“I love the 1,000” — Ryan McCostlin

It’s not what we get from winning; it’s who we become. A focus on the process means noticing how we compete, what we do when we play our best, and knowing our own recipe for success. The process is also about who we are becoming, what we excel at, and learn from. The process means addressing effort, teammates, other people excelling, how we handle

In fact, there were two key differences between great competitors and good ones: Skill. The best swimmers swim differently than the ones who don’t perform as well. They do their strokes differently; they do their turns differently. These are learned and practiced skills. Attitude. The best swimmers bring a different attitude to their training. They

Along the way, you have to practice like you’re possessed. The kind of deliberate practice that leads to success takes a level of commitment, dedication, patience, focus, grit, and resilience that is impossible without an essential ingredient. Passion.

we suggest you have a few different tools in your happy runner toolbox, all of which you can start right now. First, a list of three positive affirmations about the type of person and runner you want to be, which you look at and think about each morning (chapter 1). Second, an outline of your long-term goals, dreaming your biggest and scariest drea

Something wonderful will happen when you relax, harness your dogged competitive intensity and work ethic, honor your inner voice, and respect the scientifically validated principles of successful endurance training: You will get faster! It’s hard to say it any more plainly than that. The path to going faster requires that you balance out and chill

“Because if you’re a triathlete, you don’t see the ‘workload’ as a negative; it’s a vehicle that gets you where you want to go: the finish line.”