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🔥 Transform your running with expert coaching. Join the Personal Best Program. Start your 7-day free trial. https://www.skool.com/personalbest | After sitting down with Olympic champions, elite athletes, and everyday runners, I've noticed the same themes coming up again and again. In this episode, I break down the biggest mindset and training lessons from my last 10 conversations, and how my thinking on low heart rate training has evolved over the past 14 years.
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Topics covered: 0:00 — Lessons Every Recreational Runner Needs to Hear 1:34 — How to Transform your running with expert coaching. 2:14 — Consistency, Sustainability, and the Long Game 5:15 — Let Go of the Outcome and Trust the Process 11:39 — Leave Your Ego Behind and Pace Yourself Wisely 16:40 — How To Master Your Internal Dialogue 17:10 — Precision Fuel & Hydration 19:27 — How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy 28:03 — Difficulty, Failure and Uncertainty Are Part of Growth 37:13 — Be Present, Keep It Playful and Enjoy Running 45:58 — How My Zone 2 Training Thinking Has Changed 50:17 — Why Consistency Breaks Down and How to Get It Back 58:43 — Closing Thoughts and Advice by coach Floris Gierman
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EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: ► Jakob Ingebrigtsen episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQeh_Pg0Nz0&t ► Ian Sharman episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iMO_lsLf80&t ► Molly Seidel episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFelJ8TRRVw&t ► Rachel Entrekin episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nuGYlgEaBs&t ► Ryan Hall episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHCA5AxPgb0&t ► Sarah Hall episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en4w0-RpWgk&t ► Katja Livingston episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLowH6xs4d4&t ► Albert Shank episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plLtVFuBfAI
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