If you deviate significantly from the plan your coach gives you, the second something goes wrong, you're in trouble. There's no roadmap to look back on, no way to find where the wrong turn occurred. If you stuck to the plan and it failed, course correcting is much easier.

See you in Skylark! It didn't take long for me to make a decision for what I wanted to do next- I will be running the @UROCUltraRace 100k on May 11. After a rough start, 2018 ended up being a phenomenal year, and 2019 is looking to be even more epic! ultraroc.com/index.php?fbcl…

Getting the (IT) Band back together: steps I took to overcome this frustrating injury johnsonenduranceco.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/get… #running #recovery #injury #rehab #itbs

It's all about the (running) economy, stupid. Review of research on athlete development and performance: johnsonenduranceco.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/its… #running #training #development #vo2max #economy

"ON a flat road runs the well-train’d runner; He is lean and sinewy, with muscular legs; He is thinly clothed—he leans forward as he runs, With lightly closed fists, and arms partially rais’d." Turns out Walt Whitman could've been a running coach

The best part of coaching is getting to see people challenge their pre-conceived notions of their potential. The fun isn’t in the end result; it’s in the taking of the risk to see where that line actually is.

Dreaming of warmer weather, healthy running, and fast racing. The best is yet to come. #race… instagram.com/p/Be-cA-5hNGM/

The reason most of us fail to achieve real and sustainable change in our lives is because we focus too much on the desired outcome and not enough on the progress we are making- Kelly, #perfectlyyourself

Most people change only when the pain of not changing becomes greater than the pain required to change- Kelly, #perfectlyyourself

Change doesn't equal progress. Change doesn't guarantee progress. - Kelly, #perfectlyyourself

Just because we are adults, we shouldn't stop celebrating progress. Progress is a reward in itself. - Kelly, #perfectlyyourself

A little mystery is good for us. It keeps us humble and when we are humble every experience is richer. -Kelly #perfectlyyourself

Being yourself will never lead to your own self-destruction in any manner or degree. Being yourself will never cause you to become a lesser version of yourself- and everything you say and do will help others to become better-versions-of-themselves

We should serve others for the sake of service rather than for personal gain- Kelly, #perfectlyyourself

5 Things Champions Do Not Worry About, And Neither Should You trainright.com/5-ways-champio… via CTS

Finally getting my legs back under me. My new best friend is my @addaday Hexi mini foam roller-… instagram.com/p/BfJZ0F0BLXs/

Not all heroes wear capes: Pyeongchang imported Zamboni drivers from the U.S. and Canada. That’s why the ice is wicked fast wsj.com/articles/the-z… via The Wall Street Journal

I mean, there is no possible way that we could foreseen and avoided this... right? It's not like Russia was banned for state-sponsored doping or anything... Winter Olympics 2018: Curler from banned Russia team gives up medal after doping cbssports.com/olympics/news/…

Classic! x.com/erikjohnson93/…