Listen now (22 min) | It’s a bright, sunshine-y ☀️ morning here in Georgia, where the temperature is expected to rise into the 80s today and spring feels like it really is finally here. I hope you’ve been enjoying our audio series of conversations with running coaches as much as I have — I’ve learned so much about shifting my own mindset during this time just from the half-hour to 45 minutes or so I’ve spent talking with each coach.
Thank you for another great interview! Sarah has great advice into dealing with no races. I hadn’t thought of this downtime between racing events as an opportunity to build fitness & become better. (I seem to learn something with each race, not necessarily the day to day training.) This gave me a new perspective!
Thanks, Corrina! One of things I'm learning from talking to coaches like Sarah is how important it is to focus on the longer term than a single race. Like she said, so many people focus on training for a single race and then abandon a lot of what they've done after the race is over. But staying consistent (as much as is realistically possible for those of us with full-time jobs!) is a better goal, it seems like.
You are right! This changes my perspective. I don’t want to abandon what I’ve learned after each race and I want to stay consistent, but without burning out. It will be a fine line, I think, but worth trying!
Thank you for another great interview! Sarah has great advice into dealing with no races. I hadn’t thought of this downtime between racing events as an opportunity to build fitness & become better. (I seem to learn something with each race, not necessarily the day to day training.) This gave me a new perspective!
Thanks, Corrina! One of things I'm learning from talking to coaches like Sarah is how important it is to focus on the longer term than a single race. Like she said, so many people focus on training for a single race and then abandon a lot of what they've done after the race is over. But staying consistent (as much as is realistically possible for those of us with full-time jobs!) is a better goal, it seems like.
You are right! This changes my perspective. I don’t want to abandon what I’ve learned after each race and I want to stay consistent, but without burning out. It will be a fine line, I think, but worth trying!