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252: Coaching is Not Just Accountability and a Plan
Coaches do more than impart knowledge to their pupils. A quality coach will guide your journey, not take the steps. A coach will show you how to apply information, not test your memorization skills. A coach will...
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251: How to Get Faster: 3 Mistakes to Avoid
Want to get faster? Here are 3 common mistakes that so many runners make when trying to get faster and improve their pace.
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250: How to Stay Consistent Without a Race on the Calendar
Training for races has a certain rhythm to it. Some days are easy, some are tough, and sometimes you don’t want to workout, but you know the race is coming so you do it anyway. What happens when the race is far out...
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249: Lessons from Kevin's 50 Mile Run
Today, we are talking to Kevin Brown about his recent 50 mile run in the lead up to his 100 mile race next month. We talk about why he wants to race 100 miles, how he has structured his training, the lessons he...
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248: Where Are You Giving Your Power Away?
What are you giving your power to? You may not even realize you’re doing it, but all of us do it. As runners, we like to be in control, but so many of us are giving our power away to things outside of our control. ...
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247: Training Structure: Warmups and Cool Downs
Highlights:
Structuring a Training Plan
What should a warm up look like?
Do I need to warm up?
Do I need a cool down?
What should I do to cool down?
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246: Achieve Big Goals
One of the key values of a Real Life Runner is intention with our actions. This means creating goals as checkpoints on our journey rather than final destinations. This means that while we like to see progress, we...
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245: I Could Never
I could never do that...
Have you ever had a thought like that? I know I have. You see someone doing something amazing, and our brain's first reaction sometimes is, "I could never."
But could I?
Every person...
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244: Choosing the Focus for Your Next Training Cycle
When training for a goal, whether a race, a level of consistency, or a speed or distance marker, runners are often starting new training plans. Even runners without clearly written out plans may change things up a...
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243: You're Doing Enough
Running seems so simple, just lace them up and head out the door. But then we start looking around and seeing what other runners are doing. We see the workout someone put onto social media or Strava. We hear about...
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242: The #1 Reason Runners Get Injured
In an ideal running world, we are able to run as many days as we want and injury will never befall us. Each step will land on a soft yet stable surface and we will feel strong throughout our run. In real life, we...
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241: You Don't Have To
Many runners are driven towards success and the general idea of more. However, so many of us get sidetracked along the way to our goal. Some listeners may simultaneously have a plan that they know will create...
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