As a fat runner who has coached thousands of women to start running, I’ve noticed one thing that predicts their success: a beginner’s mindset. This mindset is extremely helpful to adopt when starting out as a runner, but the truth is, it can be a game-changer for experienced runners as well.

Hear five beginner's mindset hacks that will help you truly enjoy the sport of running. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or you haven’t pulled the trigger on running yet, I’m showing you the magic that can unfold when you adopt a beginner’s mindset. 

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Coach Elle Dee from the Run Your Best Life program is here to talk about her solo running summer adventure in Alaska. Very little went exactly according to plan, and she had some unique experiences just on her journey to our Alaskan retreat.

Hear Elle Dee’s running lessons from two months on the road. She’s sharing the desires behind undertaking this incredible voyage and the problems she faced just on the drive to Alaska, as well as going deep into everything she learned about running while on the retreat itself. 

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I’m here this week with the one and only Coach Jen Lamplough! Since declaring her goal of re-doing the Chicago Marathon when she turns 50, Jen has been navigating a variety of changes in her life, which she dives into on this episode. All of us can fall into the trap of using goals to help us feel a certain way, and when we share big goals publicly like Jen has, there’s a lot that can happen when you realize an internal shift has occurred.

Hear how so many of us torture ourselves over decisions we’ve made, why we’re allowed to let ourselves off the hook, and the difference between doing this from an unconscious versus intentional place. 

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What are your thoughts on telling people you’re a runner? What does it even mean to feel like a runner? What are ‘real’ runners thinking so they don’t have to qualify their statements about their runs?

Whether you’re struggling to call yourself a runner because you take run-walk intervals, run at a slower pace than others, or think what you’re really doing is a light jog, this episode is for you. I’ve had all of these thoughts and more, but I’m giving you eight ways to start thinking like a runner right now, so you can embrace your identity as a full-fledged runner.

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I’m excited to introduce you to Charlotte Rooney, a leadership and anti-burnout coach. She is sharing her own experience of approaching running in the same way as her career, and how it prevented her not only from getting the benefits of intuitive and gentle movement but, most importantly, from enjoying it.

Charlotte shares how work and life burnout can affect your running, and what you can do to heal symptoms of burnout. She’s offering both the obvious and more subtle signs of burnout to look out for, the role that running now plays in her life, and why success can include prioritizing your well-being, mental health, and whole humanity.

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In a world where we’ve been raised to believe it’s shameful, embarrassing, and downright bad to be fat, it can feel impossible to think about living our best lives right now if we’re in a fat body. I tell women all the time that all bodies, regardless of shape or size, are deserving of joy, pleasure, and equal treatment, but some people have taken this to mean that I’m anti-weight loss.

I offer my take on fat acceptance, and why this is not the same as being anti-weight loss. Hear the difference between being anti-diet culture versus anti-weight loss, what body autonomy means to me, and my top recommendations if you’re currently pursuing intentional weight loss.

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This week, the whole Not Your Average Runner team is here to talk about body image, body confidence, and all things body. If you’re not familiar with these three ladies, you’re going to love them. Jen Madden is our business manager, and Elle Dee and Jen Lamplough are two of our amazing coaches.

Hear the four of us discuss the cult-like effects of the way we’ve been socialized from a young age around diet and body image. We’re discussing the direct impact of the messaging we’ve received our whole lives about how our bodies should look, how fatphobia shows up where we least expect it, and how to spot the inherited thoughts you have about your body.

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A huge part of my mission is to counteract misogyny, patriarchy, and anti-fat bias that exist in our entire society, especially in our fitness spaces. That's why I created the Fat Runner Manifesto: a 10-point distillation of my thoughts about being a fat female runner in a patriarchal and fatphobic world.

I offer new thoughts to consider about running, your body, and your right to take up space in this world without apology. My goal is for you to see that these thoughts can be true for you, and I invite you to keep practicing them until you can create a space within your mind where you are respected, loved, and treated with compassion.

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Kelly Roberts is the head coach and creator of the Badass Lady Gang. Her philosophy measures success by confidence gained, not pounds lost, and she’s coached thousands of women from brand-new runners to those chasing Boston Marathon qualifying times. She's joining me to discuss all things running, body-image resilience, and exercising in a way that isn’t entangled with your weight.

Discover why weight won’t stop being a problem until we stop making it a problem. Kelly is sharing her own struggles with body image, how she’s navigated the challenges of being a running influencer, why you don’t need to apologize for your shape, and why we need to see more women in different bodies doing powerful things.

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Learning to run in all different weather conditions is super important because you can’t guarantee the temperature on race day. If you want to get out there and run in the heat safely, this episode is for you.

Hear my tips for running in hot weather. I’m discussing how to recognize the signs of heat exhaustion when you’re on your summer runs, some useful clothing and gear advice, how to hydrate safely, how to protect yourself from the sun, and how to pace yourself in the safest way possible.

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