Whatever Your Run Goal Is, Someone’s Mad
I was on a call with a runner I coach last week and she said “I feel kinda dumb that my goal is just to finish my first half without walking. My friend’s training for a sub-3 marathon and I […]
Tag: mental fitness
You’re Not Losing Fitness—You’re Loading The Slingshot
I’m going to describe to you what your worst nightmare is — losing fitness during the off-season. But… it’s actually your secret weapon. This simple approach will change how you think about breaks in your training and help you come […]
Why You’ll Never Run Farther If You Keep Doing This
You want to run farther. Or faster. Or at least finish your next race without feeling like your quads were personally attacked by gravity. So you do what most runners do; chase the fix. Speed workouts, new shoes, fancy drills, […]
Stop Chasing Race Times & Start Building On Your Current Fitness
The Push of Patient Racing vs the Pull of Forced Pacing There’s something oddly liberating about letting fitness dictate the race, rather than the other way around, which is where most people pick an arbitrary time (i.e., sub-3 hours for […]
If Running Feels Hard Lately, This Might Be Why
Ever feel like you’re pushing as hard as you can and still not breaking through? Like you’re grinding out the miles, hitting your workouts, checking all the boxes—and yet your progress feels stuck? Here’s something most runners overlook: it’s not […]
The Emotional Mile Nobody Trains For
Being nice is harder than running a marathon. And most people quit at mile 2. Okay, let’s talk about people. Specifically, the kind of people who make you question your life choices. You know the ones—random jerks, passive-aggressive coworkers, that […]
The Backward Law of Running: Why Pursuing Joy on the Road Leads You Away from It
You know the feeling — That hunger for a new best time and the general excitement of pushing yourself harder. But somewhere along the way, that thrill turns into a weird frustration. Why do you think that is? Alan Watts […]
Running Through Fear: Why It Makes You Stronger
You don’t have less fear; you just bring more soldiers to the fight | Fear, suffering, resistance and bravery In August 2024, I completed the seventh of a “half-marathon-a-year for ten years” self-challenge. For some reason, I keep forgetting about […]
David Goggins’ Mental Toughness for Runners: The Science of Grit Training
What Is the Anterior MidCingulate Cortex (aMCC)? Right now, I’m on this David Goggins kick. Yeah, I’m seven years late; I assumed I knew everything in his book from his social media, and yeah, I was wrong. I think the […]
The Two Ways I’ve Approached Running | Past & Present
There are two ways I’ve approached running over the years. And tbh, it really goes back and forth depending on where my head is. Past At first, I started running. I played mental games. I’ll put my shoes on, walk […]
Running Meditation – Improve Your Mindset to Run Further & Faster
Let me tell you a story that might bend your mind a bit—it’s about when I almost blew up my own running progress by being too mindful. Sounds wild, right? How could being present and aware ever be a bad […]
Top 11 Ways To Run Longer & Farther Without Hitting The Wall
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE 30-DAY PLAN, QUICK START GUIDE AND CHECKLIST Ever wonder how our ancestors chased down prey without Nikes or energy gels? Simple: They perfected the art of persistence hunting, which wasn’t about speed but stamina. […]
Why Soft People Don’t Do Hard Things
What the 2008 Disney x Pixar movie Wall-E got right about humans I’m pretty sure I’m offending someone in the world with the saying, “Soft people don’t do hard things.” Hell, I have it printed out on my wall behind […]
I lied to myself, the 5k is not my favorite race
Self-honesty was non-existent The lie all started in 2018. I was struggling to figure out what race I should focus on. My kid was coming along, and I knew I needed to buckle down and focus on one race. I […]
How to stop overtraining and instead find the sweet spot in your running
The More is More Paradox of Training and Life. If I told you that less is more, you would probably believe me, right? Unfortunately, most people’s brains think more is more. It just makes sense. The more you work the […]
This Unique Run Tempo Workout Will Help You Race Better | Aug 1% better
Running advice to elevate your life: twice a month 🏃🏽♂️Skim time (5k pace): 1 min 35 sec 🚶🏽♀️Read time (long run pace): 5 min 58 sec 👋🏽 Welcome aboard, newcomers, with fresh enthusiasm! And to our long-time companions, we raise […]
The Most Powerful Way To Think for Run Life Gains | First Principles for Runners
“It is by logic that we prove, but by intuition that we discover.” – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, theoretical physicist, and engineer Have you ever wondered about how you can improve your mental fitness for training and racing? If so, […]