Motivation Essentials

4 Great Habits To Keep Up Your Running Motivation

Article added January 11, 2020 Categories Featured Beginners, Featured Training, Motivation, Motivation Essentials

Written By: Cindy Kzuma

4 Great habits to keep up your running motivation. Get Inspired and Stay Motivated to Run. Follow these everyday tips for a fitter, healthier, and happier new you. Runners dream big. Tackling a new distance, posting a personal best, losing weight—we embrace grand challenges. But what happens after that goal is (hopefully) met? You risk losing motivation […]

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Effective Goal Setting

Article added December 5, 2019 Categories Motivation, Motivation Essentials

Written By: JASON GOOTMAN AND WILL KIROUSIS

We guide you through the process of determining good goals Best performances require much more than the physical aspects of conditioning. Training your mind is just as important, and doing so begins with goal setting. When a new runner approaches us about coaching, the first thing we ask them is to tell us in detail […]

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Why a bad race might make you more successful in the long run

Article added September 26, 2019 Categories Columns, Featured Columns, Motivation, Motivation Essentials, Your stories

Written By: CINDY KUZMA

The four-time Olympic gold medalist shares his secrets on recovering and going after your goals all over again. If anyone knows how to overcome a tough break and get back to the top, it’s Britain’s Mo Farah. Three years ago at the Olympics in Rio, about midway through the 10,000 meters, then-training partner Galen Rupp accidentally tripped him. Farah hit […]

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4 Things I Discovered After Forcing Myself to Run Every Morning

Article added September 16, 2019 Categories Chris Fonda, Motivation Essentials, Training

Written By: BRIAN DALEK

It turns out that getting up early can have some surprising benefits. Though it goes counter to the preferred doctrine, I tend to thrive on less than eight hours of sleep. I’ve been a night owl most of my existence, and usually only get five to six hours of shuteye. But I’ve never really worried about […]

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The Trick to Setting Running Goals You Can Actually Achieve

Article added September 13, 2019 Categories Featured Beginners, Motivation, Motivation Essentials

Written By: DANIELLE ZICKL

Hint: Who you choose to share them with can play a big role. According to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, telling your goals to someone whose opinion you respect will help you accomplish them. Sharing your goal with someone lower in status does not increase your commitment to that goal. For runners, sharing […]

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