What Happens When Running Becomes Your Job? | Jacob Puzey

Professional running can quietly turn into pressure, performance, sponsorship obligations, and constant visibility. This episode with Jacob Puzey is for runners who have felt burnout creeping into the thing they once loved and want to rediscover simplicity, rhythm, and freedom in running again.

After twenty years as a professional runner, coach, race director, and sponsored athlete, Jacob reflects on what happened when the pressure finally disappeared. What starts as a conversation about road running slowly becomes something much deeper about identity, aging, social media, routine, and why signing up for hard things still matters even after competition stops mattering.

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Topics / Timestamps

00:43 Rediscovering the Joy of Running

07:41 The Journey Back to Running

11:39 The Transition from Competition to Personal Growth

14:50 The Journey to Scholarship and Running

19:20 The Importance of Commitment in Running

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