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290. 3 Keys to Building Mental Toughness for Endurance Athletes

July 18, 2025

Mental toughness is one of the most powerful tools you can develop as a runner — and also one of the most overlooked.

Physical training is important, sure.

But if you don’t also train your mindset, you’ll keep hitting the same walls over and over again.

You’ll quit when things get hard, you’ll doubt yourself when you need confidence most, and you’ll never quite reach your true potential.

In this episode of the Running Lean podcast, I’m sharing the 3 Keys to Building Mental Toughness for Endurance Athletes.

These are the exact strategies I use in my own training and with every runner I coach.

If you want to run stronger, go longer, and finally stop giving up when the going gets tough, this one’s for you.

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