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Archives for August 2016

Podcast: Episode 20 – Habit Creation: Abstinence vs Moderation

OperationMove · August 31, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Podcast 20 - Habit Creation - Abstinence vs Moderation

This week we are talking habit creation and nutrition

You might be either intrigued and/or horrified as to why someone would forgo coffee (COFFEE), grains, sugar and dairy. Which is exactly what I did a couple of weeks ago. Having emerged from the detox haze this week we cover things like:

  • Being vegetarian and/or vegan when your children and husband are barely omnivores
  • The great things about abstinence and the not so great things
  • How to incorporate moderation in a structured way
  • Taking time away from your training to devote it to your food preparation
  • How fussy eaters will break your spirit
  • Life hacks for food prep from someone with a lot of tupperware and a lot of children
  • Creating habits one step at a time, especially if you aren’t a natural born abstainer.

If you’d like to submit a question for the podcast you can either drop us a line or talk to us in the Community Group.

Also, if you’d like to sign up for Learn to Run, you can get 10% off by using the code pocast at checkout.

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Podcast: Episode 19 – The Pregnant Edition

OperationMove · August 24, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Podcast 19 - The pregnant edition (1)

This week we are talking about moving through pregnancy (or not moving as the case may be)

And what happens after that? You have a new baby and you are 30 or 40 kilos above your comfort zone and you are surrounded by umpteen media outlets demanding that you ‘get back your body’.

This week we are also talking about:

  • Why Katie isn’t Katie anymore. You can read about that here.
  • Why it isn’t easier for the skinny person at the gym
  • Pregnancy is hard. You do what you’ve got to do.
  • Babies are also hard, but awesome.
  • Why you should take your time.
  • The idiocy in the mainstream media about your body and your baby that you should totally ignore.

Also, if you’d like to sign up for Learn to Run, you can get 10% off by using the code pocast at checkout. Sign up this week and take advantage of 20% off with our early bird rates – which is about 30% for podcast listeners. I think. I’m not a mathematician.  And while you are there, we’ve upgraded the website! It’s still a work in progress but we hope it makes it a lot more fun for everyone!

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Podcast: Episode 18 – What is your best distance?

Zoey · August 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Podcast 18 - What is your best distance-

Just because it’s longer, doesn’t make it better. And just because you are good at it, doesn’t mean you will love it

We are talking about favourite distances this week and some of the ways you can tell which distance your body is best suited for too:

  • What are our favourite distances and favourite races
  • Why more isn’t necessarily more or even better
  • How to get a good idea of a distance that you are going to enjoy
  • Racing for time vs social runs at events
  • Distances that support your lifestyle and other goals.

Some things we talk about which you might like to read more about are:

Why the 5km is Awesome, Why the 5km, not the marathon is the ideal race and why speed isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

There’s also a discount code for podcast listeners who want to join us in September for Learn to Run (which is also on early bird rates for the next week, so you can get a total of 30% off).

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Ever feel like time is getting away from you?

Zoey · August 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment

lifetime sport

Did you look at your calendar this month and think what the hell happened?

The other day I noticed it was August. August. Which is practically Spring. Which means it’s a few months until the end of the year. I confess I panicked a little. Where did it go? There were so many things I was going to get to this year. And some I have, but a whole lot of others have fallen by the wayside of life.

It’s easy to feel frustrated when you think you are starting over. But you aren’t starting over, you are moving forward. Even so, when you feel that way, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and throw everything out the window. Convince yourself that you can’t do it and give up.

What’s that great thing I heard? Change the plan, not the goal.

Most of the time people give up when they are moments away from success. But why do they do it? Because they don’t know how close they are – if they knew they would stick it out. So maybe the goal isn’t out of reach, the timeline is just slightly unrealistic. Maybe you need to change tactics or take a slower approach.

Once you start thinking about it in terms of a lifetime, instead of a year things get easier and harder.

I was listening to a journalist being interviewed on a podcast the other day and he was talking about how he had this assignment to live his life for 6 months as if he was dying. He really invested in it. Towards the end he stopped taking photos, or talking to people because what was the point? He was going to die anyway. He noticed how easy it was to lose your humanity once you don’t have something to hope for. It was just a writing assignment, but the idea stayed with him. He stopped thinking about his accomplishments in days or years and started thinking about it in decades. He has estimated how long he is likely to live and has a count down clock at his desk. It is equally comforting and terrifying. Because he has time. But it’s not that much time. He has about 14,000 days. It’s a lot. But it’s not that much.

So if this year has gotten away from you a bit, don’t think about one year, or a few months – think bigger.

If you think about running as a lifetime sport, or 10,000 hours, it becomes a whole lot easier to appreciate just what you are capable of achieving. Imagine what your life could be like in one year or two years if all you have to do is keep going. Make a new plan, dream a new dream. But don’t give up. Chances are you are millimetres away from success.

Learn to Run starts Monday. Or you can check out our Training Programs which you can start at any time.

Podcast: Episode 17 – Overcoming the Imposter Complex

Zoey · August 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Podcast 17 - Overcoming the Imposter Complex

Do you ever hesitate before you call yourself a runner?

Or do you qualify it with something? Maybe you call yourself slow, or say you don’t run, so much as shuffle. Then this episode is for you! We’ve never met a fake runner, so this week we are talking about the pervasiveness of the Imposter Complex. And we talk about:

  • How to recognise it
  • Strategies to help you step away from your fear
  • And we challenge some ideas that you might still be holding on to.
  • We also get sidetracked, as per usual!

You also might want to check out Mrs Woog’s post on tall poppy syndrome which we mentioned here. Or my post on why I won’t be marathon training anymore. You can also join us in the community group if you have any questions or have anything you’d like us to talk about in the podcast.

And finally, don’t forget Learn to Run starts Monday and it is going to be awesome!

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