Running: It’s So Much About Mental Toughness

I’ve only run 6 or more miles at a time a few times in my life. The 10K I did a few years back. The Tough Mudder, which was broken up by obstacles. And now, as I’m currently training for my half marathon in the fall. I’ve got a handful of long runs like that coming up, and as long as I stay injury-free — knock on wood — I’ve realized that running is like 99 percent mental toughness. As I ran 6 miles recently, nothing hurt. My legs were kind of tired at the end. But I went about …
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