Podcast appearances and mentions of Frank Shorter

Running--State of the Sport

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 150:54

The Olympic Trials delivered, indoor track is really heating up and it's Millrose Week. Track and field historian Gary Corbitt joins us at 121:29 to talk about the historical impact of the Pioneer Club, one of the first integrated track and field clubs in America, and an exhibit at the New York Historical Society titled, Running for Civil Rights: The New York Pioneer Club, 1936 – 1976, which is open through February 25th. Details here Fiona O'Keefe is America's newest marathon star, Clayton Young and Conner Mantz delivered the goods, but with a less than satisfying finish, and what does the future hold for Zach Panning and Galen Rupp amongst others? Hobbs Kessler took down Jake Wightman and Noah Lyles blasted a 60 at the NBIGP. 00:00 NY Pioneer Club intro 01:25 Prediction Contest sponsored by Relay 02:29 Start - LetsRun Meetup, Orlando vibe 08:42 Olympic Marathon Trials men- Did Clayon let Conner win? 23:11 Amby Burfott says cancel Olympic Marathon Trials? *link 30:09 Zach Panning - brave or foolish? 34:42 Tyler Pennel 2.0? 36:58 CJ Albertson 42:40 Women's Olympic Marathon Trials - Fiona O'Keeffe marathon star 50:24 Emily Sisson's grade 57:21 Marathon Trials Draft results 01:07:56 NBIGP 01:09:47 Hobbs Kessler takes down Wightman 01:19:47 Elle St. Pierre is back 01:24:08 Noah Lyles *WTW 01:32:24 Lyles worry meter 01:35:46 Olympic marathon trials 2nd look- drafting? 01:38:32 Text of week - timing is everything 01:41:27 What if a big name had taken it more conservatively? 01:44:43 Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers 01:46:08 Rupp's future? 01:51:19 Michael Saruni doping excuse 02:01:29 Guest Gary Corbitt on NY Pioneer Club and Ted Corbitt *Ted Corbitt obituary 02:17:12 Natural History exhibit Details here 02:21:48 Olympic marathon start times 02:27:42 Five borough marathon Links: Pioneer club exhibit details here Ted Corbitt obituary WTW Amby Burfoot link Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN podcast voicemail/text line. Want a Millrose Preview podcast (and a 2nd podcast every week?) Join our Supporters Club today and get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week (the Friday 15), savings on gear, and more. Cancel at anytime. Moneyback guarantee.https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com

Joan B Samuelson & Frank Shorter

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 78:33

Frank Shorter (1972) and Joan Benoit Samuelson (1984) are the only two Americans to have won BOTH a U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and the subsequent Olympic Marathon. Here, just a week before the 2024 Marathon Trials, they talk with George and Amby about their experiences, especially in the pivotal Trials race. Samuelson recalls waking up from surgery 17 days pre-Trials, looking at the bandages covering her right leg from toe to hip, and thinking, "Maybe I can bounce back for the 3000 meters in the Track Trials." In fact she did much more than that in a Marathon Trials victory that still amazes her. "If somebody asks me about the biggest win of my life, I'll say in was the Olympics in L.A.," she notes. "But the race of my life was the Trials. I can't really explain how I was able to do that." Shorter recounts how, as an unheralded Yale cross-country runner, he drove from his home in New Mexico to the 1968 Alamosa Olympic Marathon Trials--the first "modern" U.S. Trials to follow a strict Olympics-selection system. He was curious about the marathon distance, and wanted to watch the race. When he arrived, he discovered that anyone could enter (for $3), so he did. A borrowed, ill-fitting pair of shoes caused him to drop out after 17 miles. But four years later, Shorter tied with Kenny Moore for the top spot, and in 1976 he finished alone at the front. Shorter credits much of his marathon success to training like a 5000-meter runner, including many workouts with Steve Prefontaine. He thought little of running 6 x 800 meters in 2:01 with 200-meter recovery jogs. Super-shoes? No, the opposite. Shorter says he won his Olympic gold medal in a pair of track shoes with the spike plate replaced by a thin pad of rubber. "I just wanted whatever would give me the lightest shoes," he says. "We didn't worry about pounding. I would joke that we had four years to recover." Where to find “Running: State of the Sport” Use your smartphone to download podcast apps from Apple, Spotify, Audible, Pandora, or YouTube Podcasts. Once you've selected your favorite app, search for “running state of the sport.” With your computer, tablet, or smartphone, you can also listen direct to “Running: State of the Sport” at the below internet links. Apple Spotify Audible Pandora I Heart Radio YouTube "Running: State of the Sport" is brought to you by MarathonHandbook.com and RunLongRunHealthy.com. Marathon Handbook is the world's leading marathon website, with a special focus on trustworthy running information and free, runner-tested training plans for all ability levels. Run Long, Run Healthy is Amby's weekly newsletter with the newest, most scientific, and most useful training advice for runners. Audio engineering by BJ McGeever.

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A Conversation With Frank Shorter

On The Run With Beards And Dun

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 63:03

Beards and Dun return after a short hiatus to sit down and talk with the one and only Frank Shorter. The conversation ranges from his early running, to his drive to be the best, to his relationship with the late Steve Prefontaine and much more. This is one you don't want to miss!

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EP. 100 - Peak Performance Principles with Ric Rojas

Elevate Your Running

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 88:40

This week, we are thrilled to be joined by Ric Rojas! Ric is a retired elite distance runner, who among other achievements, held the 15K World Record, ran a 5,000m PR time of 13:39.92, and won multiple USATF National titles. Ric also won the Bolder Boulder 10K Memorial Day Road Race in 1979, beating out Frank Shorter in the inaugural year! Now, as a coach, he consistently yields results across the distance running spectrum, including Olympic Trials qualifiers, nationally ranked high school runners, and world-ranked masters runners. He is based out of Boulder, Colorado. Ric joins the Elevate Your Running Podcast to discuss many exciting topics that pertain to strong, fast running! We discussed… Running fundamentals and key aspects of effective running form, as well as drills and techniques all runners can implement to improve their running economy. What works for elite runners, and how Ric's peak performance principles can be applied to your next running goal. Mindset strategies any athlete can use to perform their best in workouts, and to breakthrough on the race course. Ric's thoughts on the upcoming Olympic Trials, where he will have multiple athletes, including his daughter, Nell Rojas (episode 50) running for a spot in the 2024 Olympic Games Marathon! We are grateful to Ric for spending his time with us for a very special episode #100. If you'd like to learn more from Ric, check out the resources below! https://www.ricrojasrunning.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ricrojasrunningtrack/ DOWNLOAD A CUSTOM TRAINING PLAN: Are you interested in leveling-up your running this year? You don't need to work with a coach to show up to the start line prepared and confident! Looking to up-level your training without a coach?! The Elevate Your Running Downloadable and Custom ⁠Training Plans⁠ - for beginner and intermediate runners are NOW available! You can choose from base training, 5K,10K, Half, and Marathon distance programming options. DONATE TO THE PODCAST: If you gain value from our podcast each week, we invite you to consider donating to the work and production of the show through Spotify! We greatly appreciate your support and listenership of the show, and look forward to providing more content, moving forward. LINKS: Elevate Your Running - ⁠https://elevateyourrunning.com/⁠ Connect w/ Sara - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sayrahrunshappy/⁠ Connect w/ Austin - ⁠https://www.instagram.com/austinmyerss_/ The Feed (Sponsorship) - ⁠https://thefeed.com/teams/elevate-your-running⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/austin089/support

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Running through the Decades Series 2 of 4: The Running Craze from the 70s and 80s

Time for bRUNch!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 27:45 Transcription Available

Ever longed for a time machine to transport you back to the height of the running boom in the 70s and 80s? Well, lace up your retro sneakers and get ready because we're about to embark on a marathon-like journey through these iconic decades. From the rise of marathon running to the revolution in running gear, we're reliving every step. We'll even take a pit stop at the legendary "The Complete Book of Running," a monumental publication that sent shockwaves through the world of fitness, making aerobics and jogging a household name.Set your pace as we explore the cultural impact and lifestyle changes that saw running surge in popularity during these times. Pioneers like Joan Benoit-Samuelson, Frank Shorter, Bill Rogers, and Greta Waitze went from breaking a sweat on the tracks to becoming household names, their influence still echoing in the running industry today. But it wasn't just the athletes that shaped this era - we'll uncover how advancements in running gear, the establishment of city marathons, and the Olympic fever played a massive part in this fitness revolution. As the finish line comes into view, we'll slow down to appreciate the social elements that painted the backdrop of this exciting time. Remember the unmistakable sound of Queen or the emergence of captivating video games? How about the aerobics craze or the surprising food trends that had everyone raiding their kitchens? It's all part of the journey. So, whether you're a seasoned runner or someone who just enjoys a good slice of history, let's hit the ground running together on this nostalgia-packed journey through the running boom of the 70s and 80s.Support the showJoin the newsletter list to receive updates, special offers, and exclusive behind-the-scenes content. Want to become a member of Time for bRUNch+ to show your support of the show? Join here.Join the bRUNch bunch on Facebook or follow us on Instagram.

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Episode 948 - Atom - Describing the sport - It's the end "fer" you! - You can't fight - Running a marathon

Instant Trivia

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 8:30

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 948, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: atom 1: The first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare used an isotope of this element as its explosive. uranium. 2: Early atomic theorist Democritus said this color results from smooth, flat atoms that cast no shadow. white. 3: In a nice, stable early 1900s model, the atom was like a plum pudding with electrons distributed like these. raisins. 4: The atomic number refers to the number of these in an atom. protons. 5: An atom may become more stable by releasing this Greek letter particle, identical to a helium atom nucleus. an alpha particle. Round 2. Category: describing the sport 1: Hit tiny spheroid into woods, curse, hit into lake, curse, score round of 120, go to clubhouse for needed beer. Golf. 2: Get 3/4 naked, use 12-ounce mittens to beat opponent senseless. boxing. 3: Run back and forth on 94 feet of wood, hit twine to score but don't choke coach when upset. basketball. 4: Throw spheroid called horsehide, but not always made of such, run 360 feet to score, get $252 million contract. Baseball. 5: Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame. Ice hockey. Round 3. Category: it's the end "fer" you! 1: A pine, fir or spruce. a conifer. 2: Troy Aikman did this from Oklahoma to UCLA--good move. transfer. 3: A box or chest for valuables; fill it now!. coffer. 4: To steal, purloin or filch. pilfer. 5: A geological formation conducting ground water. aquifer. Round 4. Category: you can't fight 1: Jesus' words "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right" one, "turn to him the other" have been taken as a pacifist message. cheek. 2: His first major nonviolent satyagraha action was protesting salt taxes imposed by the British. Gandhi. 3: This religious group founded in the 1600s is dedicated to pacifism and to following the "inward light". the Quakers (Society of Friends). 4: 2-word military draft registration status that means you can serve, but without fighting. conscientious objector. 5: Last name of brothers Daniel and Philip, pacifist priests known for their opposition to the Vietnam War. Berrigan. Round 5. Category: running a marathon 1: The modern marathon race was first held at the revival of the Olympic games in 1896 in this city. Athens. 2: This marathon runs from Hopkinton to the Back Bay. the Boston Marathon. 3: To the nearest minute, what you'll have to average per mile to run a 2:10 marathon like the champs. 5 minutes. 4: The last American man to win the Olympic marathon was Frank Shorter in 1972 in this city. Munich. 5: In Beijing in 2008, Sammy Wanjiru of this nation broke the Olympic record by almost 3 minutes. Kenya. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Episode 133 - Pablo Vigil; From the Mora to the Top of the Mountains

Running New Mexico Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 68:11

This week I had the pleasure to speak with Pablo Vigil. We talk about his humble beginnings in the Mora Valley of North New Mexico and how running helped propel him to greater things. He went to school at Adams State in southern Colorado, which has a long history of New Mexican runners, which we touch on. He also talked about learning from the great Coach, Dr. Joe Vigil. Pablo talks about this time and what it meant to learn from Coach Vigil. He goes on to talk about his journey into marathon training and how he got involved with Frank Shorter's training group in Boulder. It's a fascinating story that he says changed his life. Pablo also talks about getting into mountain running and touches on how different it was then to now. At the time, it was a great way for him to extend his running career. We also talk about his journey into teaching and education. It was a fun conversation that I hope you enjoy and get something from. Pablo is passionate about running and really wants people to find what inspires them. This heat has been rough. There's not much you can do, other than try and run early or late. Listen to your bodies and slow down in the heat. Stay hydrated, stay cool, and keep running, New Mexico. Photo Credit: Alexis Berg

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The Story of The Wasp: Change & Pattern in the Sport of Running

Keep Going

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 103:16

For some, a nearly two hour conversation about the future of the sport of running - between three relative bozos - may be a bridge too far. For others of you, this will really help reveal significant changes we feel will revolutionize the sport. Recent NCAA legislation has slowly filtered into the real world of collegiate distance running. The first athlete to sign a significant NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) contract is Katelyn Tuohy of NC State, in signing with adidas, her school's shoe & apparel sponsor. This past weekend, Tuohy won both the 5K & 3K races at the NCAA Indoor Championships, as she continues to cement her legacy. In this episode, recorded in the first week of December, we provide a quick primer on the history the amateur vs professional arguments in distance running. In the 1970's, the legacies of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter & Bill Rodgers transitioned the sport by ushering in a new era of professionalism. But the opportunity to make a living from sport has always been thwarted by the NCAA, where every athlete has been unpaid employee of shoe companies, television networks & athletic directors that truly own sports in America. This "stuckness" as I term it, has traditionally limited athletes - especially distance runners - opportunities to benefit from their success on the track. The new legislation - we argue - will be a huge opportunity for athletes to turn the tables. Listen in as we delve deep into this topic & its role in social media, the attention economy, sponsorships & how we can expect the sport to change. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. But we are seeing seismic changes in the world of sponsorships & marketing - positive & negative- & how it impacts us all. Somewhere along the way we begin to focus on Atreyu & its marketing challenges & The Story of the Wasp. We delve into our favorite topics: "Steal the culture."; narratives & stories; style & soul; coming home. It's all here in this one, folks.

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Frank Shorter 1972 Olympic Marathon Gold 50th Anniversary Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 98:08

Frank Shorter joined us on Tuesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his 1972 Olympic Marathon gold medal in Munich that helped jump-start the running boom in America. We're re-releasing this today with show notes, on the 50th anniversary, so you can have it as a stand-alone podcast. Frank talks about his Olympic gold, and a lot more, what he most remembers from the 1972 Olympics, training with Pre, anti-doping, his training, and how much he's running these days. Video here: https://youtu.be/iKovNBktq5c Like this content? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club. Get a bonus podcast every week, huge savings on running shoes, and support independent journalism. https://letsrun.com/subscribe Show notes: 11:25 Training with Prefontaine, focusing on strengths 16:32 Rooming with Dave Wottle 1972 800m gold medallist 22:20 1972 Massacre 28:17 The running boom with Bill Rodgers and the crazy 1966 dual meet with Wesleyan 34:49 The running camaraderie in the 1970s and how professionalization changed it 41:35 Anti-doping now vs 20 years ago vs 50 years ago 50:51 1976 silver, Frank thinking Waldemar Cierpinski was Carlos Lopes 57:56 How fast could he run with a pacer and supershoes 64:48 Telling Steve Prefontaine he was "stupid" at 1972 Olympics 69:41 Altitude training with Pre, Pre's ski accident 74:40 Yale cross country and Frank dropping out of Yale-Harvard meet 81:44 His running now. How fast could he run a mile now? 83:26 The toughest runner he ever competed against 86:14 A sample week of training 93:05 What he remembers most about 1972 Olympics 01:33:59 Frank's #1 piece of running advice Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call 1-844-LETSRUN and hit option 7 for the secret podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic level running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/5468d032-9d90-4c9a-b190-206b118a13e8

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Frank Shorter 50 Years After 1972 Olympic Marathon Gold + Grant Fisher 12:46 American Record

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 164:59

50 Years ago Frank Shorter won the 1972 Olympic Marathon gold and changed the course of running in America. He joined us at 68:22 to look back at his magical moment, plus recount some of the sadness from the 1972 Games, talk about his training and a lot more, including Steve Prefontaine going snow skiing. A great listen. Our talk with Frank went longer than expected so we've got a super long podcast for today as before our talk with Frank we broke down the latest professional track and field news. Show notes below. If you'd like video of our talk with Frank we have it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SV5s4u9Zo0 (We had some audio issues early on which are more apparent in the video) Want to be a true running insider, get a super soft running shirt, and save 20% on running shoes? Join the LetsRun.com Supporters Club today. The Diamond League Final is on Wednesday and Thursday and if you want our 2nd podcast every week that will break it all down you have to be a Supporters Club member. It's the most exclusive club in running and gets you a 2nd podcast every week, all the LetsRun.com content, and 20% savings on running shoes. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Just want a super-soft running shirt? Go to shop.letsrun.com Show notes: 5:35 LetsRun Forums get a shout-out on Diamond League broadcast 6:41 Grant Fisher 12:46 American Record + How great is his 2022 season? 9:07 Kara Goucher audio 21:39 Rest of Brussels: Jake Wightman FTW 800, Ciara Mageean dreams become reality 32:35 Yared Nuguse the top US 1500m runner?! 42:13 Who would you rather be: Cole Hocker, Cooper Teare, Hobbs Kessler or Yared Nuguse? 47:23 Keira D'Amato and Emily Sisson Impress at New Haven 20k 53:50 Conner Mantz Wins and Ready for Marathon Debut 58:50 Diamond League Final 68:22 Frank Shorter 50th Anniversary Podcast Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/text 1-844-LETSRUN for the podcast voicemail. Join our Supporters Club and take your running fandom to the highest level. Get all the LetsRun.com content, a second podcast every week, savings on running shoes, and a lot more. https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Check out the LetsRun.com store. https://shop.letsrun.com/ We've got the softest running shirts in the business. Thanks for listening. Please rate us on itunes and spread the word with a friend. There is a reason we're the #1 podcast dedicated to Olympic running. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/aa8366d1-efab-48ef-847b-746c8d6f095c

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Episode 96 - Dave Moller

D3 Glory Days Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 67:38

On this week's episode, we sat down with University of Rochester grad, Dr. Dave Moller. Rochester went through a series of transitions during Dave's time which allowed him to be a D1, D2, and D3 All-American. The first season he ran XC, Rochester was a D2 school but transitioned mid year. After earning D2 All-American honors in fall, he won the 3 mile at D3 Outdoor Nationals in the spring. In 1974, Dave Moller had one of the best post-seasons a D3 runner has ever had. The University of Rochester runner started the postseason by winning the IC4As, which is an invitational of schools in the Northeast including D1. A few days later he won the D3 National meet which earned him a spot at the D1 National starting line. Against a competitive field that included Olympian, Craig Virgin, Dave finished 19th. His season wasn't done yet! Just a week after competing in two national championships, Dave flew to San Fransisco to compete in the AAU championships. He ran majority of the race with Olympic medalist, Frank Shorter and ended up finishing 22nd. Dave's drive as a runner fueled his success. His weekly mileage totals sky rocketed as he began doubling and saw how the increased mileage improved his performance. That 1974 season inspired him to see where he could take his running. While on a training trip with the Florida Track Club in Gainesville, FL, he suffered a hamstring injury that took away his post-collegiate running career. While he never got back to the fitness that would make him competitive, he is still a life long runner and still runs to this day. Rate or Review D3 Glory Days! As always, we really appreciate your support of this podcast. If you'd like to help spread the word, share the podcast with a friend, or leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or leave a rating on Spotify! Follow D3 Glory Days If you want to rep D3 Glory Days on your next run, head to our Merch Store. And finally, follow us on social media! We're on Instagram, Twitter and Strava. 3-Year Anniversary 3 Years ago today we released our first episode with Will Leer! It's been a blast bringing more coverage to the division. If you enjoyed any piece of content we've shared article, podcast, or social media posts please consider making a $3 donation in light of the special occasion! D3 Glory Days Venmo. D3 Glory Days Patreon We launched a Patreon! As we said, we will never go behind a paywall - so any support is greatly appreciated. We enjoy bringing you this content and we realized we could do so much more with a little bit of backing. We want to ensure D3 gets the coverage it deserves and keeping this website paywall free! If you have enjoyed this podcast and the articles we have put, please consider becoming a Patron of D3 Glory Days. In full disclosure, the money will go directly into the show: equipment, subscriptions we need, and most importantly, money to our writers. If you are able, we would appreciate your support.

Sports nutrition for optimal sports performance with Dr Louise Burke

Inside Exercise

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 58:15

Glenn McConell chats with Professor Louise Burke from Australian Catholic University. Louise is an extremely experienced academic dietician and practitioner with probably the best current track record in the area. In a wide ranging discussion we discussed many things including how she got into the field ("by accident"), the importance of high CHO intake compared with high fat/ketogenic diets for endurance performance, how forcing the body to burn more fat during exercise (by high fat diets) can make one less economical/efficient (which is the opposite to "super shoes" which improve running economy), competing with social media influencers to get quality information out there, changing the CHO intake based on the phase of the training program, sports nutrition not black and white: it is nuanced based on the individual, the event, the goals, the stage of the season etc, glycogen resynthesis, importance of the type of CHO (nutrient rich except during exercise and in moderation for enjoyment), lower dose caffeine and exercise (masking fatigue), John Hawley and coke slushies, Olympic marathon winner Frank Shorter using coke for performance and training with low CHO (in 1968!), CHO ingestion: can train your gut to absorb more, the type of CHO ingested matters, David Costill the legend, Tour de France cyclists dietary practises (during the stage and over the full day), protein requirements and timing of protein intake, chocolate milk the darling of sports nutrition, electrolyes in sports drinks. Twitter: @Inside_exercise @LouiseMBurke @GlennMcConell1

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Episode 4-474 – Frank Shorter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 48:52

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-474 – Frank Shorter (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4474.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Chris' other show à Intro: Hello my long suffering friends. How are you? Well it's been a busy two weeks since the last time we chatted. And I truly missed. I get lonely. I worry. Where have you been? How do we know you're not dead in a ditch? Today I'm going to mess with the format again. I managed to write a really funny piece about varmints that I'm going to perform for you, but it came out at 2000 + words so I'm going to push that after the interview, skip section one and use the intro here to talk about our guest. Frank Shorter. Yes that Frank Shorter. It was one of those interviews where I was hopelessly overwhelmed by content and just did my best to touch on a couple fun things with him. But, the rich tapestry of Frank's life does not fit easily into a 20 minute conversation – so I'm going to fill in some of the blanks here. Frank was born, ironically in Munich Germany, where he would eventually return to win the Gold Medal in the marathon at the 1972 Olympics. His Father was a physician in the army. Frank grew up in a troubled home in upstate New York. He started running to get away from an abusive father. Running gave him the freedom we all know and love. To get him away from his father, his mother arranged to have him sent to a prep school in Massachusetts where he was given the space to expand his running talents. He went on to run at Yale for his undergraduate and won a number of NCAA titles. He moved on to Gainesville Florida to study for his law degree – all the while training and racing at an elite level. The thing about Franks journey in the 70's was that he showed up at all the marathon runner hotspots with all the legends. He trained with that famous Florida track club with Jeff Galloway and crew. He was in Oregon with Prefontaine. Frank taught Steve how to Ski. Frank was with Steve before he was killed. Frank won the elite Fukuoka Marathon . He was the #1 ranked marathon runner in the USA for 5 straight years and in the world for 3. He won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 1972. You may not remember 1972, but this was the Olympics where the world learned about terrorism. A crew of Palestinians broke into athlete's village and held the Israeli Olympic team hostage, murdering some of them. Frank was sleeping on the balcony and heard the gunshots. Coming full circle, Frank was right there on Boylston Street in Boston in 2013 when the bombs went off. He won the silver medal in the 1976 games losing to an unknow East German athlete, who most likely was a drug cheat. Frank has become instrumental in removing drugs from the Olympics – a battle that still rages. Through all this he trained himself with an uncanny mixture of speedwork and volume. He managed to stay healthy and race across 100+ mile weeks for a decade. Frank eventually ended up in Boulder where he was the founder of the iconic Boulder Boulder race. He's an amazing athlete, a humble, kind and generous guy and I'm sure I'll be talking to him again. He even has an IMDB page for his roles in several movies! Great guy, full life, enjoyed meeting him. … What's going on in my world? I'm still training for the Flying Pig in May. My knee is still a mess, but I'm enjoying when I can. I try to get Ollie out, but the weather has been horrific and I'm at the point in my life where I see less and less merit in unnecessary misery. Hey – a quick heads up – did you see Steve Runner is podcasting again? Yeah – Pheddipidations is back from the dead. And it's not the angry political Steve. It's the old runner Steve. Give it a resubscribe and listen. It's good to hear his rational voice. I did manage to get a couple of great training runs out in the woods. We got a cold snap right after a heavy snow. With the pandemic traffic in my woods the trail was packed down and hard and great for running. I got out and it was great. I remembered some of the joy I used to feel being out alone in the woods with the dog. The cold, crisp air and the packed trail. Really good. I've been getting beaten up fairly well with my new role at work. But I'm liking it. I just focus on blocking the time and doing the work. I'm at a point in my career where I don't have to worry about failure and that frees me up to be creative. Makes the work an ecstasy versus a chore. And that's the secret, my friends. Remember the gift. On with the show. About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported. What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to. I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway. “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit. So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported. … Section one – Skipped Voices of reason – the conversation Farnk Shorter – Marathon Legend Running career Shorter first achieved distinction by winning the 1969 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) six mile run title during his senior year at Yale. He won his first U.S. national titles in 1970 in the three mile and six mile events. He also was the U.S. national six mile/10,000 meter champion in 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1977. After graduating from Yale, Shorter chose to pursue a Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of New Mexico. However, he dropped out after six weeks after classes began to impact his training regime. Soon, he moved to Florida to study for a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Florida in Gainesville because of the excellence of the environment and the opportunity to train with Jack Bacheler as members of the Florida Track Club (FTC), founded by Jimmy Carnes, then the head coach of the Florida Gators track and field team.[10] Bacheler was regarded as America's best distance runner, having qualified for the finals of the 5,000-meter race at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.[11] The FTC's core nucleus of Shorter, Bacheler and Jeff Galloway qualified for the 1972 Olympics and their success made Gainesville the Mecca of distance running on the East Coast in the early 1970s.[12] Shorter won the U.S. national cross-country championships four times (1970–1973). He was the U.S. Olympic Trials champion in both the 10,000-meter run and the marathon in both 1972 and 1976. He also won both the 10,000-meter run and the marathon at the 1971 Pan American Games. Shorter was a four-time winner of the Fukuoka Marathon (1971–1974), generally recognized as the most prestigious marathon in the world at that time and held on a very fast course. His career best of 2:10:30 was set at that race on December 3, 1972. Several months later, on March 18, 1973, Shorter won the elite Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:12:03. He won the prestigious 7-mile Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod in 1975 and 1976 and Atlanta's 10-kilometer Peachtree Road Race in 1977. Shorter achieved his greatest recognition in the marathon, and he is the only American athlete to win two medals in the Olympic marathon.[13] At the Munich Games—which coincidentally is Shorter's place of birth— he finished fifth in the 10,000-meter final, breaking the American record for the event that he had established in his qualifying heat.[8] A few days later, he won the gold medal in the marathon. This ultimate achievement was marred by an impostor, West German student Norbert Sudhaus,[14] who ran into Olympic Stadium ahead of Shorter. Shorter was not bothered by the silence from the crowd who had been duped into thinking that he was running for the silver medal. Shorter was confident that he was going to win the gold medal because he knew that no competing runner had passed him.[15] He received the James E. Sullivan Award afterwards as the top amateur athlete in the United States.[8] At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Shorter dropped out of the 10,000 meters in order to concentrate exclusively on the marathon, winning the silver medal in the marathon[8] and finishing behind previously unheralded Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany.[16] Cierpinski was later implicated as a part of the state-sponsored doping program by East German track and field research files uncovered by Werner Franke at the Stasi headquarters in Leipzig in the late 1990s. There were suspicions about other East German athletes during the Montreal Olympics, including the East German women's swimming team led by Kornelia Ender; the East German women won eleven of the thirteen events.[17] From 2000 to 2003, Shorter was the chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, a body that he helped to establish.[18] Shorter was featured as a prominent character, played by Jeremy Sisto, in the 1998 film Without Limits. The film follows the life of Shorter's contemporary, training partner, Olympic teammate and sometime rival, Steve Prefontaine.[18] Shorter was the next to last person to see Prefontaine alive before he died in an automobile accident. Shorter was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984, the USA National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1989,[8] and the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 1998. A long-time resident of Boulder, Colorado, Shorter co-founded the Bolder Boulder in 1979. The annual 10k race is a popular Memorial Day event, which culminates with a tribute to U.S. Armed Forces at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado. A life-size bronze statue of Shorter stands outside the stadium. Section two –Varmint - Outro Ok my friends that's episode 4-474 of the RunRunLive Podcast. I still plan to limp through the Flying Pig marathon but my knee is not responding as I hoped it would. It is weak, unstable and painful. Basically, well I want to use a family unfriendly word here, but let's just say it's not good. Frank Shorter ran the 1976 Olympic Marathon with a bad knee and came in 2nd. Oy! I have been having a lot of trouble finding the time and inspiration to write and produce this show. I know it's getting stale, and you deserve better than that. I'm considering ways to make it less of a lift for me. Maybe break the sections up into individual, shorter shows that I could drop more frequently. Maybe find a theme. Or create multiple short shows from the various themes I cover here. Then you could pick and choose what you wanted to listen to. We'll see how it goes. One step at a time. I'm heading down to Dallas tomorrow morning and I just realized it's time change weekend here. Meaning I'm going to have to roll out of bed at 3:30 AM body-clock time to start a long week with a nice dose of jetlag. Heard an interesting comment on a call this week. We were prepping for a executive meeting with one of our customers. There were two senior executives from our side. They were talking about a big deal that needed to close at this customer. One of the Execs said to the other “You need to make it personal.” That struck me. After all the professionalism is sorted out every business transaction is personal. I've always tried to avoid that. Making business personal. But you can't. It's personal whether you want it to be or not. But making it personal allows you to leverage empathy – so it's not necessarily a bad thing. How about that for a thing to try this week? Make it personal. And I'll see you out there. And I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->

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Episode 4-474 – Frank Shorter

You Can Do It with JEFF GALLOWAY

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 48:52

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-474 – Frank Shorter (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4474.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Chris' other show à Intro: Hello my long suffering friends. How are you? Well it's been a busy two weeks since the last time we chatted. And I truly missed. I get lonely. I worry. Where have you been? How do we know you're not dead in a ditch? Today I'm going to mess with the format again. I managed to write a really funny piece about varmints that I'm going to perform for you, but it came out at 2000 + words so I'm going to push that after the interview, skip section one and use the intro here to talk about our guest. Frank Shorter. Yes that Frank Shorter. It was one of those interviews where I was hopelessly overwhelmed by content and just did my best to touch on a couple fun things with him. But, the rich tapestry of Frank's life does not fit easily into a 20 minute conversation – so I'm going to fill in some of the blanks here. Frank was born, ironically in Munich Germany, where he would eventually return to win the Gold Medal in the marathon at the 1972 Olympics. His Father was a physician in the army. Frank grew up in a troubled home in upstate New York. He started running to get away from an abusive father. Running gave him the freedom we all know and love. To get him away from his father, his mother arranged to have him sent to a prep school in Massachusetts where he was given the space to expand his running talents. He went on to run at Yale for his undergraduate and won a number of NCAA titles. He moved on to Gainesville Florida to study for his law degree – all the while training and racing at an elite level. The thing about Franks journey in the 70's was that he showed up at all the marathon runner hotspots with all the legends. He trained with that famous Florida track club with Jeff Galloway and crew. He was in Oregon with Prefontaine. Frank taught Steve how to Ski. Frank was with Steve before he was killed. Frank won the elite Fukuoka Marathon . He was the #1 ranked marathon runner in the USA for 5 straight years and in the world for 3. He won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 1972. You may not remember 1972, but this was the Olympics where the world learned about terrorism. A crew of Palestinians broke into athlete's village and held the Israeli Olympic team hostage, murdering some of them. Frank was sleeping on the balcony and heard the gunshots. Coming full circle, Frank was right there on Boylston Street in Boston in 2013 when the bombs went off. He won the silver medal in the 1976 games losing to an unknow East German athlete, who most likely was a drug cheat. Frank has become instrumental in removing drugs from the Olympics – a battle that still rages. Through all this he trained himself with an uncanny mixture of speedwork and volume. He managed to stay healthy and race across 100+ mile weeks for a decade. Frank eventually ended up in Boulder where he was the founder of the iconic Boulder Boulder race. He's an amazing athlete, a humble, kind and generous guy and I'm sure I'll be talking to him again. He even has an IMDB page for his roles in several movies! Great guy, full life, enjoyed meeting him. … What's going on in my world? I'm still training for the Flying Pig in May. My knee is still a mess, but I'm enjoying when I can. I try to get Ollie out, but the weather has been horrific and I'm at the point in my life where I see less and less merit in unnecessary misery. Hey – a quick heads up – did you see Steve Runner is podcasting again? Yeah – Pheddipidations is back from the dead. And it's not the angry political Steve. It's the old runner Steve. Give it a resubscribe and listen. It's good to hear his rational voice. I did manage to get a couple of great training runs out in the woods. We got a cold snap right after a heavy snow. With the pandemic traffic in my woods the trail was packed down and hard and great for running. I got out and it was great. I remembered some of the joy I used to feel being out alone in the woods with the dog. The cold, crisp air and the packed trail. Really good. I've been getting beaten up fairly well with my new role at work. But I'm liking it. I just focus on blocking the time and doing the work. I'm at a point in my career where I don't have to worry about failure and that frees me up to be creative. Makes the work an ecstasy versus a chore. And that's the secret, my friends. Remember the gift. On with the show. About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported. What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to. I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway. “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit. So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported. … Section one – Skipped Voices of reason – the conversation Farnk Shorter – Marathon Legend Running career Shorter first achieved distinction by winning the 1969 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) six mile run title during his senior year at Yale. He won his first U.S. national titles in 1970 in the three mile and six mile events. He also was the U.S. national six mile/10,000 meter champion in 1971, 1974, 1975 and 1977. After graduating from Yale, Shorter chose to pursue a Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of New Mexico. However, he dropped out after six weeks after classes began to impact his training regime. Soon, he moved to Florida to study for a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Florida in Gainesville because of the excellence of the environment and the opportunity to train with Jack Bacheler as members of the Florida Track Club (FTC), founded by Jimmy Carnes, then the head coach of the Florida Gators track and field team.[10] Bacheler was regarded as America's best distance runner, having qualified for the finals of the 5,000-meter race at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.[11] The FTC's core nucleus of Shorter, Bacheler and Jeff Galloway qualified for the 1972 Olympics and their success made Gainesville the Mecca of distance running on the East Coast in the early 1970s.[12] Shorter won the U.S. national cross-country championships four times (1970–1973). He was the U.S. Olympic Trials champion in both the 10,000-meter run and the marathon in both 1972 and 1976. He also won both the 10,000-meter run and the marathon at the 1971 Pan American Games. Shorter was a four-time winner of the Fukuoka Marathon (1971–1974), generally recognized as the most prestigious marathon in the world at that time and held on a very fast course. His career best of 2:10:30 was set at that race on December 3, 1972. Several months later, on March 18, 1973, Shorter won the elite Lake Biwa Marathon in 2:12:03. He won the prestigious 7-mile Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod in 1975 and 1976 and Atlanta's 10-kilometer Peachtree Road Race in 1977. Shorter achieved his greatest recognition in the marathon, and he is the only American athlete to win two medals in the Olympic marathon.[13] At the Munich Games—which coincidentally is Shorter's place of birth— he finished fifth in the 10,000-meter final, breaking the American record for the event that he had established in his qualifying heat.[8] A few days later, he won the gold medal in the marathon. This ultimate achievement was marred by an impostor, West German student Norbert Sudhaus,[14] who ran into Olympic Stadium ahead of Shorter. Shorter was not bothered by the silence from the crowd who had been duped into thinking that he was running for the silver medal. Shorter was confident that he was going to win the gold medal because he knew that no competing runner had passed him.[15] He received the James E. Sullivan Award afterwards as the top amateur athlete in the United States.[8] At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Shorter dropped out of the 10,000 meters in order to concentrate exclusively on the marathon, winning the silver medal in the marathon[8] and finishing behind previously unheralded Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany.[16] Cierpinski was later implicated as a part of the state-sponsored doping program by East German track and field research files uncovered by Werner Franke at the Stasi headquarters in Leipzig in the late 1990s. There were suspicions about other East German athletes during the Montreal Olympics, including the East German women's swimming team led by Kornelia Ender; the East German women won eleven of the thirteen events.[17] From 2000 to 2003, Shorter was the chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, a body that he helped to establish.[18] Shorter was featured as a prominent character, played by Jeremy Sisto, in the 1998 film Without Limits. The film follows the life of Shorter's contemporary, training partner, Olympic teammate and sometime rival, Steve Prefontaine.[18] Shorter was the next to last person to see Prefontaine alive before he died in an automobile accident. Shorter was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984, the USA National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1989,[8] and the National Distance Running Hall of Fame in 1998. A long-time resident of Boulder, Colorado, Shorter co-founded the Bolder Boulder in 1979. The annual 10k race is a popular Memorial Day event, which culminates with a tribute to U.S. Armed Forces at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado. A life-size bronze statue of Shorter stands outside the stadium. Section two –Varmint - Outro Ok my friends that's episode 4-474 of the RunRunLive Podcast. I still plan to limp through the Flying Pig marathon but my knee is not responding as I hoped it would. It is weak, unstable and painful. Basically, well I want to use a family unfriendly word here, but let's just say it's not good. Frank Shorter ran the 1976 Olympic Marathon with a bad knee and came in 2nd. Oy! I have been having a lot of trouble finding the time and inspiration to write and produce this show. I know it's getting stale, and you deserve better than that. I'm considering ways to make it less of a lift for me. Maybe break the sections up into individual, shorter shows that I could drop more frequently. Maybe find a theme. Or create multiple short shows from the various themes I cover here. Then you could pick and choose what you wanted to listen to. We'll see how it goes. One step at a time. I'm heading down to Dallas tomorrow morning and I just realized it's time change weekend here. Meaning I'm going to have to roll out of bed at 3:30 AM body-clock time to start a long week with a nice dose of jetlag. Heard an interesting comment on a call this week. We were prepping for a executive meeting with one of our customers. There were two senior executives from our side. They were talking about a big deal that needed to close at this customer. One of the Execs said to the other “You need to make it personal.” That struck me. After all the professionalism is sorted out every business transaction is personal. I've always tried to avoid that. Making business personal. But you can't. It's personal whether you want it to be or not. But making it personal allows you to leverage empathy – so it's not necessarily a bad thing. How about that for a thing to try this week? Make it personal. And I'll see you out there. And I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->

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55. Tanya Harding, figure skating drama, bad smells

Documentary Diehards

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 62:48

30 for 30 documentary reviewed: "The Price of Gold." Sam, Ren, and Nic delve into the infamous Tanya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan scandal in which a hit was put out to injure Harding's figure skating rival, Kerrigan. Do we think Harding was involved? Answers vary. Also, the parallels to the timely ROC figure skating doping problem are addressed. Sam has an idea for a future doc to be made about storied long distance runner Frank Shorter. The gang also plays Mt. Rushmore with least favorite smells.

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1972 US Olympic Marathon Trials

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 48:44

In this episode, Jeff retells the story of the 1972 US Olympic Marathon Trials. Jeff is on a high after making the Olympic team in the 10,000 meters but in the same race, the leader of their track club and good friend Jack Bacheler is left off the team. Jeff and Frank Shorter try to come up with a plan to get Jack on the team in the Marathon!

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Vanessa Bogenholm to meet Frank Shorter

Take it from the Iron Woman - Trailer

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 5:22

Check out her book: It's your body, move it, love it, live3 companies: Train with V — private fitness studio in San Jose CA / Fitness 23 Las Vegas — Boxing/Kickboxing and Group Workout Gym / Exercise in the Streets— Non-profit giving running shoes, sweatshirts and athletic gear to Foster Kids in Santa Clara and Clark Co. Also do run clinics for incarcerated youth.fitness-23.com*******For further information: www.susannemueller.bizMonday & Wednesday: Podcast “Take it from the Ironwoman” more than 200 episodesWednesday: Facebook live with "From the Lipstick Leadership Living Room” 1 pm ETFriday: weekly blogInstagram: susanne_mueller_nyc // take_it_from_the_ironwomanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-mueller-ma/Clubhouse: @susanne3600Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHuxdEscM0y0IQIFsRhVqDA Both Take it from the Ironwoman and Lipstick Leadership are also books, order them on Amazon.Book a time with me for your 1:1 coaching session or group session. Now is the time to elevate your profile, if not now, then when?

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Episode 29- Coach Ric Rojas

SteadFast Running

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 103:18

Coach Ric Rojas was ranked in the top 10 US road racers from 1977 through 1981 by Track and Field News. He set a world record in 1981 at the Gasparilla 15K and defeated Frank Shorter at the inaugural Boulder Boulder race. Ric has coached a broad range of athletes over the last 50+ years. In this episode you'll hear his thoughts on training and how he applies that to the people he works with including his daughter Nell Rojas who was the first American finisher at the 2021 Boston Marathon.To get in touch with Ric:rojasrunning.comTo get in touch with me:@steadfast_running

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Racing around the world:Tony Copeland-Parker

All Things Relatable

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 66:54

In this episode, Candace talks with guest Tony about the medical news that he and his partner received, himself requiring an open heart surgery, and his partner getting diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's. He talks about making a counter-intuitive decision that went against what some research would suggest for patients with Early Onset Alzhemizers; instead, they retired, sold their home and became nomads running marathons and half marathons all around the world. Tony talks about what it was like to travel around the world running race after race in places like Madagascar, Bhutan and the Great Wall of China with nothing but a suitcase. The pandemic did not put a stop to their plan and they are still running around the world over 7 years later.Anthony L. Copeland-Parker was a professional pilot/manager for thirty-seven years, the last twenty-seven with United Parcel Service. His last job had him managing pilots and flying B757/767-type air-craft all over the world. When he retired, he began writing his blog, PlayHard-HaveFun.com. Since then, he and his partner Catherine have traveled to eighty-two different countries. They have run at least a half-marathon in thirty-five countries and on all seven continents.His book Running All over the World, adapted from a blog he wrote during their travels, is a nonfiction account of our five-plus years of flying, running, walking, sailing, and sightseeing from Atlanta to Antarctica and back again. Part travelogue and part medical memoir, it transports listeners to exotic places like Madagascar, Bhutan, and the Great Wall of China while at the same time offering a day-to-day look at what it means to have nothing but what's in your suitcase. It's also an offbeat love story, recounting the trials and tribulations of an ex-pilot with a passion for vistas and logistics and a woman so tough she walks a half-marathon in the Australian Outback mere weeks after breaking her ankle. During their years as nomads, they pushed their physical and mental limitations as often as they could - and finished every race hand in hand.Get a copy of Tony's book hereFollow Tony on FacebookFollow Tony on IGFollow Tony on TwitterFind Tony on Linkedin

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Episode 22: Give Yourself a Shot

The Halfstep Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 27:26

On Episode 22 of The Halfstep Pod, Grant joins the Pod after placing 5th in the 10k at the Olympics, the best finish over that distance for an American man not named Galen Rupp since Frank Shorter in 1972. The guys do a brief recap of the race, including the keys to Grant's composure running in the lead pack in his first Olympic race, how he maintained belief that he belonged up there, and just who exactly he was giving the double thumbs up to after his historic race finishing 2.5 seconds out of the medals. We'll be doing a more in depth recap of the 10k and the upcoming 5k after the Olympics, right now, Grant needs to move forward in preparing for his 5k prelim in a couple days so we didn't want to linger too long on this one, despite the incredible result. Thanks to everyone for listening ! Please continue sending us your listener questions (halfsteppod@gmail.com) or DM us on instagram! Be sure to rate us and subscribe if you haven't already in order to get our podcasts as soon as they drop!

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Frank Shorter - Olympic Marathon Champion - "father of the modern running boom"

BE with Champions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 102:39

In this episode of The Greg Bennett Show, I chat with my neighbor, Frank Shorter in Boulder, Colorado Frank is a remarkable man, who by all accounts is the father of the modern running boom. His Olympic marathon gold in 1972, is generally regarded as the launch of this running movement. He followed this gold medal performance 4 years later at the Montreal Olympics with a silver medal behind an unknown East German who was later documented to be part of that nation's doping system. Throughout the 1970s he won a multitude of US National Championships over the 5k, 10k, and marathon distances. He won the ‘Fukuoka International marathon Championship' on 4 occasions. But he's more than a runner and Olympic Champion, he was instrumental in helping athletes make a living from what at the time was mostly amateur. And from 2000 to 2003, he was the chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, a body that he helped to establish. This was a very special conversation for me. It truly felt like he was chatting with one of the great icons of the world of sport. Frank shares his journey into running and when he realized that he had some ability. He describes the emotions of the terrorist attacks on the 1972 Olympics and how he had to compartmentalize the trauma of what happened and focus on the job at hand. He discusses the running into the stadium at those Games with a 2-minute lead and he shares the 1976 Montreal Games, and his thoughts on drugs in sport, his relationship with USA iconic runner Steve Prefontaine and the impact of his sudden death. And so much more. If you love sport, if you love sports history then this is a must-listen. Do yourself a favor and listen through to the end. You won't be disappointed. Discount Codes and Deals Athletic Greens - a FREE year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/greg Hyperice - Click https://bit.ly/3jzyFDa for exclusive offers on all Hyperice products or visit at hyperice.com and use the code mentioned in the show FormSwim Goggles - formswim.com/greg for $15 off - The coupon will be automatically added to the cart. Or use code GREG2021 at checkout. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26936856 "The Greg Bennett Show" -

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Ep 21: Jeff Galloway, Olympian and Founder of Run-Walk-Run Talks About Improved Race Timings via Walking

Run with Fitpage

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 57:25

Jeff Galloway is an Olympian, author of Galloway's Book on Running, and a running-walking coach. Jeff has worked with over 300,000 runners of all ages and abilities and is the inventor of the Galloway Run Walk Run method.In this episode of Run with Fitpage, Jeff discusses his running journey, 1972 Olympics through his lens, interesting incidents with his running colleagues and friends, with our host Vikas Singh.Episode Summary:00:00 - Introduction to Jeff Galloway03:47 - Welcome Jeff to the show!04:04 - Start of the journey15:04 - Jeff talks about his experience running with Jack Bacheler - the tallest runner of America17:03 - The Munich Olympics - watch through the lens of Jeff Galloway!24:34 - Walking - How it benefits runners and why is it important?34:10 - Applying the Run Walk Run method39:50 - The Magic Mile (Click to open)42:49 - Does running damage your knees?47:40 - Jeff talks about his friend - Steve PrefontaineGuest Profile:Before Jeff Galloway became a coach to over a million runners and walkers, he was a world-class runner, who competed in the Munich Olympics, the International Cross Country Championships in Africa, the Soviet Union, and other international competitions. He ran with Olympic champion Frank Shorter, Steve Prefontaine, Bill Rodgers, and his college roommate and Boston Marathon Champion Amby Burfoot. Having trained hundreds of thousands of people individually or in small instructional groups to get off the couch and move, Jeff has developed several levels based upon their current fitness level. Apart from this, Jeff is an author of 30 books, and he is a motivational speaker at over 200 running and fitness sessions each year.To connect with Jeff Galloway, visit www.jeffgalloway.comHost Profile:Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale and Reliance before coming up with an idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and help beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner himself, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.For more information on Vikas, you can reach out to him via the channels below:Instagram: @vikas_singhhLinkedIn: Vikas SinghGmail: vikas@fitpage.inTwitter: @vikashsingh1010About the Podcast: Run with FitpageThis podcast series is built with a focus on bringing science and research from the endurance sports industry. These may help you learn and implement these in your training, recovery, and nutrition journey. We invite coaches, exercise scientists, researchers, nutritionists, doctors, and inspiring athletes to come and share their knowledge and stories with us. So, whether you're just getting started with running or want to get better at it, this podcast is for you!Learn more about fitness and nutrition on our website, www.fitpage.in or check out our app Fitpage.This podcast has been recorded via Zoom Conferencing.

Amazing Americans- Frank Shorter- 06/19/2021

Amazing Americans Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 40:26

What has always been known is that he is one of America's greatest distance runners. But what hasn't been known, until now, is the dark childhood at the hands of a brutally abusive father. Frank Shorter is this week's guest on Amazing Americans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It was only me. Frank Shorter: Run Quote Week Daily RICHual #150

The Daily RICHual

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 0:58

Sometimes we over build up the greats of our professions. We put them on a pedestal, and maybe they deserve it. I don't know. What I do know is that once you place someone up there, you're actually tellingyourself they are better than you and maybe even limiting yourself in your own quest to be great. In 1972, Frank Shorter won the Olympic Marathon. His training had been consistent. One of his training partners, Kenny Moore placed 4th. They were on an easy run the day following his win and Shorter said this to his partner:

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March 27, 2021 / Endurance News

Andy Noise Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 16:43

20 years ago today: an 18-year-old Dathan Ritzenhein earns the bronze medal in the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgium. No American man has won an individual medal at World XC since. Matt Tegenkamp was 5th. Race won by a certain Kenenisa Bekele. Next weekend's Istanbul Half Marathon will be one of the races of the spring. Geoffrey Kamworor v Kibiwott Kandie in a battle of past and present world record holders. LOADED women's race featuring Peres Jepchirchir, Brigid Kosgei, & Yalemzerf Yehualaw. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/istanbul-half-marathon-2021-fields I signed up for the Mission Possible 5K 2021 on Feb 1, 2021! LA County just announces pathway for multi-team events (invitationals) What a run! Chris Thompson, 22 days shy of his 40th birthday, was 35 secs behind the leaders at 30k of today's British Olympic marathon trials. But he closed hard to win the race in a PB (2:10:50), securing the Olympic standard, to clinch his second Olympic berth.This was Chris Thompson's marathon progression prior to winning today's British Olympic trials in 2:10:50. He still logged some solid times at shorter distances in that span (notably a 61:07 half last year), but today's run was quite a turnaround -- and the marathon of his life. Was curious when talk would turn to Thompson's footwear today (he was wearing blacked-out Vaporflys). The supershoes have put companies like On in a tough position, but you have to applaud them for putting their athletes first. GBR #OlympicTrials - Victory for @davissteph26 in a personal best 2:27:16. She's going to #TokyoOlympics! 2021 Fukuoka International Marathon to be its final running. JAAF reportedly has decided to terminate the historic race after its 75th anniversary edition this year. https://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2021/03/2021-fukuoka-international-marathon-to.html A bummer. Fukuoka was basically the marathon world championships back in the '70s. The list of winners is incredible: Sammy Wanjiru, Haile Gebrselassie, Gezahegne Abera, Toshihiko Seko, Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter... On Tuesday Joan Samuelson became a grandmother. Daughter Abby had a daughter, Charlotte. Virtual #BostonMarathon entries are priced from USD 75 to 125 for USA entrants, and USD 95 to 145 for international entrants, says @baa. Registration opens March 30. The participation window is October 8-10. With fewer than 100 days to go, it’s still uncertain whether spectators will be allowed to attend. trials BREAKING: BIG 10 XC champion and 3:57 miler George Kusche has announced that he will be finishing his eligibility at Northern Arizona University as a graduate transfer. 11 days after scoring 60 points to win the NCAA XC title, the Lumberjacks will add the reigning Big 10 XC champion to their squad. As if NAU weren't good enough already... When passion for running becomes a harmful addiction, diversifying a sense of self can help to heal the relationship. @DavidLaney12 “Ideal racing weight” is an important subject because the mass of an athlete affects performance. But, where is the line between an increase in performance and encouraging an athlete to adopt unhealthy behaviors? http://bit.ly/race-weight For behaviors that you want to do, the goal is to make triggers salient, the behavior easy, and the reward as immediate and satisfying as possible. https://linktr.ee/AND3RSON --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/andy-noise/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andy-noise/support

#130 - Thor Gotaas 3 | Løping, En Norgeshistorie

NÅ ER DET ALVOR

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 25:52

Om du hørte forrige badstue-episode med Thor kan du huske at vi snakket om løpingens verdenshistorie og brukte boka hans, Løping, En Verdenshistorie, som utgangspunkt. Vi gikk kronologisk til verks og ga oss da vi kom til midten av 1900-tallet da vi skjønte at det var så mye snacks å ta tak i der at vi kom til å svette i hjel før vi ble ferdigsnakket. Jeg dro tilbake til Disen, leste meg opp på noen av hans bøker om temaet, deriblant boka om Kvalheimbrødrene, og kom tilbake til badstua et par uker etterpå. Denne gangen var badstua 10 grader varmere, og vi gikk til verks i løpingens nyere historie og hvordan forskjellige trenere og personligheter har påvirket hvordan vi trener og bedriver idretten i dag. Hvor kommer begrepet fartslek fra? Hvem fant på konseptet med intervalltrening? Hva har New Zealand å gjøre med joggebølgen i USA på 60-70-tallet, og hvordan ble dette importert til Norge? Noen navn so blir nevnt: Audun Boysen, Knut og Arne Kvalheim, Paavo Nurmi, Arthur Lydiard, Paavo Nurmi, Bill Bowerman, Percy Wells Cerutty, Herb Elliott, Arne Nytrø, Gösta Holmer, Emil Zatopek, Steve Prefontaine, Lars Martin Kaupang, Frank Shorter, Kenny Moore, Lasse Virén, Ingrid Kristiansen, Vebjørn Rodal, Geir Moen, Brødrene IngebrigtsenPATREON:Hør hele episoden på Patreon-siden til Nå Er Det Alvor. Kontakt:https://naerdetalvor.no/eplehans@gmail.com+47 928 41 558NEDA på instagram (@neda_podcast)NEDA på FacebookHans Kristian på instagram (@hanserino)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/nedaproject)

Episode 10 - Ric & Nell Rojas, Father/Daughter Running and Coaching Duo

Grounded with Dinée Dorame

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 64:54

"One of the most important things in inspiring other brown-skinned girls to run or achieve whatever they want, is to do it myself. I get motivation every day in my training from [knowing] the kind of role model I can possibly be.” – Nell Rojas “New Mexico is a great running community… we all spoke the same language– a running language. No matter what, that was the bond that we had with each other.”- Ric Rojas Ric and Nell Rojas are a dynamic father-daughter duo in running. Between the two of them, they've set numerous records and boasted several big wins from the mile to the marathon distance. Together, they utilize their experience and unique philosophy to coach a variety of athletes (runners, throwers, jumpers, etc.) in the Boulder, Colorado area. In this conversation, Ric and Nell reflect on their biggest career wins, give some coaching advice, and discuss how their community/family has shaped their running. Ric Rojas originally hails from Los Alamos, NM. In high school, he became a legend when he won four New Mexico high school state titles, as well as setting the prep mile record of 4:12.60 back in 1970. Ric went on to graduate from Harvard University and compete professionally against formidable opponents like Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers. He competed in two U.S. Olympic Trials (in the 10,000-meter Run) and won several major road races, including the inaugural BolderBoulder 10k in 1979. He also set the 15K World Record in 1981 with a time of 43:12. As a master's runner, Ric has won three USATF Age-Group National 5000-meter Track Championships. Nell Rojas grew up in Boulder, Colorado. She is a triathlete turned marathoner, finishing 9th at the 2020 Marathon Olympic Trials in what was only her third marathon ever and winning Grandma's Marathon in 2019 with a personal best of 2:28:06. Nell ran Division I Track and Cross-Country for The University of Northern Arizona (NAU) where she was a 3-time Big Sky Steeplechase Champion, 5k Big Sky Champion, and All-Conference in Cross-Country. Currently, Nell is a passionate coach and athlete, who takes a very holistic and well-rounded approach to helping others achieve their goals. My heart goes out to the Boulder, CO community this week. If you would like to support or donate to the families of the victims of the recent tragedy at King Soopers in Boulder, please see the links below. Families of Boulder Tragedy Victims GoFundMe Page– donate directly to families of the victims through a verified crowdsource funding channel. Colorado Healing Fund– 501©3 non-profit that distributes funds to the organizations and people working on the ground to help and support community members impacted. In this Episode: BOLDERBoulder10k Nell Rojas BOLDERBoulder10k 2019 Finish “Nell Rojas uses dad's coaching to prepare for U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon” by Michael Sandrock,com, February 16, 2020. “Daughter Wins Bolder Boulder 40 Years After Her Dad Won the Inaugural Race,” by Andrew Dawson, com, May 29, 2019. Follow Ric and Nell Rojas: Nell's Instagram: @nell_rojas_running Nell's Twitter: @nellrojas Rojas Running Instagram: @ricrojasrunningtrack Rojas Running Website: https://rojasrunning.com/ Follow Grounded Pod: Instagram: @groundedpod Twitter: @groundedpod Facebook: facebook.com/groundedpodwithdinee Subscribe, Listen, & Review on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | Stitcher Music by Jacob Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM). This podcast was made possible through the Tracksmith Fellowship Program.

Relatos en Zapatillas #2 - El Día que Nació el Running

A tu Ritmo - Running Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 6:29

Capítulo especial de A tu Ritmo y en este caso el relato está basado en hechos reales. Recordamos la historia de Frank Shorter, uno de los mejores maratonianos que surgidos en Estados Unidos, y sus logros deportivos. Se le recuerda como una de las figuras que inspiró del movimiento del running surgido en los años 70. A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor. www.correaturitmo.com TW: @correaturitmo @correaturitmo FB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoES IG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/ A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor. www.correaturitmo.com TW: @correaturitmo https://twitter.com/correaturitmo FB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoES IG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/ Canal Telegram: Correaturitmo https://t.me/correaturitmo Grupo Telegram: A tu Ritmo Chat https://t.me/aturitmochat WhatsApp: +34 644 66 62 11 email: aturitmo@deportismo.es

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Relatos en Zapatillas #2 - El Día que Nació el Running

A tu Ritmo - Running Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 6:30

Capítulo especial de A tu Ritmo y en este caso el relato está basado en hechos reales. Recordamos la historia de Frank Shorter, uno de los mejores maratonianos que surgidos en Estados Unidos, y sus logros deportivos. Se le recuerda como una de las figuras que inspiró del movimiento del running surgido en los años 70. A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor.www.correaturitmo.comTW: @correaturitmo @correaturitmoFB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoESIG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor.www.correaturitmo.comTW: @correaturitmo https://twitter.com/correaturitmoFB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoESIG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/Canal Telegram: Correaturitmo https://t.me/correaturitmoGrupo Telegram: A tu Ritmo Chat https://t.me/aturitmochatWhatsApp: +34 644 66 62 11email: aturitmo@deportismo.es

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Nike's Win-At-All-Costs Culture : Matt Hart - 2020-12-15

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 50:38

Is Nike too big to fail? Matt Hart is a freelance journalist whose new book Win at all Costs investigates Nike’s Oregon Project, diving into its culture of cheating, lying, and misogyny. The book is a page-turning sports thriller reminiscent of a Shakespearean drama with one of the top coaches in the world felled by hubris. Coach Claire talks to Matt about the rise and fall of former coach Alberto Salazar, if he is indeed a villain through and through, the win-at-all-costs mindset of sports today, how young athletes are affected, the women at Nike, if Nike has some redeeming qualities as an organization, and if most people even care about any of this. It’s a fascinating discussion that is sure to appeal to true crime fans! Matt Hart’s writing covers sports science, human-powered adventure and exploration, performance-enhancing drugs, nutrition, and evolution. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, and Men’s Journal magazine, among others. His reporting on the investigations into Salazar appeared on the front page, above the fold, of The New York Times in May 2017. In addition to his access to the Gouchers, other sources for the book include former Nike employees, athletes, and coaches; famed sports-scientist and Oregon Project whistleblower Steve Magness; and Olympic marathon gold medalist Frank Shorter, among many others. About Matt’s Book WIN AT ALL COSTS: In May 2017, journalist Matt Hart received a USB drive containing a single file—a 4.7-megabyte PDF named “Tic Toc, Tic Toc. . . .” He quickly realized he was in possession of a stolen report prepared a year earlier by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). It was part of an investigation into legendary running coach Alberto Salazar, a Houston-based endocrinologist named Dr. Jeffrey Brown, and the cheating by Nike-sponsored runners. The file began Hart’s reporting on the Nike Oregon Project and led him to uncover a win-at-all-costs culture of greed, corporate malfeasance, and abuse. WIN AT ALL COSTS is an explosive and revealing narrative depicting the deception and performance-enhancing drug use at the Nike Oregon Project. Hart writes richly detailed portraits of athletes Kara and Adam Goucher, Galen Rupp, and Mo Farah, as well as the coaches and doctors at the root of the cheating. The book recounts how the secretive program began to unravel when Steve Magness, an assistant coach to Salazar broke the code of silence by alerting USADA. He was followed by Olympians Adam and Kara Goucher who, risking their prosperous careers, became whistleblowers on their former Nike running family at headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Combining sports drama and corporate exposé, WIN AT ALL COSTS uncovers a relentless culture of deceit and drug misuse at Nike; as well as abuse of power, gender discrimination, medical malpractice, and systemic cheating at the highest levels of professional athletics. The book is also a cautionary tale about the excess of greed, corporate malfeasance, and the pushing of athletic boundaries. Deeply researched, unsettling, and ultimately entertaining, WIN AT ALL COSTS will astonish readers by the extremes that coaches and athletes will go to achieve athletic greatness—no matter the cost. Questions Matt is asked: 3:20 On your website, you say that humans learn through storytelling. What made you want to tell the story of Nike and its infamous coach, Alberto Salazar? 4:28 Your new book, Win At All Costs, is a fascinating deep dive into the world of Nike, from its scrappy, rebel beginnings to the behemoth brand that it is today. Essentially, it's a "David becomes Goliath" story. How would you describe the changes that the company went through from its humble beginnings to today? 6:33 Let's talk about Alberto Salazar. When he started out as an athlete he became one of the greatest American marathoners, and then became an absolute legend as a coach. I was struck reading your book how Skakespearean he really is. He’s like this man in power brought down by his hubris. How would you describe him as an athlete, coach, and father? 10:18 It’s easy to paint Alberto Salazar as the evil cult leader who got everybody under his spell, but how do you see that? Obviously there were people complicit in it and athletes at the top of the sport, some of them are willing to do anything to get ahead too. So how do you see it? Do you see Alberto as just the evil cult leader or is it more complicated than that? 13:25 Galen Rupp was what, 15 or 16 when he began to be coached by Alberto? That’s a child, and you’re not really able to make decisions, especially when somebody who has a reputation like Alberto comes into your life and says, “Hey, I see something special in you. Let me take you under my wing.” I have a lot of sympathy for Galen Rupp. I know not everybody in the running community does, but I do. But he’s an adult now, so we’ll see what happens with his career. 15:12 It’s like you want to hate Nike for all of the things that they’ve done, but yet they also have the Bowerman Track Club which is like women supporting women. Shalane Flanagan is now one of the coaches there. If you look at them on Instagram, it’s just like picture perfect empowerment and everything that it’s supposed to be. It’s just like how can you have two things like that in the same town and in the same company? 17:56 It’s easy to kind of say, okay, Alberto was the bad apple, but we’ve got Jerry Schumacher and he’s the best, and he’s wonderful, and still that Nike is just that one guy. But a lot of the stuff you talk about goes higher up than just Alberto Salazar. It goes to everybody above him, and I thought that it was really eye opening when you talked about salaries. In the world of running, it’s very secretive how much pro runners make, and you were able to find out that Kara Goucher got paid $35,000 while her husband Adam got paid $90,000 when they joined. Can you talk about that and about why they were willing to tell you that? 20:11 Compared to just about any other professional sport, coaches’ salaries all seemed incredibly low. And maybe it’s because obviously running doesn’t bring in the money that the NFL does. We don’t sit around watching running, at least not too many people do, which still I think is very bizarre that there’s millions and millions of runners in the United States and yet track and field and running is not that interesting to people. Why do you think that is? Why doesn’t running have the fan base that baseball or the NFL or something like that does? 22:24 I coach a lot of athletes and many of them just simply aren’t interested in what the elites do. And this leads me to my question for you. This whole scandal with the Nike Oregon Project, has it affected Nike at all as far as sales? People are still buying their shoes, right? 24:28 Nike is still paying for the defense of Alberto Salazar. Any insight on why? 26:13 Did you interview Mary Cain for the book? 26:57 Alberto was a son figure and a father figure and so many of the athletes say that, “He’s like a father. I love… “ Even Kara Goucher was like, “He’s a father figure to me. He’s the best,” and all of that, and now it’s a very different story. 28:26 You talk in the book about how Alberto Salazar who has $1 million budget or something, he has access to the latest technology, and massage therapists, and all of that, he would personally massage Galen Rupp, and there’s a couple things that you might be suspicious are going on there when that happens, but it seems like that was the testosterone. Is that what you found? It just seems weird to me. 31:29 There were stories of athletes being prescribed things for ailments that they didn’t have. Everybody on the team had a thyroid problem all of a sudden. And then there were the L-Carnitine infusions, and obviously infusing yourself with anything is against clean sport. But when they were caught, they just said, “Oh, it didn’t do anything for me.” Do you want to talk a little bit about the whole infusion story? 34:26 Is there a USADA test for L-Carnitine, because it’s an amino acid? 35:06 I’m surprised L-Carnitine hasn’t become more of the thing because to be perfectly honest, when this whole story broke, I was training for a marathon and I went to GNC and got myself some L-Carnitine. People see this and hear this, recreational runners or sub-elites, and they’re like, “Huh, that’s interesting.” And yet, they go ahead and follow that gray line. It’s almost like exposing the truth encourages more people to cheat, do you think? 37:44 I’d love to talk a little bit about the women at Nike. We learned all about Kara Goucher and her reduction clause. So when she decided to have a baby, she basically was not paid. So she was not paid for a very long period of time while she still was technically working for Nike. Again, this goes back to the contracts being super, super secretive. Do you think at least that has changed in the world of running for women as far as how they’re treated when they decide to have a family? 40:09 What do you feel is the future of sports and running and Nike? 42:52 Hopefully with the good example of the Bowerman Track Club, Nike might be able to change for the better from the inside, and then with work like yours, hopefully will change for the better from the outside. 44:13 Matt, what’s next for you with your running and your writing? Questions I ask everyone: 45:01 If you could go back and talk to yourself when you started running, what advice would you give? 46:15 What is the greatest gift running has given you? 46:51 Where can listeners connect with you? Quotes by Matt: “As an athlete, I learned this through the reporting, that Alberto Salazar would try basically anything to try to improve performance. Now that’s not all drugs and illicit means. That’s kind of anything from massage to dry needling to whatever else might be in the popular culture of athletes at the time.” “Athletes at the end of the day are 100% responsible for what they put into their body. Any athlete that’s working with Alberto Salazar, it does want to aggressively pursue hard training and they’ll do kind of whatever they’re asked or whatever they think can help them stand on top of the podium, and that’s the win at all costs sort of zero sum game that sports have become.” “Of the $36 billion Nikes makes a year, some $4.6 billion of it is the run category, and so that’s I think their largest category, to sell to runners. Now it’s a different question of whether we want to watch those runners run.” “You have to imagine years of training at a level you simply couldn’t maintain without drugs changes you physiologically. You’re steps ahead or you’re stronger or you’re faster. And so, that’s a whole other discussion, the long-term benefits of drugs and is someone still a cheat if they’ve gotten off them.” Take a Listen on Your Next Run Want more awesome interviews and advice? Subscribe to our iTunes channel Mentioned in this podcast: Matt Hart's website with links to book: Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception Bowerman Track Club Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community RunnersConnect Facebook page claire@runnersconnect.net https://www.precisionhydration.com/ Follow Matt on: Instagram Twitter We really hope you’ve enjoyed this episode of Run to the Top. The best way you can show your support of the show is to share this podcast with your family and friends and share it on your Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media channel you use. The more people who know about the podcast and download the episodes, the more I can reach out to and get top running influencers, to bring them on and share their advice, which hopefully makes the show even more enjoyable for you!

Reshaping the Sport of Running—George Hirsch’s Lifelong Career (Ep 65)

Go Be More Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 67:44

Want to help us grow the show? Leave us a Rating and Review!“You have to make mistakes. I mean, you have to learn the hard way.”If you love “sitting at the feet” of a great storyteller, and you’re interested in some of the monumental movements and moments in running, then you’ll thoroughly enjoy this episode.George colorfully recounts the details that defined the world of running as we know it now.(2:30) Recounting the life of a good friend from New Rochelle…(5:42) “I used to think that I could get better if I worked harder, and that's true in a lot of things in life. But it doesn't give you quickness.” Running in high school, college, and becoming a naval officer...(8:36) A special friend, work-related projects, and being knighted—all in Italy…(14:06) A random interview opens a door into the world of publishing…(16:45) Magazines, Time, and Life drove the conversations of the day…(19:48) The launching of a startup, which became New York magazine…(23:26) “When I was getting out of college, no one was starting a business, and no one was creating something in a garage. No one was doing what you guys are doing. You went into something that existed, that was traditional.” The differences in how we approach careers now…(27:09) The need for a few extra notches in the belt starts a running career…(29:29) Acting on the mind-boggling idea of running the Boston Marathon…(34:07) “It was life-affirming, Jon, it made a huge difference in every way.” ...George’s answer to what running meant to him when he started to really get into it.(34:51) A favorite story, meeting the amazing Shay…(40:45) Connecting a passion for running with the world of publishing through Runner’s World…(44:39) The remarkable story behind the five boroughs of the New York City Marathon…(51:56) Hitchhiking with Frank Shorter…(53:56) Not every marathon has a great start. A recounting of the first Rock and Roll Marathon in San Diego…(56:35) A running segment on Sports Center in the eighties…(58:31) “Don't make any decisions on the uphill.” Life lessons with George…(1:00:42) Embracing the struggle…(1:03:22) “It's no fun to get beaten… you spend so much time and it's so hard, but, over time, I've come to look at that as a really good experience in my life. I learned things… I came out of it better.”(1:05:54) What does Go Be More mean to you?If you liked this episode, check out our interviews with Runner's World's Bart Yasso and running historian Gary Corbitt.Recorded November 18, 2020.References:George Hirsch - WikipediaRunner's World - homepageNew York Road Runners - homepageGuests:George Hirsch - InstagramHosts:Bryan Green - @sendaibry, bryan@gobemore.coJon Rankin - @chasejonrankin, Go Be MoreLinks:Go Be More websiteGo Be More YouTube ChannelProduction and EditingCreatives Collective Marketing

Matt Hart: The Moral Complexity of American Capitalism

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 25:05

On today's episode, Matt Hart, author of Win at All Costs, discusses the unsettling details of Nike's secret running program, the Nike Oregon Project, and the ever-prevalent corporate win-at-all-costs culture. Matt Hart is a freelance journalist whose writing covers sports science, human-powered adventure and exploration, performance-enhancing drugs, nutrition, and evolution. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, and Men's Journal magazine, among others. His reporting on the investigations into Salazar appeared on the front page, above the fold, of The New York Times in May 2017. In addition to his access to the Gouchers, other sources for the book include former Nike employees, athletes, and coaches; famed sports-scientist and Oregon Project whistleblower Steve Magness; and Olympic marathon gold medalist Frank Shorter, among many others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Amazing Americans- Frank Shorter- 10/03/2020

Amazing Americans Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 40:19

We know him as one of the greatest distance runners in American history. His marathon win at the 1972 Olympics in Munich remains one of the greatest triumphs in U.S. Olympic history, but what so many don't know about him is the dark, nightmarish childhood he endured at the hands of a brutally abusive father. The legendary Frank Shorter is this week's guest on Amazing Americans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Early Days of Running - with Historian Gary Corbitt (Ep 39)

Go Be More Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 69:08

Want to help us grow the show? Leave us a Rating and Review!We talk with historian Gary Corbitt about his father’s remarkable career and the early days of running in New York City.Ted Corbitt and the Early Days of Running- How Gary’s childhood mirrored the early days of running in New York City- The importance of the New York Pioneer Club, founded in Harlem in 1936, in creating an integrated running organization well before the Civil Rights era or Jackie Robinson’s integration in Major League Baseball- The surprising connections between Ted Corbitt and Jackie Robinson- The experience of being a black runner in the 1940s and 1950s in New York City, and how we went from suspect to respect with some local police- His experience running on the University of Cincinnati track team and the challenges of competing in the segregated south- How he ran his first marathon at age 32, ran in the Olympics at 33, and ran the London to Brighton race—his first ultramarathon—at the age of 43- How Ted was a master physical therapist and used his knowledge to overcome the many injuries he faced during his career due to over-training, often going over 300 miles per week- His role in perfecting the wheel-based measurement system still used today to measure courses and ensure accuracy- The many forgotten people who helped to create and grow the sport, and the many forgotten black distance runners who preceded Ted Corbitt- How Ted Corbitt was one of the inaugural inductee’s into the US Distance Running Hall of Fame, along with Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit, and Kathrine SwitzerThoughts on Running and Preserving History Today- The efforts the National Black Marathoner’s Association is making to work with major marathons to get more black people running- The amazing collection of letters Ted Corbitt left behind, and Gary’s plan to publish them all together in a book- His goal to inspire new historians to help document the history or running as well as the milestones being made today- His goal to create the Ted Corbitt Institute for Running History Research to support historians and historical research- And finally, how Go Be More means that when you see a need and you can fill it, you need to do soIf you liked this episode, check out our interviews with NBMA President Tony Reed and coach/promoter Tracy Sundlun.And, you can now get these show notes sent directly to your email. Sign up here!Recorded August 21, 2020.References:Ted Corbitt: An American Pioneer - tedcorbitt.comTed Corbitt - Pioneer - FacebookNew York Road Runners - NYRR.orgRoad Runners Club of America - RRCA.orgGuest:Gary Corbitt - @corbittgHosts:Bryan Green - @sendaibry, Go Be More BlogJon Rankin - @chasejonrankin, Go Be MoreLinks:Go Be More websiteGo Be More YouTube ChannelFeedbackSubscribe on your favorite player:Simplecast

Episode #64: Don Kardong, 4th Place in the 1976 Olympic Marathon

Clean Sport Collective

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 65:39

You've heard the story of Frank Shorter and how he was robbed of a second gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Marathon (discussed in episode 15). But, have you heard the story of the fourth place finisher that day - American Don Kardong. He finished just 3 seconds out of bronze on that day and should be the rightful holder of that medal after the winner Waldemar Cierpinski was later implicated in a state-sponsored doping program in East Germany. Even though the International Olympic Committee has acknowledged that cheating occurred, they have yet to correct the record because the statute of limitations has expired. Now 71 years old, Don still waits for his rightly-deserved medal. In this episode, Chris and Kara catch up with Don to hear his side of the story. We discuss his beginnings in the sport when he joined cross country to stay fit for the basketball team. We hear about his decorated career at Stanford racing rival Steve Prefontaine from Oregon. Post-collegiately, Don shares how he continued to train to make the Olympic team, running two-a-days while working full-time as a 6th grade teacher in Spokane. He talks about making the 1976 Olympic team with Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers but how no one expected him to perform well at the Games. He then gives all of the details of that bittersweet day in 1976 in Montreal including what he felt like during, immediately after, and of course nearly 2 decades later when he learned the news of Cierpinski's cheating. Even though he was robbed on that day, Don has gone on to play so many important roles in our sport as a writer for Runner's World, President of the Road Runners Club of America, and founder and race director of the Lilac Bloomsday Run, one of the largest road races in the country. He also continues to give back to clean sport by helping race directors initiate drug testing programs through the Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO). Because it is never too late to do the right thing, we want to see Don awarded his medal. He deserved then, and he definitely deserves it now. Thank you to Don for sharing his story with us.

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Episode #197: When to Press and When to Rest

Running Rogue

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 62:55

In last week's episode, Frank Shorter talked about following your instincts, knowing when to press and when to rest in training. BUT... that is easier said than done. It's really hard in practice and generally takes a lot of experience to get the balance right. Even at 20 years of running, however, I still make those mistakes. In this episode, I give you cues to use within a training season and within a workout that tell you when to back off and when to go for it. How do you know when to back off in training? How do you know when not to do the full number of reps? Those are the critical questions that I try to answer for you in this episode.

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Episode #196: Adapt Your Training during COVID Times with Frank Shorter and Ben Rosario

Running Rogue

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 77:22

In this episode, I recap the Diamond Monaco meet from last Friday and then jump into a fascinating conversation with Frank Shorter and Ben Rosario on adapting your training during COVID times. Plus, we get bonus thoughts from Ben on Michael Jordan and the Last Dance documentary and from Frank on Steve Prefontaine, as well as fun recaps of Frank's gold medal in Munich in 1972 and Aliphine Tuliamuk's victory at the Olympic Trials in February. There's lots of great wisdom on training in this one. Enjoy! For those who prefer the video version of this conversation, you can see that here: https://youtu.be/FNAnQNnA2zc

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Episode 62 – David Chavana (All-America City 10K)

In A Skirt Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 63:14

David Chavana started running in the 1970s after he watched Frank Shorter almost win the 1976 Olympic marathon. Running became a big part of his life and it was only recently, after close to 44 years of running, that he had to stop because of a knee injury. In this episode, you’ll hear how much he loves runners and the running community and how he still finds ways to be a part of that community. In 1983, David organized a 10K in Edinburg, Texas. The 10K has been held every year since. It was first known as the All-America City 10K, but a couple of years ago the name was changed to honor David. It is now known as the David Chavana All-America City 10K. Over the years, David has worked hard to grow and advance the race. It started out with one distance—the 10K—and a couple of hundred participants. This past year, they had more than 3,000 participants in the 10K and 5,000 in the 2-mile. And while participants had to stop at red lights and wait for traffic the first year, the race is now a certified course with an elite field. But the one thing David has worked hard to keep the same is the family-friendly and “anyone-can-run” atmosphere. Although this race has all the fixings of a big-time competition, David makes sure it stays affordable so racing can be accessible to everyone. The registration fee is only $5 or $10, depending on age, or totally free, depending on need. I could go on and on about the way this race is set up, because I think it’s fantastic and wish we could find a way to replicate its model across the country, but I’m going to let you listen to David tell you all about it and I hope—if racing is OK to do next year—I will be able to see some of you at the 2021 David Chavana All America City 10K. Show Notes: David Chavana All-America City 10K Ucan (use code INASKIRT for 15% off) Follow In A Skirt: In A Skirt Website In A Skirt on Facebook In A Skirt on Instagram In A Skirt on Twitter

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Frank Shorter: Listen to Your Body

The Run Healthy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 49:40

Get the Recover Athletics App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/recover-athletics/id1488347465 Original music and Audio Editing by Dan Langa; Follow Dan on Instagram; Follow Dan on Spotify https://recoverathletics.com**This month, we'll donate 30% of subscription sales to the Equal Justice Initiative in support of racial justice**

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GOAT Final Four, Alicia Monson Joins Us After Turning Pro, LRC Surprise Guest

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 107:08

Alicia Monson, the American star who just turned pro joins us at 68:45 to discuss her career, what it's like going pro in these crazy times and more. Prior to that we've got marathon talk, COVID talk, a special guest who gave up LetsRun.com for Lent, and the Greatest American Distance Runner Final Four Jim Ryun vs Frank Shorter and Jenny Simpson vs Deena Kastor. Plus, deleted thread of week, letsdrink.com and more. Show notes below. The podcast is sponsored by TheFeed.com. They've got everything you need to perform at your best and try and stay healthy. Wejo just got his goody back and is pumped. They have a new product - BLDG Active's Anti-microbial Face and Hand Spray which is a medical-grade solution you can take with you to spray on your hands and face. Go to TheFeed.com/Letsrun for more info and use code LETSRUN to save 15% off your entire order. Start: Intro: Marathons in the fall? Kim Jong Un vs Trump vs Merkel at 5k11:30 LRC surprise guest and super visitor Katie Harris joins us to discuss giving up LetsRun for Lent27:03 Covid thoughts32:15 Coogan's closes36:30 GOAT Voting and Vote Tampering by Rojo: Jim Ryun v Frank Shorter, Jenny Simpson > Joan Benoit v Deena Kastor53:00 Max Sigel Takes a Paycut, Duke getting a new coach64:25 Frank Shorter quitter?68:45 Alicia Monson Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/a9fb9337-7c41-4879-9b16-1c56a6163000

#21 - Frank Shorter - Olympic Marathon Champion 1972

Sweat Elite

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 72:23

Frank Shorter is known by many to be the father of the modern day running boom. Frank won gold in the Marathon at the 1972 Olympic Games, won silver in the Marathon at the 1976 Olympic Games, was the USA XC Champion 4 times, was the USA 10,000m Champion 6 times and won the Fukuoka Marathon 4 times. He was also the chairman of the USA Anti Doping agency between 2000 and 2003. In this podcast episode recorded from his home in Boulder, Colorado (USA) Frank talks about: – his training philosophy in detail (Frank never trained at slower than 65sec/400m pace during interval sessions).– being spontaneous with threshold/tempo runs, deciding some days to change an easy run to a threshold/tempo run.– racing and training with Steve Prefontaine.– Running with an injured ankle for over a year (and through the Montreal 1976 Olympics where he placed 2nd in the Marathon).– winning the 1972 Olympic Games in the Marathon.– placing second at the 1976 Olympic Games in the Marathon.– practicing surging/changing pace in training (and some example training sessions).– peaking for his key races.– experimenting with restricting carbohydrate intake before the final carbohydrate load leading into races.– circadian rhythms relating to peak performance.– the new ruling on racing shoes and the parallels with doping. SUBSCRIBE to Sweat Elite to learn much more about elite distance running: www.sweatelite.co/subscribe-now.

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#21 – Frank Shorter (Marathon – Olympic Champion 1972)

Sweat Elite

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 72:23

Frank Shorter is known by many to be the father of the modern day running boom. Frank won gold in the Marathon at the 1972 Olympic Games, won silver in the Marathon at the 1976 Olympic Games, was the USA XC Champion 4 times, was the USA 10,000m Champion 6 times and won the Fukuoka Marathon 4 times. He was also the chairman of the USA Anti Doping agency between 2000 and 2003. In this podcast episode recorded from his home in Boulder, Colorado (USA) Frank talks about: – his training philosophy in detail (Frank never trained at slower than 65sec/400m pace during interval sessions). – being spontaneous with threshold/tempo runs, deciding some days to change an easy run to a threshold/tempo run. – racing and training with Steve Prefontaine. – Running with an injured ankle for over a year (and through the Montreal 1976 Olympics where he placed 2nd in the Marathon). – winning the 1972 Olympic Games in the Marathon. – placing second at the 1976 Olympic Games in the Marathon. – practicing surging/changing pace in training (and some example training sessions). – peaking for his key races. – experimenting with restricting carbohydrate intake before the final carbohydrate load leading into races. – circadian rhythms relating to peak performance. – the new ruling on racing shoes and the parallels with doping. — — — Learn more about the training methods of the world’s best distance runners by subscribing to Sweat Elite: www.sweatelite.co/subscribe-now –

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Episode #19: Frank Shorter, Part 2

Clean Sport Collective

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 55:22

In this episode, we bring you part two of our two-part interview with US marathon legend Frank Shorter. As a reminder, Frank Shorter is the only American to win two Olympic medals for the marathon distance earning gold in 1972 in Munich and silver in 1976 in Montreal. In this discussion with Chris and Kara, we pick up where we left off last time and hear additional stories on the early days of USADA and Frank's role in it from the early Balco scandal to the Lance Armstrong case. We also learn the behind-the-scenes story on why Frank stepped away from his active role with USADA in 2003. From there, we fast forward to today to understand Frank's perspective on several recent topics in the sport of running including the Alberto Salazar suspension, the heartbreaking Mary Cain allegations against Salazar and the Oregon Project from this week, and of course, the great shoe debate of recent weeks. Frank's perspective is invaluable as someone with a long and unique history in our sport. For reference, here is the video op-ed from the NY Times with Mary Cain: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/nike-running-mary-cain.html

Episode #15: Frank Shorter, 2-time Olympic Medalist in the Marathon

Clean Sport Collective

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 54:45

In this episode, we bring you part one of a two-part interview with US marathon legend Frank Shorter. Frank Shorter is the only American to win two Olympic medals for the marathon distance earning gold in 1972 in Munich and silver in 1976 in Montreal. Sadly, in 1976 he was robbed of a second gold medal moment when he was beaten by East German runner Waldemar Cierpinski who would later be directly linked to a state-sponsored doping program. Frank's marathon successes sparked the marathon movement here in the US as thousands of everyday runners flocked to cover the 26.2 mile distance. Frank would go on to earn a law degree at the University of Florida and become an integral part of the professionalization of track and field including negotiation of some of the very first sponsorship deals. Then in the late 1990's, Frank helped develop the vision for and lead the formation of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) where he served as Chairman from 2000-2003. In this interview, Kara and Chris chat with Frank about his beginnings as a marathoner and how training then differed dramatically from training now. In addition, Frank shares stories of his Olympic experiences including what it was like to get beat in 1976 by a suspiciously unknown runner who just seemed to effortlessly glide away. Finally, don't miss the conclusion of the podcast where Frank shares an unbelievable story about the formation of USADA and the near-perfect combination of events and personalities (including President Bill Clinton) that made it happen. Stay tuned for part two of the interview that will be released in several weeks.

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Who Are The Favorites For Worlds, Craig Engels Is Skipping A DL Meet To Go To A Wedding, Will Alexa Efraimson Ever PR, The DL is Back, Max Burgin Bombs, and More

Mile High Magazine Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 88:21

There was a ton to talk about this week as the Diamond League has returned and Shaunae Miller-Uibo's unbeaten streak has passed the two year mark. We spend a ton of time talking about how exciting and wide-open Worlds are going to be this year with few huge mid-d or distance favorites. Plus Craig Engels may miss the DL final because he has to go to a wedding, Max Burgin gets rave reviews for bombing in Birmingham, an American man has won the Falmouth Road Race for the 1st time since 1988, Nike says it won't reduce a woman's sponsorship deal for 8 months before giving birth and 10 months after, the Kenyan 10,000 Trials are in the books, and will Alexa Efraimson finally PR in 2020? And even a little ultra talk at the end. Full show notes with time stamps appear below our sponsor plugs. Need new running shoes? Go to http://www.letsrun.com/shoes/ to find a better pair of shoes or save on your favorite shoes. Are you using CBD for recovery? If you want to try certified CBD products go to https://floydsofleadville.com and use code RUN2019 to save 15%. Show notes: 2:30 Jonathan Gault responds to being called a “doping apologist” and talks about his Jarrion Lawson article 7:20 Birmingham DL talk as Jonathan reveals an exclusive that the IAAF told him about Shaunae Miller-Uibo 23:00 Jonathan talks about Craig Engels potentially missing the DL finale as he is serving as the best man in a wedding 27:50 We talk about how exciting and wide open the mid-d and distance races will be at Worlds as there aren't really many big favorites like Mo Farah, David Rudisha, etc. We break down all of the events one by one. 52:30 We talk about the 2019 Falmouth Road Race and Miles. 59:30 We talk about Nike's new child-birth policy regarding women's sponsorships. 61:50 We apologize to the people of Aarhus for Donald Trump cancelling his visit to Denmark, before going to talk about the 10 year anniversary of Usain Bolt's 9.58 67:53 Rojo introduces a new segment “Where your dreams don't become reality” but ends up raving about the way Max Burgin handled his Diamond League stinker in Birmingham 71:45 Rojo talks about how Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter once agreed to tie in a road-race in 1975 while Jon talks about how he saw Frank Shorter wearing a singlet from Steve Prefontaine's high school at Falmouth. 75:00 Rojo analyzes Alexa Efraimson's training and predicts a future PR for her. He also teases that John Kellogg may come out of retirement. 80:45 The talk turns to former 800 phenom Jonathan Jones who know is excelling in the 400 at Texas 86:15 We conclude with talk of the Leadville 100 To be on the podcast call 844-LETSRUN (538-7786). Leave us feedback here https://www.letsrun.com/podcast/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by donating to the tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun

Mile High Magazine 03/10/19 and 3/31/19 Frank Shorter Race for Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 15:37

Guest: Frank Shorter1972 Olympic Gold Medalist in the Marathon and Silver in 1976 and Ellen Duran is a registered nurse from Health One and a member of the Board of Directors of Healthy Learning Paths. Healthy Learning Path is a program that was developed by a physician that realized that healthy patterns in life needed to start with kids. Showing and teaching kids about health- physical, emotional and spiritual. A very holistic approach for health. The 10th annual Frank Shorter Race 4 Kids Health will be on April 7th at the First Bank Center in Broomfield. Website: https://race4kidshealth.com/expo/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 4-352 – Frank Gianinno – The USA Cross Country Record Falls

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2016 47:26

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-352 – Frank Gianinno – The USA Cross Country Record Falls (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4352.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to Episode 4-352 of the RunRunLive Podcast. How are you doing? Hanging in there? Good. It's been a weird couple weeks, But we made it. Here we are. It's the middle of November. I am another year older and as far as I know the sun is going to come up today. Although I can't be too sure because we're in that part of the year where we wake up in the dark and come home in the dark up here in New England. The leaves are all down and the bones of the old Earth are poking through the great canvas. It's cold in mornings and that feels good on our old bodies. I've already had a fire in the fireplace. Today we have a great chat with Frank Gianinno who held the record for the cross USA run until Pete Kostelnick broke it! In section one we'll talk about the advantage of creating seasons of losing fitness into your endurance careers. In section two we'll inspect how today's environment is wired to keep us from focusing on long term, high value projects. And I'll issue a challenge for you to join me in a 30 day project. My running is going fine. I'm starting to lay on some more miles now that I'm fully recovered from Portland. I've been doing a lot of strength work especially in my glutes and hips. Buddy the old wonder dog is doing fine. He's nuts though. Compulsive border collies don't make the best retirees. He's up in the mornings, ready to go and bothers me like a 3-year-old until he collapses on his bed for a 2-hour nap. I'll take him out at lunch for a short run in woods behind my house. He can still manage a slow 20 minutes but his hips bother him. We give him the Glucosamine treats and those help. As near as I can tell Buddy will be 13 this month. He's gone a bit deaf as well, but I think some of that may be an affectation. He just doesn't want to listen anymore. It's a bit like living with a crazy old person. He'll start barking for no reason and running around the house. He hears imaginary threats. The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported. We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Yes, we are still working on setting up the separate podcast feed for the member's content. Most recently I recorded and uploaded the first chapter of the zombie novel I've been writing for 30 years. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro's, Outro's, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3's you can download and listen to at any time. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … I've been filling my birdfeeder this month. The wild birds in my yard love it. It's a party outside the window every day. I've got all your normal wild New England birds. There are the small black and white chickadees that are our state bird. There are the similar looking nuthatches. There are titmice and a flock of sparrows that come in like a motorcycle gang taking over the town. There are mourning doves and cow birds who pick up the leftovers on the ground. I've got a pileated woodpecker or two and some angry looking blue jays. Occasionally we'll be surprised by a goldfinch or a ruby crested kingslet or some other unique visitor. This morning I got up to let Buddy out at 5AM. As I held his collar in one hand and reached for his lead with the other I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye. It was a big old skunk snarfing around under the birdfeeder for left overs not 2 feet from where I was standing with the dog. I quickly pulled the dog back inside. Crisis avoided. Imagine how different my day could have been? On with the show! Section one – Purposeful Deconditioning - Voices of reason – the conversation Frank Gianinno – Cross USA world record holder 1980 – 2016 Frank's Store: Frank's Custom Shoe-Fitting Happy Feet, Guaranteed329 Route 211 East, Middletown NY 10940 845.342.9226 frankg@shoe-fitter.com Frank's Story: I began fitting running shoes in 1977 in Eugene, Oregon, while attending school there. I have been a shoe store entrepreneur since 1983. Two friends, Bob Bright and Bill Glatz, opened a running store in New Paltz, New York, in 1978 called Catch Us If You Can. I was with them when Bob suggested the idea to Bill. I ran regularly with Bob and Bill and helped them in their store. I knew it was just a matter of time before I too would own a running shoe store. Orange Runners Club co-founder, Bruce Birnbaum, gave me that chance at ownership in 1981. The Middletown New York store was called Blisters Ltd. Blister's was opened for business for only one year. The next opportunity at ownership was with Albert Weinert Jr. in 1984. At first the business was called Frank's Run-In Room. A few years later we incorporated the business under the name Orange County Sporting Goods. I became the sole proprietor in 1991. In 1998, I changed the name to Frank's Custom Shoe-Fitting. In 2003, I became a Board Certified Pedorthist. Here are the (14) key life experiences that put me on the path to the running shoe business: 1. Received the Eagle Scout Award, Troop 55, Blauvelt, New York, 1967; 2. Ran Track at Tappan Zee High School my freshman year; 3. Ran Track and Cross Country for three years at Valley Central High School in Montgomery, New York, graduated 1970; 4. Ran Cross Country during my two years at Orange County Community College, Middletown, New York; 5. Completed Army basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1972; 6. During advanced basic training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, I watched the Olympic Games in Munich on television as Frank Shorter won Olympic Gold in the Marathon and Steve Prefontaine finished 4th in the 5,000 Meters; 7. Lived in Anchorage, Alaska, from December 1972 thru June 1975 during the “Black Gold Rush”, ran my first marathon there; 8. Spent the entire summer 1975 traveling from Alaska thru Canada and all over the USA really seeing the sights and getting to know the lay of our great land; 8. While attending SUNY New Paltz in 1975-76 ran (3) marathons in Buffalo, Maryland and Boston running Maryland in a lifetime personal best of 2:39:34; 9. While living in New Paltz that year I trained almost every day with Bob Bright; 10. While in Flagstaff Arizona 1976-77, completed my undergraduate degree and learned a great deal while training at an altitude of 7,000 feet; 11. Spent the summer 1977 traveling around the west with my brother John; Attended the University of Oregon for two semesters and lowered my personal best 10K to 32:59; 12. Worked in my first store selling running shoes Sugar Pine Ridge in Eugene, Oregon; 13. Returned to New Paltz in April 1978 for the Boston Marathon to handle for my two friends Bob Bright (27) and Bill Glatz (20) where they ran 2:37:24 and 2:32:00 respectively. The running scene in New Paltz had really elevated. While living in Flagstaff and Eugene, I really missed running in the Gunks and of course my friends and the social scene in New Paltz. 14. While in Boston I noticed a book called My Run across the United States by Don Shepherd, and started to dream about a run of my own. Soon after Boston 1978 I knew my career path was going to have a great deal to do with running. Everything I was doing revolved around the running lifestyle. Nothing ever felt more real. I have stayed close to the running sports ever since. I will continue to do so until the day I die. Frank's record setting run across the USA There were actually two Runs. The first effort began on March 1, 1979, in Santa Monica, California. During a pre-dawn rain, Frank and his friend Bill Glatz scooped up some Pacific Ocean water. They handed it to their friend and handler, Rebecca Wright, to store in their donated motor home. The water would be part of a ceremony of "West meets East" on the water's edge at New York City's Battery Park at the completion of the Run. Run #1 began from the parking lot of the Four Seasons Restaurant on Highway One, overlooking the Pacific. Prior to this, Frank and Bill often trained in the Shawangunk Mountains near New Paltz, NY. Arguably, New York's Hudson Valley Region is one of the best places to train on Earth. The mountain trails of the 'Gunks', world- famous for rock climbing, hiking and boldering, also feature some of the best 'Rave Runs' anywhere. Currently, the U. S. Marathon team trains there. The countless miles on the carriage trails of Mohonk and Minnewaska helped prepare them for their odyssey. After a rough start, Billy decided not to continue. He departed Run #1 early on day eleven in Phoenix, only after he was sure that Frank and Becky would be able to keep up the 50-mile per day pace needed to reach the finish in 60 days. Despite daily terrain and weather challenges, Frank's greatest concerns were physical. Thankfully, symptoms that could lead to injury would disappear, despite running all day, day after day. Much of this was due to creative shoe modifications, lower leg compression hose and an understanding of self, along with the constant help of Becky. Frank, with Becky's undaunted support and friendship, finished Run #1 arriving at New York City Hall on April 30, 1979, sixty days and six hours after that rainy start. They ran through thirteen states, covered 2,876 miles, averaging fifty miles per day. Their adventures along the way have become legendary. At the end of a brief ceremony in Battery Park, the Twin Towers looming overhead, Frank answered a reporter's question regarding, "Would you ever do it again?" by saying he was definitely going to do another run: this time from San Francisco to New York. He knew that for his next Run he would need greater financing and a larger support crew. Four months later, Frank won the Kingston Half Marathon in 1:12:05. Then in March of 1980, he finished second in the St. Patrick's Day 10K in New Paltz with a time of 33:00. All the high mileage coming across the country paid off, as Frank enjoyed the best racing performances of his life. His only other standout performance, time-wise, was his 2:39:34 in the 1975 Maryland Marathon. RUN #2 Sixteen months after the finish of Run #1, after a brief ceremony, Frank began Run #2 from the steps of San Francisco's City Hall. This time his support crew consisted of his family and a friend. His brother John stayed with him on a bicycle to give immediate support. He had a radio/cassette player mounted on the back of the bike, as well as medical supplies and food for he and Frank. His parents, Frank Sr. and Josephine Giannino, drove the motor home and provided all-round support. His friend Bruce Goldberg did the public relations work, contacting the media, United Way representatives and running clubs along the way. Frank Sr., a retired male nurse, looked after Frank's health and the health of everyone on the trip. He drove and maintained the motor home. Josephine created a homey atmosphere in the motor home, did the cooking and calorie counting, and kept a detailed diary of her experiences. The family dog, Brindle, was on the trip too. Things were not easy on Run #2. On the 4th of July, Stan Cottrell of Georgia raised the performance bar, completing a well-financed run from New York City to San Francisco in 48 days 1 hour 48 minutes, an average of 64 miles per day. Frank's original plan for Run #2 was to average 60 miles per day. Cottrell's effort raised the bar. Not only did he have to better that average, but he had to do it convincingly. Frank did not have the gifts of a fast ultra-marathoner, but he did have two things going for him Â— he had done this before, and he had the perfect support team to do it with - his family! If he was going to average more than 64 miles per day, everything was going to have to come together perfectly. Frank's plan was to reach Fort Collins, CO at an average of 60 miles per day. After that, he planned to average 70 miles per day. The plan was to run 2.5 miles at 10-12 minutes per mile, walk a little, run 2.5 again and repeat the process through twenty miles; then break for breakfast for one hour; run/walk another twenty miles; break one hour for lunch; then run as many miles as possible into the nighttime hours. The first four days across California were rough. Frank's pace was slow. California roads were very busy. The family was not making enough sacrifices in an effort to reach seventy miles per day. Instead of foregoing showers and parking near the finish marker, the family would drive out of its way for a KOA, in order to be comfortable after the fifty or so miles they had covered. This pace was far below the 60 miles and ultimately 70 miles that would be needed daily. With a renewed resolve, all family members dug in and made sacrifices. In some cases, the sacrifices were painful. Frank Sr. came down with dysentery in Nevada. John's bike was run over. Bruce survived stomach problems. Frank lost three toenails. Brindle, more than once, managed to collect burrs in her fur while seeking relief during roadside pit-stops. The stories, as on Run #1, are legendary. Suffice it to say, things worked out in the end. The group tightened up the routine. They grabbed showers when available. Only Frank bathed at the end of the day in the motor home shower. Frank's mileage routine increased. After Fort Collins, the crew awoke at 3:00 AM; Frank ran 25 miles; broke for breakfast; twenty five more miles; lunch; then as many miles as possible by dark. They reached the 70-mile goal almost every day and finished in 46 days 8 hours 36 minutes. The Guinness Book of World Records still lists it as the fastest crossing of the United States on foot. Many people influenced Frank's decisions to do these runs. None more than the efforts of Dave MacGillivray. One of Dave's many personal accomplishments was his 1978 run across America for the Jimmy Fund. David is the director of the Boston Marathon and is a great and cherished resource. Section two Urgency and long term thinking - Outro Well my friends you have run completely across the country to the end of episode 4-352 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Are you tired? The next race for me will be the Thanksgiving morning Turkey trot. I don't like 5k's. You'd think I'd be ok with 20 minutes of intense effort versus a multi-hour campaign. But, no, I'm not. It takes my body 10+ minutes to warm up to race effort. If I jump in cold the race is almost over before my heart rate normalizes. It hurts too. It's a foreign feeling for me now to force myself to race at tempo pace. I'd much prefer the slow dull blade of a fat adapted endurance effort to the white-hot burn of a short race. I'll tell you a story. When I was 14 or 15 this time of year I ran cross country for my school. We would take the school van to other small New England prep schools in within driving distance for meets. I remember one cold morning in November we went to an away meet. When the race began it started snowing. The snowflakes were those big fluffy ones that you get early in the season when winter isn't quite sure of itself yet. They float down like big, fluffy, wet potato chips and dissolve into anything they hit. When we ran in those days we ran in short shorts and a racing singlet. I can remember those big snowflakes covering my exposed thighs as I raced, making them numb as the snow evaporated. I don't remember anything else about that day, just the crunch of the leaves under my Nike Waffle Racers and the numb wetness of my thighs. I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

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Episode 4-352 – Frank Gianinno – The USA Cross Country Record Falls

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 47:26

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-352 – Frank Gianinno – The USA Cross Country Record Falls (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4352.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to Episode 4-352 of the RunRunLive Podcast. How are you doing? Hanging in there? Good. It’s been a weird couple weeks, But we made it. Here we are. It’s the middle of November. I am another year older and as far as I know the sun is going to come up today. Although I can’t be too sure because we’re in that part of the year where we wake up in the dark and come home in the dark up here in New England. The leaves are all down and the bones of the old Earth are poking through the great canvas. It’s cold in mornings and that feels good on our old bodies. I’ve already had a fire in the fireplace. Today we have a great chat with Frank Gianinno who held the record for the cross USA run until Pete Kostelnick broke it! In section one we’ll talk about the advantage of creating seasons of losing fitness into your endurance careers. In section two we’ll inspect how today’s environment is wired to keep us from focusing on long term, high value projects. And I’ll issue a challenge for you to join me in a 30 day project. My running is going fine. I’m starting to lay on some more miles now that I’m fully recovered from Portland. I’ve been doing a lot of strength work especially in my glutes and hips. Buddy the old wonder dog is doing fine. He’s nuts though. Compulsive border collies don’t make the best retirees. He’s up in the mornings, ready to go and bothers me like a 3-year-old until he collapses on his bed for a 2-hour nap. I’ll take him out at lunch for a short run in woods behind my house. He can still manage a slow 20 minutes but his hips bother him. We give him the Glucosamine treats and those help. As near as I can tell Buddy will be 13 this month. He’s gone a bit deaf as well, but I think some of that may be an affectation. He just doesn’t want to listen anymore. It’s a bit like living with a crazy old person. He’ll start barking for no reason and running around the house. He hears imaginary threats. The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported. We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Yes, we are still working on setting up the separate podcast feed for the member’s content. Most recently I recorded and uploaded the first chapter of the zombie novel I’ve been writing for 30 years. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro’s, Outro’s, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3’s you can download and listen to at any time. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … I’ve been filling my birdfeeder this month. The wild birds in my yard love it. It’s a party outside the window every day. I’ve got all your normal wild New England birds. There are the small black and white chickadees that are our state bird. There are the similar looking nuthatches. There are titmice and a flock of sparrows that come in like a motorcycle gang taking over the town. There are mourning doves and cow birds who pick up the leftovers on the ground. I’ve got a pileated woodpecker or two and some angry looking blue jays. Occasionally we’ll be surprised by a goldfinch or a ruby crested kingslet or some other unique visitor. This morning I got up to let Buddy out at 5AM. As I held his collar in one hand and reached for his lead with the other I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye. It was a big old skunk snarfing around under the birdfeeder for left overs not 2 feet from where I was standing with the dog. I quickly pulled the dog back inside. Crisis avoided. Imagine how different my day could have been? On with the show! Section one – Purposeful Deconditioning - Voices of reason – the conversation Frank Gianinno – Cross USA world record holder 1980 – 2016 Frank’s Store: Frank's Custom Shoe-Fitting Happy Feet, Guaranteed329 Route 211 East, Middletown NY 10940 845.342.9226 frankg@shoe-fitter.com Frank’s Story: I began fitting running shoes in 1977 in Eugene, Oregon, while attending school there. I have been a shoe store entrepreneur since 1983. Two friends, Bob Bright and Bill Glatz, opened a running store in New Paltz, New York, in 1978 called Catch Us If You Can. I was with them when Bob suggested the idea to Bill. I ran regularly with Bob and Bill and helped them in their store. I knew it was just a matter of time before I too would own a running shoe store. Orange Runners Club co-founder, Bruce Birnbaum, gave me that chance at ownership in 1981. The Middletown New York store was called Blisters Ltd. Blister’s was opened for business for only one year. The next opportunity at ownership was with Albert Weinert Jr. in 1984. At first the business was called Frank’s Run-In Room. A few years later we incorporated the business under the name Orange County Sporting Goods. I became the sole proprietor in 1991. In 1998, I changed the name to Frank’s Custom Shoe-Fitting. In 2003, I became a Board Certified Pedorthist. Here are the (14) key life experiences that put me on the path to the running shoe business: 1. Received the Eagle Scout Award, Troop 55, Blauvelt, New York, 1967; 2. Ran Track at Tappan Zee High School my freshman year; 3. Ran Track and Cross Country for three years at Valley Central High School in Montgomery, New York, graduated 1970; 4. Ran Cross Country during my two years at Orange County Community College, Middletown, New York; 5. Completed Army basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1972; 6. During advanced basic training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, I watched the Olympic Games in Munich on television as Frank Shorter won Olympic Gold in the Marathon and Steve Prefontaine finished 4th in the 5,000 Meters; 7. Lived in Anchorage, Alaska, from December 1972 thru June 1975 during the “Black Gold Rush”, ran my first marathon there; 8. Spent the entire summer 1975 traveling from Alaska thru Canada and all over the USA really seeing the sights and getting to know the lay of our great land; 8. While attending SUNY New Paltz in 1975-76 ran (3) marathons in Buffalo, Maryland and Boston running Maryland in a lifetime personal best of 2:39:34; 9. While living in New Paltz that year I trained almost every day with Bob Bright; 10. While in Flagstaff Arizona 1976-77, completed my undergraduate degree and learned a great deal while training at an altitude of 7,000 feet; 11. Spent the summer 1977 traveling around the west with my brother John; Attended the University of Oregon for two semesters and lowered my personal best 10K to 32:59; 12. Worked in my first store selling running shoes Sugar Pine Ridge in Eugene, Oregon; 13. Returned to New Paltz in April 1978 for the Boston Marathon to handle for my two friends Bob Bright (27) and Bill Glatz (20) where they ran 2:37:24 and 2:32:00 respectively. The running scene in New Paltz had really elevated. While living in Flagstaff and Eugene, I really missed running in the Gunks and of course my friends and the social scene in New Paltz. 14. While in Boston I noticed a book called My Run across the United States by Don Shepherd, and started to dream about a run of my own. Soon after Boston 1978 I knew my career path was going to have a great deal to do with running. Everything I was doing revolved around the running lifestyle. Nothing ever felt more real. I have stayed close to the running sports ever since. I will continue to do so until the day I die. Frank’s record setting run across the USA There were actually two Runs. The first effort began on March 1, 1979, in Santa Monica, California. During a pre-dawn rain, Frank and his friend Bill Glatz scooped up some Pacific Ocean water. They handed it to their friend and handler, Rebecca Wright, to store in their donated motor home. The water would be part of a ceremony of "West meets East" on the water's edge at New York City's Battery Park at the completion of the Run. Run #1 began from the parking lot of the Four Seasons Restaurant on Highway One, overlooking the Pacific. Prior to this, Frank and Bill often trained in the Shawangunk Mountains near New Paltz, NY. Arguably, New York's Hudson Valley Region is one of the best places to train on Earth. The mountain trails of the 'Gunks', world- famous for rock climbing, hiking and boldering, also feature some of the best 'Rave Runs' anywhere. Currently, the U. S. Marathon team trains there. The countless miles on the carriage trails of Mohonk and Minnewaska helped prepare them for their odyssey. After a rough start, Billy decided not to continue. He departed Run #1 early on day eleven in Phoenix, only after he was sure that Frank and Becky would be able to keep up the 50-mile per day pace needed to reach the finish in 60 days. Despite daily terrain and weather challenges, Frank's greatest concerns were physical. Thankfully, symptoms that could lead to injury would disappear, despite running all day, day after day. Much of this was due to creative shoe modifications, lower leg compression hose and an understanding of self, along with the constant help of Becky. Frank, with Becky's undaunted support and friendship, finished Run #1 arriving at New York City Hall on April 30, 1979, sixty days and six hours after that rainy start. They ran through thirteen states, covered 2,876 miles, averaging fifty miles per day. Their adventures along the way have become legendary. At the end of a brief ceremony in Battery Park, the Twin Towers looming overhead, Frank answered a reporter's question regarding, "Would you ever do it again?" by saying he was definitely going to do another run: this time from San Francisco to New York. He knew that for his next Run he would need greater financing and a larger support crew. Four months later, Frank won the Kingston Half Marathon in 1:12:05. Then in March of 1980, he finished second in the St. Patrick's Day 10K in New Paltz with a time of 33:00. All the high mileage coming across the country paid off, as Frank enjoyed the best racing performances of his life. His only other standout performance, time-wise, was his 2:39:34 in the 1975 Maryland Marathon. RUN #2 Sixteen months after the finish of Run #1, after a brief ceremony, Frank began Run #2 from the steps of San Francisco's City Hall. This time his support crew consisted of his family and a friend. His brother John stayed with him on a bicycle to give immediate support. He had a radio/cassette player mounted on the back of the bike, as well as medical supplies and food for he and Frank. His parents, Frank Sr. and Josephine Giannino, drove the motor home and provided all-round support. His friend Bruce Goldberg did the public relations work, contacting the media, United Way representatives and running clubs along the way. Frank Sr., a retired male nurse, looked after Frank's health and the health of everyone on the trip. He drove and maintained the motor home. Josephine created a homey atmosphere in the motor home, did the cooking and calorie counting, and kept a detailed diary of her experiences. The family dog, Brindle, was on the trip too. Things were not easy on Run #2. On the 4th of July, Stan Cottrell of Georgia raised the performance bar, completing a well-financed run from New York City to San Francisco in 48 days 1 hour 48 minutes, an average of 64 miles per day. Frank's original plan for Run #2 was to average 60 miles per day. Cottrell's effort raised the bar. Not only did he have to better that average, but he had to do it convincingly. Frank did not have the gifts of a fast ultra-marathoner, but he did have two things going for him Â— he had done this before, and he had the perfect support team to do it with - his family! If he was going to average more than 64 miles per day, everything was going to have to come together perfectly. Frank's plan was to reach Fort Collins, CO at an average of 60 miles per day. After that, he planned to average 70 miles per day. The plan was to run 2.5 miles at 10-12 minutes per mile, walk a little, run 2.5 again and repeat the process through twenty miles; then break for breakfast for one hour; run/walk another twenty miles; break one hour for lunch; then run as many miles as possible into the nighttime hours. The first four days across California were rough. Frank's pace was slow. California roads were very busy. The family was not making enough sacrifices in an effort to reach seventy miles per day. Instead of foregoing showers and parking near the finish marker, the family would drive out of its way for a KOA, in order to be comfortable after the fifty or so miles they had covered. This pace was far below the 60 miles and ultimately 70 miles that would be needed daily. With a renewed resolve, all family members dug in and made sacrifices. In some cases, the sacrifices were painful. Frank Sr. came down with dysentery in Nevada. John's bike was run over. Bruce survived stomach problems. Frank lost three toenails. Brindle, more than once, managed to collect burrs in her fur while seeking relief during roadside pit-stops. The stories, as on Run #1, are legendary. Suffice it to say, things worked out in the end. The group tightened up the routine. They grabbed showers when available. Only Frank bathed at the end of the day in the motor home shower. Frank's mileage routine increased. After Fort Collins, the crew awoke at 3:00 AM; Frank ran 25 miles; broke for breakfast; twenty five more miles; lunch; then as many miles as possible by dark. They reached the 70-mile goal almost every day and finished in 46 days 8 hours 36 minutes. The Guinness Book of World Records still lists it as the fastest crossing of the United States on foot. Many people influenced Frank's decisions to do these runs. None more than the efforts of Dave MacGillivray. One of Dave's many personal accomplishments was his 1978 run across America for the Jimmy Fund. David is the director of the Boston Marathon and is a great and cherished resource. Section two Urgency and long term thinking - Outro Well my friends you have run completely across the country to the end of episode 4-352 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Are you tired? The next race for me will be the Thanksgiving morning Turkey trot. I don’t like 5k’s. You’d think I’d be ok with 20 minutes of intense effort versus a multi-hour campaign. But, no, I’m not. It takes my body 10+ minutes to warm up to race effort. If I jump in cold the race is almost over before my heart rate normalizes. It hurts too. It’s a foreign feeling for me now to force myself to race at tempo pace. I’d much prefer the slow dull blade of a fat adapted endurance effort to the white-hot burn of a short race. I’ll tell you a story. When I was 14 or 15 this time of year I ran cross country for my school. We would take the school van to other small New England prep schools in within driving distance for meets. I remember one cold morning in November we went to an away meet. When the race began it started snowing. The snowflakes were those big fluffy ones that you get early in the season when winter isn’t quite sure of itself yet. They float down like big, fluffy, wet potato chips and dissolve into anything they hit. When we ran in those days we ran in short shorts and a racing singlet. I can remember those big snowflakes covering my exposed thighs as I raced, making them numb as the snow evaporated. I don’t remember anything else about that day, just the crunch of the leaves under my Nike Waffle Racers and the numb wetness of my thighs. I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

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Episode 13: Mike Caldwell

Final Surge Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2016 19:47

On episode 13 of the final surge podcast we talk to Mike Caldwell, the coach of the Asics Greenville Track Club Elite. One of the reasons we have seen a resurgence in American distance running over the last few years is the emergence of post-college Olympic developmental teams like GTC-Elite. We talk to Coach Caldwell about how he got started with the GTC and he discusses why he would rather some of his athletes did not wear a GPS watch during recovery runs. Now on to the show. How did you get your start in running? After college did you make your transition straight into coaching or what did you do post-collegiately? - He did some training with Frank Shorter and the Florida Track Club. How did you get your start coaching elite athletes after that? Currently, you catch the Asics Greenville Track Club GTC-Elite, how did that come about? As a college coach at Furman what were you finding from the athletes coming in after their high school career. Did you find them mostly overtrained, undertrained or what? When you get collegiate runners who join your team what are you finding? Do you find they are overtrained, undertrained aerobically or anything like that? How about with college runners? A high school coaches job is developing runners, but a college coach really needs to be competitive at conference championships. So do you think we are seeing a lot of over training or over racing with college kids these days? We talk recovery days and how to make sure you are recovered and the importance. What are you doing for general strength for your athletes? You mentioned when a new athlete comes in you interview them like the recruiting process. What are you looking for as far as someone who would be a good fit for the team? I notice that one of your parnters/sponsors is Elliptigo. I am really interested in hearing how you are using that and how you and the athletes are liking it? I know that you started using Final Surge for your team a few months ago and wondering what benefits you are getting from it? - He talks about it as a communication tool with his athletes. The fall racing season is coming up. What can we be watching for from your team? Rapid Fire... 5 questions in under 1 minute Favorite running book? - Best Efforts, Once a Runner, Science of Running Current trainers you are wearing? Asics Gel-Nimbus Favorite race? - Peachtree Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Chocolate Milk Your favorite piece of running equipment that is not your shoes? - Soleus Watch

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Episode 18: Shalane Flanagan and Frank Shorter

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 66:03

Shalane Flanagan discusses how, after a super strong start to the Olympic Marathon Trials this past February, things unraveled—fast—and what she's done to feel strong heading into the marathon at the Olympics in Rio. (2:33) Running legend Frank Shorter joins Editor-in-Chief David Willey for a conversation about his extraordinary career. They go deep on the most pivotal moments in his life, including his Olympic experiences, doping in the sport of running, and the tough childhood that is documented in his new book, My Marathon. (16:14) In the Kick, Apple to release a long-awaited emoji for its devices, an amazing teen runs a sub-4:00 mile, and a glimpse at the first weekend of running at the Olympics. (55:31) Check out our show page here. Follow us on Twitter (@rwaudio) and Facebook (Runner's World Audio). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 18: Shalane Flanagan and Frank Shorter

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2016 66:03

Shalane Flanagan discusses how, after a super strong start to the Olympic Marathon Trials this past February, things unraveled—fast—and what she’s done to feel strong heading into the marathon at the Olympics in Rio. (2:33) Running legend Frank Shorter joins Editor-in-Chief David Willey for a conversation about his extraordinary career. They go deep on the most pivotal moments in his life, including his Olympic experiences, doping in the sport of running, and the tough childhood that is documented in his new book, My Marathon. (16:14) In the Kick, Apple to release a long-awaited emoji for its devices, an amazing teen runs a sub-4:00 mile, and a glimpse at the first weekend of running at the Olympics. (55:31) Check out our show page here. Follow us on Twitter (@rwaudio) and Facebook (Runner's World Audio).

Is Light Rail Good For The Front Range? Frank Shorter Has A New Book

Colorado Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 48:18

With four rail lines opening in metro Denver in 2016, including the B-line to Westminster this week, a big question has been raised — is rail service improving people’s lives? Two researchers — looking at the same data– come to different conclusions.

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Episode 13: The Legend of Pre

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2016 53:24

Why Steve Prefontaine still matters today, including an excerpt from Shoe Dog, the memoir from Nike cofounder Phil Knight. Then we have a conversation with Frank Shorter, one of Pre's closest friends and competitors in running. (1:25) David Willey speaks with Julia Lucas, who missed making the 2012 Olympic team in the 5,000 by just .04 seconds. She takes us through the most audacious race of her career and how she's tried moving forward from that day. (34:20) In the Kick, we recap the highlights from the first four days of the U.S. Olympic Track Trials, discuss a nonagenarian who had a great week, and the next challenge for Ryan Hall. (42:50) Check out our show page here. Follow us on Twitter (@rwaudio) and Facebook (Runner's World Audio). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 13: The Legend of Pre