Welcome to Episode 160 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome Chris Twiggs to the podcast. Chris is a long time Final Surge user and an even longer coach with Jeff Galloway. Some know Galloway for from his spot on the US Olympics Team, some know him for his writing in Sports Illustrated, but most know him as the Run-Walk-Run Coach. We talk to Christ about the program, how it can help keep you healthy and running and how fast did Galloway actually do a marathon using this method. Also head over to FinalSurgeRacing.com to see the awesome virtual racing series Galloway has going.
1:14 How did you get started in running?
4:20 What about your first marathon training plan didn't work for you?
7:40 Who is Jeff Galloway?
10:10 What is run-walk-run and how did Jeff come up with the concept?
12:55 When did Jeff run a 2:16 Marathon using Run/Walk?
14:14 Is there research that shows how the walk breaks are effective?
15:44 What is the magic mile and how does that work?
18:25 Wouldn't the aerobic development be a factor in the magic mile accuracy?
20:37 Is run-walk-run only for beginners, are more experienced runners more hesitant?
28:59 Can triathletes use it?
26:30 How did your Galloway Training Groups get started?
27:40 How many cities have a program director right now?
29:00 You mentioned you guys run Disney every year. Is there a Galloway/Disney training connection.
30:37 You were one of really early users FS?
35:35 Can you tell us about your training plans that are for sale on Final Surge and the difference between those and your custom plans?
39:09 Tell us about this new Retro Run Half Marathon series using the new Final Surge Virtual Racing platform. I hear there is the opportunity to collect different medals and also get a Galloway training plan in conjunction with the race.
42:10 If an ultra runner wanted to run 4 back to back half marathons would that count?
Final Surge round, 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? - Galloway's Book on Running and My Best Race
Current trainers you are wearing? - Hoka Clifton and Wave Riders
Favorite race? – Hard Rock 100 miler
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? – BCAA
Your favorite workout – Mind of the Marathoner
Resources
Magic Mile Calculator http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/magic-mile/
Email: Chris@JeffGalloway.com
Galloway Training Plans
Virtual Retro Run Series
In honor of Ameican superstar distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein retiring today, we are releasing the last podcast we did with him as our best of show. This interview with him was from the fall of 2019 when we talked about American marathon racing, his running career, and his coaching.
Welcome to episode 159 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome coach and performance lab expert Benjamin Tilus to the show. Ben is the host of the XLR8 Podcast and does work with the XLR8 Performance Lab in Iowa. We talk about how you can take your threshold and VO2 Max numbers and make them work for you.
:55 How did you get started in running?
4:10 Where did you run in college?
5:30 How did you get into coaching?
11:11 You are still coaching high school?
12:20 What is XLR8 Performance Lab?
16:54 Does that $60 get you just the VO2 test?
19:07 Some people are getting these results from their watch, how accurate are those?
21:14 Do you bring your team in or do you just offer it as a service?
22:18 What are you doing with the information you are getting to benefit the athlete?
26:39 You give them paces for training?
29:06 Is one of the online running pace calculators better than others?
34:05 What are you doing now with your athletes during the shutdown?
39:16 Are your tracks open?
40:45 How did the XLR8 Podcast come about?
44:32 What is one guest you have had on that you took a lot out of it?
49:14 What if someone from another state is interested in getting tested can they reach out for other resources?
Resources
XLR8 Website
XLR8 Twitter
Welcome to episode 158 of the Final Surge Podcast. We welcome back the most downloaded guest of all time, Coach Tom 'Tinman' Schwartz. We catch up on a few things including how his team is dealing with the current lockdown situation, what teams should be doing now to get ready for the fall season and we discuss the new training plans he has released which you can find on Final Surge.
1:00 How are you holding up with the Covid-19 epidemic?
2:35 You used to coach from a distance for years so that must help?
2:55 Everyone healthy?
4:04 We had a group of high school coaches talking about the long-distance until cross, so how do you plan your time?
6:21 Most programs will take 10-14 days, would you recommend they do it now?
13:53 You just recently released a couple of training plans on Final Surge
24:04 Your buildup plan you are doing workouts week one
30:06 So you a fan of speed ladders?
31:59 The other training plan is a longer non-high school buildup
33:51 With the summer training plan could you use that during cross country season too?
37:20 When you are talking about taking a break you said people make the mistake of taking two weeks off
42:10 Talk about your calculator and how people should use it
49:35 I use the calculator often but I have used the 1600 a lot for paces
Resources
RunFastCoach.com
Running Calculator
Training Plans
Tom on Instagram
Welcome to episode 157 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome Amanda Brooks. Amanda is a coach, but you probably know here from her running blog Run To The Finish. Amanda is one of the most successful running bloggers of all time. We talk to her about her blog, about coaching athletes, how she is coping with the stay at home orders and we discuss her new book.
:59 How are you holding up during these stay at home orders?
1:28 How did you get started in running?
2:40 Did that conversation about being awkward in running, did that not lead you to track or anything?
3:19 Did you have the flexibility issues when you ran your first half marathon?
4:14 What happened after your first race?
5:16 The next year how did you come up with a training plan?
6:06 How did the blog develop?
7:14 2007 Everyone was getting a blog, was Run To The Finish the first blog?
7:47 When did you start getting involved in coaching?
8:44 You went 5 years before you made the blog your career, how did you stay with it that long?
10:20 The running blog community was a great community early on, where were some of your early inspirations?
11:50 When you decided you were going to make this a career what was the hardest obstacle?
12:34 How has viewership changed with social media?
13:36 How many blog posts do you have?
13:58 What is your most popular post?
14:17 Is the half marathon your distance you like?
14:55 During the quarantine how had viewership changed?
15:34 I see a lot more people in the day, do you think there are more out there running?
16:27 Are your coaching clients more experienced or newbies?
17:12 What are their goals?
17:49 When you start working with a client how do you start and come up with a gameplan?
19:16 What is the best way you like to work with new clients? What type of plans are there?
21:06 New runners and coaches
22:32 What are the most common injury issues?
24:28 What do you do with low heart rate training?
25:20 How does the 4 months of low heart rate running work?
27:40 How strict are you with the heart rate
28:04 If you have someone been running for a few years how hard is it for them to not get discouraged?
29:18 What do you recommend for heart rate monitors?
31:28 That Vo2 max on a watch can be off by a lot
32:02 What do you do for weak hips?
33:16 How are you using Final Surge?
34:42 Tell us about the new book
36:18 Did the 13 years of writing for the website give you most of the content, or is there all new material?
37:00 Will there still be a book tour?
Final Surge round, 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? - 80/20
Current trainers you are wearing? - Nike Epic React
Favorite race? – Philly Marathon
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? – Almand butter and Cheerios
Your favorite workout – Long Run
Resources
Coaching
Website
Amanda Brooks on Twitter
Run To The Finish Book
Welcome to episode 156 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome back Tinman Elite runner Drew Hunter. Drew is coming off the first real injury of his running career. We talk about the setback and what that was like for him. We then get into the current Covid-19 situation and how that has impacted him and his team. Drew has some words of encouragement for everyone out there listening and some advice for those high school kids who lost their track season.
:54 How are you feeling after your first real injury?
3:28 Didn't the injury come in the last 200 meters of the race?
5:40 What was the hardest part of dealing with your first injury, was it physical or mental?
7:45 You mentioned you had a race on the calendar, what was that race?
8:47 How are you and your teammates dealing with not knowing when that next race is going to come?
11:56 You mentioned you looked at why you got injured, is there anything that you are doing differently now?
14:47 Have you talked about how you don't know when the next race is so you are going to just stay in a base training mode now?
16:08 Many states are shutting down their spring sports so the track season is done before it really gets going, what would you tell a kid on how to stay motivated?
19:00 What are you doing as a team to keep your sanity during this time of social distancing?
24:46 For your high school fan who may struggle to do the next workout what types of words of encouragement do you have?
26:10 When does the next round of Tinman gear drop?
27:13 What are you guys working on right now and filming?
28:28 So you have your own videographer now?
29:04 Where is the best place for people to follow this content?
Resources
Tinman Website
Youtube
Twitter
Instagram
Drew Twitter
Welcome to episode 155 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome high school coach Doug Petrick to the podcast. Doug has built one of the most successful teams in western Pennsylvania. Doug does a presentation called the 5 principles that improved our distance program. We talk about those five things and how he is dealing with current Corona Virus disruption.
5 Principles That Improved Our Distance Program
Final Surge round, 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? - Running with Buffalos
Current trainers you are wearing? - Brooks Ghost
Favorite race? – 5k
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? – Peanut butter and Jelly
Your favorite workout – Fartlek
Resources
Doug on Twitter
Clinic On Twitter
Welcome to episode 154 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome Olympian Aliphine Tuliamuk. Aliphine was a surprise to some, but she ran the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta fully expecting to make the team. We talked to her about her amazing story of growing up in Kenya, moving to the United States and the stress fracture that set her back last summer. Also make sure you check out the story of her and her NAZ Elite teammates from her coaches perspective at Blog.FinalSurge.com
1:30 How did you get started in distance running?
2:27 There is that legend that Kenyan kids all run to school 2 miles each way, so that was true for you?
3:01 How old were you when you started this?
3:30 When did you start competing in school against others?
4:09 In 3rd grade when you started competing did you realize you had a natural talent?
5:01 We know if you watch TV we see many Kenyans, so we may think all Kenyans run, how is it really?
6:34 What age did you come to America?
8:40 When you first came over how was the adjustment?
11:04 How did your college career develop?
14:12 In 2011 did you decide you wanted to keep running after college?
15:00 How did you hook up with NAZ Elite?
17:18 Flagstaff is a running haven
18:22 We see how close you all appear on social media, is it really that close?
19:10 In 2019 you had a stress fracture?
20:32 Did you have concerns about it impacting you making the team?
21:50 Did you get in any training at all those 8 weeks down?
23:14 You had a really short build-up to NYC?
24:08 Did you take the same downtime after NYC?
24:40 Talk about the build-up to the trails and working with the team?
26:15 Was there a plan to work together?
27:45 It was a much different race than the men's race with any one of the 20 in the pack making the team
29:02 Going into the race Kellyn was getting the most attention, was there any one workout that you nailed it and knew you were going to be a contender?
32:12 Did you like flying under the radar?
32:57 What made you go at the point you did?
34:00 Did you and Molly run together in training?
34:26 Did you talk to your teammates about making the move?
35:08 At what point did you know you were going to make the team?
37:04 How many conversations happen over 2.5 hours?
38:56 What did you think of the course?
39:25 During the first half did you plan to stay behind because of the wind?
40:03 When did you know you were going to win?
40:33 What is that feeling of being an Olympian?
42:00 Now that is over have you sat down and planned out the next few months?
43:43 One thing with the marathon, you know it is ruthless and anything can happen on any day?
44:46 Tell me about those beanies
Resources
Aliphine Beanies
Aliphine Training
NAZ Elite Training
Aliphine Twitter
Aliphine Instagram
Welcome to episode 153 of the Final Surge Podcast. Last week we had on a couple of experts to talk about the US Olympics Marathon Trial. On the men's side, despite a strong Chicago Marathon, Jake Riley did not get much attention. Many casual marathon observers did not even know the name. Jake had to take three years off racing after the 2016 trials because of injury. This unsponsored athlete made a comeback that had the running world talking and took home a second-place and a place on the Olympic team. Today, meet Jake Riley.
1:44 When did you start running?
6:45 Talk about your very successful career at Stanford
7:40 Having someone in front of you helps push you right?
9:06 Did you know when you were at Standford that running was something you wanted to do post-college?
10:37 You ran for Hanson out of college?
11:04 You ended up getting a long injury, when did that happen?
13:23 Was there any doubt during those three years that your running career may be done?
15:53 When did you move to Boulder and start working with Lee Troope?
16:55 Tell us about that first race back after three full years off
18:38 At that time in 2019 did you feel at that time after three years you could even make it back to the trials?
20:03 You ran a 2:10 at Chicago, was that your first marathon back?
21:23 How did you get a top ten in Chicago and come out unsponsored?
24:58 There were a lot of previews written, but not much of a mention of your name, how did you feel going in?
26:35 There was an early breakaway, did you go in to the race with a plan to be ready for the breakaway?
29:57 When Rupp goes out at 15 miles what was the mood of the group when that happened?
32:17 What did you think of the course?
33:30 At mile 19/20 you were still a minute back, was there concern you let them get away to far?
36:14 When you are coming up on then, did you think Korir was maybe a lock for the team and you were racing Abdi for the third spot?
38:10 Why did you grab the flag with 1/4 of a mile to go with two chasing you?
39:51 How does it feel to be an Olympian?
41:36 How much time are you giving yourself off?
43:10 Tokyo is a flatter course, how are you going to change your training?
Resources
Jake on Twitter
Jake on Instagram
Welcome to episode 152 of the Final Surge Podcast. This episode is all about the upcoming USA Men and Women's Olympic Marathon Trials. In the first half of this episode, I have Mario Fraioli joining me to talk about the men's race. Then in the second half, Erin Strout of Women's Running joins me to talk about the women's race. We talk about some of the favorites, what race strategies to expect and more.
Mario Fraioli Joins us to talk about the men's race, the course and what to expect
Mario Coaching Website
Morning Shakeout
Mario on Twitter
Mario on Instagram
Erin Strout joins us to talk about the women's race and go over the favorites
Erin on Twitter
Erin on Instagram
Women's Running
Welcome to episode 151 of the Final Surge Podcast. We welcome in Hollie Sick who runs the popular blog Fueled By Lolz. Hollie is a collegiate swimmer turned runner and has worked in a running store for the last six years. We talk about several topics including the new World Athletic ruling on race shoes. Don't forget Final Surge is a great coaching platform and always free for athletes.
1:27 How you got involved in athletics and how that lead to running?
5:14 What was running at a D3 college like?
8:29 You went from doing 4 hours a day swimming to 90 minutes of running practice, what were some of the differences between the swim and run training?
9:36 How did that college running career go?
11:10 Did you jump in doing what others were doing or did your coach bring you along slowly?
12:14 Didn't you used to run in Newton's?
13:04 What was the transition like from college to post-collegiate running?
14:48 With the swimming and running background, what about triathlon?
16:00 How long have you been working at a shoe store?
16:47 What have you noticed in changes in the running shoe world in the last six years?
18:33 Didn't Hoka come out in the height of the minimalist shoes
19:12 We have seen what Nike is doing since 2016, talk about the carbon fiber shoe
20:32 Do they not hold up as long?
21:40 So they should be used for races only for the most part?
22:22 What other carbon fiber shoes are there out there?
25:32 Shoes need to now be out on the market for 4 months, do you think Brooks and Saucony will be out in time for end of April?
27:20 How do you see the shoe market changing going forward?
28:29 When did you start the blog Fueled by LOLz
29:26 Everyone had a running blog a decade ago, you are one of few still going? How many posts do you have?
Final Surge round, 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? - Running: A Love Story
Current trainers you are wearing? - Hoka and New Balance
Favorite race? – Shamrock 1/2 Marathon
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? – Pancakes
Your favorite workout – 400m repeats
Resources
Blog Fueled By Lolz
Hollie on Twitter
Hollie on Instagram
Episode 150: Welcome to episode 150 of the Final Surge Podcast where coach and podcast host Jonathan Marcus joins us to talk about speed. In episode 145 we had Tony Holler on to talk about Feed The Cats and developing speed. Today Jonathan Marcus joins us to discuss how exactly to implement that for endurance athletes.
:57 What is new with Jonathan Marcus in the last two years?
3:58 Did you just take on too much?
7:00 You put out a tweet last August that caused a lot of uproar..
It is impossible to teach an athlete to ‘run fast when tired.’
The very nature of being in a state of fatigue negates the ability to run fast — the skill of speed is only learned when fresh.
Therefore, doing a tempo run followed by ‘fast’ 200s is, in fact, a useless exercise.
9:00 If you take a body and put it through stress then allow it proper recovery time doesn't it make the body stronger?
12:04 I guess it depends on some factors like the workload, doesn't it depend on the extent of the tempo run?
17:03 We are talking about speed and getting it in fresh, but if I am working on maximum speed, we are probably not running flying 40's and 60's. But the 200's are not for pure top-end speed.
22:00 Are there any published documents on this you would recommend reading?
26:09 Our audience is mostly high school coaches and age group runners, not mostly elite type runners listening. You had on Tony Holler and we had Tony on the same week as you. Everyone likes the idea of speed, but how do we implement that for endurance athletes
36:43 On that week Monday are you talking about 3 flying 40's or are you talking about 5x300 type speed work?
44:51 This is where endurance is different, you are doing more work when Tony is done after those 30's
48:28 Would you come back on Friday and get in some 3x30's to get in a little more speed work?
53:43 You are talking to a distance coach and we are coming into track season and you have a freshman coming in who may want to break 5:20 and a senior trying to break a sub-4:10, when you are working with the freshman are you working with more speed as a percentage or endurance?
1:04:05 The X-Factor Drills are a great progression, when do you work them into a workout day?
Resources
Jonathan on Twitter
High Performance West
Welcome to episode 149 of the Final Surge Podcast. In this episode, we welcome Marc Bloom to the show to talk about his new book Amazing Racers. Anyone who follows high school running knows that Fayetville Manlius is an amazing story. Their girl's team won the Nike National XC Championship 11 of the first 12 years they were there, coming in second the one year they didn't win. And the boys team, while only winning one national championship, has been one of the 22 team to qualify for the national championship 13 of the 15 years the race has been around. We talk to Mark about how a small school in upstate New York has been able to be so dominant for so long. If you are a coach or just a running fan you are going to enjoy this episode.
1:34 How did you become so interested in high school cross country?
3:40 You have been around the high school distance scene for decades, how has it changed?
5:54 What about the coaching and training side, how has that changed?
7:28 What are some of the common factors for the teams that are successful year after year?
10:03 Can you give us a quick overview of Nike and the role FM has played in that?
13:04 What gives FM the success they are having?
19:09 What are some of the go-to books that have influenced Bill Aris?
25:04 What I took from the belief system is the team leaders became the driving force to push the team
28:50 The hallmark of their program is the tight compression of the team. But often early in the season it is that is not there and it gets better by the end of the season, so what is happening to 3-5 to get such a tight compression?
33:06 You say it is not about the X's and O's, but in the book, they go hard and go hard often
37:58 The race was secondary, a by-product. Training was where culture changed. The race was like a degree after years of study. That’s why Mackenzie Carter would get upset when a teammate didn’t understand the “gravity” of a workout. “How they’d trained,” said John Aris, “exceeded any difficulty they would find in the race.” This effort seemed to be done every time they laced up the shoes together.
43:29 After 2013 they come back and boys and girls win in 2014
47:23 They talk a lot about 1-7, but what about 8-20 are they going through the same things?
50:19 There is criticism that the kids don't have success at the next level, how much of that is just the college experience of team is different?
55:36 There is a perception that Bill Aris is stand-offish and is not involved in the community, so how hard was it get this book done?
1:00:01 If there is high school coach trying to implement this, I think it is going to be impossible unless it is who you are, this is who Bill Aris is
1:04:15 How much longer do you think Bill will be doing this?
Resources
Amazing Racers
Episode 148: We welcome back 2:16 marathoner turned coach Steve Palladino. Steve coaches using the Stryd Power Meter. We talk to Steve about what power is when it comes to running, how it differs from other training guides and what has changed in the power world in the last two years.
1:37 What is running with power?
2:44 There have been some critics of power, what is it in power we measure that makes it so effective?
7:04 Is power related to perceived effort?
9:08 There are a lot of people who run with heart rate and some do off time charts based on race pace, how does power differ in training compared to those two models?
13:42 You have been using power for 4 years now, cyclist all use power meters, will this catch on like it did in cycling?
17:28 Stryd is on their 3rd generation, Polar and Garmin are putting more into power, how has power changed in the last two years since we talked to you?
19:58 If someone got a new Stryd Power Meter, what is the first thing they need to do?
23:50 We talk about some of the changes that Stryd has made
24:37 Nicole Lane qualified for the marathon trials in Chicago, can you talk about using power with her in training?
30:10 How does a workout look like for her using power?
35:03 How have you used power with helping guide high school runners?
38:10 What advice do you have for a coach on how they could add this to their program with a high school team?
40:41 Have you noticed any data with the Nike 4% shoes and impact on power?
46:04 What is in your plans you sell?
Resources
Palladino Power Facebook Group
Palladino Coaching Page with plans
Episode 77 with Palladio
Stryd Power Meter
Episode 146: Professional triathlete Morgan Pearson was one of the founding members of the Tinman Elite club and joins us to talk about the founding of the group. We also discuss his transition to becoming a professional triathlete and his win at this past week's Club Cross Championship.
1:02 Morgan's background and how it lead to a later change to triathlon
2:50 What were your times before you made the jump?
3:49 When you made the big jump is that when you realized you may want to run at college?
5:14 Did you compete in swimming in high school too?
5:50 When did you make the college commitment?
6:08 Why did you make that transfer to Colorado?
6:57 Did you realize when you made the transition to Colorado did you realize you wanted to pursue this after school?
8:26 You were one of the founding members of Tinman Elite right?
8:51 What made you decide to join Tom?
12:00 When you started Tinman with Drew early on, did you ever even dream it could become what it has become?
13:58 You have run under Wetmore and Tom, what are some of the biggest differences?
17:02 When did you decide to make the jump to triathlon?
19:39 Your first triathlon you won, how did the race go?
23:09 How much training on the bike did you do before that?
24:17 USA Triathlon must have been interested in you after that win?
25:04 Was it after that win that you decided you were going to focus on it?
25:45 What has been the toughest transition from runner to triathlete?
27:34 Are you racing more as triathlete than you were as a runner?
28:29 When is your Olympic qualifying race?
29:58 Three Club Cross Championships in a row and you won the individual title
32:47 How did the Club Cross race play out?
Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? - Running with the Buffaloes
Current trainers you are wearing? - 361
Favorite race? - Club Cross
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Kale smoothie
Your favorite workout - Fartlek
Resources
Morgan on Instagram
Morgan on Twitter
Welcome to episode 145 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome hall of fame sprint coach Tony Holler. Tony is an extremely popular coach known for his program Feed The Cats. He has been coaching for close to 40 years and we talk to Tony about how what he does with sprinters can translate to the endurance world.
1:00 How did Tony get started in track
4:08 What was your background in track before you became the head coach in 1990?
5:28 Where did that drive to change the program and learn come from?
7:58 Do you find that writing so much makes you examine closer the way you think and why you think them?
9:28 What can an endurance athlete or coach learn from your system Feed The Cats?
12:58 You say the faster your top-end speed, the faster your sub-max speed is, how does that work?
15:45 John O'Malley is also the only coach two have two different individuals win Footlocker
16:38 If a miler works on top-end speed, how is that helping with his mile time, is it biomechanical, neural, combination or what is impacting his mile time when we work on top-end?
20:32 You say speed is neurological, not muscular, does that mean a kid shouldn't be in the weight room, or they can, they just are not going to get the benefit they think they are going too?
24:23 Your school comes to you and says you are now the cross country coach, how do you implement springing, X-factor and lactate workouts?
30:32 Would you be doing those daily or part of the workout days or when?
Resources
Track Football Consortium
Feed The Cats Video series
Tony on Twitter
Welcome to episode 144 of the Final Surge podcast. We welcome back the founder of the Boulder Running Clinics Jay Johnson to talk about his clinics and the state of high school distance running. What are the most successful programs doing and how are people incorporating things like speed more into their programs. I have been to several coaching clinics and I can say without a doubt that Jay's Boulder Clinic is the most informative and useful one I have ever been too. Enjoy this episode and if you attend the clinic in January come to say hi to me.
1:40 Intro to Boulder Running Clinics
4:03 You have been around the high school running scene for around 20 years now. It has changed a lot. What has been the biggest change you have seen?
8:02 You can have coaches sharing ideas and talking to each other but if they are doing different things how do you know what to implement.
17:33 One probably is you need to look at the whole system not just workouts because the system works as a whole.
25:55 Clinic is Jan 17, 18. Who else do you have presenting?
29:13 There was a lot of talk last year about Feed The Cats, can you talk about what that session was about?
Episode 143: Dathan Ritzenhein joins us to talk about the recent Chicago and NYC Marathons. Along with his own running, he is also coaching and his athletes include Olympic hopeful Parker Stinson. We talk Olympic marathon trials and shoe tech.
1:00 What happened so you needed to pull out of the Chicago Marathon?
4:28 We have 11 men under the A Standard now so it is harder than ever to make the team
5:01 Will the trials be your next race?
6:23 You are now coaching Parker Stinson who has the A Standard
7:47 Parker's first marathon he went out hard and blew up in historic fashion, this race was a perfect split
9:57 When did you and Parker start working together?
11:36 Was racing strategy the first thing you guys talked about?
13:50 There were 4 Americans all running within 20 seconds of each other
15:12 We are seeing crazy times being put up, how much do you attribute that to the shoes?
17:40 Is there any concern with you that the technology is getting too advanced?
19:44 Even if you could limit them in races, but that doesn't change the fact that they get the benefit in training
21:33 What did you think of the 1:59 marathon?
22:49 What did you think about the women's new marathon record?
23:40 Have you been to the Atlanta course to scope it out?
25:03 Is it a lot of hills, or the hills it has are big?
26:20 With the hilly course, who has an advantage?
28:01 Comparing marathon times on paper, but there are currently 4 guys are under 2:10, could this course be an equalizer?
30:02 How are you using Final Surge
Resources
Dathan on Instagram
Dathan on Twitter
Dathan Coaching Services
Episode 142: This week we welcome Mario Fraioli to the podcast we talk about the recent Chicago and NYC marathons, the sub 1:59 marathon and what this all tells us about the upcoming Olympic Trials. We also discuss the shoes. How much do they help and what should be the limits. Please share the podcast with your friends.
1:08 Were there any big surprises or take-a-ways you had from the NYC marathon results?
2:59 Desi went out early, did that surprise you?
5:50 How did your NYC Marathon go?
6:15 Chicago on the men's side we had 10 under 2:12
7:54 Jared Ward had a great NYC race too
8:32 On the women's side of Chicago do you think that 2:14 was real?
10:47 We have so many distance runners getting popped for drugs, you almost need to ask yourself why they are still doing it
12:39 What did you think of the 1:59 marathon?
17:24 Looking at the US Trials we have twice as many men and women qualified, why? Is it because of the shoes?
19:55 The new shoes, how much do they make a difference?
23:20 Is there an advantage to Nike athletes?
25:53 Should there be some sort of technology limits we allow?
29:23 The US Marathon Trials course is hilly, who is this going to help?
33:00 On the women's side is there anyone a lock for the team?
35:50 So what are you up to with the Morning Shakeout Newsletter and Podcast?
Resources
Morning Shakeout
Mario on Instagram
Mario on Twitter
Mario's Website
Welcome to episode 141 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome marathon and ultra runner Brad Lindeberg. We talk to Brad about his quest for 50 marathon or longer races in 50 states and how having a personal coach has helped him achieve new goals.
1:17 How you got started in running?
3:01 How was your high school cross country career?
5:08 Did you keep running after high school?
6:30 Did that 2010 marathon go much better than 2001?
7:20 At what point did you decide you wanted to pursue that goal of running 50 marathons in 50 states?
9:51 At what point did you decide to hire Neely as a coach?
13:30 You are running NYC this weekend, does that mean you got that sub 2:55 marathon?
15:23 How has that personal coaching helped you?
17:12 What is a big take away you have learned from Neely as a coach?
20:11 Is a lot of the communication going on in Final Surge?
22:40 How has your training block for NYC been going?
24:35 Has there been anything different in this training block?
27:02 Has she given you any advice specific to the course?
Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? -Inside The Marathon
Current trainers you are wearing? - Altra
Favorite race? - Boston and Shiprock Marathon
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Salmon Burger with bacon and pickle
Your favorite workout - Progression runs
Resources
Brad on Twitter
Neely Spence Gracey Coaching
Brad on Instagram
Brad on Strava
Welcome to episode 140 of the Final Surge Podcast. Corcoran High in California has a very successful running program. Coach Isaias Ramirez is the unlikely leader of the program. With no running background, Coach Ramirez leaned on other coaches to help develop his winning philosophy. In the last year, he has implemented something he learned at a clinic called RPR, Reflexive Performance Reset. He credits RPR for taking a successful program and making it even better and reducing injuries to almost nothing. We discuss what RPR is and how he uses it.
1:20 How did you get involved in running?
3:15 How long you been coaching now?
3:34 You were a lineman in football then a football coach and then became a cross country coach. Did your background in football help or how did you learn how to have so much success?
5:47 What was the philosophy you adopted for your program?
8:10 You start learning to develop your plan, what was your progression like?
9:54 What does a typical week look like for you?
11:18 CV, hill sprinting sounds like you have adopted some Tinman?
12:00 Do you have enough data to look at it and make some conclusions about how it is working?
13:01 How often are you doing those CV workouts?
14:43 You don't have a big team, injuries can hurt your team greatly so what are you doing with RPR and can you explain what it is?
20:14 Did you have shin splint issues before RPR?
20:58 Is it a certain stretching routine?
21:33 Is it a specific routine that is always the same?
23:30 How long was it before you started seeing results?
25:10 What about other common running injuries?
28:55 How are you implementing this?
30:00 Walk us through what your practice looks like
Resources
RPR
Corcoran on Twitter
This is a best of episode. Tom Schwartz joined us to talk about skills, hills and keeping the ball rolling.
Episode 139: Today we welcome back triathlon coach Mark Sortino to the podcast. Mark joined us on Episode 39 and now he joins us again 100 episodes later. Mark runs Team MPI and we talk to him about his coaching organization, some coaching continuing education sessions that he has coming up and what to expect at Kona 2019.
1:10 Tell is who you are and what you do in 2 minutes. For a more full bio listen to episode 39.
3:07 How many coaches are Team MPI up to?
3:40 With your 15 coaches are they full time or part-time and this is something they do on the side?
5:04 How many coaches are each coach working with and how do you match the athlete to the best coach?
6:58 How individualized is each plan if you have a coach working with 20 athletes.
8:22 What is the Team MPI system look like?
10:25 How do you work on a swim stroke or run gate for someone you are working with online?
13:52 Do you have people video themselves doing strides or such?
15:09 What type of education process do your Team MPI coaches go through?
17:04 A key is communications, how do you communicate with your athletes?
19:56 Do you find yourself using the Final Surge App more and more?
21:48 Talk about the upcoming coaches retreat you have at Ironman Arizona
25:05 Kona is coming up, can anyone beat Daniela Ryf on the women's side?
28:25 Patrick Lange, can someone beat him at Kona? Does any prepare better for one race than he does?
30:50 Jan Frodeno and Sebastian Kienle will likely be his biggest competition. All three are from Germany, what has happened to the American's?
32:23 Which of the men do you think is going to win?
Resources:
Upcoming Coaches Retreat at IMAZ
Team MPI Training Plans
Team MPI Website
Team MPI on Instagram
Team MPI on Facebook
Episode 138: Jason Fitzgerald of Strength Running. Jason has been blogging and creating online courses for about a decade. Jason has a new program out called Running Smarter, Runner Stronger. This program is 17 chapters of high-quality video to make you a better runner. Check out Jason's program and if want to train with a purpose head over to FinalSurge.com for your free account, now onto the show.
1:33 How Strength Running Started
4:45 You have been doing this for a decade now, but when I saw your new trailer I knew this was next level stuff
6:25 Who is this new course designed for?
9:00 We expect strength training and injury prevention content from you, but this is so much more, does this take place of a coach?
10:50 One of the things you talk about is overstriding, in this video series what is the structure of the advice they would get?
15:25 One thing you hear often is you don't want to change form too quickly in their running for. What are some of the things you work on to do this?
18:50 Overstriding vs long stride
23:12 A new runner the cardiovascular system grows and develops faster than the body, how does your program deal with mileage buildup?
26:41 One of the chapters is on speedwork, can you give an example of what may be found in that chapter?
29:54 Where can people find out more online and get a sample lesson?
Resources
Running Smarter Program
Jason on Twitter
Run Smarter Course
Episode 137: Brad Curtis is the cross country coach of a small school in Arizona. Their boy's team this year is a top ten school in the state, not bad for a school of only 200 kids with only 12 boys on the team. We talk to Brad about the struggles of being a coach from such a small school and how he has built a strong culture.
1:10 When did you start in running?
2:08 His background in boxing and how far the boxing career went
4:02 How did that lead to being a cross country and track coach?
4:59 How old is the school and how big is it?
4:58 You are competing in a state where some schools have 3-4,000 kids
6:23 Small school makes it tough in what way?
7:52 How many kids are on the high school team?
8:15 When you took over the program from Josh how big was the team at the time?
9:00 When your team is not big and not competitive how do you entice kids to come out and get involved?
10:50 How big is your middle school program?
11:38 Are you losing them because you are a small school without the resources or facilities?
13:29 You have 25 kids and 12 boys, and you are looking at a top 10 school in the state this year. How hard is it to keep kids so you can build this?
16:00 When you have 3500 kids and you have 50 boys on the team it is much easier to develop and find those top driven kids, when you only have 12 you have to get the most out of each one of the kids, what is the secret to keeping them all driven and focused?
18:33 Has the success of Jordan Black helped by getting people working harder or does it discourage people because they cannot keep up with him?
22:21 How did you change the culture in the program?
24:33 How has training changed, what has been your philosophy?
26:40 What does a normal day look like at your practice?
27:40 What does the week look like?
29:38 So how many miles is that a week?
30:35 Small schools can fluctuate, what advice do you have to make the program more consistent?
33:00 Did it help with recruiting?
34:45 If you have only 12 boys, and some are really fast and some are really slow and then in between, that doesnt leave large packs, how do you monitor how much people are running and at what effort?
37:23 Do you find it beneficial for those who do log their miles?
38:35 Do you have a workout you repeat to kind of gauge your level of fitness and progression?
40:03 Are your 1k's at CV pace?
Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute
Favorite endurance/running book? - Running with the Buffalo's
Current trainers you are wearing? - Brooks Ghost
Favorite race? - 5k
Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Chocolate Milk
Your favorite workout - 1k repeats
Resources
Brad Curtis on Twitter
North Phoenix Prep on Instagram