Ep 115: Choosing Not To Suffer With Dr. Bob

Run, Selfie, Repeat

Kelly Roberts

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Anyone who has ever gotten uncomfortable during a run can testify to the fact that running is a mental sport. Yes, physical strength and endurance are important factors but if your mental game is off, a single minute can feel like forever.

Back in August of 2016, I was struggling to push through my doubts, self-imposed limits, and discomfort. I was a few months into my crazy marathon training and while I knew that trying to BQ wasn't going to be easy, I didn't understand just how difficult and painful it was going to be.

So I called my uncle Dr. Robert Corb, AKA Dr. Bob, a licensed Psychologist who specializes in Sports. Not only is Dr. Bob an accomplished Sports Psychologist, he's the former director of UCLA's Sports Psychology program.

In this episode of my vlog from 2016, Dr. Bob explains to me that the issue isn't that I'm uncomfortable or pushing through the pain. Pain and discomfort are to be expected, the issue is that I'm suffering which isn't going to help me crush my goal.

He went on to talk about the concept of Acceptance Theory and how accepting and knowing that even though it isn't going to be comfortable, that it's up to me to figure out how to enjoy my training runs even when it hurts.

If you've ever wondered what it's like to work with a sports psychologist, this is a really great starting place. ENJOY!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Run, Selfie Repeat podcast where we talk about life with the side of running.
0:07.5	My name is Kelly Roberts, and today on the podcast, I'm actually doing something a little funky.
0:14.4	I, after my last talk with Dr. Bob, went back to all of my my BQ robust vlogs, which is my video series on
0:25.5	YouTube, kind of like documenting my journey to try to BQ. And I was watching my very first
0:31.3	meeting with Dr. Bob. And there is so much in there that still resonates and that still is like just blowing my mind
0:40.0	that I wanted to bring it here to make this episode about it because he talks to me a lot about
0:47.3	a suffering, the decision to work hard and to like embrace the pain as stupid as that sounds, but choose not
0:57.5	to suffer because I think that was the biggest thing. And then just like pushing through
1:01.0	mental mind blocks and that whole, uh, predefined limits, giant barrier that still stands
1:08.5	in my way. So before we get into today's episode, just a quick,
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2:01.6	All right.
2:02.6	Actually, before we actually get started, when I recorded this, this was pre-microphone era,
2:07.6	so the audio is a little wonky, but the content is amazing, so stick with it.
2:11.6	Enjoy!
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