In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the road ahead looks long and uncertain.
To help you cope, here, 26 marathoners share emotional endurance tips.
So, what does it take to get throughto get through 26.2 grueling miles?
For guidance, 26 marathoners are providing their best emotional endurance tips.
Below, find 26 emotional endurance tips to train for the marathon of uncertainty ahead.
Be ready for anything.
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You have to be ready to have a backup plan or to be calm in the face of uncertainty.
The same tactic goes for my days at home on quarantine.
Rely on your support group and aid stations.
Optimize your kitchen for easier cooking and cleanup.
double-check your bedroom is ideally set up for sleep, and your bathroom for personal hygiene.
Adapt a safe space in your home to stand in for the gym.
Create a quiet comfort zone where you’re free to decompress.
Make your telework space ergonomic.
Ensure that your indoor air quality is not hurting your lungs.Jamie Gold, 2-time marathoner
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Focus on what you could control: attitude, nutrition, and form.
Smiling always helps, too.
Dont underestimate the power of supporting each other.Pam Moore, 6-time marathoner
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But just because you feel that way now doesnt mean youll feel that way forever.
Order in life always helped me on the course.
This time of pandemic is teaching us patience.Ashley Rademacher, 8-time marathoner
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Thinking about the next week or the 20 weeks of mileage can be very overwhelming and sometimes stressful.
Focus on todays opportunities instead of worrying about the future of this pandemic.Bethann Wittig, 4-time marathoner
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Know what your endgame is.
For marathoners, it is crossing that finish line, no matter what.
But we still have the ability to train and to choose our response.
I am getting out in nature alone, to clear my head and reconfigure and reassess whats most important.
I wondered,Can my body actually run 17 miles?
What will the weather be like?
When this is all over, youll look back and never see the world the same.
The same can be said about staying at home and socially isolating.
Marathons have taught me so much about determination.
Its still always hard to keep going after that first lap, but I push through it.
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