5x National Champion Sabrina Little: Finding Happiness Through Running

Sabrina Little is a 5x national champion ultra runner who happens to also be a professor of moral philosophy. During her career, when she wasn’t breaking American records, she earned a Phd in Philosophy at Baylor University. More recently though, she published her book “the Examined run - why good people make better runners” all about how running fits into a happy and fulfilling life. Her book is filled with thought-provoking lessons for anyone who loves to run and she is the perfect guest to explore how running can make us better people or even how practicing virtuous traits can make you a better runner.

One of the key tenets of Sabrina’s writing is that virtuous traits like patience and empathy are teachable and performance-enhancing, so practicing them is beneficial to excelling in sport. This means that becoming a better person can actually be a tool to improve your running!

Some of the topics we cover include:

• Why virtue can be beneficial to athletic performance
• How to practice building traits of virtue through your running
• How to find your “why” for running
• What are Sabrina’s thoughts on the role of running in a happy life

Sabrina has a way of making philosophical topics approachable and relevant to runners that we’re sure you’ll love. Tune-in and find out for yourself how you can become a happier and faster runner all at the same time.

• The Examined Run by Sabrina Little
• Sabrina on Instagram: sabrinalittle
• Sabrina’s Psychology Today Sports and character page: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/considerations-of-character
• Sabrina’s iRunFar column: https://www.irunfar.com/author/slittle

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