| Finding time as a runner or walker to work out | | | | "Something is always better than nothing." |
| can be challenging, especially if you are training for | | | | "Every workout, no matter how simple, adds to |
| a marathon, half marathon, or other endurance | | | | my momentum." |
| race. Here is a trick for finding that time. | | | | "It is better to work out some and then retreat |
| Trick | | | | and 'fight' another day than to not fight at all." |
| Drop the need for all-or-nothing in your next | | | | "I feel good after every workout, even when it |
| endurance running or walking workout. | | | | lasts only a few minutes." |
| Details | | | | "I can run or walk a relatively short distance and |
| When it comes to the elicitation of a fear | | | | still get a benefit from my workout." |
| response, the unconscious mind pays much more | | | | "Taking it easy during my running or walking |
| attention to whether you see something that | | | | workout sometimes is the best way to work |
| elicits fear than it pays to whether that | | | | out." |
| "something" is real (as in an actual event) or | | | | "I can finish my workout on time no matter how |
| imaginary (as in a scary scene in a movie). | | | | late I start it, and it will feel wonderful to have |
| Similarly, when it comes to habit and momentum, | | | | completed a workout prior to my next |
| the unconscious mind pays much more attention | | | | appointment." |
| to the difference between working out and not | | | | "I will feel better after this workout even if I |
| working out than it pays to the difference | | | | must cut my running or walking distance short." |
| between working out heavily or extensively and | | | | "I can mix walking with my running and still get a |
| working out lightly or briefly. | | | | great workout." |
| So completing some sort of workout when you | | | | "I can slow my pace by a minute per mile and still |
| need to do so is what matters most to your | | | | cover the mileage that I desire." |
| building a workout habit and to maintaining | | | | "I am grateful for every endurance running or |
| momentum with your workouts. | | | | walkout that I complete, knowing that each one |
| Shortening the time, distance, or intensity of a | | | | contributes in its own way to my ultimate |
| planned running or walking workout can be | | | | preparation and success." |
| challenging for "black-&-white" or "by-the-book" or | | | | How It Works |
| "either-or" people. If you are one of them when it | | | | By reminding you that something is better than |
| comes to endurance running or walking workouts, | | | | nothing, this trick eliminates the need for an |
| then consider these hypnotic suggestions: | | | | "all-or-nothing" approach to your workouts. |