26 Journal Prompts for Marathon Training
I know, I’m a cliche of myself sometimes with all the running journal posts, but I’m a true believer in spending some time pondering life and how I feel about the things going on in it. I joke about it, […]
Mental Side of Running
13 Journal Prompts for Half Marathon Training
I know, I’m a cliche of myself sometimes with all the running journal posts, but I’m a true believer in spending some time pondering life and how I feel about the things going on in it. I joke about it, […]
15 Journal Prompts for Newer Runners
I know, I’m a cliche of myself sometimes with all the running journal posts, but I’m a true believer in spending time pondering life and how I feel about the things going on in it. I joke about it, but […]
The Different Kinds of Running Motivation
Both as a runner and as a coach, I think a lot about motivation. What will get me out the door to run today when the weather is crappy? How do I convince a client to keep running when they […]
Common Self-Talk Mistakes Runners Make and How to Fix Them
The voices in my head are always yammering away during my runs. Usually, it’s pretty innocuous. I’ll be listening to a podcast and have debates with myself about the topic, or I’ll add in my (imaginary) side of the conversation. […]
Staying Motivated To Run Without Races
I make no secret of the fact I’m terrible about running regularly when I’m not training for a race. Give me training plan and a race day and I’ll run religiously. Tell me to run just because I can? Yeah, […]
Mindful Running
At its core, running is a pretty mindless activity. You put one foot in front of the other and repeat for between 1 minute to 10 hours. This is the reason some people hate running and find it boring. It’s […]
8 Questions to Ask Yourself After a Bad, Terrible, Horrible, No-Good Race
If you run enough races, eventually you’ll have a bad one. Maybe it didn’t go according to plan, maybe it was terrible and everything felt off. Maybe it wasn’t too terrible, but you know you could have done better. The […]
Swearing And The Power Of Sorta Positive Affirmations
The common wisdom is to use positive mantras and affirmations when things are tough. To use positive thoughts to keep you going when you begin to struggle. To use positive energy to psych yourself up and keep going. And in […]
Motivation to Run: What Will Get You Out the Door?
Awhile back, I was going through the training to become a running coach. At one point in the course, we were talking about goals and running motivation. The instructor firmly believed (and re-iterated several times) that the main goal- the […]
