Why Joe Corcione Calls a Missed-Goal Western States His Best Race Ever

About this episode

Joe Corcione discusses his experience at the Western States race and the importance of valuing the process over the outcome.

Joe Corcione returns to talk through his Western States race, why he considers it his best race ever despite missing his time goal, and how he defines success through process and effort rather than placement or pace. He also breaks down the mindset too...

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Levitt

Guest: Joe Corcione

Topics covered

• process
• success
• mindset
• running
• effort

Keywords

• Western States
• race
• success
• process
• mindset
• effort
• running

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