coach to committed athletes. exploring possibility and potential through the lens of running.
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mario fraioli
I am more than a bit irked by how optimization culture has infiltrated running and the way we talk about the sport these days, so I wrote/ranted about it in my newsletter this week. themorningshakeout.substack.com/p/the-mornin...
What are they doing that track isn’t to get on linear tv?
mario fraioli
2/2 It was a season’s best by nearly four seconds, a Masters PR by well over two, and a good reminder to keep going when your initial instinct is to call it quits.
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My weekly newsletter is a real-time roundup of things I’m up to, thinking about, interested in, reading, watching, and/or listening to. It’s my hope that what I share makes you smile, think for a second, or reflect upon something you hadn’t considered. themorningshakeout.substack.com/p/the-mornin...
The more data we collect on ourselves, supposedly the better able we are to improve our lives. But metrics aren’t the arbiters of living well, nor is optimization life’s highest achievement.
Chris Nickinson
Keep going when you want to call it quits, Wright Thompson on the writing process, detaching from your devices before racing, and a lot more.
A brief race recap, reframing rest and recovery, joy as the most important element of performance, and a lot more.
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mario fraioli
Read before You Ultra
A dog ran onto the track during a high school relay race – and covered 100m in 10.5 seconds. 🤗 ⚡️ #wednesdaymotivation
Went to the library at 2:30 PM to write. Spent a lot of time staring at my screen and scribbling in my notebook. Wife texts me at 3:30, told her I’d be home no later than 4. Then the floodgates opened and words just started spilling out. Got home at 4:15. Don’t always love how my brain works.
“We are living in the ultimate revenge of the nerds, driven by a crew of socially awkward tech bros who won’t stop until the society that they never quite fit into is obliterated.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
