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There's No Short Cut to Becoming More Patient

QT: Staying Patient Isn’t Easy but It is a Virtue (Best Of-ish)

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This post was originally part of Episode 313 released in September of 2016 and is more or less copied and pasted from that post. The audio, however, is a new take on the topic.

“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”

As a distance runner, I’m supposed to love that saying right?

I feel like this statement is thrown around rather often in almost every part of my life OUTSIDE of running.

Stay patient is the message. You’ll get there, it’s just going to take some time.

If a running metaphor is one of the most common metaphors I hear in my life outside of running but rarely within my various running circles, that must mean that runners are good at being patient, right?

Runners Being Patient? Hilarious!

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QT: What Got You Here May Not Get Your There (Best Of-ish)

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This post/episode was originally published in February of 2017. The post/show notes are more or less copy/pasted from the original post, but the podcast audio is a new take on the topic.

Where do you want to be, with regards to your running, in five years?

What are you willing to change to get there?

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QT: Nail Your Big Running Goals in 2020 and Beyond

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As another year is winding down, a lot of runners are starting to make plans for the future.

And if you’re anything like me, you’re planning on some pretty big goals for the new year!

I’m a big fan of setting some epic running goals.

The problem with epic goals is that they usually take a while to be reached.

And by a while, I don’t mean weeks. I mean many months, and sometimes (oftentimes?) many years.

For a lot of people, and runners are no exception, staying on track for months/years is quite difficult.

But it’s not impossible.

So if you have your sights set on doing some big things next year (and beyond), here are some suggestions to help you stay on track and (eventually) hit it out of the park. Read more

QT: Make Sure You Have Fun While Chasing Big Goals

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As you probably are well aware, I am a fan of big goals.

My two big running goals are to BQ (and run Boston, obvi) and to run a marathon in every state.

Neither of these goals are close to completion at this point.

If I’m going to be realistic, I’m a solid decade away from hitting the mark (minimum) on each front.

I’m cool with this fact, and more than willing to continue to put in the work required to achieve both of these goals in the future.

In the meantime, I might as well have a little fun, eh? Read more