What We Can Learn From Endurance Athletes About Getting Through This Pandemic

[Mike B 625]

By Brad Stulberg (NYT

By now it should be clear that getting through this pandemic will be a marathon, not a sprint. But unlike marathon runners and other endurance athletes, we did not sign up to participate in this prolonged and grueling event.

Yet there is still much we can learn from long-distance runners, cyclists and triathletes about how to move through these extended periods of discomfort. Here are four principles, all supported by science and practice, that guide successful endurance athletes. They can help guide us too.....

Patience

Pacing

Process over outcome

Purpose

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