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Welcome to another episode of Coach Bennett's podcast. This is episode 137 and this one is called

Smart Stuff that Runners Say.

And the reason why is because last week was called Dumb Stuff that Runners say.

And I gotta tell you, you all loved that episode.

Geez, I mean, the feedback was great.

I think it was because a lot of you had a really good time listening to

some of these things referred to as dumb by me because you've heard these things before, whether

it's at the trailhead or on a starting line somewhere or you read it somewhere online. You

thought, you know what that's pretty

dumb and i confirmed that for you so cheers to all of you for enjoying last week's episode and this one

i hope you enjoy just as much because i'll tell you what even though it's called smart stuff

runners say it's a little cheeky i got to admit it's a little

sassy so if you enjoyed last week i think you're going to enjoy this week too because as i

mentioned last week sometimes knowing something is stupid dumb or wrong is really beneficial

because it tells you like well i, I shouldn't believe that,

think that, or do that because it's stupid. And I always thought, you know, as a coach,

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