The next principle in the Happiness Advantage. What is within your circle of control? Learn to master that before you go outside of your circle and you will find greater levels of happiness.
So what is in a runner’s control? Not the weather and not what other runners, bikers, and motorists do. Most everything else is within the runners control. Time of day, route, pace, and what you listen to (or choose not to listen to). Is it a training day, interval day, speed day, or recovery run? All within the runner’s control. So much is within the control that even if the weather is bad…well suck it up because you can’t change the weather on race day.
So master the things within your circle and choose to celebrate all the wonderful outcomes.
Run happy!