Mindset & Motivation

Mindset & Motivation

One year of running: what actually changes

Fitness at three weeks, legs at three months, identity somewhere around month eight. An honest account of what a first year of running changes, and what it does not.

Mindset & Motivation

Setting running goals that survive February

Most running goals are set in January and abandoned by February — not from weak will, but because they were the wrong shape. Here is how to set ones that hold.