ou have more than 1,200 thoughts during the course of a 30-minute run. That's 1,200 opportunities to dwell on everything from, "How much farther until I burn off that entire pizza?" to "Wow, my legs feel like garbage." A new study from the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology delved into what runners actually think about while putting in miles, and found they consist of three major themes: pace and distance, pain and discomfort, and surrounding environment.
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