Stoicism for runners

Mathieu Lavedrine
5 min readJun 29, 2023

Running is simple, just put one foot in front of the other, slightly faster than normal. Right? Does it really need a philosophy? Maybe not, but from experience, many runners would really benefit from just that…

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Whenever you train hard, for a race, to improve on a PB, or just to exercise, there is one thing that is really difficult to accept. Not everything is under your control!

There are things…

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Mathieu Lavedrine

2h37'46 Marathon runner. M2 French Champion. Middle-age. Late starter. Data driven.