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Running Goals for the New Year: Reflect, Reset, Run with Purpose

Why reflection matters before setting new running goals: what to leave behind before a new training cycle

In this final podcast episode of 2025, we’re slowing down, breathing out, and reflecting on the year we’ve run. Whether you’re a seasoned runner, a returning runner, or someone who wants to reconnect with your running identity, this powerful year-end reflection will help you set running goals for the new year with clarity, purpose, and joy.

In this episode of Your Running Coach with GMacSpurr podcast, you’ll learn how to reflect on your running year. You’ll explore which habits and beliefs are worth carrying into the new season, and how to set race goals that actually excite you. We also explore mindset, motivation, identity, and what it really means to run with intention – not pressure.

If you’re ready to set meaningful, aligned running goals for the new year, this episode is your running reset. In this episode you’ll explore:

  • How to reflect on your running year with honesty + compassion
  • What habits, mindsets, and routines are worth keeping
  • What to leave behind before you enter a new training cycle
  • How to set goals that light you up
  • The difference between performance goals, identity goals + joy-goals
  • A simple structure for planning your 2026 running season

Listen to the episode right here. And why not check out the Runner Mindset Workshop recording at the end of this blog. This will help you understand – and update – what you are telling yourself about you as a runner.

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Here is a fantastic and free Runner Mindset Workshop to help you reclaim your runner story and spot the mindset stories that are holding you back.

Your Running Coach with GMacSpurr is a weekly podcast to help you get out of your head, run more, run happier and smash those running goals.