A psychological trick called 'cognitive reappraisal' can making running fun

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• A new study suggests there is a psychological technique you can use to improve your running performance.
• It's called "cognitive reappraisal."
• It means looking at your activity subjectively like a researcher or journalist.

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I have a love-hate relationship with running. I love how healthy and rewarded I feel afterward. But while I'm doing it, I hate every second.

But a psychological trick called "cognitive reappraisal" could be used to make running more enjoyable, according to a new study published in the journal Motivation and Emotion and detailed in the British Psychological Society's Reader's Digest.

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