Bill Cahusac

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Running up that hill

Create a playlist and off you go. It's that simple, right? I got half way round my route and ceased up. I probably should have seen it  coming - I started off too fast, and by the time I was half way up the hill I knew I was running on fumes.

The music didn't help either- they were great songs, but not for a long run. My problem was that I let the music set the pace, and running up Muswell Hill to "Love is Noise" is asking to trouble. Don't get me wrong, I attacked the hill. Hard and fast.

And that was the mistake.

There is nothing as humiliating as shooting past another much slower runner at the bottom of the hill, only to have them overtake you halfway up with the words, "you can do it!"

We do that in life too.

Forget that it is a marathon not a sprint. Allow the music and fanfare to set the pace for us.

The reality is that you can't accelerate forever.

There should be times of real acceleration, but there also need to be times when we allow the rythmn of the music to be a little slower. Just a little.

When the playlist is full of songs for the long run. For the hill.