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Now displaying: January, 2019
Jan 24, 2019

2018 was a very successful year for NAZ Elite athlete Scott Fauble. A seventh-place finish at the New York City Marathon and second American. He also wrote a book with his coach Ben Rosario called Inside The Marathon, which some are hailing as one of the best running books of all time.  Scott and Ben were in my the Phoenix Metro area recently for a book signing event which allowed me to sit down with them in person to talk to them about the book and what is next.

 

:45 NYC Results: 7th and introducing the book Inside The Marathon - When started writing it and what is in. The book is unique because it was written as the went not after

2:49 Interesting because it was written as you went along and not trying to use memory to recall. When you went back through it was there an ah-ha moment where you learned something maybe you didn't realize at the time?

5:14 Ben what were your thoughts when he came to you with the idea of the book?

6:32 When he was writing it did you see it day-to-day or only at the end?

8:14 It gives the average runner reading this insight on when you need to scrap workouts.

9:08 What was your daily process like recording this on paper?

11:00 This is like a very detailed running log, did you get more out of it than a normal running log you keep?

11:54 Ben did you learn anything about Scott that maybe you didn't realize before?

14:02 How can runners learn from how you structure races before your main race by reading the book?

15:57 Were the anxiety issues about performing for the race?

18:23 Do you feel you put extra pressure on yourself by writing a book?

19:15 You ended up 4 seconds behind Jared Ward, didn't you do some runs together before?

20:27 Ben what is next coming up next for NAZ Elite in far as marathons?

21:26 Will there be another book for when Scott runs Boston?

22:00 Did you self-publish this book?

22:55 What were the biggest struggles in self-publishing?

24:05 Scott what is your goal for Boston?

24:30 You have an internet feud with teammate Scott Smith, now that you beat him, is he now 'slow Scott'?

25:12 If you could have one last burrito where would you get it

 

Resources
Book Inside A Marathon
Scott Fauble Website
Scott on Twitter
Scott on Instagram
Scott's Final Surge Running Log
NAZ Elite Website
NAZ Elite on Twitter
NAZ Elite on Instagram
Inside A Marathon on Twitter
Inside A Marathon on Instagram
NAZ Elite Boston Marathon Training Plans

 

 

 

 

Jan 16, 2019

Boston is only 13 weeks away. How would you like to learn about running Boston from Meb, Greg McMillian and others for free? This week we talk to coach Greg McMillian about a series of 8 free webinars you can sign up for and learn from the best and most experienced people on Boston. You will learn how to run Boston, learn proper marathon nutrition and be ready on race day.  

1:00 Guest back on episode 35. Can you give an intro what McMillan running does

2:38 What are the biggest differences coaching elite Olympic quality athletes and age group runners?

3:57 We are 13 weeks out from Boston, what do you have planned for Boston?

5:30 Your webinars for Boston are free?

6:00 Where to sign up? McMillanRunning.com/boston?

6:15 How many webinars will there be before Boston?

6:33 Are webinars training plans?

7:40 How do you prepare people for the weather variations?

8:58 What makes Boston unique for running?

10:32 Is running in a crowd in Boston be a thing or does it hurt you?

11:53 Boston is unique with hills, how do you get someone from Florida in a flat area prepared?

13:09 What is Meb’s involvement in your Boston webinar?

14:23 Will there be an opportunity to ask questions?

15:10 How will the 8 be spaced out?

15:50 Is there value in this free webinar for people who run marathons but not Boston?

16:48 What will be covered in the nutrition segments

17:28 You say your Boston plans have been updated, what is new?

18:45 When is the first webinar?

19:05 You can listen to webinars later if missed them

Resources

McMillan Boston webinars
Boston Training Plans
Greg on episode 35
Greg’s Book You (Only Faster)
Greg on Twitter

Jan 10, 2019

Brad Hudson has had many phases to his successful coaching career. In today's episode, we talk to Brad about what he and his star athlete Allie Kieffer are up to in the desert of Arizona. If you have not seen our latest announcement on social media, Final Surge now has Garmin Connect IQ support. Head over to blog.finalsuge.com for more details.

Topics covered:

:40 Coaching change and moving to Phoenix Arizona area

2:22 Why did you want to move to sea level

3:32 Wouldn't live at altitude and train at sea level be the best?

5:18 Why Phoenix?

8:30 Altitude training

9:10 What is your history with Allie and you coaching her?

11:06 How does the relationship work when developing training?

13:05 What are you changing with training and why?

15:14 When you say more speed work, most may thing track work, but you are talking more about 10k work?

17:02 10-day schedule rundown

17:54 Example of a workout 2-months out 

19:55 Are you still selling your Blackbook of workouts?

20:15 What is next for Allie?

20:32 Going into the next Olympic cycle where do you see her competing?

21:12 Is there another marathon on the schedule?    

Brad Hudson FS Podcast Episode 2
Brad's Black Book of Workouts
Brad and Allie Dreamwork Youtube series 

Jan 3, 2019

How do you start or grow a coaching business? It is now January 2019 and one of your goals for 2019 may be to start or grow a coaching business. We are joined by Coach Kyle Kranz who has grown his business significantly over the last few years. We had him on in episode 17 and now he is back to talk specifically about how to grow a business. We talk about specific strategies you can implement today. 

 

Topics covered:

2:35 I want to be a coach where do I start

6:00 At what point do you say I have enough knowledge to take on clients

7:45 What are some of the free resources a running coach can tap into including marketing

12:02 Giving to receive - Jab Jab Jab Right Hook

13:10 Other resources for those who may not have social media background - Personal Trainer Development Center

13:38 Challenges you face as the business grows

16:44 Tools started using once you had a budget

17:46 How do you deal with the challenges of those remote clients - Final Surge

19:30 Channels used in communicating with athletes

21:24 What type of feedback should coaches be looking for

23:04 Challenges early with over analyzing 

24:15 First business and taxes

25:38 Actionable item someone can do right now

 

You can find Kyle online in the following places:

KyleKranz.com

Kyle on Twitter

Kyle on YouTube

Previous Episode with Kyle 

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