Tapering is typically thought of as a physical reduction in ones physical stresses from training. In today’s episode, we talk about the mental part of a taper – getting ready for that big day. Todd Larsen and Bob...
This is the first part of our chapter by chapter review of Steve Magness’ new book Do Hard Things – Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of REAL TOUGHNESS. We encourage you to buy the book and read along as we will have...
Elite runner, Tim Tollefson, had a great spring training and racing leading up to his A-race, the Western States 100 Endurance Run. His expectations were high and many thought he would be able to best his 2021 fifth place finish...
Don recently came across an article by Mariska van Sprundel, “Running and the Science of Mental Toughness“. We love talking about the mental side of our sport and thought Dr. Rob Bell would be an excellent guest for the topic. Dr. Rob...
A few weeks ago we spoke with Addie Bracy about mental training. We loved it so much we bought her book, Mental Training for Ultrarunning: Your Psychological Skills for Ultra Success, and asked AJW if he would join us to...
We’ve all heard the saying, “Ultra running is 90% mental and the rest is in your head”. Addie Bracy a sports and performance phychologist rejoins The Nation to dive deep into this oft-times neglected part of our training...
Hillary Allen was on the top of her sport, Skyrunning, when she fell 150 feet off an exposed ridge, breaking two ribs, fracturing her back, ruptuing a ligament in her foot and breaking both wrists. She joins The Nation to discuss the mindset of...
Bon Courage is an essential French expression for offering verbal support before or during a difficult task. Similar to the English, “good luck” but with a twist. Luck is outside of our control, where courage is something we...
Dr. Gordon Harvey is a Professor of history at Jacksonville State University. He is also a seasoned ultra runner with dozens of finishes under his belt. He has a pendant that says, “Memento mori and memento vivere”...
The central governor theory is based around the premise that the brain will override your physical ability to run and “shut the body down” before you’re able to do serious or permanent damage to yourself. Dr. Joe Uhan, founder of Uhan...