The Full Circle Podcast

Coach Laura ran the Mountain Goat Run for the 14th time this year.  It may have been her 14th time running this race, but it certainly didn’t feel redundant to her.

No matter how much experience we ha…

This Coach Tip Tuesday is the 416th one that Coach Laura has written; today we’re celebrating the EIGHTH anniversary of Coach Tip Tuesday!  Coach Laura was inspired to keep sharing something she wrot…

How do you find the right cycling shoes?  

Finding the best cycling shoes for you can be a long and tricky process.  It can be so long and so tricky, in fact, that some cyclists don’t realize that the…

At first glance, golf and endurance sports might seem like apples and tomatoes.  However, they are more similar than you might imagine, and there are valuable lessons endurance athletes can glean fro…

A lot of multisport athletes who train for events that involve open water swimming leave a lot on the table in terms of speed and execution potential, and a lot of this stems from the fact that they …

“When can I do more?”

This is one of the most common questions we hear from athletes because most athletes are excited about and/or anxious about needing to do more in their training.  However, the de…

Outdoor riding season has come again.  As the season changes from Winter to Spring, more cyclists and multisport athletes will be taking to the roads to get their training rides in.  And with that, t…

A 5K is often the first distance that new runners train for.  It’s a wonderful distance to run and there are many, many 5K race options to choose from!

Once you’ve set a goal to run a 5K, it can feel …

It’s the question at the forefront of almost all athletes’ minds: “When will I be faster?”

The truthful answer is nuanced and somewhat complicated.  Therefore, it’s probably not the answer that most a…

Endurance sports goals don’t achieve themselves.  They require time, effort, and hard work.

The average age-group athlete is a busy person who has a lot of demands competing for their time.  However, …

Can you stop your Garmin at 4.98 miles?

If you’re like 98% of the athletes we’ve worked with over the years, you can’t.  Or rather…you won’t.

We’re going to dive into why you should consider stopping t…

Think you don’t need to bring hydration with you on Winter workouts?

Think again.

You need hydration in the Winter just as much as you do in the Summer.  But a whole plethora of unfortunate biological …

Some athletes dread indoor workouts. Others relish in them. Irrespective of the time of year or how one feels about them, what is the true purpose of indoor workouts?

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While a lack of motivation can strike any time of year, it seems to hit endurance athletes hardest during the Winter months.  If you are struggling to find the motivation to do workouts, don’t despai…

Are you currently injured, sick, or experiencing some other setback that is keeping you from training?

The patience required to navigate times like these is very, very real.  At times, it can feel lik…

Unfortunately, almost all endurance athletes will sustain an injury at some point in their endurance sports journey.  When this happens, it’s important to take a pragmatic approach both to managing t…

Athletes often consider the workouts that they do on a day-to-day basis, but they don’t necessarily consider how those workouts build up over time and how workouts completed today and this week impac…

How do you find the right running shoes?  It may seem simple at face value, but it’s actually a deceptive process and can be trickier than it initially appears.  

But there's good news!  Once you unde…

The end of a year or season often prompts athletes to reflect on their past season and to consider what goals they would like to set in the future.  There is plenty of advice out there about how to s…

Coach Laura gives an overview of the nine best nonfiction books she read in 2024!

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/coach-lauras-top-9-nonfiction-books-of-2024

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