Welcome to Spartan Athletes here on the Spartan Up podcast. We talk to some of the best athletes in the business.

They're going to give you tips and tricks and techniques on ways for you to conquer the course.

Welcome back to Spartan Athletes. I'm here with Ian Hosick. How well did you in Tahoe?

I got ninth. And you said, if I cared more I could do better? Something like that.

I'm a fairly low-key racer so I like to have fun out there and you have to take it

serious but you can't take it too serious otherwise what's the point if you're not having fun

why are we doing this right? This year though I'm

coming in with a new mindset I have actually hired a mental coach and we're working through

some motivation stuff and I'm really amped for the season and see where it

takes me. Talk to me about what you think you needed to work on. It was the drive

like I really loved racing and competing with my friends and being out here on

the course but having that fuel or that

really deep motivation to get you to the top I didn't feel I was there which is why I reached

out to outside help and we've come up with some strategies to really get me fired up this year.

And then you are also a coach. I am. What are the biggest concerns new people have when they come to you?

Their first question is how do I get faster?

Right. And then my answer is work with me.

Okay.

But a lot of things that people come to me with

is they don't necessarily know how to train properly.

And most people go out for runs and

they're always running as hard as they can as fast as they can and they don't vary the speed

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