s2/e29 Are You Over-Relying on "The Numbers"? with Coach Nick Klastava (@nklastava)
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Can you quantify EVERYTHING? Are you relying too much on "the numbers"? Are you DEVASTATED when you can't hit your exact target splints in a workout? Coach Nick Klastava has some wisdom to share about how runners should focus way less on "the numbers", and what they should focus on instead!
- What numbers do runners tend to overemphasize?
- How important is pace?
- Are there any ways to guarantee your race day results with specific workouts in training?
- Why tying your self-worth to your performance is a path to unhappiness
- What to focus on INSTEAD of the numbers
- And more!
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Nick Klastava has been a runner on and off for almost 25 years, running in High School and College back in the early 2000's and then taking some time off and finding the sport again in a different more joyful, less pressure-filled way in 2009. Nick's journey has gone from a runner filled with mental blocks that plague all runners to becoming a runner filled with joy and belief in himself and not some numbers. He now helps runners as a USATF/RRCA certified coach at Lift Run Perform to help runners learn to truly believe in themselves, adapt their training to their hectic lives, and become the best runner possible while enjoying the process that is life along the way.
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nklastava
WEBSITE: https://liftrunperform.com/pages/about#nick
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth, a marathoner, running coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:06.9 | When I became a new runner at the age of 29, I had so many questions, but it felt like I was on my own to figure all of the answers. |
| 0:15.2 | So now I'm here to answer all your running questions to help make you a better, smarter, faster runner. |
| 0:22.0 | There's no question too simple and no topic too complex. |
| 0:25.5 | So let's get started. |
| 0:27.1 | My guest this week is my friend and fellow running coach Nick Glastava, who I have recently |
| 0:32.1 | dubbed one of the wisest runners that I know and I stand by that statement. |
| 0:36.1 | Nick and I have really great conversations |
| 0:38.7 | that none of you get to see because we do them one-on-one about running and running and life and |
| 0:45.4 | running and when coaching and all of these things and kind of the broader, more philosophical, |
| 0:50.1 | more existential questions about what is success and how do you measure success and how is your |
| 0:58.0 | relationship with the sport the healthiest it can be and we're bringing that conversation |
| 1:03.7 | online for you today to talk specifically in the context of how the numbers aren't as important |
| 1:10.6 | as you think that they are. |
| 1:13.9 | And in a sport where you can quantify almost anything that there's a metric for |
| 1:20.4 | and they're inventing new things to measure all the time on your fancy wearables. |
| 1:25.2 | Got to keep jacking that price up somehow, right? |
| 1:27.9 | What should you pay attention to? |
| 1:30.0 | What is actually not as important as you think it is? |
| 1:32.5 | And is your relationship with the numbers and the way that you are quantifying your running? |
| 1:41.0 | Is it healthy or productive for your relationship with the sport? |
| 1:45.4 | And is it actually helping you progress towards your goals or maybe not? |
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