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If you spent any time with me, with this show Runner's High or my other show to the Smart Athlete Podcast, you know, I like to talk about the mental aspects of running. So today I want to talk about why exactly your brain is holding you back from setting that new PR.

Never say quit. It's a very common saying, right, never say quit. And I would be the first one that, well, why would I tell you to quit running? I've been doing it for 20 years, but there may be a time when it's finally time to hang up the shoes.

I don’t know if it was the wisest decision I’ve ever had. I came into 2022 wanting to, you know, level up my fitness a little bit after the pandemic, after an ankle injury. And the Goggins challenge sort of crossed my path.

It's a pretty common practice if you're a runner doing the ice baths. But there's a right way to do it and there's a wrong way to do it. And that's what we're going to talk about today.

It's a big concern for all of us as runners. How many miles are we running? Right. That's kind of what we talk about when we get together. We have nothing else in common.

I've said it before, but I want to go back on my statement a little bit. I've said don't do what the pros do because you simply can't keep up with the pros. But that isn't entirely the truth.

I was in financial services marketing for 14 years. I worked with a firm in Denver for ten of those years, and it just got to a point where I wasn’t loving what I was doing and it was taking up obviously the good majority of every day or most of my days.

Today may be one of the most bizarre videos I've done yet. And no, I'm not planning on becoming a streamer on Twitch, where I'm going to be playing games, but we are going to talk about Elden Ring and I want to talk about how Elden Ring has become a waypoint for me, and ...

It's finally springtime again. And for people like me, that means we're heading back to the track and a lot of road running. But within that paradigm, you may be thinking, Oh, I've done this so many years.

Mental toughness is about the long haul. It’s about the long journey. It’s about the marathon. It’s not about the first four steps, but but if you need that or if you benefit from that in the first four steps, knock yourself out. There’s nothing wrong with it.