Give Your Half Marathon Training a Psychological Boost

Running a half marathon can be a wonderful, life affirming experience if you have trained properly.

One of the greatest marathon runners in history the incomparable Emil Zatopek said:

"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem."

Proper half marathon preparation requires diligence, organization and self discipline because it's always easier not to do something. Inertia is powerful but nothing worth doing is accomplished without diligence and effort.

The pleasure in avoiding regret

Whenever you train you'll always be pleased you did afterwards. When you miss a training session the regret you feel is a real pain.

Runners we work with often tell me they 'enjoy' getting up in the morning to train because they know they are 'avoiding' the future regret of not training.

Regular but sensible training

Of course not over-training for your half marathon can also take self-discipline. To not know that you should take time out and rest but still train can be damaging. You need perfect balance in your training.

Hypnosis is an excellent way to motivate your mind. This session will increase your motivation to run and will also guide you through the race itself.

Do yourself justice

You need to know your half marathon training schedule and have a good diet and decent shoes etc. After that consistent focus and applied diligence will get you really enjoying your half marathon - after all it's only you who can do yourself full justice on the day.

How great it will be when your half marathon training feels like second nature?

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