Get ready for an incredible story with Australian middle distance runner Sarah Billings. After battling years of injuries and setbacks, she has made an astounding return to form recently clocking an Olympic Qualifier and smashing her 1500m PB by 7 SECONDS!  There's a lot of lessons in this journey, but with some specific mindset help from a performance coach, mixed in with years of resilience and consistency, listen in to find out what made the difference to help Sarah run the race of her life. Also our apologies for the audio quality, our mics didn't end up working for the episode. Timestamp:00:00 - Introduction03:25 - Sarah's Friday Session and Training Week08:15 - Injury History15:20 - Finally preventing injuries18:40 - Cross-training Methods19:20 - Hilarious Bike Experience22:45 - Recurring Injury: The Mindset25:00 - Allowing the Body to Adapt and Recover28:50 - Train Load and Intensity For China31:30 - Having a Performance Coach35:00 - Mental Approach to Expectations36:30 - Simple Plan and Strategy39:00 - PB and 5th Aussie breaking the 4 min barrier.42:15 - Sarah's Approach for the Year44:30 - Lessons From the Injuries46:40 - Running Sub-4 min Mindset49:00 - Power of Self-Belief50:20 - Sarah's Training Schedule51:50 - High Volume VS Low Volume Training53:40 - Benefits of Easy Running55:20 - Don't Take Yourself So Seriously If you want to learn how to TRAIN SMARTER and RACE FASTER, you can join our weekly coaching email, just go to: getfastpodcast.com Some of you might already be in there, but many of you won’t be and so this is our official invitation for you to come and join our free community: www.facebook.com/groups/trivelocoaching Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trivelocoaching/ Disclaimer: The Content in this podcast is in no way intended to be medical advice, treatment or diagnoses. None of our Content is intended to imply that any products mentioned, remedies or information provided are intended to prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease, ailment, defect or injury or should be used for therapeutic purposes. The Content is intended to assist you with running, cycling, swimming or triathlon and should not be substituted for medical advice by your healthcare professional. We do not accept any liability for any injury, loss, or damage incurred by the use or reliance on our Content. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.