In a column in Sunday’s Globe and Mail, Amberly McAteer penned a piece about Turning off the Inner Dialogue (if you want to run faster). Here’s a snippet. She writes: ‘Please be careful. Maybe walk for a few minutes, catch your breath. You’re awfully sweaty. Take a break, you deserve it.” I’m one week into training for my first half marathon, and within the first 10 minutes of every run, this is the voice I hear. At first I thought of it as a negative influence willing to let me off the hook too early, and tried drowning it out with affirmations about how great I’m doing and what I’ve accomplished. Then, a realization: This voice is my mom, in my head, encouraging me…

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