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Women of DistanceAuthor: Lauren Cramer
These are the stories of motivated women chasing big dreams in the distance running world: on roads, trails, and tracks; ultra and sub-ultra; elite and sub-elite. *A revival of the original W.O.D. podcast, created and hosted by Devon Yanko. Now hosted by Lauren Cramer. Produced with support from More Miles Run Coaching. www.moremilestogo.com Language: en-us Genres: Fitness, Health & Fitness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Kristen Schindler - Mental Performance for Endurance Athletes
Episode 49
Thursday, 14 August, 2025
Kristen Schindler is an elite trail and ultrarunner, run coach, and a mental performance consultant with a Master's degree in Sport and Performance psychology.In this episode, Lauren and Kristen discuss her personal history and relationship with running from a young teen looking for an anchor in a turbulent time, to a high performing collegiate athlete, to a love of the freedom of trail and ultrarunning.We discuss her connection with the community running has given her, and how that evolved into pursuing her secondary education and developing a career in Mental Performance.You'll learn what mental performance coaching is, and is not; common challenges for endurance athletes, and female athletes specifically; the importance of mental health in athletics - for performance on and off the trail; tools for assessing those challenges, and how a coach can help.You can find Integrated Strides at integratedstridesmentalperformance.comand find and follow Kristen at instagram.com/kristenaschindlerIf you enjoy this and other episodes, please leave us a rating or review and share with a friend - it really helps us out!Be sure to like, follow, subscribe to stay in the loop!Find and follow W.o.D. atinstagram.com/womenofdistanceThis podcast is produced with support from More Miles Run Coaching. www.moremilestogo.com
