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14 Dissociation and Association

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This article is from the running Beginners' FAQ, by Ozzie Gontang with numerous contributions by others.

14 Dissociation and Association


"Association" is listening to your body, monitoring its every twinge and
ache while shutting out all extraneous details. It's what top athletes do
in races.

"Dissociation" is tuning out the pains of the body, by talking to our
running partners, thinking through problems, looking at the view, dodging
the traffic, watching the squirrels, mentally singing, really singing,
communing with nature, generally daydreaming. It's what we all do to get
through our runs. You need to learn how to do it.

 

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