Whatever your “long run” distance is, if you haven’t run for a while your body will naturally have lost some of its ability to keep positive and focused on a run. Count your steps, count the number of cars that you pass, count your breaths or simply just count to 100. Without the stress and pressure of the clock your body can focus more on the run rather than the performance. Break your run into a series of five- or 10-minute sections and reward yourself with a little break after each section. Break your run into a series of five- or 10-minute sections and reward yourself with a little break after each section.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 06:00 UTC