The first step on the path to changing behaviors to breaking bad habits is self-examination. Used correctly, this is an incredibly valuable and effective tool. Self-examination can show us the repetitive behavior that is holding us back or slowing us down. If knowledge is power, then self-knowledge is our most powerful tool for modifying negative behaviors. Below we examine five different bad habits.
Most runners can find at least one, and probably more, in their bag of tricks.
Recognizing and changing these behaviors can mean a significant performance breakthrough. Improper Pacing For runners who love to race, this is probably the most easily recognized bad habit. There has likely never been a race where at least one runner wasn t guilty of this first deadly sin. Even at the highest levels of racing, runners who know better still go out too fast. Jack Fultz, the 1976 Boston Marathon champion, once said that for every second you go out too fast in a race, you will pay with two seconds at the end.