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March 26, 2025 62 mins

Matt Fitzgerald is the author of well-known books like 80/20 endurance and in his most recent book titled “Chasing Mastery”, he provides 25 lessons to reach your full athletic potential.

During the episode, we discussed topics including:

  • What it means to achieve mastery of your sport
  • What are the habits of elite athletes that succeed in reaching their full potential
  • Why keeping your training fun and hard is key to staying motivated
  • How to top athletes succeed using very different training strategies
  • Why personal character matters when it comes to improving as an athlete
  • What Matt’s personal pursuit of mastery has looked like as a non-elite runner and author

Matt makes it clear that mastering running has nothing to do with talent. Instead, he shows how anyone can become your best self as a person and athlete.

Chasing Mastery book purchase: https://8020books.com/product/chasing-mastery/

80/20 endurance coaching and training resources: https://www.8020endurance.com/8020-endurance-books-best-training-resources/

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