{"podcast":{"title":"Crystal Paine Show","slug":"crystal-paine-show-893314","podcast_index_feed_id":893314,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/dd9fe13c-ae50-401e-bdf6-0edc2993d002","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/crystal-paine-show","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/12/7/22/3bef1b13-5ef3-40e4-ba44-828188c2505f_720e-4957-a559-0a8e13608114_crystal-paine-show.jpg","author":"Crystal Paine","episode_count":346,"summary":"The Crystal Paine Show is dedicated to helping you embrace life right where you are and take practical steps to get where you want to go. Crystal says, \"My hope is that this podcast will serve as an inspiration to your week, a pause in your day to slow down and reflect a little, a looked-forward-to part of your weekly routine, a place where we can connect on a deeper level… and ultimately, my desire is that you come away from listening to each episode feeling motivated to bloom where you are planted and take intentional steps to move in the direction you are longing to go.\" Crystal is a wife, mom of 3, speaker, author, and online entrepreneur, best known for founding MoneySavingMom.com as well as YourBloggingMentor.com.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crystal-paine-show-893314"},"episode":{"title":"343: The Surprising Lessons I’m Learning from Training for a 10k","slug":"343-the-surprising-lessons-i-m-learning-from-training-for-a-10k","published_at":"2026-05-05T07:00:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crystal-paine-show-893314/343-the-surprising-lessons-i-m-learning-from-training-for-a-10k","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crystal-paine-show-893314","url":"http://crystalpaine.com/","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/1cade889-e7a7-4e07-bda8-ce073b5227b1/stream.mp3","summary":"Funnily enough, this episode of The Crystal Paine Show was originally supposed to be about my 22-hour getaway with Jesse and then naturally became much more an episode about running and how I have been training for a 10k! Listen in as Jesse and I share how a two-week break from the podcast turned into a reflection on just how full life has been lately! From the chaos of baseball season to the unexpected intensity of my 10K training, things have truly been hectic. Between juggling travel ball schedules and long practices with Jesse and Silas, I have also been dealing with a completely new challenge for myself: running longer distances than I ever thought I could! What began as a simple goal has turned into a deep learning experience around pacing, breathing, fueling, and even rethinking how I understand my own body, and I talk openly in this episode of the show about how I’ve had to slow down, correct my breathing habits, and even explore things such as mouth taping after dealing with laryngitis and realizing how much my old habits were holding me back from my full potential. I share how, as I have trained, I have been so surprised by how much running has changed not just my fitness but also my mindset. I am really learning that endurance is just as mental as it is physical and that sometimes finishing a run is less about speed and more about choosing to keep going one small step at a time. I also share how tools such as the RUNA app and Strava have helped me structure my training and actually understand what it means to train smart instead of just hard. It has been such a fascinating journey discovering firsthand how much strategy goes into something as simple as going for a run! Beyond the physical side, I also reflect on what it means to take on something new in my f…","meta_description":"Funnily enough, this episode of The Crystal Paine Show was originally supposed to be about my 22-hour getaway with Jesse and then naturally became much mo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2329,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crystal-paine-show-893314/episodes/343-the-surprising-lessons-i-m-learning-from-training-for-a-10k/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crystal-paine-show-893314/343-the-surprising-lessons-i-m-learning-from-training-for-a-10k.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}