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March 15, 2018
Episode 69- The Long Run: How far, how fast, and do you need it?
This weeks episode is all about the long run! How far should it be for each event? Should it be slow or fast? Should you include pickups, surges, intervals, or other ‘stuff’ in it or not?...
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March 5, 2018
Running Mechanics: Are you optimizing for efficiency or power?
Sprinters are Inefficient: If you want to know what an inefficient runner looks like, watch a sprinter run at 5-minute mile pace. If you are used to watching the smoothness of a runner like Nick...
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February 28, 2018
Enhancing Coaches Education: The Scholar Program
If you’ve been a reader of this blog or a listener to the podcast for a while, you know that my passion lies in coaching and running. This blog began as a way to explore coaching at a deeper...
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February 27, 2018
Episode 68- Threshold Training: Good or Bad? And what in the world is it?
Lactate, Anaerobic, Aerobic Threshold? What do any of them mean and are they useful training zones? In this episode Jon and Steve break down what in the world threshold actually means for coaches. In...
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February 20, 2018
Signatures of Fatigue: Why Fatigue Is Your Best Feedback
Why Fatigue is our best feedback I was casually walking past the track, and as seems to happen, I can’t help but notice whoever is running around it. Some days it’s an older gentleman jogging around,...
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February 14, 2018
Episode 67- Winning: The Art and Science of Competing
This week, we are all about winning! When it comes to racing, there are two kinds of racers: The active participants and the passive ones. 75% of the people in any track meet are simply role...
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February 11, 2018
The Rise of the Experts of Everything: A Deep Dive or Superficial Learning
We’re in the age of gurus and experts. Create a platform large enough and you have a built-in calling card that screams listen to me, I know what I’m talking about. Not only are we inundated with...
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February 5, 2018
Episode 66-Interview with Alan Webb: How he trained to run a 3:46 mile
This week, we welcome a very special guest and good friend, Alan Webb. As many of you know, Alan is the fastest American miler to ever walk the planet. He’s run the fastest mile in the 21st...
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January 30, 2018
Episode #65-Interview with Lauren Fleshman On Coaching
This week, we have a special guest, Lauren Fleshman. Lauren is a modern day polymath, excelling as a runner, activists, entrepreneurs, business owner, and of course, a coach. In this episode, we dive...
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January 29, 2018
Setting Your Mind
Self-Improvement Science in the Real World Our ultimate goal for each of these newsletters is to leave you with a better understanding of a performance practice that can help you in your daily life....
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