This week I talked about my Christmas being essentially canceled and then my spontaneous trip to the ER on Christmas Eve. Winter conditions rock right now and you should get on the trails while they are good. I go through my biggest training lessons learned from 2025. It was a great year for me but it did not all go how I planned and instead I adjusted and looking at it as building a bigger base for all things running. Stack lots of brick to eventually go higher or something like that. Charlie Brown Christmas rocks but everybody is so mean to him from the beginning to the end. Christmas shopping. Meat sweats. And what's next for Run Mountain Peaks in 2026.

00:00 Intro

04:45 Emergency room visit on Christmas Eve

20:40 Tecumseh 12/27 trip report

25:30 Biggest training lessons from 2025: Don't ego run for no reason37:50 Biggest training lessons from 2025: Stop avoiding your weaknesses

43:50 Biggest training lessons from 2025: Go even if you don't feel exactly where you want to be

46:20 Biggest training lesson from 2025: Consistency always wins (strength training + heat training)

50:30 Charlie Brown is a blockhead *cry face* and my favorite Christmas movies

53:45 Last minute Christmas shopping

55:20 Racing during the Holidays

56:30 Meat sweats

58:35 What's next for the podcast in 2026

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