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Don't Copy The Winner
Training lessons from survivorship bias, regression to the mean, and trusting yourself
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Alex Ostberg
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June 2025
Your Body Knows Best
Why Intuition Still Beats the Best Technology
Jun 26
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Alex Ostberg
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The Precision Trap
Why you should aim to be generally correct instead of precisely wrong
Jun 19
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Alex Ostberg
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Why Your Dinner Plate Might Be Your Best Injury Prevention Tool
What successful runners know about food, fueling, and staying in the game
Jun 12
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Alex Ostberg
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First, Do No Harm
The Art of Defensive Excellence
Jun 5
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Alex Ostberg
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May 2025
The One Formula That Explains Every Breakthrough (and Every Burnout)
What do vaccines, saunas, and tempo runs have in common?
May 29
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Alex Ostberg
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves on Race Day—and How to Change Them
Lessons on Nerves, Focus, and Fear from the World’s Best
May 22
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Alex Ostberg
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves on Race Day—and How to Change Them
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The Edge Isn’t Where You Think It Is
The neurobiology of effort and the faith that extends it
May 15
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Alex Ostberg
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Belief Before Biology
When effort, meaning, and imagination stretch the body beyond its “limits.”
May 8
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Alex Ostberg
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The Breakthrough Fallacy
Breakthroughs are built, not stumbled upon
May 1
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Alex Ostberg
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April 2025
On Pressing “Send” and the Importance of Sharing Ideas with the World
As soon as I hit send and closed my email inbox, my jaw clenched, and my heart started beating faster.
Apr 26
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Alex Ostberg
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