Tag: running motivation
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Don’t quit, learn how to rest

Someting I’ve always struggled with both in my professional life and my sporting life, is tactical rest, taking a round off. I’ve often cashed-in at times when it would’ve been wiser to ease-up, weigh my options and go all-in at the right moment. I’ve over-committed many times, not rationed my energy wisely and ran myself…
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The runner’s high – folding space and time

To me, the much discussed ‘runner’s high’ feels like folding space and time in half as if it were a piece of paper. When you’re running hard, especially during a race, every metre feels like an eternity. But later you can barely remember running that part of the route, as if it passed in the…
