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The last six months of the year can a bit crazy, yes?

Between now and the end of the year, things just tend to be a bit crazy.

Holiday parties. Christmas pageants for the kids. End of the year “things”. Family demands. Travel.

Add it all up, the routine is a hot mess from now until somewhere around 4-5 January when the New Year is here and we settle back into our normal busy lives.

All of this disruption can wreak havoc on the training plans of anyone running over the holidays.

But it doesn’t have to. Read more

QT: Surviving the End of the Year Madness (Best Of-ish)

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Diz Runs Radio · 893 QT: Surviving the End of the Year Madness (Best Of-ish)

The end of the year is a crazy time for most of us.

It’s easy to focus on the craziness surrounding Christmas and the week between that and the New Year, but if you think about it for a minute the entire month can be one big blur.

Depending on your profession, there is the madness associated with tying up all of the loose ends of one year before diving headfirst into the next one.

If you have kids of a certain age, there is going to be a holiday concert at school that you’ll have to go to.

And if you’re “fortunate” enough to have kids at a couple of different schools at the same time, you’ll be blessed by the “opportunity” to see basically the same holiday concert more than once.

QT: Stress is Stress is Stress (Best Of-ish)

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This post/episode was originally published in May of 2018. 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.

Stress.

We all have it, and all of us deal with the stress of life in different ways.

For many of us runners, the most effective way to handle stress in our lives is to lace up our shoes and head out for some run-therapy.

In many cases, that may prove effective.

However, there are times that the stress of running actually makes the stress of life worse and vice versa. Read more

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

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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.