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Running with autism

CedStowe

Does anyone else find autism impacts their ability to run and is able to identify how it does and maybe even manage it? For me it seems to impact on my ability to cope with the conditions, actually getting started, getting over feeling tired and heavy steps. 

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  • I'm not running as much at the moment due to injury but have been a runner for years, almost all before I realised I was autistic. Because of this I have never really considered what difficulties it presents. I do think it partly explains why I enjoy ultras and marathons though. All that time alone, exhausting my brain into shutting up! I've had some of my most profound feelings of contentment and happiness deep into an ultra marathon. I also generally feel better if I exercise regularly. I have quite a strict routine of what I do each day and one problem is that I can be overly rigid in wanting to stick to it, so if external factors interrupt that, I don't react very well!

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  • I'm not running as much at the moment due to injury but have been a runner for years, almost all before I realised I was autistic. Because of this I have never really considered what difficulties it presents. I do think it partly explains why I enjoy ultras and marathons though. All that time alone, exhausting my brain into shutting up! I've had some of my most profound feelings of contentment and happiness deep into an ultra marathon. I also generally feel better if I exercise regularly. I have quite a strict routine of what I do each day and one problem is that I can be overly rigid in wanting to stick to it, so if external factors interrupt that, I don't react very well!

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