York is a health nut, an experienced cross-country runner, and a first-year at Carnegie Mellon University now. Our conversation centers around self-improvement in the context of athletic performance and life. I ask him about nutrition and figuring out how to deal with food binging and injuries. He reflects on having a "why" behind our actions, and about trial and error in finding the right way to eat and train. We talk about comparison and York talks about how others were still faster than him even when he worked just as hard, if not more than them--he explains the way we should think about it.

Chapter Markers and Podbean Link:

00:00:01 : Beginning

00:00:28 : Nutrition and Running

00:05:48 : Eating

00:07:12 : Goals in Nutrition

00:12:59 : Navigating Motivation

00:26:30 : Comparison

00:31:23 : Understanding Effort

00:37:23 : Expectations and Self-Discovery

https://unswamped.podbean.com/e/navigating-nutrition-and-motivation-a-runners-perspective/ 

Recorded in the Francis Parker music (practice) room in the morning of Friday, April 5, 2024.