The Running World According to DeanOver the years I’ve had a lot of discussions even debates about setting goals. Most often the debate with individuals end up revolving around reasonableness of the goal or failure to meet goals.
There are some “motivational speakers” or “success coaches” (jeez I hate those terms) who take the approach that goals are useless. They [...]
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I am excited to announce a joint project. Dr. Patrick Cohn and I are collaborating on mental game training materials specifically designed for runners, duathletes, triathletes and endurance athletes.
You can see some of Dr. Cohn’s materials here. He also has a great site for parents of youth athletes.
But, our first step is to get some [...]
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Often you can overhear comments from runners about not being in shape. One of the contexts I hear it which is interesting is when someone drops down or moves up in training or racing distance.
It begs the question: Who is in better shape a miler a 5K specialist or the marathoner?
The answer is perhaps none [...]
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As previously announced, we have a great summer camp planned for July 9-14. Everything is coming together just great and we’re excited to get up to the cool country.
This will be physically and mentally rewarding; oh ya, and it’s going to be fun!
I am proud and excited to announce Elevate Running Camp, a running camp [...]
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A mindset is a set of thought patterns and beliefs that drive our behaviors. We have mindsets about many aspects of our lives. We have a mindsets about work, play, family and more. We also have overarching mindsets that color our worlds such as optimist or pessimist. The “athlete mindset” is something I refer to [...]
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Runners say funny things. I have heard this refrain so many times: but I’m not in shape enough to run hard. On the surface it sounds so logical. If you aren’t in shape then how can you push and if you push won’t you get injured?
This is that wonderful land of half-truths that many runners [...]
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