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Coach Laura gives an overview of the 10 best fiction books she read in 2024!

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Full Circle Endurance posted 88 new articles on our blog in 2024, and we have over 586 blog posts in our archives from almost a decade of writing.  These are the blog posts that readers connected wit…

The Full Circle Podcast officially launched for the first time in January 2024.  Over the course of the year, 69 episodes were published.  Some of them really resonated with listeners!  We decided to…

After 15+ years of being a runner, cyclist, and triathlete as well as having coached hundreds of individual endurance athletes to goals of all shapes and sizes, Coach Laura has tested out many gear i…

Treadmills have become a popular tool for athletes and exercise enthusiasts alike.  While they certainly do confer some benefits, they also have some significant drawbacks.  It’s important for endura…

Cooler temperatures usher in a new season of apparel for endurance athletes.  When the temperatures drop, what to wear for a workout becomes a big question that athletes wrestle with.  However, decid…

The Off-Season is often mistakenly thought of as unimportant.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Training in the Off-Season and Winter season is a vitally important component of overall train…

The only certainty in endurance sports - as in life - is uncertainty.  A paradox, to be sure.  But the truth, nevertheless.

Try as we might, we cannot accurately foresee all that will happen in our li…

In a world where people are increasingly busy and seeking to get as much done as possible, the idea of multitasking is incredibly, incredibly alluring.  The hard truth is that multitasking is a myth,…

Too many runners, triathletes, cyclists, and swimmers discount the importance of strength training in their endurance sports training.  Strength training should not be just an off-season element.  Fo…

“Nothing new on race day!” is extremely common advice doled out to runners, triathletes, cyclists, and other endurance athletes.  Unfortunately, too many athletes think this advice only pertains to p…

Where does confidence come from?  For humans and endurance athletes alike, it comes from surviving doing something scary.  

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Is exercise as good as pharmacological medicine?  Athletes and exercise enthusiasts alike have long touted the benefits of a movement practice.  But does the research back up this anecdotal enthusias…

Do you do a lot of the same races and set similar goals in endurance sports year after year?  While there can be value - and comfort! - in doing the same events year after year, switching up the race…

Many, many athletes ask themselves “Can I accomplish this goal?” when they are considering a goal in endurance sports.  Instead of this, I encourage athletes to ask themselves something else…somethin…

Long runs and long rides are staples of many training plans for endurance athletes.  But why are these types of workouts so integral to endurance training plans?  Most athletes know that long workout…

The term “Masters Athlete” may be a nice way to say “older athlete”, but I know that I’ve personally learned that the term Masters Athlete refers to athletes we should all respect and look up to.

We a…

You’ve heard the old cliché: We’re our own worst critics.  We’re often much harder on ourselves than others in our lives are on us.  This holds true for endurance athletes: It’s not uncommon for endu…

Endurance athletes are too comfortable.  On at least a monthly (if not weekly or daily) basis, they run the same routes, do the same races, and complete the same types of workouts.  Intentionally and…

Sometimes, things do go the way we envision on race day.  Unfortunately, most athletes neglect to look for lessons learned on these days.  It’s important to know that disappointing race days aren’t t…