Run with those better than you

Seek out those who are better than you at things you want to improve.

It will inspire you and make you work harder and do better. You will be pulled willingly out of your comfort zone. You will succeed as part of a group (even if it's not really a formal team).

I did this for my latest half marathon - the Royal Parks Half Marathon. Set a stretching target. Ran with a much faster group. Surprised myself how fast I could actually run. 1 hour 47 minutes 40 seconds and about 3081st of 16000. (I'm happy with that.)

Simply running comfortably with people as good as me didn't make me any better. Running with people faster than me made me much better.

Run with the right herd if you want to succeed.