Posts

Make It Work

QT: Adapting Your Training When Facing a Time Crunch (Best Of-ish)

0 Comments/in , /by

Become a Patron!

This post was originally part of Episode 175 released in October of 2015 and is more or less copy and pasted from that post. The audio, however, is a new take on the topic.

If you run long enough, and run long enough races, there will inevitably come a time crunch where you have to deal with trying to fit a long training run into a small time window.

But you don’t necessarily have to try and squeeze your run in when you’re dealing with a time crunch.

Make It Work

Make It Work

Make It Work

You have options.

Sure, in an ideal world if your training plan is calling for a 20-miler it would be great to have the time to run 20 miles.

But if you’ve only got a couple of hours available on the day you’re supposed to log all of those miles, what are you supposed to do? Just run 10? Not run at all?

Fortunately, you’ve got some options. Read more

QT: When 24 Hrs Isn’t Enough, Pare Back Your Running

0 Comments/in , /by

Become a Patron!

The fact of the matter is that we all have the same amount of time available to us each day.

Another fact of the matter is that most of us wouldn’t mind an extra hour or two each day.

Life is busy. And it can be a struggle to find time for all the things.

Sadly, adding more hours to the day isn’t an option at this point.

For some of us, that may mean that addition by subtraction becomes necessary. Read more

QT: Give Grace When Life Gets a Little Carried Away

0 Comments/in , /by

Become a Patron!

How do you respond to others when they are struggling a bit?

Do you bite their head off? Kick them when they’re down?

What about when you’re the one that’s having a hard time at the moment? Read more

QT: Perfection Isn’t Always Possible, but Progress Is

0 Comments/in , /by

Would you class yourself as a perfectionist?

How is the expectation of perfection working out for you?

I think all of us would prefer that our training, races, and life outside of running would always go as planned.

However, here in the real world, perfection is much more of the exception than the rule. Read more

QT: Surviving the Perfect Storm of Running, Life, and Everything In Between

0 Comments/in , /by

I was part of a really interesting conversation the other day.

As you may know, every Wednesday I jump on a video chat with a couple of great running coaches (Laura Norris and Nora Bird) and we talk shop about our business and try to help each other be more successful.

This week’s discussion centered around something I’d never really thought of before but makes total sense.

The fall being the metaphorical perfect storm of running, life, and everything in between. Read more