improve running performance with your mindset

 

fall 2025 half or full marathon virtual

mental strength coaching group

Improve your running performance by training yourself to think most effectively during your race and training. With Leslie and the support of a virtual group, you will learn evidenced-based thinking strategies that set the stage for a peak performance mindset leading up to your fall marathon or half marathon. Learn what your mind needs to run your best race – knowledge that you will benefit from on the run, but also in the rest of your life.

What’s Included:

  • Weekly 1 hour live educational sessions x 10 weeks 

  • Video recordings of all live sessions

  • Weekly slides for each session

  • Mental training plan to syncs with your running schedule

  • Mental Strategy on Race Day Planning Guide

  • Access to Leslie, psychotherapist, for individual questions for the program duration + until your goal race if within 3 months of group conclusion 

  • Weekly suggested assignments

  • NYC meet up in person during 2025 NYC Marathon Weekend with Leslie

What this program is NOT:

  • 1-on-1 therapy

  • Run Coaching

Topics:

  • Goal Setting and Visualization

  • Positive Self-Talk

  • Tolerating Pain and Discomfort

  • Mindfulness and Staying Present

  • Mental Toughness in Long Runs

  • Stress and Anxiety Management

  • Focus and Concentration

  • Setbacks and Comebacks

  • Mindset for the Taper

  • Gratitude and Enjoyment

When:

August 20th – October 29th, 2025 | Wednesdays at 12pm EST (skipping October 15th & 22nd)

*Dates & times subject to change

Long before becoming a therapist, Leslie became a runner. Leslie mostly runs in NYC enjoying local races as often as possible. She has completed 7 marathons, qualified for several Boston Marathons and is currently training for the 2025 NYC Marathon. She is particularly passionate about mental health for marathon runners and works with runners to build mental strength & agility alongside their physical training component of a marathon build.

Cost: $550