This is actually a pretty powerful mental hack while you're running or training. To get some extra mileage.
When you're getting tired, look ahead and pick an approaching landmark. Think "ok, I'll just run to there and I can stop." When you reach the goal, mentally celebrate then ask yourself, "can I make it to another?"
It's less daunting to run to the next lightpost than imagine a distant goal. My personal take away from this article is not that you shouldn't reach for the stars, but rather let the little goals take priority and save the bigger goal thoughts for when you aren't running.
It works for push-ups too. Instead of counting to 50, you count 1 through 10 and repeat. And if it gets really tough, just count to 5, and repeat. Even though you might be on 46th rep, but I found it easier to push myself harder if I'm counting 2,3,4,5 instead of 47,48,49,50. And if energy permits, I'll add another 5.
When you're getting tired, look ahead and pick an approaching landmark. Think "ok, I'll just run to there and I can stop." When you reach the goal, mentally celebrate then ask yourself, "can I make it to another?"
It's less daunting to run to the next lightpost than imagine a distant goal. My personal take away from this article is not that you shouldn't reach for the stars, but rather let the little goals take priority and save the bigger goal thoughts for when you aren't running.