Runners like to run and when they cannot run the way they want, they are not their best.  Injuries can often stand in the way of a runner reaching his potential.  Unfortunately, many runners deal with injuries by pretending they don’t exist or treating symptoms.  We take a break from running, but when we ramp back in mileage or speed, the pain comes back.  How can we get better without consistency?  What do we do when the only consistency in our running is the injury that keeps flaring up?

Highlights of the Episode

Kevin’s injury story - Overtraining and under recovering

Angie’s savior story - Lucky for Kevin, Angie was getting her doctorate in physical therapy and helped him fix his problem for real

What was the magic that took a limited runner from knee pain to healthy running

Don’t just treat the injury - EAT the injury

Evaluate, Assess, and Treat

The magic in the diagnosis came from questions and knowledgeable...

Breaks in training consistency can happen for so many reasons.  You can get sick, go on vacation, get busy at work, need extended recovery after a race, or find yourself injured.  The key to long term improvement is not that you cannot ever take a break, it’s how to come back successfully.  The road back to running will not be identical for everyone, but there are some safer guidelines to follow.  

Highlights of the Episode

Running is not a perfectly smooth path 

If you have taken a step back from running for whatever reason, you need a plan to comeback

The comeback is physical and mental

If you missed a couple days because you “didn’t have time”

If you missed a week without an injury

Missed a week because of injury

Missed a few weeks with illness

You had a big race and oops a month has gone by and you ran 2-3 times

Stay focused on establishing good routines as you build back up

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Deep down we have a set of values, actually a very small number of them, that define who we are.  When we face choices in our life, we rely on those values to help choose the path to follow.  On this episode, we cover the importance of discovering your core values, the exhaustion of faking our values, what to do when both sides of a choice seem to align with our values, and of course how this plays out in our world of running.  

Highlights of the Episode

What are values and why are they important? 

What happens when values are not clear?

What does it mean to be a runner?

Why do you do this day after day?

What happens when running goals are not clear?

What about choices that have two good options, or no good options?

What is the best thing I can do to step toward my running goal?

Why this matters in running and life

The obstacle to greatness is boredom

Values are also a beacon that show where to go next

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It's our first "Best of" archive episode.  This one definitely warrants a re-listen.  So many good nuggets of information here.  We will be back next week with a new episode, but until then, stay safe out there, friends!

Summer is here!  It’s important to be aware that heat and humidity can change running in many different ways.  Down here in Florida, we understand the importance of dealing with heat and humidity, but this is important no matter where you live.

Let's review of what happens to body temperature when we exercise: 

• Body temperature goes up so the body sweats to try to cool it body temp down
• Body cools down as the sweat evaporates from our skin
• Body also sends more blood to the skin to cool us down, but during exercise the blood is also being sent to our working muscles - this can lead to overheating
• Body can divert more blood to skin, but then not as much going to muscles, so muscles have to work harder to produce the same effort

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There is an often repeated saying:  “If you want to go fast, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.”  In the world of running, the ability to go fast and far are often goals simultaneously chased.  After some amazing track meets over the weekend, it seems like a good time to reflect on the ability to work together to achieve tasks that may be viewed as impossible or crazy when working solo. 

Highlights: 

The misnomer of being self-made

The influence of family - for good or for bad

The influence of friends and social circles

The Influence of your education

What to do if you struggle with motivation or inconsistency

Finding the right group to support you on your journey

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Is it better to jump into a new situation without full preparation and see what happens or to keep learning, practicing, and mastering your craft before testing it out.  What if you take your shot and miss?  What if you wait and miss your opportunity.  Practice, or put yourself out there?  When is it time to take your shot?

And yes, you guessed it.  This episode was partly inspired by Hamilton.  If you haven't seen it yet, go do it now!

Resources:

1 Million Miles for Justice Virtual Run/Walk 

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Our Favorite Products to Make Healthy Living Easier 

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There are a couple of differing schools of thought floating through the world of self improvement.  Doing good enough consistently will add up to monumental and drastic changes.  Alternatively, we should not be satisfied with being good enough and should be striving for greatness.  So which is it.  Does consistently good create great, or does a sense of satisfaction with being good prevent you from being great?

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1 Million Miles for Justice Virtual Run/Walk 

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12 Common Running Mistakes - free audio training and ebook!

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Our Favorite Products to Make Healthy Living Easier 

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They say that insanity is repeating the same action and expecting different results. However, change is incredibly hard, so we seek excuses and hold tightly to our self-imposed limits.  We do things the way we always have and hope that if we keep going for long enough the outcome will be different.  How big is your potential once you open your eyes to a world outside of your comforting habits?

Resources:

1 Million Miles for Justice Virtual Run/Walk

Sign up for our Real Life Runners Training Academy and use the code PODCAST for 30% off the membership price - only good until June 28!

Click here to request to be added to our private Facebook tribe!

12 Common Running Mistakes - free audio training and ebook!

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Our Favorite Products to Make Healthy Living Easier 

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We talk about running as a universal sport.  It has a low barrier for entry and not a lot of rules to follow.  You can participate solo or in a group.  You can run races of many distances and on various terrain, or not race at all.  We believe that races highlight the best aspects of running, in which many people come together to accomplish the same goal, but by following their own path.  In the race environment, they can accomplish more than what they may have been able to do alone.  Today, we cover the universal nature of running, and how our journeys may look different, but are in fact very similar and all intertwined.

Highlights of the episode:

8:30  How running brings us together - the great connector

9:15  From minute to marathon

12:00  How running challenges us and continues to challenge us

14:30   The conversation that transformed Corey's mentality toward running

15:00  How running is contagious and makes us...

There is some prevailing wisdom in the personal growth world that taking action will guide you in what to do next.  The thought is rooted in the idea that staying frozen while clinging to perfection will not get you anywhere, so you simply need to do something.  This striving for constant action can become counterproductive when the action is treated as the end goal.  Action should inspire the next step.  Action should lead to evaluation and a better understanding of the next step that is more likely to direct you toward your current goal.  In this episode, we cover the benefits of taking actions as well as the issues with taking action just to do something. 

Highlights of the episode:

Changes and uncertainties. How to face both. 00:58

Does a perfect training plan exist? 3:29

The idea of taking an action; the best part and pitfalls. 4:18

The downside of having too many options. 8:58

Where does confusion often lead us? 15:15

Taking action and...