01 CHUNK THE RUN
‘Great oaks from little acorns grow’ goes the saying. Seen through a racing lens, that means chunking; in other words, break your race down into smaller parts to reach your big end goal. It's a common psychological trick and is proven time and time again. So instead of seeing around 40km of the run to go, you might see 10 × 4km. Give yourself a metaphorical slap on the back when you've ticked one off. It's also been shown that counting up and then counting