MY POWER SONG “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT” BY NIRVANA
CREDENTIALS RUNNER’S WORLD+ COACH, STRENGTH COACH, OVERALL BADASS
WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, I NEED TO HEAR MY BREATH
MY SUMMER GEAR ESSENTIALS CIELE HATS AND SUNSCREEN!
AFTER A HARD WORKOUT, I CRAVE A MARGARITA AND TACOS
MY FAVORITE MILE THE HOME STRETCH, BABY. DIG DEEP AND FIND THE PAIN CAVE.
AFTER A HOT RUN, MY COOLDOWN ROUTINE IS FIND WATER FOUNTAINS AND AS MUCH SHADE AS POSSIBLE. EAT AN ENTIRE WATERMELON.
I want you to think back to the last run you crushed. It shouldn’t be a PR. In fact, don’t think about a race. I want you to remember a normal training run that, for one reason or another, just felt like an absolute victory.
Now, I want you to rewind at least 24 hours before that run. Think about what you did—the meals you ate, how much sleep you got, the music you listened to, the snacks you had. Try and write down as many of those little details as possible. The smaller the detail, the better.
I often tell my athletes to do this exercise whenever they reach a training rut or plateau. They come to me with a list of big life issues as the reason for the downturn: Work is stressful; the weather is horrible; there’s a global pandemic; their motivation is teetering.
I tell them to forget all the things going on around them that they can’t control, and remember the little things in their orbit that they can. That’s when I prompt them to reflect on their last amazing run.
This story is from the Issue 3, 2021 edition of Runner's World.
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TO RUN 26.2 IS TO FEEL ALIVE
THE SUN IS rising from the east, and the waves of the Pacific crash below to the west.
LEAVE IT UP TO A PIECE OF PAPER TO TEACH YOU TO RUN EASY
BEFORE I FELL for running, I thought the hardest thing about the sport was the fast stuff: the speedwork, the sprints, and the intervals.
WHY-AND HOW-YOU SHOULD RUN DOUBLES
Those are just a few of the titles entered into my training log for the second run of a day.
FIND YOUR RUNNING COMMUNITY, ONLINE OR IN PERSON
I SIGNED UP for my first marathon while sobbing in the back of a rideshare, on my way to the airport to fly to my uncle's funeral.
FUEL WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT
AS AN ULTRARUNNER, I'm all too familiar with the saying that long-distance running is an \"eating contest with a running component.\"
AT THE FERTILITY CLINIC, MY PAST CAUGHT UP WITH ME
I SAT IN the fertility doctor's office white walls, bare wooden desk, opaque window-alone.
THIS IS NOT AN ESCAPE STORY
AT 15, DARLENE STUBBS WALKED AWAY FROM A POLYGAMOUS CULT-THEN DISCOVERED A NEW LIFE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH RUNNING.
RUNNING WITH HANK
How my daughter's rambunctious mutt saved my sanity while she was lost to the darkness.
WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD MS.I THOUGHT I'D NEVER RUN AGAIN.
I checked the pins on my bib, shimmied my spandex shorts into place, and teed up the stopwatch on my wrist.
A RUNNER'S GUIDE to sleep
Nike rocked the running world in 2018 when it released the Vaporfly 4%, claiming that the shoe could boost a runner's efficiency by that amount.
