"Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You’re only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking." ~Lauren Oliver Mantras for running are a natural extension of my love of music, chants, limericks, and all things poetic. On-the-spot...
"We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle. "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." In his book 'The Power of Habit' Charles Duhigg presents some of the newest scientific research explaining how our brain skillfully takes over and automates so much of our lives....
As Kelly McGonigal writes in the Willpower Instinct, ‘Welcome to the world of Cravings'. Once upon a time things were different. Way back when, that sweet tooth of ours had everything to do with 'Stayin Alive'. It meant survival when food was scarce. Extra body fat? Necessary...