Powell admits it is simple to say and difficult to accomplish, yet it is an ideal toward which we must never stop striving. Bobby McGee emphasizes that running is a journey, not a summary of a few runs where we break a personal record or capture a top finish in a race. Each training run is an opportunity to design, test, and modify one s continually growing strategy. Begin each run with a vision of it as a wonderful experience. McGee s response is to have each runner develop a plan , using workbook exercises in each chapter of the book.
Structure is necessary to counteract lack of confidence or motivation.
Success ultimately lies with how a runner uses the mind in one s approach to running. Train the mind to be effective through affirmations of one s ability and the body will follow. The key is to see one s potential for growth. Problems that one encounters along the way challenge one for solutions. Constructively act to overcome uncomfortable times no life is without them.