Imagine for a minute that your aim is to run a marathon in 3 hours. You effectively have two ways to structure this into a goal. Among all of the other details you should include, you could say either:
1)I am not going to run slower than 3 hours in my marathon
2)I am going to run faster than 3 hours in my marathon
Both sound the same, but may end up providing very different outcomes.
You see, just about any goal can be phrased in a positive way or a negative way, and it is always the positive ways that will be the most effective.
Many people think that they know the benefits of running. And of course the benefits vary from person to person. For a bank robber the benefits are reasonably clear – the need to be faster than the policemen! For the rest of us, the benefits may be a bit less obvious!
So what are the benefits of running:
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The Benefits Of Running Are Too Numerous To List!
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Almost all novice marathoners make the same mistake in their marathon training schedule. I made it while training for my first half-ironman triathlon and ended up with a knee injury that prevented me from running for two years. A teammate from my rowing team can’t run without pain to this day because of a mistake he made in college while training for a marathon.
The mistake is only natural. In fact, it’s part of our value system as Americans. It’s the idea that if some is good, more must be better.
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Does Your Marathon Training Schedule Make The Most Common Mistake Of All?
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