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Sara Hall's Advice to Race Faster, For Non-Elites | Extramilest Show #125

Floris Gierman

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0:00 — Intro
1:28 — Heavenly Heat Saunas Sponsorship
2:36 — Writing For the Love of the Grind
5:08 — 30 years of running lessons
8:57 — The most common runner mistakes
13:26 — How running can become a form of service
16:05 — Strength training, Ryan Hall, and trails
20:08 — Somnus Lab Sponsorship
21:05 — The London Marathon
28:05 — Staying calm under pressure
32:34 — How Sarah thinks about failure
38:00 — Training intensity and intuition
41:55 — Rest, pizza, and underfueling
44:25 — Protecting your energy
48:56 — Female-specific advice for runners
52:24 — Running form and efficiency
55:48 — Race recovery done right
57:45 — Self-massage and pre-run bodywork
1:00:54 — The STEPS Foundation and running as service
1:04:38 — What still drives Sarah Hall
1:08:30 — How runners can get unstuck
1:10:05 — What success as a runner actually means
1:12:23 — Advice Sarah would give her younger self
1:15:10 — Where to find Sarah and her book
1:15:35 — How to become a stronger, healthier, happier athlete

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20 Comments

@FlorisGierman Creator 5 months ago (edited) Pinned

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@lyncy1023 5 months ago

The biggest takeaway, especially during a race, is that progress isn’t just physical. It is learning to trust the feeling in the middle of the effort, to savor each mile instead of constantly evaluating it. When your watch starts pulling you into doubt, let it go. Lift your focus beyond yourself, cheer someone on, share the energy of the course, and you will find your mind settling back into the rhythm your body already knows.

@kaizenyang 5 months ago (edited)

My biggest takeaway from Sarah Hall is to find your running as a way to serve people 😊

@kikinomad 5 months ago

I love this quote: "Loving the process, you win every time."

@antoniomariomagalhaes2521 5 months ago

Thanks Floris for creating and hosting the video, and to Sara for all the comments and hints! I'm gonna be 76 by the end of the month, so I'm still learning :-). Thank you both!

@jps6734 5 months ago

I really resonated with the discussion at 28:00 about staying calm under pressure. It’s so easy to get caught up in the stress of race day, but Sara’s reminder that we need to approach our running with self-compassion and actually 'love ourselves' through the process is SO important for both high performance and longevity.

@jenniseibel 5 months ago

Thanks to you, Floris, and Sara for sharing this wonderful conversation. As a recreational runner, anytime I get too wrapped up on the outcome, it becomes too high pressure and stressful. Consistency and focusing on enjoying the process - my new goals for the next marathon training cycle.

@LiquidTurbo 5 months ago

Thank you for this convo - not often we get to hear from such an accomplished person!!

@jenniferwoltjen 5 months ago

My biggest takeaways: to savor the moment and enjoy the process. Second, do not ever give up in a race. Sara mentioned a few other "comebacks" such as when Des Linden almost dropped out of the Boston Marathon and then went on to win. Same with Sara running the London Marathon when she decided to keep going and to ignore her pacing and focus on catching those women ahead of her. I love the comeback story.

@nuttyfoodiefitness 4 months ago

Loved this conversation ❤ thank you

@shawnat8799 5 months ago

My biggest takeaway is that there's still hope as a female Masters runner to set new PB goals. There's hope it's still possible and I enjoyed hearing how her form changed later in the game age wise. It shows no matter how good you are and where you are talent wise there is still progress waiting if we're open to change. I love Sarah's London race. Thanks from SoCal

@DavidNelson-fp9qv 5 months ago

Awesome interview!! My two takeaways are to focus on gratitude of being able to run and enjoy the process!! Thanks again!!

@YvensBPhoto 5 months ago

I'm also a sort of "unbounded" runner as I dislike limiters or governors. I'm no where near where Sarah is but it's interesting to see someone else who just loves the freedom of running.

@ricardogarbin01 5 months ago

Gotta love the Hall's. What a family!!!

@BedaMurer 5 months ago (edited)

Sara ist the best "scale" example in Running: Maximize your training and do the opposite in life! Combined it does mean do the right things. Go hard in training but keep an organized life. Joy does not mean to reduce pressure in training. What a positive way of living with the "Hall's", thank you Floris to show good examples of our sport.

@helenhayn2646 5 months ago

Keep it Playful. What a good quote

@FeHopeCyndiW 5 months ago

Super interesting and inspiring conversation. I am an Ironman distance recreational triathlete and felt tired/had a hard time getting through my workouts. My legs just did not want to turn over. I chalked it up to running my business/working 80 hours a week, and single parenting a teenager. (My husband died from cancer, and I did a lot of caregiving for the 4.5 years of his heroic battle in addition to the rest of it.) I got a CGM out of curiosity. (PhD in chemistry, so I am a data geek.) I discovered that my glucose level was in the 50s during my workouts and would fall and stay there all night. I had no idea I was underfueled. I am not that lean. I have never restricted food. I got some bloodwork and my leptin was low (1.8). I don’t work out crazy hours, either. So, energy deficiency for busy athletes can happen far easier than I would have thought.