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“I’m Not a Runner” – A Lie We Tell Ourselves - Salty Souls Experience

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We’ve all been guilty of it, especially as we move into our age thirties and beyond. A pain in the back. A little ‘oof!’ sound as we swing out of bed in the morning. Being breathless, quite early on in a workout. “There it is!” we say “I’m getting older! It’s all downhill from here!” **cue existential dread** And in some aspects, it’ a little bit true, for action sports, maybe we have a little less explosive energy, risk tolerance and general “fuck it,” to be the best. We have bills, people! People who rely on us! To eat and survive and stuff! We can’t exactly yeet ourselves off the biggest jump in the bike park or take the 15-foot set wave of the day without a lil voice in our head saying ‘mmm… perhaps not?’ No longer looking around to the adults in the room- we are the adults in the room. However, here’s something you might not know: When it comes to endurance training, like running, your improvement arc looks different. Your thirties and forties and where you start to wind down. It

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