CAROLYN COFFIN: What If Your Best Running Is Still Ahead? #runningpodcast

If you’ve hit a plateau, haven’t nailed your race, are navigating midlife running, or are trying to figure out how to keep improving without burning yourself out, this conversation gives you the real story. I chat with Carolyn Coffin, a running coach, podcast host of Inspired Soles, and competitive marathoner whose story spans late-blooming success, coaching, and an ongoing quest to rediscover what running can feel like.

We discuss:

🌀How injuries, DNFs, perimenopause, and motherhood have shaped Carolyn's perspective as a runner

🌀The role easy running had in her breakthrough

🌀 What it really means to play the long game and why your best running may still be ahead, even in your 40s and 50s

🌀How she is approaching coaching her husband to a 2:35 marathon at the age of 45

Carolyn also opens up why she’s now taking a scientist’s approach to her own running instead of forcing a result.

Her perspective is equal parts honest and hopeful - a reminder that a rough patch does not have to become the whole story.I f you’re a runner in midlife, a marathoner chasing one more breakthrough, or someone who needs proof that there’s still plenty of room to grow later in life, this episode will meet you right where you are.

RESOURCES:

Podcast: Inspired Soles

IG: @inspiredsolescast or @carolyn.c.coffin

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