The Race to Success: How Three Key Lessons Changed My 2025 Season

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The Race to Success: How Three Key Lessons Changed My 2025 Season
Dec 31, 2025 Season 2 Episode 137
Richard Conner

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#137 - Inspire to Run Podcast host, Richard Conner, reflects on one of the best fitness years of his adult life, sharing the three powerful words that defined his 2025 success: mindset, habits, and partnership. 

Richard breaks down exactly what changed this year to produce such incredible results. More than just a race recap, this episode reveals the mental shifts and training adjustments that transformed his performance, even as previous years had shown declining times and frustrating plateaus.


Topics Covered:

  • Three words that defined a breakthrough year
  • Mental grit turned failure into a PR
  • How holistic training produced breakthrough results


Your Host

Richard Conner

Richard is a strategic marketing professional with experience in B2B marketing. Richard is the founder of Inspire to Run and is passionate about helping others reach their goals. He is a Connecticut native, a husband, dad, writer, Star Wars fan, and, of course, a runner! 


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