to get past all the stuff that is bothering me.  Please don’t get me wrong I’m a HUGE Zombies, Run! fan and practically forced all my running friends to download it because I continually talked about Season 1 and 2 and the original 5K training.  Zombies, Run! is the reason I’m a runner today and I’ll be forever grateful, beyond grateful. But!!!! Ugh I do NOT agree with Season 3’s storyline. Granted I’m totally invested in being Runner 5, proud to be Runner 5, love being Runner 5. I also Love to hear Sam Yao’s voice talking over the radio and consider him a close friend of Runner 5.  This is part of why I don’t believe the story would have gone down the way it has.  Running as Runner 5 for two full seasons and for the 5k training I honestly believe that Runner 5 in no way would have been mind controlled to the point of killing innocent people and would NEVER hurt the people of Abel in any way, especially Sam Yao, NO WAY.  This whole mind controlled, being crazy storyline upsets me every time I run, this is not the Zombies. Run! game I loved.  I loved the missions and the outrunning of zombies and the adventure and the challenges BUT the killing of innocent people, of friends, and then it switches and Runner 5 is “crazy” NO WAY.  This is not how I feel the storyline should have gone at all.  I hate listening to it and it’s just a discouraging part of my day.  I keep hoping it will go back to a good story but so far, I’m toward the end of the season and it hasn’t :( This whole season has been hard to follow from the beginning and then with the whole Runner 5 becoming “mind controlled” and then oh no we meant “crazy” and locked up, What?!* so very disappointed with the whole thing :( I’ve been trying to find an audio book to replace this mess of an experience but it just won’t be the same.  I miss my favorite storylines that made sense and were empowering to be Runner 5 now I don’t want to be Runner 5 anymore all the fun is gone. -- source link

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