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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/stare-down-the-demons-get-psyched-up-for-your-next-run/">Stare Down the Demons: Get psyched up for your next run!</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 6, 2007 at 09:00 AM by Alexandra Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">We all have moments when we simply don’t feel like working out. It’s not always easy to lace up the shoes, walk out to the car in the cold, or wake up for a 5 a.m. run. There are a number of demons staring us down: a sour attitude; the comfortable couch we dared to sit on after an exhausting work day; the cozy bed with a warm, enveloping partner; or just plain laziness. We can all agree that while we may not always feel up for a workout, we are thrilled with how we feel at the finish. The natural high kicks in. This is why it’s vital to have strategies for dealing with the fight. I want to highlight three ideas I find useful. You can think of them as ways to trick your mind into doing what…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/stare-down-the-demons-get-psyched-up-for-your-next-run/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/stare-down-the-demons-get-psyched-up-for-your-next-run/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/stare-down-the-demons-get-psyched-up-for-your-next-run/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/stare-down-the-demons-get-psyched-up-for-your-next-run/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a><br /><br /> </P>