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It costs WHAT?!

OperationMove · May 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to that week just before a new Learn to Run program starts, where through the joy of advertising, I get to field social media comments about how what I offer isn’t worth what it costs. I happen to be in a few social media professional groups thanks to having been a social media manager in the past and I get the benefit of a lot of great advice from a lot of great people and I remember asking them a few years ago about how they handled this sort of thing and I’ve taken the advice to heart ever since.

“If you can’t express what value you offer in response to a negative comment, then you’ve got a much bigger problem.”

Which is so true. And I never have any trouble expressing the value in Learn to Run. I’ve set it up so I get to spend time with individuals, lots of time, quality time over months working not just on motivation or accountability but on emotional blockages that hold people back or shifting that idea people have about themselves that makes them believe they will fail. I see the value every day in the Community Group where I see graduates who had doubted their ability to run 5km, now able a year later to run 20km like it was nothing. So that’s not why I get anxious when I see comments like “it’s expensive”, or “why would anyone need to ‘learn’ how to run?” or even at worst ” you are taking advantage of people”.

I get anxious because I worry that the person I was when I was trying to start might read into that. The person who can’t do it on their own, the person who does need support, the person who does need help. That they might think less of themselves because someone thinks that running coaching is ridiculous. They might internalise some shame because they can’t do it on their own or they always stop after the first few weeks of motivation wears off. Or worst case scenario they might see it as a confirmation of why they should never try.

So I put that anxiety to one side and I reply. For those people. They might not need a paid coaching program, but they sure as hell need to know that there is nothing wrong with them.

And for the record, I pay my coach $160 a month. And she is worth every cent of it.

Fantastic Homemade Fries

OperationMove · May 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment

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Podcast: Episode 42 – Being consistent requires that you sacrifice being perfect

OperationMove · May 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment

This week I am talking about something that everyone needs: consistency

It’s not the most exciting thing to talk about it, but it’s definitely the thing that most people struggle with! So I dive into:

  • How to break the cycle of stopping and starting over
  • The critical points that you need to pay attention to
  • Changing your all or nothing mindset
  • How to challenge your perfectionism

 

Also, I’ve ventured into the land of YouTube. You can check out the training diary here:

 

Do you have something you’d like me to talk about in the podcast?

Just head over to the Community Group on Facebook or send me a message.

 

Fantastic Frosted Vanilla Cupcakes

OperationMove · May 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment

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All the magic is in the work

OperationMove · May 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment

View from Warwick Half Marathon, 2016

I was having a conversation the other day about motivation. What happens when you lose your mojo, and you aren’t sure how to get it back. And they said to me, “it’s okay for you, that’s your job”.

Which is totally true. I can’t tell you the amount of times when I’ve thought about not doing something and did it because I am actually accountable for what I do or don’t do. And if I don’t do it, how can I ask anyone else to?I think the last time I didn’t go for a run (other than being sick or injured) was probably in early 2015. So when we were having that chat, I was kind of shocked thinking, because of my work I am actually a professional runner, I’m just a whole lot slower than most other professional runners. And it was kind of cool and kind of shocking all at the same time. It highlighted what a great privilege I have and how I have been underappreciating it.

Right now it is about 11pm and it’s going to be super cold here tomorrow morning when I get up for my run. (At ease people from actually cold places, it’s still cold for here!) I will get to wear long sleeves which has a high degree of novelty and I will enjoy it while I’m out there, but I will really enjoy the hot shower and the coffee when I get home.

And if you asked me why I do it, I don’t really know. I know how it started. It started because I wanted to find out that if I specifically trained and went all in, how would my body respond. I didn’t want any doubt because I was half-hearted in my efforts, or lack lustre in my commitment. I really wanted to know for sure.

That’s when I fell in love with it I think. I love how you have to be willing to invest yourself in it. How you have to be willing to give something of yourself to your training, that you can’t get back.

I have a weird relationship to the end of training cycles. It saddens me when they end. There’s always another, but I love the training process and I don’t always love testing the training process in a race quite as much. I fear that the race might not be what the training has deserved. It feels like an ending and it’s often a reluctant one.

This is a bit of a training diary from the weekend after my long run:

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On Mother’s Day, the kids got me a little Flash superhero figurine. He’s my favourite superhero because he’s a scientist, not just someone with superpowers. That’s my approach to running. Gifts are awesome. Speed is amazing. But all the magic is in the science and in the work.

So in 4 days, I get to go and find out what my work looks like. I’m looking forward to finding out.

“If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” ~Billie Holiday

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