Episode 108: Build Confidence, Intrinsic Motivation, and Drive with Matt Pendola

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

To help us think more clearly about our mental skillset, I'd like to introduce you to Matt Pendola.

Matt Pendola is a polymath and exactly the type of person I love bringing on the podcast. His diverse background includes success in not just coaching, but his education and his athletic career.

Athletically, he's posted quite a few major accomplishments:

He Won the Elite Spartan World Championships Masters Division (2015)
Age group runner up Duathlon Nationals (2015)
Qualified for Duathlon World Championships 3x
4th Overall at the Northface Trail Championships and 3rd in his division (2014)

He’s also a Road Runner Club of America certified running coach, massage therapist, creator of Pendola Training, and has a host of continuing education certifications in strength training, performance, and even Jack Daniels' coaching program.

In this interview, Matt and I are discussing the mental factors that contribute to our success in running. Because after you get your training right, the next big avenue for improvement is mastering your mindset and improving your confidence, drive to train, willingness to suffer, and finding the intrinsic motivation to always run consistently.

BTW, I haven't explored this topic on Strength Running at length. We have programs for injury prevention, strength training, dialing in your nutrition and fueling, coaching, and for beginner runners. But not for fine-tuning our mental fitness.

So if you have any questions, or suggestions, or ideas that you’d love for me to cover, find me on Instagram and send me a message (my direct messages are always open and I want to hear from you).

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.0	This is episode 108 with running and strength coach
0:07.8	Duathlon world championship qualifier Iron Man triathlete
0:11.4	and winner of the Spartan World Championship's Masters Division, Mr.
0:14.8	Matt Pendola. Welcome back to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm Jason Fitzgerald, the head coach of Strength Running,
0:29.1	and it's my job to bring you world-class experts from the world of running, physical therapy,
0:34.6	nutrition, and sports psychology to help you become a better runner. Our guest
0:39.2	today is a real polymath. Matt Pendola is exactly the type of person I love bringing on the
0:44.8	podcast because of his diverse background in not just coaching but his
0:50.0	education and his athletic career. He won the elite Spartan World Championships
0:55.8	Masters Division in 2015. He is an age group runner-up at Duathlon
1:01.2	Nationals in 2015. He also qualified for the Duathlon
1:04.9	World Championships three times and was fourth overall at the North Face Trail
1:09.8	Championships and third in his division in 2014. He's also a certified running coach
1:15.1	massage therapist and has a host of continuing education certifications in
1:19.8	strength training, performance, and even Jack Daniels coaching program.
1:24.6	In this interview, we're discussing our mindset, our psychology, the mental factors that contribute
1:31.0	to our success in running.
1:33.0	Because after you get your training right,
1:35.0	the next big avenue for improvement is mastering your mindset
1:38.0	and improving your confidence, your drive to train,
1:42.0	your willingness to suffer, and finding that intrinsic motivation
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