Real Life Runners with Angie and Kevin Brown

What are you giving your power to? You may not even realize you’re doing it, but all of us do it.  As runners, we like to be in control, but so many of us are giving our power away to things outside of our control.  What happens then? If we are giving our power away to external circumstances or people, we will never be able to get the results that we are looking for.  We will never reach our full...

Highlights:  Structuring a Training Plan  What should a warm up look like?  Do I need to warm up?  Do I need a cool down?  What should I do to cool down?   What are your thoughts??  Come over to   Instagram @realliferunners   and let us know!  Thanks for Listening!! Come find us on  Instagram  and say hi! Leave an honest review on  iTunes . Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one...

One of the key values of a Real Life Runner is intention with our actions.  This means creating goals as checkpoints on our journey rather than final destinations.  This means that while we like to see progress, we also understand there are times when maintaining is the goal.  Watching the players in the midst of March Madness, brought up some highlights of striving for a goal, process vs outcome...

  I could never do that...  Have you ever had a thought like that?  I know I have.  You see someone doing something amazing, and our brain's first reaction sometimes is, "I could never."     But could I?  Every person out there doing amazing things is human, so what is the difference between people doing the unbelievable and people that aren't?  In this week's episode we d...

When training for a goal, whether a race, a level of consistency, or a speed or distance marker, runners are often starting new training plans.  Even runners without clearly written out plans may change things up a bit when a race hits the calendar.  A big question that must be asked before starting down a new path is where do I start or what do I do first?  In this episode, we dive into the benef...

Running seems so simple, just lace them up and head out the door.  But then we start looking around and seeing what other runners are doing.  We see the workout someone put onto social media or Strava.  We hear about the PB of someone who has been running for less time than we have.  We learn about the need for strength and mobility.  Suddenly, we are pretty sure that we need to add more and more...

In an ideal running world, we are able to run as many days as we want and injury will never befall us.  Each step will land on a soft yet stable surface and we will feel strong throughout our run.  In real life, we need to prepare for the possibility of injury and do the best we can to reduce that chance as much as possible.   Highlights:  The incidence of running-related injuries The #1 reason ru...

Many runners are driven towards success and the general idea of more.  However, so many of us get sidetracked along the way to our goal.  Some listeners may simultaneously have a plan that they know will create success and also struggle to do what the plan asks of them.  On this episode, we cover the notion that you get to choose exactly what you do and do not want to do in your life.  No one has...

Do you strive for perfection? What happens when you miss a day or don't follow your plan exactly?  Do you feel guilty or bad about it?  Do you tell yourself you messed it up or that you're not going to achieve your goal now?  Today we examine our need for perfection in running, even when we don't realize it.   Good news...you don't need to be perfect.  Your training plan doesn&...

Running can seem like a solo activity, but humans crave connection.  In this episode we cover the benefits of the running community from the perspectives of a solo runner in the dark and a group run organizer.  No matter how you run and train, it is unlikely that you did everything on your own.  It takes a team to reach big goals.     What are your thoughts??  Come over to   Instagram @realliferun...

How can you make running work for you?  If you want to progress, here are 4 things you need to stop doing today and 4 things you need to start doing instead.     What are your thoughts??  Come over to   Instagram @realliferunners   and let us know!  Thanks for Listening!! Come find us on  Instagram  and say hi! Leave an honest review on  iTunes . Your ratings and reviews really help and we read ea...

Runners can be grouped into two large categories:  those with consistency and those without consistency.  We have regularly stated that consistency is one of the biggest keys to success, especially long term success.  In this episode we are going to look at consistency from a few angles:  how to establish it, how to maintain it, and what to do if consistency does not seem to be getting results.  ...

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Some runners race all the time, others plan out a few bigger events during the year and plan the training calendar around them.  However you like to run, there is an important aspect about training plans that is often neglected.  What are you supposed to do after the race?  On this episode, we discuss several aspects to consider when deciding how to follow up a race.  How physically taxing was the...

5 Reasons Effort-Based Training is Your Key to Improvement 1. It teaches you to listen to your body  2. Your body makes adaptations based on effort and intensity, not pace 3. It takes real life into consideration 4. It accounts for the physical world around you, including different weather and terrain conditions 5. It removes the stress of "getting a workout wrong" Check it out for the d...

It's almost the new year and that means time for the ever popular New Year’s resolutions.  There was a study a few years back that suggested 80% of resolutions do not stick.  On the flip side, one in five people were able to make a change in their life and that sounds pretty good.  So, how do you make sure that your resolutions stick?  Let’s make 2022 your best year yet.   Highlights of the E...

Life is already busy. It can be hard enough to fit in runs between jobs, chores and kids’ activities. Throw in the holidays, add in some travel and family obligations, mix everything together with a few celebratory, booze- and dessert-laden get-togethers, and it can be a veritable recipe for disaster. Suddenly, there’s even less time than usual, your normal routine is thrown out of whack, and the...

Running and training in a sustainable manner is a great concept.  One of the principles of Real Life Runners is running in a way that we can continue to train the way that we want for the rest of our lives.  Sustainable training sounds reasonable, but we also promote the idea of creating and striving for big goals.  In this episode, we look into what it does and does not mean to sustainably train...

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Thanks for Listening!! To join the RLR Training Team,  click here.  To download our FREE strength guide for runners,  click here . If you have a topic you would like us to talk about, please send us an email at  support@realliferunners.com     Come find us on  Facebook  and  Instagram  and say hi! Leave an honest review on  iTunes . Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one! Subscr...

Many runners think that they will continue to improve just by adding miles or pushing harder everyday, only to find out that after all of their hard work, they are right where they started, or even worse, they’ve even taken steps backward. It can all be a little overwhelming sometimes, but in this 3-part training series, we are going to simplify it all for you and show you exactly what you need to...

All of us are on this running journey together.  We may be here for health.  We may be here for sanity.  We may be here for physical challenges.  There may be other reasons that change over time and differ from one person to the next.  In the end, we are all runners and we are here to keep running.  You do not need to impress anyone else with your running, you just need to run in a way that is gai...

Over the past few weeks, we have seen numerous stories about athletes accomplishing goals that would seem impossible to achieve.  What does it take to start out on a task that sounds crazy?  There is a classic proverb that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step from Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu.  While this statement cuts to the truth that you cannot finish unless you start, it can st...

Gratitude is powerful. By starting to notice things in your life that you are grateful for, you start to shift your brain to look for those things in your life that are good and that you want to be grateful for. In this week's episode, we discuss how to be grateful for our bodies!    Thanks for Listening!! To join the RLR Training Team,  click here.  To download our FREE strength guide for ru...

“Run for fun?  What kind of fun is that?”  This great line from Back to the Future highlights an interesting concept in the world of distance running.  Are we in this for fun and happiness?  In this episode, we cover the benefits of bringing joy to your running, but also how running, like everything in life, has highs and lows.  If we only run for happiness and when we are happy, would our trainin...