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The Guilt Free Running Slump
The Outlier Health Podcast
English - September 03, 2015 16:28 - 36 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsHealth & Fitness Sports Wilderness training fitness marathon nutrition plantbased running ultramarathon vegan vegetarian Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Several months ago, I announced my . My intention was to focus on the marathon distance for the first time since qualifying for Boston.
Fast forward to today, and instead of being in week 8 of an intense training cycle, I'm hardly running at all. I'm officially in a slump.
But you know what? I don't feel guilty about it.
For the first time -- maybe ever -- I'm not beating myself up for failing at my original goal. I'm at peace with this lack of motivation and training.
As it turns out, NMA Radio co-host Doug is dealing with his own running slump of sorts, only he's 1 week away from a 50k, and his training looks a lot different than mine.
In today's episodes, we talk about those slumps, what we're dealing with, and how we're embracing the lack of motivation instead of fighting it.