Mindfulness may help marathon runners cope with ‘hitting the wall’ — 3 strategies for endurance

With record numbers of runners lacing up to run marathons, more of them will face the infamous experience of “hitting the wall.” Hitting the wall is the phenomenon where runners experience a sudden onset of debilitating fatigue, difficulty keeping pace, and often, a shift away from their goal pace towards surviving until the finish line. The wall is brought on by a depletion of the body’s energy stores after prolonged physical exertion, often around the 34-kilometre mark of the marathon. While…