Coach Ian Sharman is one of the most consistent and successful trail and ultra runners. This year he had a few A-races that didn’t go as expected. We talk through why. We discuss knowing when to back off and how to keep running sustainable for...
In running failure might manifest itself as a DNF at a race or a failed workout. Many of us are programmed to believe that failure is bad. In this episode, we will challenge that fallacy and talk about how failure is part of the design process of...
events in 2020 have effected everyone throughout the world. First with the Pandemic and now with coming to terms with some long overdue inequalities. We didn’t want to distract from the attention and introspection that is needed now. So we...
often hear that, “ultra running is 90% mental and the rest is in your head”…..or something like that. Returning favorite guest, Dr. Simon Marshall and 3-time Xterra world champion, Lesley Paterson join The Nation to help us...
is a correlation between motivation and self-discipline in successful runners. Coach AJW joins The Nation to discuss what motivation and discipline is, how we can use it, and how to improve it. Here are the links that we discussed Gene...
on a BBC article by Ian Leslie, “Why Suffering Setbacks Could Make You More Successful”, we discuss how this can be true in your training, racing, personal and professional life. Leslie argues that trauma of losing can actually do you...
rejoins The Nation to discuss a recent race: Bob’s Big Timber Backyard Ultra – a Last Man Standing race. He describes what this type of race is and the mental challenges that come with a loop course with no finish line. Chadd discusses...
is more important than knowledge; knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution” – Albert Einstein “Becoming aware of ourselves and our surroundings (near and...
Feet Sacramento recently hosted a trail running camp in Northern California. We joined over 50 runners to host a live podcast Q&A with Maggie Guterl and Courtney Dauwalter. Topic were broad but all started with the letter, “H”...
capacity to endure, from 5K to 240 miles to a relationship is an elusive skill that we search for. Runner and journalist, Alex Hutchinson, exposes us to research that has been done in recent years that will change the paradigm you may have about...