The Secret to Better Running...

Thirty-two years and 835,000+kms of running, and 25 years of coaching I've learnt a few things.
And, I' still learning; the more you learn the more you realise there is to learn.
I could say I know a thing or two.

I've even learnt a secret or two. Yet do they remain secrets if I tell you? Maybe, maybe not.

There is a secret to becoming a better runner.
It may be a secret you already know.
It may not.


For you, I've compiled over 300 ways to become a better runner. Here...distilled into nine:

1. better training - better progressions, better variety, better pacing
2. better 'smarts' - better strategies, better reviews, better habits, better knowledge
3. better competing (and racing) - better awareness, better strategies, better execution, better fight
4. better plans - better long-term perspective, better structure, better flexibility, less short-cuts
5. better movement: better mechanics, better technique, better form
6. better balance - better life-balance, better balance of all training components, better load & recovery balance
7. better culture: better awareness, better leadership, less following, better fad-detection
8. better coaching - better relationship, better communication, better lesson-learning
9. better self 

Which strikes you the most? Which can you best become better at?

Whichever you choose, there it is -  your secret.   And that's mine, shared with you.

The secret to better running and becoming a better runner is better choices.

But you knew that, right!
Not knowing what you don't know smarts, as does realising that you already know what you wanted to know.