Motivation To Push

How do you all keep motivated to keep and/or increase pace when you guys are running solo?

I have a feeling that running with a group might help but when I’m out on my own I just tend to stay in one gear/speed and don’t really see my times improving.

I run me with Garmin watch and I know it has the PacePro feature on it but I notice that I don’t really pay any attention to it when it beeps or vibrates…I’m usually zoning out to the music or counting breaths.

Any apps/programs that tell you when to pick up the pace through headphones? Found “Run, Zombies!” app which was interesting as they would tell you to run faster when the zombies were chasing you but sometimes I just want to listen to music and not the storyline.