When it's cold or dark outside, or you're too tired to go to the gym, it's easy to talk yourself out of running. Reader Alice has found herself in that situation, but she's been trying a new strategy with a lot of success.
當天寒地凍，或是天黑時分，或是身心疲憊不想去健身房，那么就很容易讓自己不去跑步。一位名叫愛麗絲的讀者發現自己的處境就是這樣，但是，她已經嘗試一種能夠獲得極大成功的新方法。

"There are times when I'm just too lazy, tired or just simply can't be bothered, but I'm learning to say 'Right! Get up and get changed, you're going running!' because I know that I love it so much when I actually get out there," she writes. "For the past month or two, I've been really getting into it. I'm fitting in, on average, 4 runs per week, or 5 on a good week."
“有時候，我只是太懶惰，疲憊，或僅僅是不想被打擾，但是我正在學習著去告訴自己，‘快！起床！換衣服！你得去跑步！’因為我知道，當自己真正走出去，我是熱愛它的”，她這么寫道。“在過去的一兩個月里，我真的投入到其中。我正在適應，平均每周跑步四次，狀態好的話五次。”

Way to go, Alice! Her experience is a great example of how a little positive self-talk can improve your running motivation. Here are a few more ideas to help beat your excuses:
愛麗絲，做得真棒！她的經歷是一個很好的例子，用一些積極的自我暗示，來增強跑步的動力。這兒有一些更多的點子，來幫助你打敗那些不去跑步的借口。

1.Set up "running dates" with friends. It's a lot harder to blow off a run if you know someone else is counting on you.
1.和朋友一起計劃跑步時間。如果你知道有人在等著你，那便很難推辭掉不去跑步。

2.Sign up for a race. There's nothing like a deadline to inspire running motivation.
2.參加跑步比賽。沒有什么比終點線更加能夠激勵人去跑步了。

3.Lay out your clothes. If you're trying to run in the morning, get your running clothes out the night before, so you don't even have time to procrastinate when you wake up.
3.準備好合適的衣服。如果你想早晨跑步，在前一天晚上就把跑步要穿的衣服準備好，所以當你早晨醒來之后就不會再去拖延。