s5/e26 (RE-RUN) How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Runners with Coach Nick
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
We're bringing back an amazing re-run episode with Coach Nick Klastava from Season 3, and it's just as relevant and inspiring now as it was then. If you enjoy this episode, check out Nick’s other podcast, Between Two Coaches, which he co-hosts with Coach Amanda Katz (also from Running Explained). You can find it on all major streaming platforms.
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, listeners, it's Nick Klostava, head coach of one-on-one coaching here at Running Explain |
| 0:05.6 | and co-host of the Between the Two Coaches podcast. And I'm here to tell you there's no new |
| 0:10.6 | episode of the Running Explained podcast this week, but we're doing a rerun of an older episode |
| 0:15.9 | I had with Elizabeth about how not to compare yourself to other runners. So I hope you |
| 0:20.6 | stick around and enjoy this episode. Thank you. Welcome to the yourself to other runners. So I hope you stick around and enjoy this |
| 0:21.5 | episode. Thank you. Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, |
| 0:27.7 | coach, and answer seeker. When I first started running at the age of 29, they had so many questions |
| 0:33.2 | and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:40.6 | If you're a new runner or you've been doing this for a long time, there's always something |
| 0:43.9 | more to learn about running. |
| 0:45.6 | So let's get started. |
| 0:47.9 | My guest this week is returning guest, runner, and coach Nick Clostava. |
| 0:52.1 | Nick has been on the podcast before to talk about base building, |
| 0:54.7 | to talk about how to fix your relationship with quote unquote the numbers. And this week, |
| 0:59.7 | he is back to have a conversation with me about a lot of things. But primarily, how to stop |
| 1:05.2 | comparing yourself to other runners, how to stop comparing yourself to other versions of yourself, why you shouldn't |
| 1:12.3 | copy what other people are doing, and generally lessons that we can all learn that will help |
| 1:16.9 | us be, let's say, more fulfilled and satisfied with this journey that we're on. Nick, welcome |
| 1:24.4 | back to the show. I'm excited to see you again. Yeah, thanks for having me back. I'm so excited to be here. |
| 1:28.8 | So quickly reintroduce yourself to those listeners who have not listened to your previous appearances, which are excellent and you should listen to them next. But hi, who are you? |
| 1:37.0 | Hi, I'm Nick Lestava. I am been running for 26 years. I ran in high school and college, took about eight years off, came back to running |
| 1:46.1 | in my 30s and, you know, struggled through lots of things, you know, comparing to myself, |
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