Blogic

I must confess to having taken a break from running. This is down partly to a weak constitution and a general malaise brought on by a freak car-rental injury: A left-hand drive induced frozen right shoulder.

This seems a good interlude to expain more clearly why I am doing this; my 'blogic', if you will:

The renowned psychologist, Richard Wiseman, identified some beneficial steps that one might take to succeed in a task or tasks (- a sub 4hr marathon, for example).  These are:

1) Making a step-by-step plan; say a sub 1hr - 10k and half marathon in less than 2hrs.

2) Tell other people about my goals; "Hello!"

3) Think about the good things that will happen if I acheive my goal; - raise more money for Cancer Research; get fitter; have the finely-honed body of an athlete... (Or maybe not).

4) Reward myself/oneself for making progress toward the goal... (Which requires some more sub-goals and rewards).

5) Record my progress in a journal (or blog, "Hello, again!).

So, good psychology is as often simple and intuitive as it is revelatory.

'At last!', you cry. Something rather more educational than scatalogical. But I fear that it will be back to the same old [rubbish] soon...