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Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

How to Become the Runner You Were Meant to Be- Pete Magill

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog

Running, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.5936 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2016

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

If you've ever given up on running once, or twice, or maybe twenty times, then this is the episode for you. Pete Magill is my guest today and we're talking about why it's so easy to quit running, and how it's just as easy to start back up again. 

Pete is the author of the transformative book "The Born Again Runner", and he breaks down key training techniques that will change the way you put together your runner's body. 

For Pete, running became his anchor, and he's developed a strong and smart training regimen steeped in personal experience and gr [...]

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watching my son at age 18 graduate from high school.

0:05.6

And I thought back on that ER physician

0:08.9

telling me that unless I changed my life,

0:11.6

I wouldn't live live see that moment.

0:16.9

Welcome to the Runners Connect Run to the Top

0:19.7

Podcast where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport.

0:26.0

So together we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community.

0:31.0

Now, here's your host, Tina Muir.

0:35.0

Hello, this is Tina Muir.

0:40.0

This is Tina Muir. Thank you so much for joining me for the latest episode of the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast.

0:45.0

All right, so last week we had my husband and coach, Steve, on the podcast to talk about my training and you've got a sneak peek in what makes him such a unique coach.

0:54.7

If you missed it and you are interested, I'd love if you could go back, check it out and

0:58.7

let me know what you think.

1:00.6

So do you remember the first time you started running? Was it love at first sight? You were hooked from day one until this day. You loved every single second of your journey and never found it to be a struggle? Yeah, I didn't think so. and if you're like most of us you've probably had periods were running for a way down on your

1:19.1

priority list or maybe you even gave it up for a while.

1:22.6

But does that mean that it's the end?

1:24.7

And for most of us, actually, the answer is no.

1:27.3

When we realize what we're missing,

1:29.0

we always come back to our sport,

1:30.6

and running is one of those things

1:32.0

you can pick up at any time which is wonderful.

1:34.8

But maybe running becomes our anchor, you know it's something that we turn to and we're going

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