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Welcome to episode 82. Oh yeah, 82 of Coach Bennett's podcast and this one I believe is going to be called

New Year's Resolve. Get to be called New Year's resolve.

Get it. Not New Year's resolutions. New Year's resolve. That's right. I'm a verbs guy.

I mean, don't get me wrong. I love me my nouns. I love me my adjectives. But verbs,

mm, verbs are where it's at. And I thought this one makes sense for right now. I mean,

we're right on the cusp of a new year. We've got people talking about changes they're going to make,

resolutions that they're going to commit to. And I figured, you know what? Let's just talk about

what everyone's talking about already, right? I mean, I don't want to come into the party and just are you know what let's just talk about what everyone's talking about already right

I mean I don't want to come into the party and just are talking about what I want to talk about

and it's nothing like anything else people want to talk about I want to get into that conversation

and say hey how can I add to what we're already talking about so here we are are, New Year's resolve. And here's the thing,

from a coaching point of view, I know with our sport running this period right now is the

time of year when more people start running than any other time of year. I would say the only other

part of the year that's even remotely close is right before summer months. That's it. That's it.

And the reason why is because the New Year's resolutions. You knew that. But here's the thing.

This is the time of year where not only the most people start running or start running again, it's also when people

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