Coach Bennett

Hey Bolder Boulder! I’m coming to cheer for you! There’s going to be a whole bunch of cool things going on all weekend but one that I’m especially excited cited about is the Shakeout Run AND the live Q&A and conversation that I’m going to get to do with all of you AND the rock star that is Conner Mantz @connermantz 🌟 We’re going to be taking over the Boulder Theatre after the Shakeout Run. So make sure you come out to run or walk or just hang out with us on Sunday, May 24th. We’re going to meet at 9 AM at 13th and Pearl Street. Everyone is welcome. We’re going to have drinks and snacks and giveaways and good times and Vomero footwear demos and hugs and more cool stuff I’m just too lazy to write about right now. Look forward to seeing everyone! 👊 #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #coachbennett #running #nikerunning

I had the great honor a few weeks ago in London to have a conversation with Sifan Hassan. Yes, Sifan is one of the greatest runners ever. You could make a very strong case that she has the greatest range of any world class runner there has ever been. But what stood out the most about Sifan during our conversation was how much fun she has setting herself up for potential failure. Actually, it’s more than fun. It’s joyous. Sifan derives joy from challenging herself. She talked about setting goals based on how much those goals scared her. She wasn’t looking for guarantees when it came to the goals she set. In fact, it was the opposite. She was looking for butterflies. She wanted to be nervous. That’s why her goals are so big. She doesn’t want a goal that’s got a guarantee of success. Because she wants and needs the motivation to do the work. And knowing that there’s no guarantee of success inspires and motivates her to work. She knows at best she has nothing more than a chance to achieve this big scary goals she sets for herself. But she also knows that the only way she can give herself the best possible chance at success is if she gives everything she has day in and day out. And knowing that even if she gives everything she has she may still come up short scares her… makes her nervous… brings on the butterflies… and gets her out the door to put in the work… and makes the extraordinary running she has to do fun and joyous. I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’m not just an extremely adorable face with a mustache. I’m also a runner (really I am). I’m a coach too (really I am). And I’m just somebody looking to be inspired and motivated as they try and make it through another day. What I left that conversation with Sifan with was the inspiration and motivation to keep setting big scary goals in my life. Goals I may not reach but goals that will always end with me better for having tried to achieve them. And that means, just like Sifan, I need to keep inviting butterflies into my life. We all do. This is about running. This is not about running. 🦋🦋🦋#thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #running #coachbennett #playrunning

Oh Copenhagen! You’ve been incredible. Started the day by making my way to the start of the @cphmarathon to send off the corrals and cheer on the athletes as they crossed the starting line they’ve all been running towards for months. Then I biked to 14K to witness the amazing @nbrorunning cheer station. They did not disappoint. The energy was electric and the smiles on the runners faces as they ran by was magical. Then I biked to 39K and stood on the side of the road for 5 hours and clapped and cheered and whistled and high fived and hugged and took pictures with so many beautiful people. The sideline is a special place to be because you get to witness so much of the best this space rock we share has to offer. I left 39K and biked back to my hotel so inspired by everyone that passed me by running in the middle of the roads of Copenhagen but also by all the strangers that came out to cheer for other strangers. Sometimes… somewhere… this world is a truly wonderful place. Today and in Copenhagen was one of those times and one of those places. This is about running. This is not about running. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #coachbennett #running #playrunning

Some top tips from the iconic voice of Nike Running @coachbennett 🏃 Whats your marathon top tip? 👇 #NikeRunning #CopenhagenMarathon #TopTips

I wrote a book. It still sounds crazy to me when I say it (or write it). But I did. And on September 1, 2026 This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. will be available to be purchased just about everywhere. I’m incredibly proud of this book and I’m even more excited for you to get to read it. There are LINKS IN MY BIO for pre-orders. United States, UK, Australia, India, Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, New Zealand pre-order links are all there. And so many more are coming. (You can also order from a location close to you and have it delivered.) I look forward to sharing behind the scenes material and peeks into the book and giveaways and details on book readings and runs and city visits and cool events around the book over the course of the next few months. In the meantime, I hope you pre-order the book and if you do pre-order please let me know so I can tell you thank you. And not just thank you for pre-ordering the book. Thank you for being a part of this community. This is about running. This is not about running. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #coachbennett #running #inspiration

It’s not over when we stop. It’s over when we stop starting over. So, recover. Heal. Keep the faith. Hold onto hope. Take care of yourself and take care of each other. And when you’re ready… I’ll meet you on that next starting line. Because more starting lines await us. Bring some friends. This is about running. This is not about running. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #everyrunhasapurpose #kindnessishardcore #coachbennett playrunning running runner run inspiration motivation nikerunclub nikerunning

Boston. You made it. You’re here. All those minutes, meters and miles done so you could take the starting line in Hopkinton. Have you thought about what you did to make it here? All those other starting lines you crossed… the early morning ones and the end of day ones. The long run and recovery run starting lines. The speed run and tempo run and fartlek starting lines. The starting lines under blue skies and starting lines in stormy weather. The starting lines before class or after work. You had breakthroughs and breakdowns and you kept going. You had days when you felt like you could run forever. And you had days when you felt like the best you could do was simply struggle. But you realized that struggling is not a failure. Struggling means you’re successfully not giving up. And that’s why you’re here. In Boston. Because you never gave up. You kept showing up to starting line after starting line. So, now, it’s almost time for the marathon. But remember this… the hardest marathon was the one you ran to get here. And this next marathon… the one on Monday… let it be a celebration of everything you’ve done. We’ll be cheering for you the whole way… not just at the finish line. Because it’s the athlete you are now that inspires us. And we don’t need a finish line to know how much you’ve done to get to Boston. We only need to see you there on the starting line for that. This is about running. This is not about running. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #everyrunhasapurpose #bostonmarathon #running

I WROTE A BOOK! (You can find links to pre-order in my bio) It’s called THIS IS ABOUT RUNNING. THIS IS NOT ABOUT RUNNING. Really. This isn’t a goal. This isn’t a hypothetical. This isn’t something I want to do or wish I did or have as a dream. Although there was a time that I wanted to write a book and wished I had written a book and dreamed of writing a book. But now I can say I did write a book. It’s finished. And It’s coming out globally on September 1st. That’s 140 days from today. Am I excited? You better believe it. And I’m really proud of the book I wrote. I hope everyone reads it and loves it. Most importantly I hope it helps. I hope it helps you find and cross all those starting lines in your lives. I hope the book helps you understand why I say what I say and write what I write and believe in what I believe in. I hope the book helps you run better and recover better. I hope the book helps you laugh more and harder than ever before. I hope the book helps you set goals and take on challenges. I hope the book helps you recover and heal from setbacks and struggles and injuries and hurts. I hope the book helps remind you just how badass you really are. I hope the book gives you hope. I know, that’s a whole lotta hope I got. Well, that’s why there’s an entire chapter dedicated to it. I also hope you love that chapter on hope. Oh yeah, one last thing. I hope you pre-order the book. There are links in my bio to pre-order all over the world with more links for more places coming every week. Cheers and thank you for letting me be a part of your running journey and thank you for reading the book… or listening to it because I’ll be narrating the audio version too. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #coachbennett #running

I’m not saying that @rorymcilroy won the Masters AGAIN today because we went for a run twelve years ago in Central Park in New York City. I’m also not saying that it wasn’t the reason either. Congratulations Rory on the epic win and the back to back @themasters wins. #everyrunhasapurpose #masters #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning 📸 @zhetrick

🙌 When you cross a starting line trying to be your best I’m going to cheer for you. You can count on it. 👊 So, if you’re out there giving your best and you’re looking for a high five or a sweaty hug (you’ll be sweaty not me) I got you covered. I’ll see ya out there at the Boston Marathon. And I’ll see ya out there at the London Marathon. And I’ll see ya out there at the Copenhagen Marathon. And I’ll see you out there at Bolder Boulder. Cheers to everyone out there crossing starting lines! This is about running. This is not about running. 🙏 #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #coachbennett #nikerunclub #running

Have goals. Set big ass goals. And little Goals. Set long ass goals. And short goals too. Set lots of goals. But one of those goals should be to respect and celebrate the person you are today… respect and celebrate who you are now… you know… the version of you that is doing the work. The you here and now that is giving the effort. The one that may be currently breaking through or may be struggling. Let that be one of your goals. It’s not who you were that’s going to get you where you want to be. And it’s not who you’re going to be that is going to get you there either. It’s you… this you… the one listening to this ramble. You… you’re the one. Respect that person. Celebrate that person. That’s a goal you can and should set and achieve every day. This is about running. This is not about running. P.S.: I didn’t ALWAYS have a mustache. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #coachbennett #running #inspiration

Just a hypothetical question… if I were to announce that I had written a book 📕 and it was now available for pre-order how should I announce that I had written a book and it was now available for pre-order? Out your answers below and maybe I’ll do a few of them… hypothetically of course. 😉 This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. #thisisaboutrunning #thisisnotaboutrunning #running #coachbennett #motivation