43. Loop Courses: How to Run Loops Without Dreading Them

Loop courses tend to bring up one big worry for runners: boredom. Almost every time someone tells me they’ve signed up for a loop race, they immediately follow it with, “But what if I get bored?” I used to think the same way. Repeating the same terrain, passing your car every lap, and feeling like you’re not making forward progress can sound mentally exhausting before the race even starts.

In this episode, I explain why boredom feels so threatening in loop courses, how the common strategies runners use to handle it actually make things harder, and three powerful ways to rethink loop races so they work for you instead of against you.

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