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May 15, 2019 By Coach Jen

Finding Motivation to Keep Going

A couple of weeks ago, I made a promise to myself that, no matter what, I would do ALL of my training runs leading up to the Seattle Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon. NO. MATTER. WHAT. And I’ve been sticking to it, even with some struggles. Mostly around finding motivation. I decided to drive to […]

May 13, 2019 By Jill Angie

Feeling Overwhelmed Sucks

We’ve all been there. Overwhelmed. Your boss gives you too much to do. Your spouse doesn’t help out enough and puts all the responsibility on you. You don’t know where to start on a big, important project, such as training for a marathon or writing a book, so you get overwhelmed and put it off […]

May 8, 2019 By Coach Jen

Finding the Joy!

One of the habits I’ve cultivated to help live my best life is part of my daily journaling process. Doing a daily review each night and answering the following questions helps me keep finding the joy in my habits: What went well today? What did I learn today? How do I want to feel tomorrow? […]

May 6, 2019 By Jill Angie

Taking Out the Trash: Change Your Thoughts

Last weekend Andy ran his first half marathon. He started running in January 2018, lost 100 pounds in 10 months, and on April 28th, 2019, he did a half marathon in 1:59:29. I am INSANELY proud of him. He set a goal, worked his ASS off with determination, and achieved that goal. It was hard […]

May 1, 2019 By Coach Jen

Feeling “Meh”

I was feeling “Meh” about my training plan this week. I wasn’t excited about it. I wasn’t dreading it. I wasn’t really feeling anything but ambivalence. But ambivalence is a feeling, so there had to be a thought behind it, right? So I set to work figuring out what I was thinking that was causing […]

April 29, 2019 By Jill Angie

Dead F-ing Last

This past weekend I did my first 6K (3.7 miles) race ever! It was the Blood, Sweat and Beers 6K, with lots of cold beer afterwards and a really fun medal & shirt. Plus it was local, about 15 minutes from my home, and the race start was 10 am, which meant no early morning […]

April 24, 2019 By Coach Jen

Quit the Negative Self-Talk

Negative self-talk destroys your motivation and keeps you from meeting your goals. I put myself to a little test last weekend. I ran a beautiful 5K on the Chicago lakefront and challenged myself to change my intervals a bit to see if it made a difference in my pace. During the race I went from […]

April 22, 2019 By Jill Angie

Determined AF

Last week I was coaching a client and she said something so profound that I need to share it with you. She’s done several half marathons in the past and is currently training for the Seattle Rock-n-Roll in June. In her own words, she’s half-assed her training for every other race. This time she’s approaching things […]

April 17, 2019 By Coach Jen

Learning from Failure

I’m failing at everything. Well, that’s what I’ve been telling myself lately and guess what? That sucks. Even though I am a Not Your Average Runner Coach, I still need coaching myself (so. much. coaching.). That’s what I realized when Jill coached me the other day on my thoughts creating my results. You see, I […]

April 15, 2019 By Jill Angie

What Is a Good Speed to Run?

The most frequently asked question in the Not Your Average Runner Facebook group is some version of “How fast do I need to be to call myself a real runner?” Ugh. Why, oh why, are we so fucking concerned with speed and pace? Spoiler alert—I’m gonna get a little rant-y in this post… I’m not […]