Winter keeps you Honest!
The 77th Edition Winter strips running down to its bones. No atmosphere, no spectacle, very few leisurely runs with a stop at the coffee shop (it’s just too cold!) – just you and the truth about why you train. Something to Think About Winter exposes your real motivations. Something to Ask Yourself When nothing is […]
The Most Valuable Month of the Year
The 76th Edition Winter training is where quiet training turns into momentum, and where the cold air somehow brings you closer to yourself. Something to Think About Winter isn’t just a season to survive, it’s a season that can quietly shape you. Something to Ask Yourself What if the version of you that emerges in […]
The Danger of Perfection
The 75th Edition Our obsession with optimising our training, could be our biggest hindrance. This week’s Newsletter took me a little longer to write. So it’s a tad late. And actually, I think that’s funny given this week’s topic… Something to Think About You don’t need to be doing an impressive amount every day to […]
How do we stay driven?
The 74th Edition Recently, I’ve been thinking about drive. Restless energy that pushes us to do, improve, achieve stuff. And I’ve started wondering if getting older really makes us less driven… or just differently driven. Something to Think About Perhaps you’re not losing our drive, you’re just finally aiming it at the right things. Something […]
We overcomplicate everything…
The 73rd Edition Especially our thoughts. The irony is that the cure is almost insultingly simple: get outside and move. Something to Think About You don’t need to “fix” your mind. You just need to give it a better environment to exist in. Something to Ask Yourself When was the last time you let the […]
Loving the Hard Stuff!
The 72nd Edition The secret to success no one’s talking about! We glorify the hardship of early alarms, dark winter runs, discipline and routine. But what if the secret isn’t just enduring it – it’s loving it? Something to Think About Discipline stops feeling like sacrifice the moment you start taking pride in it. Something to Ask […]
I believe runners have a superpower
The 71st Edition So, what’s this superpower, then?? It’s that we show up. Every. Single. Day. Something to Think About The ability to “do the thing” regardless of how you feel is one of the most underrated life skills you can develop. Something to Ask Yourself Do you only act when you feel like it, […]
Feeling Overwhelmed?
The 70th Edition I’ve noticed something lately, both in people I coach and in myself. We’re all so easily flustered. One small thing goes wrong and suddenly everything feels like it’s falling apart. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed sometimes, which isn’t fun, so let’s talk about it. Something to Think About If you keep telling […]
Stillness
The 69th Edition The world rewards noise. Opinions, updates, hot takes all screaming for your attention. But most of us don’t need more input. We need stillness. Something to Think About The less you try to control the outcome, the closer you often get to it Something to Ask Yourself When was the last time […]
This is it…
The 68th Edition That’s Runnable Newsletter is changing forever! Ah, the inevitability of change. Change is the only constant in running… and in life. We either resist it and get dragged along, or embrace it and grow stronger. Something to Think About The more we cling to what was, the harder it becomes to step into […]