E168 Sara M: Mental Health and Sobriety

E168 Sara M: Mental Health and Sobriety

Sara's is a mother, wife, volunteer and outstanding runner. After experiencing some major trauma she realized she began coping with alcohol. You would never guess as she was still winning ultra marathons and ran a sub 3 hour marathon, but she recently decided to give it up and is experiencing major changes to her body, mind and running.

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E88 Trail Tips: Mental health and running in the time of Covid

E88 Trail Tips: Mental health and running in the time of Covid

Welcome to our first episode around mental health with Tory.

As a counsellor, Tory works with youth, families, and adults integrating physical movement with evidence-based psychotherapeutic methods to help prevent, manage, and treat mental illness.

Today we look at questions around comparison, weight gain, bedtime and feeling guilty.

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83 Trail Tips: The silver lining

83 Trail Tips: The silver lining

Feeling down? Here, have some Tory!

We discuss the silver lining to all this and how to stay positive during these different times. We also get into some great listener questions about how to stay motivated, how to handle your schedule if all of your races are pushed back to the same month, and if training on HR is the best method.

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E80: Trail Tips: Exercise makes cute babies

E80: Trail Tips: Exercise makes cute babies

Finally an episode we all needed, Tory debunks imposter syndrome and teaches us how to beat the voice in our heads. Other great questions include the best way to safely build volume and speed so you can nail training injury free, and what your longest training day should be for long distance races. 

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E75 Charlotte: Sober and smoke free

E75 Charlotte: Sober and smoke free

Charlotte suffered sexual abuse as a child and began to self medicate. She developed an eating disorder, while also smoking and drinking quite heavily. In 2012 her mom died and her husband left her. She struggled for few years abusing booze and food, until finally moving in with her dad in 2014. She felt like a complete failure. Then one day, her Dad invited her on a walk, and she realized how much better she felt afterwards. She began walking and going to the gym, and soon began running. She's now run 9 fulls, over 20 halfs, and has been sober since June 2017. 

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