Tackling Enjoyment Over Achievement with Tina Muir

What happens when you start running for fun instead of a finish line? In this week’s podcast, Sonya sat down with Tina Muir, CEO of Running for Real, an incredible podcast and the largest global community of socially engaged runners, and talked about learning how to run for enjoyment instead of recognition. 

Tina hosts the Running for Real Podcast, a collection of podcasts about running, the climate emergency and social justice. She also co-hosts Running Realized with Knox Robinson, exploring running culture. 

In addition to her professional running career representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Tina is recognized for her story battling nine years with amenorrhea (RED-S), or the absence of menstruation.

Tina is the mother of two girls and is supported by Alta Running. 

Key Takeaways

• Running for enjoyment instead of a finish line
• Burnout
• Amenorrhea
• Evolution of self talk
• Happiness versus success
• Sports psychology and meditation
• Passion versus compulsion
• Climate Change
• Running realized
• Social change