Unpacking Unrealistic Expectations Runners Face
Run, Selfie, Repeat
Kelly Roberts
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Run, Selfie, Repeat podcast, join us as we dive deep into the world of running and explore the unrealistic expectations that runners of all levels often encounter on their journey. Host Kelly Roberts unpacks and breaks down the misconceptions that runners face throughout their running journeys.
Discover the common pitfalls that runners fall into, such as expecting rapid progress, discomfort-free runs, and injuries. Learn how to set more realistic goals and embrace the process of becoming a runner.
Whether you're a new runner taking your first steps or an experienced runner facing challenges or looking to refine your expectations, this episode provides valuable guidance and perspective to help you enjoy your running journey to the fullest.
Tune in to the Run, Selfie, Repeat podcast and join the conversation on how to set realistic expectations, stay motivated, and find fulfillment in the world of running.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody. Welcome welcome welcome to the Run Selfy |
| 0:07.4 | Repeat podcast where we talk about life with a side of running. My name's |
| 0:11.2 | Kelly Roberts. We've been doing this for quite a while now. Very long time. I want to say. |
| 0:17.0 | 2015, 2016, we kicked off this show, so it's been going for a hot second and we're still kicking I love |
| 0:27.2 | this I love this podcast because one what an evolution over the last almost 10 years? You know it's like seven or eight years we've been doing this and it's like when I first got started so much of it was me unpacking what I was experiencing and what I was going through and chasing big |
| 0:46.2 | goals for the first time and trying to figure out why I was afraid to call myself an athlete or a runner, |
| 0:51.2 | like really trying to figure out the wise behind it all and there came a point where I realized |
| 0:58.1 | I should just be a coach I was so scared to be a coach. I vividly remember talking to my old coach Rebecca Stowe about this saying like I don't want to coach like literally coaching is the last thing I want to do. Why would I do that when someone can come to someone like you? |
| 1:14.7 | And she's fabulous, like truly fantastic. |
| 1:17.2 | Definitely an incredible, incredible coach, |
| 1:19.0 | but we're just different. |
| 1:20.5 | We offer very different backgrounds. We have the same philosophy and we believe a lot of the |
| 1:24.7 | same things, but we have completely different lived experiences. And I have a very different lived experience in a lot of coaches. |
| 1:30.9 | And so all this is to say I had to get out of my own way. I really really didn't think |
| 1:38.2 | I would be a good coach because I found running so late in life and I really struggled to understand why that would actually be the |
| 1:46.0 | asset it is and why I am the only me and sure there are tons of really great fabulous coaches out there but no one does what I do because I'm the only me if that makes sense |
| 1:57.2 | But I don't know I'm just feeling a little introspective and it's just so wild that it's so wild that so much of this transition and this |
| 2:06.2 | journey to like learning and evolving has happened here on the RunSulfur P |
| 2:11.2 | podcast like you could probably listen to the whole thing and like |
| 2:14.6 | listen to me, start to get curious about things that I thought to be true and learn were so not and understanding how all the different puzzle pieces |
| 2:24.9 | interconnect and all that good stuff it's wild and now to be the coach I am and I've |
| 2:30.0 | been coaching for four or five years now a while. It's fun it's so fun it is like the |
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