Deena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college, when her competitive methodamp;mdash;run as hard as possible, for fear of losingamp;mdash;fostered a frustration and negativity and brought her to the brink of burnout. On the verge of quitting, she took a chance and moved to the high altitudes of Alamosa, Colorado, where legendary coach Joe Vigil had started the first professional distance-running team. There she encountered the idea that would transform her running career: the notion that changing her thinkingamp;mdash;shaping her mind to be more encouraging, kind, and resilientamp;mdash;could make her faster than she'd ever imagined possible. Building a mind so strong would take years of effort and discipline, but it would propel Kastor to the pinnacle of runningamp;mdash;to American records in every distance from the 5K to the marathonamp;mdash;and to the accomplishment of earning America's first Olympic medal in the marathon in twenty years.
Let Your Mind Run is a fascinating intimate look inside the mind of an elite athlete, a remarkable story of achievement, and an insightful primer on how the small steps of cultivating positivity can give anyone a competitive edge.
Deena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after college, when her competitive methodamp;mdash;run as hard as possible, for fear of losingamp;mdash;fostered a frustration and negativity and brought her to the brink of burnout. On the verge of quitting, she took a chance and moved to the high altitudes of Alamosa, Colorado, where legendary coach Joe Vigil had started the first professional distance-running team. There she encountered the idea that would transform her running career: the notion that changing her thinkingamp;mdash;shaping her mind to be more encouraging, kind, and resilientamp;mdash;could make her faster than she'd ever imagined possible. Building a mind so strong would take years of effort and discipline, but it would propel Kastor to the pinnacle of runningamp;mdash;to American records in every distance from the 5K to the marathonamp;mdash;and to the accomplishment of earning America's first Olympic medal in the marathon in twenty years.
Let Your Mind Run is a fascinating intimate look inside the mind of an elite athlete, a remarkable story of achievement, and an insightful primer on how the small steps of cultivating positivity can give anyone a competitive edge.
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169268157 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
| Publication date: | 04/10/2018 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Sales rank: | 829,320 |
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