A Runner’s Guide to the Holidays: How to Have Fun and Stay Fit
12/22/23 • 46 min
Do you struggle to maintain your training during the holiday season? If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. It’s an exciting time of year, but all of the extra social activities can make it difficult to stick to a normal running routine. Not to mention the cold and snowy weather you might face depending on where you train. Luckily, you don’t have to choose between holiday fun and running success. If you want to enjoy your holiday plans while still maintaining fitness, this is the episode for you.
The holidays are a time for celebration so you shouldn’t have to give this up. At RC Connect we believe that running is about balance and having fun so we’re going to give you our best advice to enjoy this time of the year without losing the fitness you worked hard to develop. Our goal on today’s show is to tell you how you can have your cake and eat it too.
Cory and our guest coach Ruairi Moynihan will explore everything you need to navigate the holiday season including:
- How much does missing one or several workouts impact your fitness?
- How to adjust your training around social activities and travel
- Tips for fuelling properly during the holidays
- And how you can use the holidays as mental and physical break to actually improve your running
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Do you struggle to maintain your training during the holiday season? If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. It’s an exciting time of year, but all of the extra social activities can make it difficult to stick to a normal running routine. Not to mention the cold and snowy weather you might face depending on where you train. Luckily, you don’t have to choose between holiday fun and running success. If you want to enjoy your holiday plans while still maintaining fitness, this is the episode for you.
The holidays are a time for celebration so you shouldn’t have to give this up. At RC Connect we believe that running is about balance and having fun so we’re going to give you our best advice to enjoy this time of the year without losing the fitness you worked hard to develop. Our goal on today’s show is to tell you how you can have your cake and eat it too.
Cory and our guest coach Ruairi Moynihan will explore everything you need to navigate the holiday season including:
- How much does missing one or several workouts impact your fitness?
- How to adjust your training around social activities and travel
- Tips for fuelling properly during the holidays
- And how you can use the holidays as mental and physical break to actually improve your running
- Follow RunnersConnect on Instagram
- Join the Elite Treatment where you get first dibs on everything RTTT each month!
- Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community
- RunnersConnect Facebook page
- GET EXPERT COACHING AT RUNNERSCONNECT!
This week’s show brought to you by:
Dri Seats
If you’re tired of sweaty, smelly and stained seats after your runs then you have to check out the car seat covers made specifically for runners from driseats.
DriSeats waterproof seat covers are designed specifically for runners. Unlike towels, they are 100% waterproof and easily fit over your entire seat so you don’t have any missed spots.
Plus, they are super easy to slide over your seat so it’s ready in seconds and they are machine washable so they are easy to clean and be ready for your next run.
You can head to driseats.com and use code RC20 to get 20% off first order
Previnex Muscle Health Plus
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Together, these ingredients are clinically proven to decrease muscle breakdown, increase lean muscle mass, boost protein synthesis, enhance strength, improve body composition, and more!
I’m fanatical about my post-workout nutrition and I used to take all of these ingredients individually. Now I have the convenience of a single scoop to get them all...and at a cheaper price.
To check out the science for yourself, head to runnersconnect.net/muscle and use the code RTTT15 to save 15% on your first order.
Plus, they offer a 100% money back guarantee, no questions asked, if you don’t feel the benefits too.
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The iconic vehicle has been reimagined for twenty-first century adventure, and its unparalleled off-road ability, as well as its robust interior, are invaluable whether you’re headed towards uncharted territory, or just a weekend of exploration.
The Defender 110 tackles challenging surroundings with absolute confidence. The SUV conveys strength outside and in, featuring peerless technology like an intuitive driver display and an award-winning infotainment system to keep you connected no matter where the journey takes you.
Adventure is unique to everyone, and so is the Defender. Choose from the two-door Defender 90, the four-door Defender 110, or the larger Defender 130 with the ability to seat up to 8 passengers — you’ll find uncompromising performance in all three.
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In this episode of Run To The Top, Nick Jonsson joins the show to address these questions head-on. Guided partly by personal experience through recovery and partly through research for his book “Executive Loneliness”, Nick offers many lessons on how to take stock of your situation, ask for help, get healthy, and find your relationships and purpose in this world.
Tying it all back to our running community and Nick’s background in long-distance triathlons, we talk about:
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- strategies for overcoming loneliness
- strategies to build resilience and maintain motivation in the face of setbacks
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