Hi, I'm Ryan Flarity, Senior Director of Performance at Nike.

I trained some of the world's best athletes, like Russell Wilson, Marcus Mariotta, and Serena Williams.

At Nike, we believe that greatness isn't born, it's trained.

And training is more than just a workout.

Each episode will bring you conversations with leading experts in what we call the five facets of training.

Movement, recovery, sleep, nutrition, and mindset.

Today, we focus on the power of self-talk.

You're listening to Train, presented by Nike.

I've had more days where I don't feel good than I do feel good.

Even if it's a bad day and you know it's going to be a bad day,

but just it's showing up when you don't want to is the key, I think, to my success.

That's Shalane Flanagan, winner of the 2017 New York City Marathon and author of Run Fast, Eat Slow.

Shalane is a rebellious experimenter.

She runs, eats, and lives in her own unique way.

We'll be diving deep into our unorthodox journey to the top of the running world.

This is the first episode of Train, and before we dive in, I want to tell you a little bit about the show and why we're doing this.

Since Nike's earliest days, we've been in the business of serving athletes.

When our founders Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight shook hands,

it was a commitment to doing all that we can to help athletes reach their peak performance.

It started with shoes, but it's about so much more than shoes.

Just like Bill Bowerman looked for every opportunity to make athletes better,

we're here to do the same for trainers.

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