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    Tread Lightly Running Podcast

    Tread Lightly Running Podcast

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    The Tread Lightly Running Podcast provides data-driven, evidence-based running advice in a practical, accessible, and inclusive manner. . You'll learn about how to run faster, marathon training, the latest fueling science, how to prevent running injury, and more. Tread Lightly Running Podcast is co-hosted by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Together, they have over 20 years of coaching experience and have helped thousands of runners reach their goals through 1:1 coaching and group training. They've appeared in Runner's World, SELF, NPR, Outside, and other major media.

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    Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris

    Strava Anxiety: When Data Makes You Slower

    Strava Anxiety: When Data Makes You Slower

    April 18, 2026
    34m

    Data can be useful (when it’s valid and reliable) - but excessive data, especially when mixed with comparison against others, can negatively impact your training and relationship with running. In this episode, we discuss Strava anxiety, the comparison trap, and when data can actually make you slower.


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    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    ✅ Why internal subjective feedback and observations can matter more than data alone

    ✅ Why you can’t compare your data to other people’s data

    ✅ How Strava can make your training more performative vs individualized

    ✅ The nocebo effect and the drawbacks of excessive data monitoring

    ✅ How to know if data or social aspect of Strava is negatively impacting you

    Tread Lightly Running is hosted and researched by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Production, show notes, and graphics by Laura Norris.


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