Keeping running interesting

I tend to get a little bored running, any advice for keeping running interesting and enjoyable?

Take someone who makes you laugh, although I couldn't get my breath for laughing last time I took my friend, we had a giggle and I want to go again! when it's not raining though

Do you try varying your routes? Listening to music is the most important thing for me to make it interesting. I recently downloaded a couple of songs off all my old favourite albums so there are some really random things on there I haven't heard in ages, so it is quite interesting to listen to when I'm running (as I don't know what's coming next) and makes running more fun.

Yep, mix it up in any and every way possible - different times of day, different routes, different paces, different focuses, different surfaces, different clothes, different foods, different people, different days, etc etc. And race - race different races, you train a lot differently for a 5k to the way you train for a marathon, so take advantage of that. If all else fails, you could always try racing cyclists up hills and stuff like that too .

I agree with the above, I mix my routes, listen to music, go at different times of day and sometimes I just run for fun, or do intervals, or set myself a time etc.  I also vary between outdoors and the treadmill.

Have you got a favourite way of running? I.e. treadmill or outside? Music or no music?

Take you ipod with some decent music on it for motivation always helps :-)

Yep that's a good one. I might get a podcast to help

Especially as the radio shows I like, never coincide with the times I run. So podcasts are ideal.

If it's a long and slow one perhaps you could get an audio book to listen to?!

I think audio books are a really good idea - they would definitely help to hold off the boredom for a while.

A really good playlist and I often think back to past holidays - trying to remember what I did on each day, where I ate - the beers I drank!

That's a nice thing to think about while you're running! I always plan things and try to work stuff out while I'm running - even silly stuff like what I'm going to eat that week or what I'd like for Christmas.