ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
"I'm so tired of negotiating with myself every single day about whether to run or not."
"I keep reading all the running advice online, but none of it feels right for someone like me."
"Why can't I just be the person who laces up and goes without making it this whole emotional thing?"
"I want to run but I'm terrified I'll become obsessive again."
"I keep starting running routines and then burning out because they feel too rigid."
"I should be able to just follow a training plan like everyone else. Why is this so hard for me?"
"I keep comparing my pace to what I used to run and feeling disappointed."
You actually like running
You love how it feels when you're in flow, how it clears your mind, that sense of freedom and strength. But somewhere between wanting to run and actually running, everything gets ~complicated.~
and this tension feels so complicated because
You’re Not
Let me paint you a picture: Me, age 22, having a full emotional breakdown because I couldn't decide if going for a 30-minute run meant I was "healing my relationship with movement" or "falling back into old patterns."
Wild times.
From my work with hundreds of women, I know this internal negotiation about whether to run or not is the number one thing keeping post-diet culture women stuck.
And here's what makes it so distressing: you're not just afraid of doing too little. You're equally terrified of doing too much. You're caught in this impossible middle space where "not enough" feels like failure and "too much" feels dangerous.
The fear of slipping back into rigid patterns is just as paralyzing as the fear of never making progress at all.
When I finally "figured out" (lol) how to quiet the mental chatter and run consistently without becoming rigid, everything shifted. I tested it with my clients, refined the 6-step process, and sure enough, it works (works = effective + enjoyable.)
Now, I'm teaching it to you. Because if there's one thing I know to be true, it's that you don't need more willpower (promise.) you need more intuitive athleticism.
~20 million women in the U.S. will experience disordered eating in their lifetime. And nearly half of them (40-48%) wrestle with a complicated, compulsive relationship to movement and exercise.
(Hudson et al., 2007; Dittmer et al., 2018; NEDA; Jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com)
Alone.
YourTotal
Running Revamp is for you if...
You already run a few times per week, but...
every run feels like you're negotiating with a committee of voices in your head about pace, distance, and whether you're "doing it right."
Yes? You've found your people.
(Here's what you'll learn)
You're tired of ping-ponging...
between "I'm going to become a runner!" and "is running just cardio capitalism designed to make me hate my body???"
You know you want to get stronger and run more, but...
you're terrified that wanting athletic progress means you're sliding back into old patterns
You want to run consistently, but...
can't shake the fear that any structure will turn you into that person who cries when they miss a workout (been there, not going back)
01
The Real Reason Running Feels So Hard
Why your stop-start cycle isn't about willpower (it's about inner safety.) I'll show you the internal parts that are actually trying to protect you, and how recognizing them completely changes your experience with yourself before, during, and after a run.
02
The 6-Step Intuitive Athlete cycle
The exact full system (not a preview, folks!) I use with clients to help them move from internal conflict to consistent, joyful running.
03
How to Expand Your Effort Range
Most runners live in a narrow band somewhere between "sleeping" and "all-out effort." You'll learn how to work with your body's natural rhythms and discover what "easy" actually feels like (hint: it's probably even easier than you think).
04
The Mental Chatter Solution
Instead of fighting the voice that says "you're not doing enough" or "you should be faster," you'll learn how to listen to it with curiosity and lead it (yes, lead!) instead of feeling at the mercy of it entirely.
but wait:
Why 3x/week?
For almost a decade, I've had countless conversations with women who want a new relationship with running, and when I ask what they're hoping for, the answer is remarkably consistent:
"I just want to be able to lace up and go, 3 times a week for 3-5 miles, without all the mental drama."
Not "I want to run a marathon" or "I want to hit sub 6-minute mile" (sure, that definitely comes down the line later.)
What they want now is the "simple" pleasure of movement without the emotional exhaustion that comes with analyzing every step/breath/split time on their Garmin.
Lace up and go.
3x/week.
3-5 miles.
Without the mental drama.
That became my thesis.
And I've found that running like this isn't about creating a new personality that lives and dies by "just do it."
It's about returning to movement that feels like you (and that process lets you uncover and encounter what "you" even feels like, inside of running and out.)
AMY peterson
My biggest transformation hasn't been about hitting certain goals or running faster.
My running went from feeling completely nonexistent to sparking genuine curiosity and wonder.
The breakthrough happened when I learned what I actually want and stopped feeling shame around my preferences. It's amazing what becomes possible when you give yourself permission to want what you want.
NATHALIE PERRY
ANNA WALTERS
The shift from obligation to joy has made this the most fun I've had running consistently, maybe ever.
I used to spend so much mental energy just trying to get myself out the door for a run—constantly having to hype myself up and push through resistance.
Learning this framework taught me that resistance isn't something to overcome, it's actually information. Now running feels like naturally floating into a space where I can escape and connect with myself. The shift wasn't about running more, but about finding mental ease within my practice."
This framework helped me uncover what in running is genuinely fun for me and what I love about it.
Its been examining my relationship with running itself. I realized I'd been using running as a way to prove myself rather than express myself. When you learn to become okay with all the complexity you bring to movement—the passion, the fear, the joy—everything changes.
ALLIE CARMICHAEL
WONDERING IF IT WORKS?
MEET YOUR HOST
hey there.
I'm Karly, founder of The Public Run Club and creator of Intuitive Athleticism.
...But! I didn't figure out Intuitive Athleticism during some perfect sunrise run. It came through years of fumbling, internal negotiations, and recognizing that I wasn't running with my whole self. I was running to manage myself: manage my body, manage my chaos, manage my stress.
It worked (bless.) until it didn’t (bless.)
After my own complicated journey back to running post-eating disorder recovery, I realized the traditional running world had no roadmap for women like us: women who needed to rebuild trust not just with running, but with our running bodies, not to mention our relationship to preference, rest, ease, and rigor.
The more I do this work, the more I see that running is never just running.
Our relationship with running reflects how we motivate ourselves, how we reward ourselves, what we think we deserve, what we believe about our “place” in the world—and how systems of oppression around race, size, sex, gender expression, ability, and class deeply influence what movement feels safe, accessible, and enjoyable to us.
(The sport stories of our bodies are systemic, generational, interpersonal, and inner-personal. Meanwhile we’re totally ~stumped~ about why we can't “just lace up and go.”)
Now I help women like us run in a way that feels like coming home to ourselves. Not like a punishment and not like a performance, but like a return-to-self ritual that supports who you are and who you're becoming inside and out of running.
Understand why your running feels so inconsistent (hint: it's not willpower)
run far, fast, or frequently without becoming obsessive
significantly change Your relationship with rest days (from guilt to essential)
gain the Confidence to make running decisions from your mind AND body