Every runner has experienced it - that run that just felt bad. But was it really? In this episode of Your Running Coach with GMacSpurr, Coach G helps you reframe the concept of a “bad run” and teaches you how to train your mind to see it differently. Often, our brains are quick to slap a negative label on an experience - even if the thing that “ruined” the run was something tiny and insignificant.
Coach G challenges you to get curious about what truly made the run feel bad, ask whether that thought is actually true, and consider how you’d respond if it were a friend’s run instead. By learning to separate fact from emotion and approaching your runs with a judgment-free, neutral perspective, you can reduce how often you view a run as “bad” in the first place.
This episode also dives into the importance of controlling what you can and letting go of what you can’t, like weather, routes, or other variables. With practical scenarios, mindset shifts, and reframing techniques, Coach G shows you how every run — even the tough ones — can become a learning opportunity and a stepping stone toward becoming a more resilient runner.
Links:
- Learn to run online with the support of the Zero to 5K Run Club
- Re-write your running story with The Runner Identity Project
- If you like to listen to music on your run, grab your new fav running playlist here
- If you are guessing what to eat before, during & after your run then look no further - grab this 3-part running fuel series.
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