#50 - Atomic Habits To Become A Better Runner
It’s not about chasing the goal to be happy, it's about enjoying your system.
If you improve 1% every day for a year you would be 37% better than you are today! Get 1% worse every day by not doing anything to improve, then a year from now you would be back at zero. That’s right starting all over again from scratch.
Ask any beginner runner who just finished running their goal race and sat back and relaxed for two weeks, how hard it is to get going again. Let alone take off for a year. I always say if you are not moving forward you're moving backward.
So how do we build habits that will support our efforts to become a stronger runner, day in and day out, week in and week out, year after year? Hey, I want to win my age group at the age of 60 and 70. There are very few people that participate in the 80 age group. So few that there usually isn't a category. The category is 70 and up. I want to dominate that field. The time to assure I accomplish that long term goal is to create habits now while I’m in my 40’s.
-Coach Tadris
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Create The Habit Of Habit Stacking. We all should have an idea of what habit stacking is. Take a shower, brush our teeth, clean our ears, and put deodorant on, etc. When it comes to running we can create a habit stack by noticing what our current habits are and creating a stack around that. Do you have a habit of running in the morning or at night? Do you find yourself searching for your running clothes and have no idea where your special calf sleeves are? When creating a habit stack for running in the morning, perhaps you already take a shower at night and watch your favorite TV show in bed or in the family room. BEFORE watching that TV show, take your shower, find ALL your running gear, and set them by the bed or front door. This will have you ready to do your run first thing in the morning. For those that run after work, the same principles apply for getting your running bag ready and set in the car. Reward yourself with TV only after you set yourself up for success the next day.
Create The Habit Of Great Nutritional Choices. Nothing ages the human body more than poor food choices. So when going food shopping get into the habit of buying healthy fruits and vegetables that will fuel your runs.
Create The Habit Of Making It Obvious or Invisible. Upon returning home from grocery shopping, make healthy food choices obvious. Leave the fruits out on the counter and place your children’s snack in the back of the cabinet. (Making it practically invisible)
Two members that started creating new healthy habits for themselves are both in their 50’s. Lisa Keating and Lisa Diaz are in their 50’s and both accomplished some amazing new goals in the month of May.
Lisa Keating started the habit of training for 5k’s three days per week a year ago. Lisa developed a desire to run a sub 30 minute 5k. By adding the habit of weekly speed drills…… Lisa achieved her goal on May 9th, 2020. Congratulations Lisa!
Lisa Diaz only created her new habit of training for 5k’s three per week only two months ago. Lisa ran her first virtual 5k on May 9th, 2020, and felt amazing. Lisa added to her habit of running and walking while keeping her nutrients real for 30 days. Lisa took me up on my Next Level Coaching Plan to help her stay focused on her eating habits. This allowed Lisa, not only to run her virtual 5k, we are proud to announce that Lisa dropped 14lbs in the last 30 days. Congratulations Lisa!
To hear from them both explain their new excitement from hitting personal goals, please have a listen to this week's podcast.
#50 - Atomic Habits To Become A Better Runner
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