#305: Author Alex Hutchinson on Mental Endurance

Another Mother Runner

Feisty Media

Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

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🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Sarah and co-host Tish Hamilton enjoy a quick catch-up, and Tish tells the tale of her spring break PR. (Psst: It involves location, not time!) Alex Hutchinson, author of the newly released ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance, joins the conversation to talk about mental endurance and the power of the mind. In calming tones, Alex explains limits are negotiable and the importance of getting out of your own way. From “the base of the mountain,” he talks about how to become aware of the internal monologue you have with yourself on a run—and how to reframe that “conversation” to enhance self-belief. Nod along as Alex discusses the “deeply worn grooves in your mind.” Validation that the mere perception of mental fatigue (sigh) can affect a run leads to an intriguing pre-race suggestion. Sarah and Alex discuss the timing of when to work out, with Alex offering a practical point sure to resonate with mother runners. He offers many bits of running advice that apply for everyday life, including singing the praises of running with someone. Nuun-drinking game: Chug every time any of the trio says, “South Africa.” Alex Hutchinson comes on board at 10:12. Save $50 off select mattresses by visiting casper.com/AMR and using promo code AMR

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0:00.0	Hey everybody just a heads up to let you know this is a repeat episode from March 2018 if you're looking for fresh content from us that should be in your feed from this past Monday and we'll be back next Friday with a whole new episode.
0:13.0	Take good care. Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowen Shay. I am delighted to be
0:28.3	joined today by Tish Hamilton. Hello Tish. Hi Sarah, nice to be here.
0:33.0	Yeah, it has been a while.
0:34.7	It has been a while.
0:36.3	So, and I also haven't been in the studio in a while.
0:39.7	We have been on the road.
0:40.9	We did a podcast recording at Gu headquarters and then, oh, did a
0:46.2	crossover episode last week with Bib Rave and I was at their studio, so sort of
0:50.7	almost forgot what it was like to be in this room as a studio.
0:54.0	So anyway, so got it all figured out.
0:57.7	Is it spring break where you are, Tish?
1:00.6	Spring break comes up next week for us, but because we've had a bunch of snow and ice here,
1:08.0	my daughter's spring break has been shortened to only three days. I don't know how they pull that off because that happens to
1:16.5	Amanda Louden who's in Maryland one of the other co-host and I just I mean it's not
1:21.9	like people book their trips to like Hawaii or Florida you know two weeks beforehand
1:27.7	you know tickets have been bought hotels have been booked I mean what's the deal?
1:34.4	Yeah I think I think there won't be that many kids in school, but my kid will be there for sure.
1:38.8	Right, right. Well, my kids would be there too. We went to the coast, to the Oregon coast for the weekend, which was fun. We took our dog, Auggy, and he was his first time on the beach. It was his first time off leash, so he had a, because it's an off leash yeah yeah and so
1:55.8	so and he's very friendly and it's a quite a busy beach even in late March and
2:01.5	so he was just saying hello to everyone. But yeah, we are, I am at my desk every day and the kids are, you know, doing their thing, going to the mall and hanging out with friends and things like that.
2:13.0	So yes, but I saw on our website
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