Tag: Resilience

• Weekly Newsletter – Avoiding RED-S with a pre-race checklist

  

  This article is for athletes that work with me and subscribers to the site! If you aren’t one of those but still want to read the article, simply reach out to me!

  Rhys Desmond

  June 9, 2025

  Hidden Gem, Personal Development, Races, Trail Running, Training Theory

  4, Food and Nutrition, Fuelling, Hidden Gem, Injury Prevention, Personal Development, Pre-Race Questionnaire, Recovery, Red-S, Resilience, Trail Running, Training Theory, Ultra Running, Visualization, Weekly Newsletter

• Scanning for opportunities

  

  I hate binaries. But to some extent, I believe there are two types of people in this world. Those that scan for opportunities. And those that scan for problems. Let me tell you one thing right off the top here. Don’t be the one that scans for problems. Those are the people that always drain…

  Rhys Desmond

  April 6, 2024

  Inspirational, Personal Development

  Approach vs. Avoidance, Confidence, Energizers, Energy Drainers, Opportunity, Overcoming adversity, Personal Development, Positivity, Reframing Negative Thoughts, Resilience, Self Development

• The path of most resistance

  

  In the first book I ever wrote, the main characters had a rule for themselves as they navigated a death-defying competition. “Always choose the path of most resistance.” The idea in the story is that the easy way out is where you naturally feel compelled to go. But the more difficult route is often the…

  Rhys Desmond

  March 17, 2024

  Inspirational, My Personal Journey, Personal Development

  My Journey, Personal Development, Resilience, Self Development, Taking risks, The Blue, The path of most resistance