The Importance of Slowing Down

"I gradually increase my speed over the course of the eight mile route, because my brain likes to focus on what's ahead," he says. "My eyes are constantly reminding my brain that I'm not yet done, that there's more." It's most extreme in the last mile or so when his body is most exhausted and pushing as hard as possible. But it eventually dawned on him that while the adversity contained in this last stretch of the run is difficult, it's the idea that more weights Ahead That's what hurts the most.