Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport

so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.

And now your host, Tina Muir.

Hello, this is Tina Muir and I would like to welcome you to another episode of the

Rannis Connect Run to the Top Podcast. Now I've been doing this for about six months now and I just

wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for listening. Whether this is your

first run to the top podcast or whether you have listened to every episode. I really appreciate

you taking the time to listen and I just want to say a special thank you to those of you who have

taken the time to review the podcast on iTunes or email me your suggestions and support. I really

appreciate that and I really love to hear from you. I have always been fascinated with the

minds of runners. At one point in my life I even looked into becoming a sports psychologist.

Sometimes I wonder how my life would have been different. But today I had the opportunity to

ask those questions I have always wondered about with a well-known sports

psychologist who has studied distance runners in detail and he has come to some

fascinating conclusions on why we act the way we do. You're going to learn so much in this interview and it will make

you change your whole outlook on life, especially if you want to be successful and get the most

out of your running goals. My guest today is Dr Stan Beacham.

Dr Stan started as a sports psychologist and leadership consultant based in Roswell, Georgia.

He started the Sports Psychology Program for the Athletic Department at UGA, where he helped them

win numerous individual and team championships.

He now works with collegiate, Olympic and professional athletes and in 2013 he brought out an award-winning

book named Elite Minds. We're going to talk about that a little bit more in detail today.

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