Most runners hit a wall, mentally and physically. What if the pain was the point?
Katarina is a Berlin-based artist, coach, and community builder who stopped chasing numbers and started treating running like a game. In this episode she breaks down the mindset shifts that took her from overtraining as a college athlete to running on feel, and why that switch made her training more sustainable, more joyful, and a lot harder to get injured doing.
We get into:
- Vibe-based training, and what it actually means to run on feel instead of metrics
- How to read your own body well enough to trust it
- Simple at-home work (lunges, stride drills) that cleans up your form
- How to spot overstriding using video of your own run
- Real stories from the Euro Trip relay: the near-misses, the mishaps, the unglamorous reality of ultra-distance teamwork
- Her unconventional race strategy and how she runs long with joy
- Why community, not stats, is what keeps her going
Whether you're chasing a faster 5K, training for your first marathon, or just tired of quantifying every mile, this one's a reset. It's for anyone who wants to run on their own terms and actually enjoy it.
Press play and run your own way.
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About the guest: Katarina is a Berlin-based artist, coach, and veteran of the Euro Trip relay. Over fifteen-plus years across college athletics, coaching, and ultra-distance running, she's built a reputation for intuitive training, community leadership, and redefining what it means to be a long-distance runner.
