Coach Bennett's Podcast

How To Start or Keep On Running (Using U2 Songs as Inspiration)

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 132. How To Start or Keep On Running (Using U2 Songs as Inspiration) You ever wonder how you or someone you care about could best start, star...

Why I Didn't Break 4

11 Dec 2025

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Episode 131. Why I Didn't Break 4I had a few big goals when I was running and racing competitively. One of those goals was breaking 4 minutes in ...

How To End The Year Running

04 Dec 2025

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Episode 130. How To End The Year RunningThe end of the year is not the time that people start running. In fact, the end of the year os when most peopl...

Maybe Is A Power

27 Nov 2025

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Episode 129. Maybe Is A PowerI headed out on my run today and it was drizzling. I though to myself that maybe I'll run 15 minutes... but maybe I&...

Winter Is Coming. Get Ready To Run It.

20 Nov 2025

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Episode 128. Winter Is Coming. Get Ready To Run It. Winter is coming. Just ask Jon Snow or really anyone from the Stark family. All my Game of Throne...

(The Race Is Done.) Now What?

13 Nov 2025

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Episode 127. Now What? The race is over. The training cycle is finished. You crossed. the finish line. Now what? I've wanted to do this episode ...

Just Wait A Minute

06 Nov 2025

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Episode 126. Just Wait A MinuteSometimes all it takes to set a day straight or a run right is a minute. But you'll need the strength and confiden...

How To Have A Better Race

30 Oct 2025

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Episode 125. How To Have A Better Race This is a special one. Because it's episode 125! And because running a race is special. And because we ha...

Moving On

23 Oct 2025

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Episode 124. Moving OnSometimes the hardest part of a running a race isn't the race. And sometimes it's not even the training you need to do...

Success

16 Oct 2025

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Episode 123. SuccessSuccess. What is it? How do you define it? How do you measure it? What happens when you don't reach a goal? Is there such a t...

On The Starting Line

09 Oct 2025

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Episode 122. On The Starting LineWe all stand there on starting lines. Together. Alone. With the unknown ahead of us. No guarantees. This episode is i...

Ready. Set. Go!

02 Oct 2025

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Episode 121. Ready, Set, Go! This is a really special episode. Because I get to talk about something that is near and dear to my heart - how to intro...

Keep It Easy

25 Sep 2025

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Episode 120. Keep It EasyIt’s not just about making sure you run easy when you’re supposed to run easy. Keeping it easy is also about making sure ...

Getting Ready For The Big Day

18 Sep 2025

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Episode 119. Getting Ready For The Big DayYou got a big day coming up? Is it a race? 5K? 10K? Marathon? Maybe it's an exam you need to take or a ...

Better🍁Autumn🍁Running

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 118: Better Autumn Running It's time to... wait for it... fall in love with running in the fall. Get it? Pretty great, right? I know. I ...

All I Got

04 Sep 2025

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Episode 117. All I GotIt's been a tough couple of weeks. So much travel. Dropping kids off on the other side of the country. ER visits. Sickness....

Goals: How To Set, Change, Drop and Achieve Them

21 Aug 2025

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Episode 116: Goals: How To Set, Change, Drop and Achieve ThemIt's always a great time to talk about goals. And when you talk about goals you need...

Get Out Of Your Own Way

14 Aug 2025

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Episode 115. Get Out Of Your Own WayWe all do it. We self-sabotage. We trip ourselves up. We set ourselves up for something less than success. Well, t...

Recovery On The Run

07 Aug 2025

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Episode 114. Recovery On The RunYou've probably heard me say that great running dependent on great recovery. Well, it's the truth. And if yo...

Get Fast

31 Jul 2025

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Episode 113. Get FastBuckle up buttercup! Because we're about to go fast talking about getting fast. I do my best to rip through this episode... ...

5 Ways To Build Confidence

24 Jul 2025

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Episode 112. 5 Ways To Build ConfidenceBeing confident takes work. And that means that confidence is something that can be built up, grown, maintained...

Setbacks (How To Deal With Them)

17 Jul 2025

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Episode 111. Setbacks (How To Deal With Them)It's inevitable. If you show up consistently... if you chase after great goals... if you get better ...

Risk and Reward

10 Jul 2025

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Episode 110. Risk and Reward.Some risks can lead to great rewards. Some rewards are not worth the risks. Whether you realize it or not every run and r...

It's OK To Not Be OK

03 Jul 2025

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Episode 109. It's OK To Not Be OKIt's OK to be OK. It's OK to not be OK. But it's not OK to say you're OK when you're no...

How To Slow Down (So You Can Speed Up)

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 108. How To Slow Down (So You Can Speed Up)Sometimes you need to slow down so you can speed up. Yes, it makes sense. And it's true. In fa...

7 Ways To Make Your Running More Fun

19 Jun 2025

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Episode 107. 7 Ways To Make Your Running More FunIt doesn't matter how fast or how far you can run. There's always an opportunity to make yo...

I Believe

12 Jun 2025

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Episode 106.  I Believe. I figured it was time that I told you what I believe in. Especially, since I believe in you! But this is episode goes old s...

Happy Global Running Day

05 Jun 2025

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Episode 105.  Happy Global Running DaySure, this episode may be dropping the day after Global Running Day in many parts of the world... the sentiment...

7 Ways To Make Your Summer Running Better

29 May 2025

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Episode 104.  7 Ways To Make Your Summer Running BetterThis could actually be 5 or 6 or maybe even 8 or 9 ways. I'm not exactly sure. I kind of ...

Comebacks

22 May 2025

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Episode 103. ComebacksDon't call it a comeback? No, call it a comeback! Coming back from an injury? It's a comeback. Coming back from sickne...

How To Do More

15 May 2025

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Episode 102. How To Do MoreSo, you want to know how to do more? I get it. More is better, right? Well, maybe. Maybe not. That's why before we dec...

Searching For Balance

08 May 2025

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Episode 101. Searching For Balance. We're all searching for some balance in our lives and in our running. But I don't think there's su...

Why Do You Run?

01 May 2025

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Episode 100.  Why Do You Run? Why do you run? This is a conversation... but it's also a celebration of running. And it's a celebration of ...

You Gotta Have Faith

24 Apr 2025

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Episode 99. You Gotta Have Faith It was announced today that Faith Kipyegon is going to try and break 4 in the Mile this Summer in Paris. What was th...

A Pep Talk For You (And Me)

17 Apr 2025

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Episode 98. A Pep Talk For You (And Me)This wasn't what I had originally planned for this episode. But sometimes the best plan is a different pla...

How To Schedule Your Runs

10 Apr 2025

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Episode 97.  How To Schedule Your RunsSometimes the hardest part of running isn't the running. It's scheduling the running. When and why do...

How To Get Through A Tough Run

03 Apr 2025

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Episode 96. How To Get Through A Tough Run It doesn't matter how fast you are. It doesn't mater how long you've been running, It doesn...

How To Make Gains With No Pains

27 Mar 2025

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Episode 95. How To Make Gains With No PainsAnyone that’s says “no pain no gain” has no idea what they’re talking about. There are so many gain...

5 Tips For A Better Long Run

20 Mar 2025

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Episode 94. 5 Tips For A Better Long Run. Why give you one tip for a better long run when I can give you five? No need ot ask why not I don't gi...

The Story Of The First Gold In The Women’s Marathon

13 Mar 2025

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Episode 93. The Story Of The First Gold In The Women’s Marathon It's the first race I can remember watching. And it's stayed with me ever...

You And The Best Runners In The World

06 Mar 2025

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Episode 92. You And The Best Runners In The World.You got a lot in common with the best runners in the world. You know that right? Because you should ...

How To Coach Yourself (And Others) Better

27 Feb 2025

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Episode 91. How To Coach Yourself (And Others) BetterOne of the goals I have as a coach is that you need me less and less. That's right. Every ti...

How To Run Better In Cold Weather

20 Feb 2025

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Episode 90: How To Run Better In Cold WeatherIf you're in the depths of winter or winter is on its way or you're just one of those fantastic...

Stressed Out

13 Feb 2025

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Episode 89. Stressed OutStress is real. Stress is a natural response we have to situations that feel out of control or hard to manage. So, if you&apos...

All The Small Things

06 Feb 2025

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Episode 88.  All The Small ThingsYes, it's a Blink 182 song. And yes, it's a great song. But this episode may be even better. Because we&ap...

Metrics That Really Matter

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 87.  Metrics That Really MatterYou've got the classics. You know what I'm talking about. The OG running metrics. Minutes. Meters. M...

Motivation

23 Jan 2025

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Episode 86.  Motivation. My motivation for this episode was you. Yes, you. You've been reaching out telling me you're losing motivation or ...

Inspire

16 Jan 2025

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Episode 85. Inspire.Inspire. Inspiration. Inspired. That's a verb, noun and adjective there. All essential to a successful runner. And all three ...

When Easy Isn't Easy

09 Jan 2025

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Episode 84.  When Easy Isn't Easy. Sometimes it can feel like everything is hard. Yes, sometimes it can feel like even easy isn't so easy. ...

This Can Be Your Best Year Ever!

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Episode 83.  This Can Be Your Best Year Ever!Welcome to 2025! Could this be your best... year... ever? Maybe. At least it makes sense to try to hav...

New Year's Resolve

26 Dec 2024

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 Episode 82.  New Year's Resolve. I love resolutions. I do. But I love resolve even more. What can I say? I'm a verbs guy. Nouns and adjec...

Strength

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Episode 81.   StrengthIt's not just about lifting weights. It's not just physical. It's not just physical and it's not just men...

How To Run More With Less Time

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 80. How To Run More With Less TimeSometimes it feels like we've got no time to do the things that we love to spend our time doing. And wh...

How To Keep Going

05 Dec 2024

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Episode 79.  How To Keep GoingCould be that time of year... could be because of work or school or because of obligations or responsibilities. Could b...

Running Grateful

28 Nov 2024

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Episode 78. Running GratefulThank you. Seems like the best way to start this episode. Because without all of you... this ain't happening. So, tha...

Struggle

21 Nov 2024

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Episode 77. Struggle. We struggle. We all struggle. We struggle with our running. We struggle with our recovery. We struggle with failure. We struggle...

Starting Over

14 Nov 2024

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Episode 76.  Starting Over. Starting over. Starting over after an injury or sickness. Starting over after a loss. Starting over after a letdown. Star...

Endurance

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 75. Endurance.This one is an important one. Because we are talking about one of the foundations of running (and living). We're talking en...

Do You Need To Do More?

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 74. Do You Need To Do More? It's a question that inevitably gets asked. Do I need to do more? I'm ready for it. Are you ready for th...

How To Get Faster

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 73. How To Get Faster.Oh baby! Fast is fun. I guess that means that faster is funner! So let's talk about how to get to that grammaticall...

Why We Need To Recover

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 72. Why We Need To Recover.You'd think that convincing people to take the time and initiative to do something like recover would be easy....

How To Race Your Best

10 Oct 2024

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Episode 71. How To Race Your Best.Yes, this is about running and this is not about running. But this is definitely about running. And it's also d...

It's OK To Be Nervous

03 Oct 2024

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Episode 70. It's OK To Be Nervous.I hope you know that it's OK to be nervous. Because it is. And that's what this episode is about. Wel...

How To Slow Down Without Slowing Down

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 69. How To Slow Down Without Slowing DownSometimes it can feel like we've lost control of a run or our running or our day. Suddenly every...

Survive and Advance

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 68. Survive and Advance. September. For me... it was my danger zone. When I coached high school I looked at the month of September with a mixt...

How To Make Running Fun (Again)

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 67.  How To Make Running Fun (Again).You do know that running is supposed to be fun... right? This is a big and important episode. That'...

Suckcess: How To Deal With A Bad Run

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 66. Suckcess: How To Deal With A Bad Run Those crap runs. They're going to happen now and again. No way around it. Sometimes you're ...

Lessons From The Paris Olympics

29 Aug 2024

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Episode 65. Lessons From The Paris Olympics Okay, let's talk about Paris 2024! Because there is so much to talk about. Now, this isn't an e...

Hope

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 64. Hope. If you run then you're a hopeful person. If you are on a run... you have hope that the run will help you get better in some way...

Patience

15 Aug 2024

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Episode 63. Patience. All we need is just a little patience. That's what Guns N' Roses said at least. And they were close. We need more than...

Confidence

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 62.  Confidence. This one is an important one because success in this most excellent sport of ours is so dependent on your mental and mindful...

Mix It Up!

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 61:  Mix It Up!That's right. Diversity wins. That simple sentence is one of my foundational truths as a coach. And I'm not just tal...

How To Train For Nothing At All

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 60:  How To Train For Nothing At All. It gets asked all the time. What should I do? I'm just coming back. I just started. I just finishe...

Running Isn't Boring (But Some Runners Are)

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 59: Running Isn't Boring (But Some Runners Are).I hear it. I hear it all the time. Running is boring. No. No, it's not. Running the ...

Rest Days

11 Jul 2024

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Episode 59. Rest DaysRest Days. Their essential to every athlete. In fact, great running is dependent on great recovery. So, why do we have such a har...

Slow Down

04 Jul 2024

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Episode 57:  Slow Down.Sometimes you need to slow down to do it right, gain control, maintain form, be present, be your best. And sometimes you need ...

Failing Not Failure

27 Jun 2024

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Episode 56. Failing Not FailureThis episode is straight up inspired by the Olympic Trials. There is far more "failing" going on than "s...

Finding Your Pace

20 Jun 2024

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Episode 55.  Finding Your PaceIt's one of those things that so many runners are looking for... hunting for... searching for. Their PACE! If only...

Running Streaks

13 Jun 2024

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Episode 54:  Running StreaksLet's streak! This episode is all about streaking! Sounds so sassy... but it's really just a nerdy little episo...

How To Run Better In Hot Weather

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 53:   How To Run Better In Hot Weather  Temperatures are rising... pretty much everywhere... and pretty much at all times of the year. So t...

My Coaching Truths

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 52::  My Coaching TruthsAlmost ten years ago I was sitting in a Nike conference room in NYC. I was asked about a job. Did I want it? I grabbe...

50 Excuses To Run: Excuses #'s 26-50

23 May 2024

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50 Excuses To Run: Excuses #'s 26-50We are constantly inundated with excuses to NOT run. So, let's inundate ourselves with excuses TO RUN! I...

50 Excuses To Run: Excuses #'s 1-25

16 May 2024

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50 Excuses To Run:  Excuses #'s 1-25We are constantly inundated with excuses to NOT run. So, let's inundate ourselves with excuses TO RUN! ...

How To Run Consistently

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 49. How To Run ConsistentlyConsistency is key. Maybe the biggest key. What does it unlock? Well, just about everything. That's why we&apo...

PB’s

02 May 2024

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Episode 48:   PB’s- I'm on Team PB's... you may be Team PR's. That's fine. In no way will that diminish your extreme enjoyment ...

Easy Runs

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 47:  Easy Runs- Why do I say what I say to you on an easy run? Why do I tell you to start easy? Why do I tell you to blame me for running sl...

Stop That! Start This.

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 46:   Stop That! Start This.- We do so many things that slow us down or set us back. And we don't do so many things that would set us up...

Questions For YOU To Answer

11 Apr 2024

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Episode 45:  Questions For YOU To AnswerThat's right! We're flipping the script. I'm asking the questions and you are answering them. ...

Running Isn't Complicated

04 Apr 2024

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Episode 44:   Running Isn't ComplicatedThe episode is really called Running Isn't Complicated... Runners Are. But I figured brevity would ...

Mindset Matters: Goals

28 Mar 2024

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Episode 43 -  Mindset Matters: GoalsYou wanted more Mindset Matters! Ask and ye shall receive. That's right! The one and only mindset coach extr...

What To Do When You Can’t Do The Run You Want To Do

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 42: What To Do When You Can’t Do The Run You Want To DoThis is episode takes you behind the line - If You Can't Do The Run You Want To ...

Being Hurt

14 Mar 2024

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Episode 41:   Being HurtThis episode is inspired by so many of you asking me what has inspired the way I talk about and handle injuries.  Well, we&...

Answering Your (Mostly About) Running Questions

07 Mar 2024

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Episode 40:   Answering Your (Mostly About) Running QuestionsWell, I put together 14... maybe it's 15... could actually be 13 of the most popula...

How To Make Adjustments So You Run Better

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 39:   How To Make Adjustments So You Run Better Coaching isn't about writing a training plan. It's about making adjustments to the ...

Tips To Make Your Running Suck

22 Feb 2024

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Episode 38: Tips To Make Your Running SuckSometimes its just easier to tell someone what not to do than it is to tell them what to do. And for this ep...

Recover Like A Badass

15 Feb 2024

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Episode 37: Recover Like A Badass Great running is dependent on great recovery so it makes sense to talk about how you can recover like a badass. And ...

Getting Comfortable Being Comfortable

08 Feb 2024

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Episode 36:  Getting Comfortable Being ComfortableYes, you read it correctly. Sure, you probably hear about how important it is to learn how to get c...

Mistakes I've Made So You Don't Have To

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

EP 35:  Mistakes I've Made So You Don't Have To I don't believe that you need to fall down to know that it hurts. I don't believe...

How To Become Your Own Best Coach

25 Jan 2024

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Episode 34: How To Become Your Own Best CoachYou really want to become a better runner? Work on becoming a better coach! Become your own best coach. D...

How To Run With Low Motivation

18 Jan 2024

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Episode 33:  How To Run With Low Motivation. It's that time of year. Motivation can wane. Inspiration can dim. How do I know it's that time...