How To Trick Your Brain Into Running Longer
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever thought about running but been too intimidated to start? Or maybe you've already got an after-work jogging routine and need tips on how to increase your endurance? On this episode of How To!, we reveal the game-changing, unexpected running tips you didn't know you needed with the help of Alex Hutchinson, author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance, and Shannon Palus, a Slate senior editor and marathon runner. Our experts say the key to running well isn't how fast you go or how many times a week you hit the pavement—instead focus on training your mind to push past your limits. In the process you'll ease your anxiety and build your confidence.
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Further Reading
Working for the Run: How Does an Ultrarunner Do Her Job? by Shannon Palus
Mary Cain's Chilling Story Highlights Problems That Plague Many Female Runners by Shannon Palus
Why Can't the NYC Marathon Happen? I Thought We Were Safe Outside! by Shannon Palus
Why Pay to Run a Race at Home? by Shannon Palus
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| 0:00.0 | So, do you guys have, like, runners-high experiences regularly? |
| 0:03.5 | Yes, all the time. |
| 0:05.5 | It puts me in a totally different mood. |
| 0:07.5 | I'll often just do, like, a 20-minute run. |
| 0:10.5 | Like, it'll totally turn my day around. |
| 0:12.5 | I'll feel so much better. |
| 0:14.0 | And then the other one is, like, what I call exercise goggles, |
| 0:18.0 | which is when I look in the mirror at myself after I've done a good run. |
| 0:23.0 | Like, I just, like, the way I look much better. |
| 0:26.0 | And I can't explain it. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to How To. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Sciencewriter David Epstein, and I'm also a runner. |
| 0:34.0 | That's been harder to be this past year. |
| 0:37.0 | When the pandemic hit, the phrase stay home and practically became a social mantra. |
| 0:41.0 | Sitting on your couch and watching Netflix was literally everyone's duty to humanity. |
| 0:46.0 | Physical activity changed, and for a lot of people, exercise routines were totally disrupted. |
| 0:51.0 | But now, as we re-emerge, we're all trying to get back in the swing of things |
| 0:55.0 | and push ourselves toward new challenges. |
| 0:57.0 | My name is Shannon Paulis. I'm a senior editor at Slate. |
| 1:00.0 | I've run three marathons, and I'm training for my fourth. |
| 1:03.0 | And how much are you running right now? |
| 1:05.0 | Like, 10 miles a week. |
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