About the Author

Andrew Snow is a performance and mindset coach for distance runners and founder of Run Elite.

Hi, I'm Andrew.

When I started running 27 years ago, I wasn't anything special.

Seriously, I was a really slow runner. I'm not saying that to boast about 'look how far I've come', I'm saying it because I really was below average.

In high school, I was 121 out of 123 in my cross country season.

I was dead last in every single 1 mile and 2 mile race that I did, getting lapped by the winners frequently. I was not a fast runner.

But I kept going because I loved running!

Eventually, I qualified for the Boston Marathon multiple times, and ran it under 3:00:00.11
I went on to run 100 miles in the mountains and felt great doing it... smiling the whole way
In 2022, I successfully completed the Tahoe 200 Endurance Run.
The next year, I ran a 50 mile trail race in a time that was good enough to rank 108th in North America (7:31:00)

But here's the crazy part...

I trained less for my 3 marathon than I did for 3:06, 3:10, and slower...
I trained even less for the 100 mile mountain race than I did for the marathon...
and even less for the longer races that ranked me among the year's best performers in North America.

I may not be an Olympian, but I sure went from being the slowest of slow runners to hitting the biggest goals I set for myself.

If you can relate to my story and you'd like to level up your running, not just a little bit, but more than you ever thought possible in an incredibly short time - pick up the Run Elite book and get started today.

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