MARATHON MINDSET
DR JOSEPHINE PERRY REVEALS FOUR COMMON ‘MARATHON PERSONALITIES’ AND HOW TO HARNESS EACH TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
In most sports, you’re up against competitors: people you can eyeball across a net or a pitch. But when you’re on the start line of a marathon, the enemy isn’t another runner, and often it isn’t even the distance or the course. The enemy is in your own head, as the process of pushing yourself to the limit can see even the best elements of your personality turn against you.
Diligence, drive and competitiveness are great for marathon runners –›until, that is, they make you set off way too fast and you feel your legs blow up. Enjoyment is an admirable goal, but chasing it can prevent you reaching your potential. Optimism and ambition are brilliant traits, until you set an overly ambitious target and never actually achieve it. Perfectionism helps you set high targets and work harder than ever to hit them, but as perfection is impossible to achieve,
