When is it time to level up? Is work-life-training balance real? Plus a brief xtraining discussion.

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 01/13/2023 As many athletes on our team continue to get their race schedules ready for 2023, we wanted to start this year's calls off with the question, How does an athlete know when it’s time to step up to the next distance and what would an ideal timeline to get there look like? We love this topic because it encompasses so many of our coaching principles, like developing and knowing your why, developing self-awareness, and the compounding consistency principle. From here, we talk briefly about xtraining before going into another in depth discussion around balance. We ask, does balance exist? Is it a worthy thing for athletes to strive for? How can we plan for training blocks that don’t go to plan? In answering questions like this, our team seems to always come back to our favorite James Clear quote, “You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your habits.” I hope you enjoy this episode and as usual, if you have any feedback, a question for a future call or are looking for support in your running journey, please visit us on the web at microcosm-coaching.com or contact us at [email protected]