It's all in the mind. Or almost all. Sure, some of it is in the legs, the heart, the lungs. But so much of whether you continue running or stop, speed up or slow down, take the hill route rather than staying on the flat, is down to the level of control you have over your mind. Often your mind will be saying / shouting / screaming Stop Stop Stop. And this can be a freakin' tempting option. But you can choose to bring your mind more inline with what you are trying to achieve. Get it onside.
Mental games are a great thing to play with out on a run. For starters, they're free and they don't require synching to a computer. And they help. In races I often mentally lasso a runner who is a) ahead of me and b) running at a pace just everso slightly faster than mine. With my mental lasso sitting around their waist I then let them pull me along. Works a treat. Soon I'm running alongside them.
But on training runs, where are my lasso targets? I have to come up with something new...
Getting a helping hand
The other day Paula's hand on my back gave me just the push I needed.
Hey, it makes me smile. It keeps me going. And no one else can see ;o)
What?! We do what we do to get by. OK!
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