s3/e36 How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Runners with Nick Klastava
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Comparison is the thief of joy... so why do we spend SO much time & energy comparing ourselves to others? To other runners, to other versions of ourselves. Coach Nick Klastava is here this week to help us understand WHY breaking free from the comparison trap is actually one of the best things you can do as a runner, why copying another runner's training isn't very helpful, why paces aren't the be-all-end-all, and what we can all learn from the best of the best.
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 your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:07.3 | When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. |
| 0:14.1 | And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:18.2 | If you're a new runner or you've been doing this for a long time, |
| 0:21.0 | there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. My guest this week is |
| 0:27.2 | returning guest runner and coach Nick Clostava. Nick has been on the podcast before to talk about |
| 0:31.9 | base building, to talk about how to fix your relationship with quote unquote the numbers. |
| 0:37.3 | And this week he is back to have a |
| 0:38.8 | conversation with me about a lot of things. But primarily how to stop comparing yourself to |
| 0:45.1 | other runners, how to stop comparing yourself to other versions of yourself, why you shouldn't |
| 0:51.2 | copy what other people are doing. and generally lessons that we can all learn |
| 0:55.4 | that will help us be, let's say, more fulfilled and satisfied with this journey that we're on. |
| 1:02.8 | Nick, welcome back to the show. I'm excited to see you again. Yeah, thanks for having me back. I'm so |
| 1:06.9 | excited to be here. So quickly reintroduce yourself to those listeners who have not listened to your previous appearances, |
| 1:12.9 | which are excellent and you should listen to them next. |
| 1:14.7 | But hi, who are you? |
| 1:16.4 | Hi, I'm Nick Lestava. |
| 1:18.0 | I have been running for 26 years. |
| 1:21.1 | I ran in high school and college, took about eight years off, came back to running in my 30s, |
| 1:26.3 | and, you know, struggled through |
| 1:28.2 | lots of things, you know, comparing to myself, comparing to other versions of myself, and then |
| 1:32.9 | sort of falling in love and balance again with running and became a running coach in 2018. |
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