MFR 144: Running During a Pandemic
Mojo For Running Podcast
debbie voiles
4.9 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Wow! I would never have guessed I'd be doing a podcast on this topic, but here I am. This is not normal, nowhere near normal, not by ay stretch of the imagination. We are all living through this, one day at a time, finding our way, figuring out how to cope. We have no other choice; however, fortunately, 'we' have running to ease our trip through this difficult time.
Every single runner of every level is struggling right now, stressed, some more than others, but living during this pandemic has shaken us all. We need our running more than ever; it's our therapy, right?
Our running behavior has been extremely restricted and may continue to be restricted for months. Our races have been cancelled, and we don't know when they will happen. Sure, many have been rescheduled, but experts are saying things may be worse rather than better in the fall.
That is not the focus of this podcast; this podcast is about how you should and can train, right now. I talk about your options, ways to maintain your running fitness under current circumstances.
Training during a pandemic is challenging, but it's not impossible. I have plenty of ideas for you to continue your running training during a pandemic.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Debbie Voils, coach at Mojo for Running with episode number 144, adjusting your training to pandemic life. |
| 0:10.0 | Okay. Okay, let's talk about life as it is right now, about running in May of 2020, because it's not like it's ever been before, and hopefully it will be more normal in the in the weeks of months to come but it may |
| 0:39.7 | not change much we may not be back to the old normal anytime soon so we need to make plans we |
| 0:46.6 | need to make adjustments but before i get into today's topic i want to ask you to send me questions |
| 0:52.9 | i'd like one of my i'd like to do one of the very next podcast, |
| 0:57.0 | either the next one or the one after that, |
| 1:00.0 | maybe even a couple of podcasts, that are answering listener questions. |
| 1:05.0 | So if you have questions, you can even ask me several questions, |
| 1:09.0 | send them to Deb at mojo for running.com |
| 1:14.9 | or use the contact form on either one of my websites, |
| 1:18.3 | Mojo for Running or Run Tampa. |
| 1:21.0 | And some of the questions, if it's a good topic, |
| 1:23.6 | I'll devote a whole episode to it. |
| 1:26.0 | So I look forward to getting those. Okay, let's talk about today's topic. |
| 1:29.3 | I know it's on your minds at this time. How can you escape it? How can it not be? |
| 1:34.3 | I've seen plenty in my life, but I've not ever experienced anything like our current situation as brought on by COVID-19. |
| 1:41.3 | And I never even imagined anything like this. |
| 1:45.0 | I'll make a promise right now. I promise not to keep mentioning it, because if you're like me, |
| 1:50.0 | it's so ubiquitous, you're sick of hearing about it, worrying about it, it's there all the time. |
| 1:55.0 | As I record this, some cities and states, most, I think, are reopening gradually, while some never closed down at all, |
| 2:03.4 | and others will be remaining closed, or at least large sections of them, for a few more weeks. |
| 2:09.7 | I'm certainly not going to get into points of view about this, but rather I want to discuss |
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