Even if you’re not trying to run more, start out a lot slower than you’ll be running when you finish. Easing into runs and gradually picking up the pace as feels comfortable is one of the keys to making more runs enjoyable and fruitful.
This isn’t how most of us go about it, of course. We have an idea how fast we “should” be running, and we do our damndest to get to that pace as quickly as possible. Otherwise, we think, we’re wasting our time. We think we’re almost cheating, like we’re not working hard enough to get in a real workout.