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How to Build Mental Strength in Running
Mental strength in running isn’t discipline or gritting your teeth through mile 20. It’s consistency. It’s running when you don’t feel like it, when the easy option is to stay on the sofa. The weather is bad, but you run anyway. That is how you build mental strength, and it’s also how you use it.
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Running in a Rut
Just because something is a habit doesn’t mean you have to do it the same way all the time. Changing it a bit doesn’t break it. I love my run streak. It’s the backbone of my running and I have no intention of stopping it. But there are periods where I’m just getting it done.
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The Psychological Benefits of Running
You already know running is good for you. The physical benefits are obvious. The psychological ones are the part that fascinates me, particularly as they relate to habits, consistency and mindset. Having studied psychology and trained as a coach, this is where I tend to spend most of my thinking. Mood Running is one of
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Running Motivation: Setting a New Challenge
I love running. I love how it makes me feel, the health benefits, the sense of achievement. But I’ve found it isn’t enough. I need additional motivation to do something I love, and I don’t know why. I think it’s just the way my head works. When I want to learn something, I do much
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Run Consistently: What Made the Difference
For years I wanted to run consistently. I struggled with motivation and became a master at excuses until eventually even I realised how silly they were and stopped making excuses. I discovered it was really about priorities, mindset and identity. Priorities Years ago, there was a gym at my work and my desk was right
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Running Habits: Stick to the Plan
I was a stop-start, intermittent runner for 15 years. I’d start a training programme and stop a few weeks later having missed most of my sessions. Or I’d sign up for a run and overtrain. Or not train at all. The pattern was consistent in its inconsistency. Building a running habit felt impossible. I was
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