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You have decided to run a race and are aiming for a new personal best. So you ask your friends what they have done for training. Then, you check out google and see what that suggests. You do the best you can to combine both pieces of information and plan out your next few...
We've got a special bonus episode with one of our real life runners, Shelly Bernot! Shelly shares her running journey with us, and we talk more about the idea of growth mindset.
Shelly realized that she was operating from more of a fixed mindset throughout her life, so when...
Do either of these “more is better” phrases sound familiar to you? “I want to run faster, so I’m going to skip the recovery day on my training plan and replace it with another tempo run.” Or, “I want to run farther, so even though I’m only getting six...
I need to run faster so I will run faster. I will run farther. I will sleep less so I can fit in more. I will squeeze in the workout because that is what the calendar says. Without the workouts, the rest of my training is pointless, because this is everything or...
Sitting in the stands at the 1984 Olympics, now-renowned running coach Jack Daniels observed distance runners as they raced past him. But he wasn’t just some idle spectator — he was counting the runners’ steps. Daniels noted that, on average, the runners were taking 180 steps...
You want to run fast. You want to run far. You also want to look amazing as you run along the trail or down the street. Maybe you have heard that you are born with your running form. Maybe you have heard that running more will naturally fix your running form. ...
As runners, we hear a lot about our hamstrings, our quads, and our glutes. But one area of our lower bodies that we may not think about enough — even though they’re probably noticeably larger than most people’s — is our calves.As runners, we hear a lot about our...
Runners tend to have strong legs muscles built from miles on the roads or trails. We often tout the importance of maintaining strong core muscles, which is very important. However, today we are going to focus on a pair of muscles and their neighbors, who propel every step...
In the summer of 2010, LeBron James made a major announcement: He was leaving his hometown NBA team the Cleveland Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat. In an ESPN interview announcing the decision, he said, “One thing I didn’t want to do was make an emotional decision. I wanted to do...
Gratitude is usually seen as a very positive thing, but a gratitude practice or an “attitude of gratitude” is both more simple and more complex than it first seems. Beginning the day or ending the day with a journal practice of gratitude for one or three items has become very...
Running slower to become a better runner may seem counterintuitive, but it’s a scientifically backed method to run faster and farther. Maybe you’ve heard of it but have dismissed it because logically, it doesn’t make sense. How can running slowly make you faster?
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You want to run faster, so you practice running faster.
You want to run faster, so you push every run just that little bit extra.
You want to run faster, so you live by the motto “no pain, no gain.”
You want to run faster, but now you are exhausted, sick, burnt...
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