Sifan Hassan's coach Tim Rowberry says runners get stuck by fixating on one part of their training instead of varying their workouts. He pushes athletes to find what keeps them interested, whether that's music, exploration, or learning, and to ask for help without ego.
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figure out what makes you interested in running, whether it's exploring, whether it's listening to something, whether it's like listening to something you're learning while you're running. There's so many things you can do to, to make what would normally be boring better. What are some, some common mistakes that you see runners make? Yeah, I think it's the same between recreational and elite. A lot of the time everyone has a bias in training and whatever. There's something you're going to be too focused on, whether you're amateur athlete or elite athlete or elite coach. There's always going to be something that you need to back off of, like you're focusing too much on. The first step to learning is admitting that you don't know something. You have to figure out what you don't know in order to even learn. I have, I have no ego when it came to asking absolutely everyone, you know, what should we do? If you're getting bored, it's because you're probably only thinking about one thing.