It's there. You're in reaching distance of hitting your best effort. Then it happens. You lose steam and the drive to get there. Sometimes, it's just not possible. At the end of the day, you answer to yourself, no one else. That's the only truth that matters. Lets start with how much we try to … Continue reading GTTW: Live Your Truth
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GTTW: Resistance Training
Most of the time my resistance in runs come from required hill training and sprint work outs. The benefits of which are incredible. Building resistance, endurance, and being able to handle stress are critical for my longer runs. Essential for the win I had above that not only had hills to overcome, but hypothermia and … Continue reading GTTW: Resistance Training
GTTW: Sometimes You Lose
There's going to be a time when your best or what you thought was your best is not going to be any where good enough. It sucks. Might even take you a while to recover from the blow. Especially when you've put everything you thought you had into it. But you can still … Continue reading GTTW: Sometimes You Lose
GTTW: Just Finish, Even When You Think You Can’t
There are times where I've come into a longer run where I just don't think I have what it takes. Those times are the times where I need to keep pushing through and see what's possible. I need to know, when I hit that limit, can I go any further? If I can, then I … Continue reading GTTW: Just Finish, Even When You Think You Can’t
Thank You!
Just hit the 500+ likes milestone. Thank you, I like you all too! Could not be happier with my year over year progress. More to come and more to like in the back half of 2018. Appreciate views and likes equally. Keep them coming. ✌🏻 Shawn
GTTW: The Mind
The body will do what the mind believes. At the end, mental toughness gets you there, not physical toughness. - Apativ Trainer, Meg We've all hit it. The wall. Seems like there is nothing more you can do. As a runner I hit it on a regular basis on my longer runs. I train in … Continue reading GTTW: The Mind
GTTW: Therapy
Where do you get you time? What's your space where you can shut everything out, and just be with your thoughts? At work where is that? In life where is that?Like others, I imagine its incredibly hard to do and get. Running is mine. Running is just something I can be completely alone in, drive … Continue reading GTTW: Therapy
GTTW: There’s Always Something
Could be a creek like the one in front of my wife above, might be rain, might be your just spent and cannot give any more. I experience this a lot with running. Especially when I am training for my next PR or a longer run my body isn't ready for. The point is in … Continue reading GTTW: There’s Always Something
