Mario Fraioli
Running coach and writer. Writes the morning shakeout, a weekly newsletter on running, training and coaching, and hosts the morning shakeout podcast.
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In a world obsessed with status and optimization, people matter most and make life worthwhile.
Their wordsIn a world that's increasingly obsessed with status, achievement, optimization, and all kinds of other meaningless bullshit, don't forget that it's the people that matter most and make life worthwhile.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 571themorningshakeout.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsRegardless of who first said it, the message is the same: Confidence comes from evidence, and evidence is something you accumulate by doing a lot of work.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 571themorningshakeout.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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American marathoners are more competitive in championship-style races than in pure speed races.
Their wordsit will never not be wild to me how much more competitive American marathoners are in races that are more championship-style (i.e. no pacers) like Boston, New York, the Olympics, and world championships than they are in the ones that are pure expressions of speed.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 570themorningshakeout.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsVinny Mauri is the real deal. In his first major, the 25-year-old finished tenth overall and third American in 2:06:45 after stopping to stretch multiple times. Yes, the massive surge he made from 20 to 25K came back to bite him in the ass, but that's just inexperience, and it's only a matter of time before a move like that sticks.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 570themorningshakeout.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsClayton Young is like a safe stock that's worth holding on to for a long time because you know it will deliver more often than not, even when there's volatility in the market. I don't think he has the pure physical talent of some of the other American guys, but he's patient, savvy, and smart, which are all essential traits to have in the marathon.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 570themorningshakeout.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 4 weeks earlier
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Their wordsBigger isn't always better, and oftentimes more is just more.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 566themorningshakeout.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsbecoming too reliant on a GPS watch or heart-rate monitor or power meter discourages you from thinking or feeling in critical situations and that can be problematic.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 566themorningshakeout.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsModern running watches are impressive in the amount of data that they can purportedly track, but trust me when I tell you that 98% of it is useless for a majority of the population.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 566themorningshakeout.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 7 days earlier
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Their wordsThis framework can also be applied effectively to running, work, or virtually any other part of your life where you're trying to excel (or help others excel).
↗the morning shakeout | issue 565themorningshakeout.substack.com
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Their wordsI don't think coincidence or chance has as much to do with good things happening to us as we might want to admit.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 563themorningshakeout.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIf you don't stay committed to your cause, pursuit, partner, project, or whatever it is you deemed worth caring about, luck isn't likely to find you.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 563themorningshakeout.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsit never ceases to amaze me how much tends to come back to people who treat others well with no expectation of anything in return.
↗the morning shakeout | issue 563themorningshakeout.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece