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👋 I'm Henri — certified running coach, exercise scientist, and runner. I've spent over a decade coaching endurance athletes across the US, Colombia, and Venezuela — from first-time 5K runners to advanced marathoners. Endurance Mindset is the science-based running newsletter built for runners who want to train smarter. Every week: real training science, practical application, and the most relevant news from the running world — no fluff. 🙏 Pray · Love · Run 🏃♂️ 🇻🇪 También en Español 🇻🇪 😉
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Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Shop 🌍 ¿Recibiendo esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 Chicago 6/7 · Logistics handled, head clear Thursday, October 1 · Chicago D-10 On Tuesday we talked about fall races being mental. And nothing settles the mind like having the logistics handled. Which happens to be exactly what to spend the hours on that the taper just gave back to you. Today, both — starting with one detail that can...
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Endurance Mindset · 🇪🇸 Inicio•Blog•Noticias•Run With Us•Aplica•Planes•Tienda 🌍 Receiving this in the wrong language? Update your preferences in the footer → English 🇺🇸 Chicago 6/7 · Logística resuelta, cabeza tranquila Jueves 1 de octubre · Chicago D-10 El martes hablamos de que las carreras de otoño son mentales. Y nada tranquiliza más la mente que tener la logística resuelta. De paso, resolverla es exactamente en qué invertir las horas que el taper te acaba de devolver. Hoy las dos cosas —...
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Endurance Mindset · 🇪🇸 Inicio•Blog•Noticias•Run With Us•Aplica•Planes•Tienda 🌍 Receiving this in the wrong language? Update your preferences in the footer → English 🇺🇸 👋🏻 ¡Hola Reader! Martes 29 de septiembre · Edición principal · Chicago D-12 Quedan doce días. A partir de aquí el entrenamiento ya no cambia nada. Lo que cambia todo es lo que pasa entre tus orejas. Y el domingo Berlín nos dio la clase en directo. Empiezo por ahí. 01 LO QUE PASÓ EN BERLÍN 2 min Tigst Assefa llegó al kilómetro...
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Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Store 🌍 ¿Recibes esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 👋🏻 Hey Reader! Saturday September 26 · Week close No Chicago today. Today is for everyone else. While part of the running world watches the marathon, you're building something just as serious with a cost-to-benefit ratio I love as a coach: the half marathon. You train hard, you race hard, and Monday you go back to your life. I've...
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Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Store 🌍 ¿Recibes esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 👋🏻 Hey Reader! Friday September 25 · Print this one Bear with me — I promise we'll be out of Chicago soon and on to the holidays and some nutrition 😄 Every September I get the same question from athletes heading to their first Major: "Henri, am I missing anything?" The answer is almost always yes. And it almost never has anything to do...
READ POSTChicago doesn't start at the start line. It starts at immigration 🛂
Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Store 🌍 ¿Recibes esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 👋🏻 Hey Reader! Thursday September 24 · Travel guide An athlete wrote to me a few months ago, worried about his goal pace. We spent twenty minutes on that. And forty on how he'd get from the airport to his hotel, where he'd pick up his bib, and what he'd do with cold hands waiting in the corral. The second conversation turned out to...
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Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Store 🌍 ¿Recibes esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 👋🏻 Hey Reader! Wednesday September 23 · Chicago 5 of 7 Yesterday we covered why the taper works and why it's frightening. Today there's no theory. Today there are dates. Week by week: how much you cut, which sessions stay, and what not to touch between now and October 11. And note: your taper started Monday. You're two days in. Sunday...
READ POSTTapering without fear: why cutting back makes you faster 📉
Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Store 🌍 ¿Recibes esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 👋🏻 Hey Reader! Tuesday September 22 · Main edition This is the week that generates the most anxiety in any marathon block. Today, the science of why cutting back works. Tomorrow, your exact calendar for Chicago. And something new: today's article comes with a downloadable 21-day PDF to print and stick on the fridge. In this edition · 11...
READ POSTYou'll feel worse this week. That's correct 🔋
Endurance Mindset · 🇺🇸 Home•Blog•News•Run With Us•Apply•Plans•Store 🌍 ¿Recibes esto en el idioma equivocado? Actualiza tus preferencias en el pie → Español 🇪🇸 👋🏻 Hey Reader! Saturday September 19 · Week close If you felt worse this week than at any point in the block, that is exactly what should be happening. We're three weeks from Chicago, and this is the highest point of accumulated fatigue in the whole plan. You aren't losing fitness — you're building it under a layer of tiredness that...
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