Super Awesome You - Achieve Your Goals
This podcast is about helping you to believe in you. (Because wonderful things start to happen once you start to believe in yourself!)
My name is Sam, and running/fitness/entrepreneurship have taught me a lot of things -- how motivation is not a permanent state, how difficult it is to get yourself out of bed and move, and how our brains do their best to keep us comfortable and limited in our action (they have good intentions but often miss the mark).
Each week we'll dive into a lesson learned from running, and sometimes cover a song I'm currently listening to help me get out there and move. Some weeks will have a guest runner on the show talking about their path and what helps them when things are tough.
I hold a degree in Neurobiology and have been obsessed with motivation, goals and psychology for nearly a decade now. I am a former spin instructor, a current runner & marathoner, an entrepreneur, and podcaster. It's great to meet you!
This show was formerly and temporarily called Super Awesome Runner! If you hear that in the intro, that's why :)
Super Awesome You - Achieve Your Goals
Special Race Day Episode: Tips & Tricks for running the NYRR United Half Marathon in NYC
I'm joined this week by special guest Indy, a long-time marathoner and NYC runner, as we break down the upcoming 2025 United Half Marathon in New York City! We both ran the race last year, and will be running it this year, so we wanted to review our memories of each parts of the race, and offer up any tips/tricks/guidance if you're a first time runner there (or if it's been a while).
We break the race down into:
- Expo / Bib-pickup
- Getting to the start
- Miles 1-3 in the park
- Miles 4-6 along Flatbush avenue and into Manhattan
- Miles 7-10 along the FDR
- Miles 10-12 through 42nd street and Times Square
- Miles 12-13.1 through Central Park to finish!
You can find the song of the week on the weekly playlist here on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2wxmDClsiebNBJ2B3Jut5u?si=5edd46976ddc4630
