ENCORE RUN: How To Get Out of Your Head and Push Your Real Limits: Matt Fitzgerald

If you want to reach your true potential, it’s not enough to just train your body. You need to train your mind. To become your best, you need to develop both the skills needed to push hard and the ability to pace and hold back.

Thankfully, both of those get better with time and practice.

On today’s episode of the Planted Runner Podcast, I invited the runner who literally wrote the book on pacing to teach you how to do it right.

Welcome to the Planted Runner. I’m Coach Claire Bartholic and my mission is to help you improve your running, your mindset, and your life with science-backed training and plant-based nutrition.

Matt Fitzgerald has written over 30 books to date on everything to do with running and his new one “On Pace: Discover How to Run Every Race at Your Real Limit” is another must-read for runners.

We talk about:

what it means to pace properly

why most runners are naturally really bad at it, and

we also go over practical techniques that you can use today to get better at it yourself

Matt is always great to talk to and I know you’ll come away from this conversation with some new ways to pace and race just a little closer to your true limits.

If you need more help, you can order my book The Planted Runner: Running Your Best With Plant-Based Nutrition wherever you get books or request a copy from your local library. 

➡️Or you can enter to win a copy for free, just by writing an Apple Podcasts review. I choose a new winner every month.

Don’t forget to stay tuned all the way to the end of the episode for another Mental Strength Minute. Fortify your mind in 60 seconds or less.

LINKS:

If you’d like help directly from me, you can check out my freebies, personal coaching, and sign up for my PR Team at https://www.theplantedrunner.com/link.

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