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Podcast: Episode 77 – Beyond PBs {Creating a Layer Cake of Goals}

Zoey · June 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Habits are not goals, so if you aren’t a natural planner or you aren’t in a focused period of training, the idea of setting goals can seem overwhelming at best or even pointless. But there are so many ways to set goals to keep you interested in what you are doing and they don’t have to be about reaching a new distance, entering a new event, or setting a new PB.

In this episode of the podcast I talk about using goals to create your own meaning and some of the fun ways to set goals to keep things interesting too.

Podcast: Episode 64 – Stop Waiting for the 1st of January

Zoey · November 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Have you ever said to yourself, “I’ll start Monday”. I have and I bet you have too and you know what happens on Monday? Usually not much. Today I’m talking about what happens when you are getting towards the end of the year and maybe you weren’t where you thought you’d be. How do you get started? How do you get over that beguiling voice that tells you that you’ll just start after Christmas. Today is what you have. Not tomorrow. Not Monday. Not the 1st of January. Today. And I talk through some strategies to get started, keep it simple, create some support structures and set yourself up for success.

Speaking of Christmas you can check out the gift guide here. And you can sign up for Learn to Run and gain early access to the facebook group here. And you can also now register for the Whole Life Challenge at an early bird rate here.

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Podcast: Episode 62 – Disappointment is an underrated motivator

Zoey · November 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment

A lot of time I would go out of my way to not be disappointed. I would manage expectations, prepare for it and even brush it off if it happens. But the fact is if you do feel disappointed it, there are lots of benefits to actually letting yourself feel disappointed. And like most things, whether it’s useful or destructive all comes down to what you do next.

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A new kind of challenge

Zoey · November 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

This month, I’ve challenged myself to write every day for 30 days. One of the things I can find hard to balance is coaching time vs writing and creative time. And in a pinch, I’ll always pick coaching time because it’s more important. But this ‘reason’ is starting to sound to me a little bit more like an excuse so this month I wanted to prioritise writing, but also writing about the things that people care about.

So I’ve put the call out for ideas on what you want to hear from me and you can comment on this post if you’ve got a burning question or topic you’d like to me write about:

COFFEE. Coffee will definitely be a very important part of this month. But isn’t it every month? And I’m not at all worried by the fact that @OfficialSanta on Twitter informs me that there is only 8 weeks until Christmas.

I’ve had a bit of an emotional few days which kind of took me by surprise. We got a kitten on Saturday. I’d been keeping an eye out for awhile as we were coming into breeding season, but it all happened rather quickly and in the few days before she got here I was running around doing last minute kitten proofing.

In a few months, it will be 7 years since Morgan died. I had her put down on Piper’s due date. She was 17. And I’d had her since I was 14. Piper was two weeks late, so I spent the last two weeks of the pregnancy, with more grief than I had ever known and a deep guilt that Piper would somehow absorb the weight of my sorrow. She didn’t of course, she was such a happy baby and she cushioned all the bruised and broken parts in those first few months.

Even after nearly 7 years, I still miss her a lot. Sometimes I can go for a month or so without thinking about it, but then I’ll see an old photo and I’ll be back at square one. But the truth is I don’t ever want to stop missing her, because at this stage that’s the only part of the relationship I have left.

Since then, we’ve had other cats but we’ve had boy cats and I think in a way I’ve been able to compartmentalise things a bit better that way. And having had the new little girl kitten running around, well let’s just say I lost some compartmentalisation this week. It’s been good to feel the parts that had been closed off, being more open, but it’s been hard too.

And I can’t help but think that’s part of the reason why I have turned away from writing is the same, that it’s hard to allow yourself to be open like that. But you know, it hurts either way.

 

Podcast: Episode 56 – How to train for a marathon (or anything) when you are time poor

Zoey · August 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment

In this podcast I am talking about a question that came up on Twitter

If you work full time and have family responsibilities can you really train for a marathon?

The answer is yes, but it’s also maybe, and do you want to. But there are some great ways to save yourself time

Split runs – I talk about when to use split runs and if they are just as effective as continuous runs
Help a hangry runner out – how to make sure you always have something nutrient dense to eat
Getting creative with your schedule.

AND most importantly, you need less training than you think you do.

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