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"I don’t run to add more years to my life, I run to add more life to my years".  - Ronald Rook

Don’t run to live, live to run!

With more reflection, experience, and miles completed, I think these popular running quotes sound nice, but I am not sure if they are correct.  Why...

 When the workout gets hard, the run gets long and tiresome, work is piling up, the family is pulling you every direction what story do you tell yourself?  Do you accept the overwhelm? Do you start making excuses before the poor performance has happened? Do you back off because it is...

It is not the struggle of the moment that overwhelms us.  It is regret over something we cannot change and apprehension about what may come.  Live for the moment and the moment becomes easier. Decisions become clearer. “Can’t” simply disappears.  You current...

Sometimes it is possible to get so wrapped up in trying to be as prepared as you can, that you never actually reach the destination.  This is the problem with perfectionism. At it worst, perfectionism is a crutch that can be used to never actually have to take a risk. When you can take a...

Every workout is not a race.  Every plank is not a competition.  Every task should not require you to dig deep into the well and scrape out every bit of energy in the name of greatness.  This may sound like an episode on recovery, but it’s not. This is about the importance...

Today’s episode may sound like just playing with words, but there is a mental perspective that is required to transform your training and your entire life.  You are in charge of your choices and your actions but you are not in control of the results. We have very little to no control...

Without the bad, how can we appreciate the good?  

Bad days are going to happen.  There are days you do not want to get out of bed, days you feel sick, days your legs feel heavy, days your motivation is shot, days you are mentally fried and physically exhausted.  What are you...

Does it exist?  Your magic training plan for your next race that will guarantee your results?  

You need a plan that's right FOR YOU.  There are a lot of great plans out there, but which one is right for you?  Does it take YOU into consideration?  That needs to happen...

How are you showing up, in your running and your life? 

Are you maintaining high standards or settling for mediocrity?

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 If you sit in on a conversation with a group of runners, it will not take long before the discussion of personal records comes up.  Naturally, that discussion is followed by some personal thoughts that are often based in comparison. One of those thoughts tends to be:  how fast...

This episode tackles the fairly complicated topic of caring about your goals.  It would seem that caring about your results would be important, but we also discuss the darker side of caring too much, that you prevent yourself from ever reaching the goal. 

We start with the idea...

This episode was spurred on by a few events.  With the start of the school year, it is also the start of official cross country practice and the kids bring out new ideas in me.  

I have been thinking about the new runners and how adding just about anything to their routine will...