Miles of Books: Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Anyone who believes limited time, options, or resources are holding them back needs to listen to this intriguing episode. Coach Liz Waterstraat shares surprising lessons learned from the hot-off-the-presses book Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein. Realize why more freedom doesn’t equal more possibility—or more productive workouts or better race outcomes! Learn how to minimize distractions during workouts to boost focus. And discover if you are a “satisficer” like Sarah or more of a maximizer/satisficer hybrid like Coach Liz.

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0:00.0	I'm hoping you've heard. Feisty Media and another mother runner have merged. And our first
0:05.3	athletic step together is the Grand Traverse, an epic trail adventure happening October 3rd, 26 in
0:12.0	beautiful Duluth, Minnesota. In this choose-your-own-adventure format event, you pick your distance
0:17.6	from 10 to 27 miles and whether you want to hike or to run it.
0:21.8	Whatever you choose, you'll be supported from your first step to the finish line by an incredible
0:26.5	community of goal-oriented women led by AMR's very own Dimity McDowell and Christy Scott,
0:32.4	along with Feisty's Celine Yeager.
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0:43.8	the Grand Traverse to grab your spot today. That's feisty.com slash events. Use code AMR 20 to get
0:50.9	$20 off when you register. Again, that's code AMR 20 to get $20 off.
1:00.9	Welcome to Miles of Books, a book-centric show to take along on your run from another
1:09.0	mother runner and feisty. I'm your host Sarah
1:11.2	Bowen-Shea, along with coach Liz Watershraught, to talk about a brand new nonfiction book that
1:16.0	turns things on their head. Hi, you there, Liz. Hi, Sarah. How you doing? I'm just, I'm ready.
1:24.3	All right, okay. Well, the book that you served up for talking about today is inside the box,
1:30.2	How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein. Tell us about the author and the surprising
1:36.1	for you page count, Liz. Yes. Well, this was written by David Epstein. He is the author of,
1:43.4	many people may have read this, the number one New York
1:45.7	Times bestseller, Range, and the sports gene. Those are very popular books that have
1:50.9	made the rounds in coaching especially. He has a master's degree in environmental science and
1:56.4	journalism, and he's worked as an investigative reporter and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.
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