Pushing Your Limits with Matt Fitzgerald
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Author, coach, and nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald started running at the age of eleven when he completed the last mile of the 1983 Boston Marathon with his father (who had run the whole thing) and his two brothers.
By that time Matt was already a writer (specifically a comedic poet), having declared his intention to pursue a career in writing at the ripe age of nine.
He never changed his mind.
An expert on all things running, Matt especially loves to write about the psychology of running and has written several books and articles on the subject, including his popular book How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle.
In this episode, Matt discusses what goes into a runner's mental capacity and shares with us some tips as to how we can better push our limits.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Run to the Run to the Top podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | The more pain or discomfort you expect to feel and accept, |
| 0:11.0 | the more you'll actually be able to handle. |
| 0:12.0 | And your performance in a race is going to be determined. accept the more you'll actually be able to handle. |
| 0:12.6 | And your performance in a race |
| 0:14.1 | is going to be determined in part by how much |
| 0:16.4 | you're willing to suffer. |
| 0:17.4 | And you just will be willing to suffer more |
| 0:20.2 | if ahead of time you've braced yourself for it and said, |
| 0:22.6 | hey, I know it's coming, no big deal. |
| 0:24.7 | Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast from Runners Connect, |
| 0:29.2 | where it's all about learning from the best |
| 0:31.3 | and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:42.0 | Now here's your host, |
| 0:44.0 | Shinnade Hockey. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey guys, this is Shinnade back with you again |
| 0:48.0 | for this latest episode of Run To the Top, brought to you by Runners Connect. |
| 0:52.0 | I hope you're having a wonderful day and |
| 0:55.0 | that this podcast makes it even better. Last week we spoke with registered |
| 1:00.0 | dietician and running coach Heather Kaplan. Heather's not your typical dietician. |
| 1:05.2 | She doesn't believe in diets and argues diet culture is detrimental to both our |
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