Going the distance: a few tips for running marathons that could just as well be applied to work – by Hugh Ujmazy. This fits in nicely for me :)
First and foremost, forget about winning. That takes a whole lot of pressure off right away. The challenge instead is improving on your own best time. Just seek to do better than before and avoid making the mistakes you made on the last one. That’s a more manageable task and is simply a matter of saying to yourself – “I want to do better than the last one”.
Working with other people makes that work. Finding someone who is just a little faster, who moves a few paces ahead, shaves a little time off each mile, is something that is often overlooked. Sticking with them reduces your time per mile. Riding on their pace & sharing their enthusiasm to maintain your own pace will help you to finish. Don’t give up. Stopping half way through, gains you nothing and means you still have to get back to the starting line. You may as well keep going. Who knows, you might just surprise yourself.
Endurance running differs from sprints by allowing you the time to think. When rushing down 100m, there is time only to react to the starting gun. Over 21KM, there’s time for your life to flash in front of your eyes multiple times. Take a moment, reconsider, take the emotion out of the problem and find a way forward. Then get moving. As a few million Nike banners worldwide suggest – Just Do It :)
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