If We Could Start Running Over, We’d Do These 6 Things Differently
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
What if you could go back to the start of your running journey and do things differently?
In this episode of the Running Explained Podcast, coaches Amanda and Nick break down the 6 biggest lessons they wish they knew when they first started running. From chasing results too early to underestimating fueling, recovery, and balance, this conversation is packed with insights that can help you train smarter, avoid common mistakes, and actually enjoy the process.
Whether you’re a beginner runner or someone who’s been at it for years, these lessons will likely hit home and might just change how you approach your training moving forward.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why putting pressure on results can actually hurt performance
- The truth about the “finish line feeling” and why it doesn’t last
- Why perfect training doesn’t exist (and what matters instead)
- How underfueling impacts energy, performance, and recovery
- The importance of balance in training and life
- Why recovery, sleep, and time away from running are critical
This episode is a reminder that running progress isn’t just about pace or race times. It’s about building something sustainable, enjoyable, and long-lasting.
If you’re feeling stuck, frustrated, or just want to get more out of your running, this is a must-listen.
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| 0:38.8 | and actually enjoy the process with a more human approach. And I'm a human. I'm Coach Amanda. |
| 0:45.6 | And I'm Coach Nick Lasdava. And today, also human. Still figuring that out. But yes, as much as I |
| 0:53.2 | know, human. And we're here today, |
| 0:55.9 | the two of us again. And we're talking about six things we wish we knew when we started running. |
| 1:01.9 | And, you know, I think it's interesting as we both have had different paths to start our running |
| 1:06.9 | career. But we both learned a lot, you know, since we started. And these are the things |
| 1:11.4 | we think we, you could all, you know, benefit from learning earlier on and things that we wish |
| 1:16.4 | we knew when we started. I think that wherever a runner is in their journey, they could probably |
| 1:21.5 | benefit from either learning one of these things or it's just it's a good reminder yeah yeah i think it's |
| 1:30.7 | it's always hindsight 2020 right i wish i knew a lot of this stuff i started didn't know anything |
| 1:36.4 | about running focused on the wrong things but you know i made it through but then you look back and |
| 1:41.4 | you're like oh man with this extra knowledge, what could I have |
| 1:44.7 | done? I was thinking that same way in, like, high school. I'm like, I've been so much cooler with all the stuff I know now. I would have been, like, the most popular kid in school, but I don't think that's how it works. I don't know that you'd want to be either. Probably not. Yeah, but. Because you would have peaked and there's nothing worse than peaking in high school, right? |
| 2:03.8 | That's true. I want to peek when I'm like, be either. Probably not. You know? Yeah. But. Because then you would have peaked and there's nothing |
| 2:01.9 | worse than peaking in high school, right? That's true. I want to peak when I'm like 70. That's right. |
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