When your big race is over and you've spent some quality time recovering, what's next?

Some runners extend the downtime, especially with the holidays coming up.

Other runners, whether they admit it or not, are too afraid of losing their routine and their hard-earned fitness, so they are back at it as soon as possible.

Neither strategy is wrong or right, and both have some downsides.

And more often thant not, both kinds of runners start to have doubts.

There is a better way (actually several) to make the most of the in-between season that allow you to keep your fitness up while also taking down the pressure.

better in between

planted practice

Each week, I'd like to challenge you to one small action that I'm calling your Planted Practice.

You don't change the way you think by reading something cool in a newsletter. You change with small, daily work, just like training your body.

Each Planted Practice is deceptively simple, but might just be more powerful than you think.

This week's challenge: Sharpie Goals

Before a hard workout or a race, grab a Sharpie and write one word on the back of your hand. Strong. Patient. Relentless. Whatever you need most that day.

Every time you glance down at your hand, mid-run or mid-race, it resets your focus for you, without any extra effort or self-negotiation.

It sounds almost too simple to work, but every time you need it, your sharpie word is there to coach you forward.

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*share how it went on social and tag me!

#plantedpractice

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podcast

Did you know that your running goals can be the exact thing holding you back from achieving them?

On today's show, we'll explore the practice of effective goal setting for running.

You’ll learn:

• How goal setting is necessary yet not enough
• How a results-oriented focus can keep you from getting the results you want, and
• Better ways to set running goals that you can actually achieve.

If you've just run a big race this season and you're taking some downtime to reassess where your running is going right now, this is the perfect time to reflect and plan a new running cycle where you're in control of your success each and every day.

listen here

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inspo

"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them."

—Rabindranath Tagore

Have a great run today, Coach Claire

P.S. If you missed it, grab the Readiness Reset, a FREE seven minute audio training. Use it before hard workouts, long runs, and race day to stay calm and focused.

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