The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show
Promoting a healthy and positive experience for endurance athletes.
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The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show

Created with endurance athletes in mind

Created with endurance athletes in mind. Coaches Amy and Liz have a combined thirty years of coaching and seven decades of competing in endurance sports. They cover topics relevant to athletes at various levels of participation: those training for a personal challenge to those competing for an age group placement or race qualification.

 

Our "Failures" in Endurance Sport become Growth Opportunities

Coach Amy’s First Run Community: Naperville Central High School Cross Country Team

What is this podcast episode about?

Coach Amy and Coach Liz chat about their first experiences with failure in endurance sports and how it helped them grow as athletes and people.

The specific quote about failure mentioned in the first part of the podcast has been lost in the ether, but in summary, when we’re in the middle of what feels like failure, it’s hard to see the growth we’re experiencing. Only once we’re through the muck do we refer to the “failure” as a growth opportunity. “The only way out is through” - quote adapted from Robert Frost.

Lauren Fleshman shares her story of falling in love with running, succumbing to disordered eating and injuries, and fighting for the health of female athletes in the Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World.

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