This week’s episode is another grab bag full of recent insights from racing, training, and spectating! Elena and Katie cover a bunch of fun topics including: insights from the Boston Marathon; how to optimize your training schedule for variables like multiple sports, good vs. bad weather, recovery, and social time; pre-race nerves and anxiety; processing bad races; gender breakdowns in Ironman and ultra training; emotions and training; what rucking is and how to incorporate in your training; how the menstrual cycle impacts overall feel in training; and fun new marathon prep workouts. Check it out!

Challenge of the week

Katie: Go for a PR on a Strava segment!

Elena: Be hyper aware of your negative self talk. Whenever you catch it, practice reframing it into positive self talk.

Gear pick of the week

Katie: Goodr sunglasses

Elena: REI Swiftland shorts