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Jonathan Marcus is an American running coach, meet director, podcaster, and total running geek. Jonathan has over 15 years of experience and success developing runnings of all levels and abilities. He's coached several US Olympic Trials and US National Championships qualifiers as well as individual champions at the high school, college, and professional levels. In 2015, Jonathan founded High-Performance West. Originally a track & field club for national class athletes based in Portland, Ore., HPW has evolved to become an online platform that strives to inform, educate, and better running coaches of all levels by publishing regular free and paid subscription content of the highest quality. In addition to coaching, Jonathan has dedicated his career in athletics to providing highly competitive opportunities for runners at the local and national levels. He is a founding meet director of notable American high-performance middle distance meets such as: Portland Track Festival, Adrian Martinez Classic, the USATF Middle Distance Classic (formerly OXY High Performance), and Sunset Tour. He also served as the elite fields coordinator for the Brooks PR Meet, an elite High School track & field meet, and the FloTrack Throwdown High-Performance Meet. In 2011, Jonathan was recognized by USATF as the Long Distance Chairman of the Year for his efforts to advance long-distance running opportunities in the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Jonathan is the co-host of the On Coaching podcast with Magness & Marcus, started in 2015 with his good friend and colleague Steve Magness. Steve and Jonathan founded the Magness & Marcus Scholar Program, a continuing education program aimed at providing distance running coaches of all levels with relevant and practical information and knowledge in the form of online courses and programs of study. His most recent project, Super Running Training, provides 1-on-1 coaching, training, recovery, and club membership services to runners of all levels and abilities. Jonathan currently holds a Level 1 Coaching Certification from USATF and Strength & Conditioning Certification from USTFCCCA. He enjoys working with runners of all levels and currently lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristen. Coach Marcus takes us through his myriad of mentors and experiences to develop him as a coach. Jonathan talks about what he learned NOT to do as a coach. He continues on to discuss the importance of creating great experiences for our athletes. Coach talks about stressing the process over accolades. Johnathan talks about how expectation is the killer of joy. We discuss the importance of the human element in coaching over the X's and O's. Coach Marcus talks about the vitality of funding needed for coaching and educators. Jonathan educates us on his takes aways he learned from going back to teaching the roots of track & field in high school. He then walks us through some of the training progressions he did with an abbreviated season. Coach explains how Covid has forced us to be better at what we do as coaches. We discuss the reality of the identity crises most coaches will face in their careers. Coach and I chat about reframing poor moments into something positive to better ourselves. For elite performance technology please visit: https://store.simplifaster.com/sku/83/ To purchase the Sprinter's Compendium visit: https://store.vervante.com/c/v/V4081803315.html To follow Coach Marcus on Twitter @jmarpdx --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ryan-joseph-banta/support

We have a special guest for this week’s episode, Daniel Herrera. Dan is a 3:56 miler who trains under Jon Marcus at High Performance West. In this episode, Dan talks all about transitions, in coaching, life, and training. Dan drops

Hi everyone, You are listening to episode 13 of the Chasing Bravery Podcast. Today I am speaking with Tara Welling, a professional runner for sketchers, real estate agent, and most recently a coach for the specialized coaching business- RunDoyen…guys just s everyone knows Doyen is another word for coach, but specifically means a master at something…so cool. Tara and her husband currently live in Portland Oregon where Tara trains with High Performance West. Tara first turned pro in 2012, signing with Nike and the Oregon Project, but after 3 years of enduring injuries and subpar performances, she was feeling burnt out and decided to leave the sport indefinitely. he didn’t know when or if she would return to the sport, but she knew she needed a break and a new training environment. In late 2015, Tara started to get in shape again and fell back in love with running, joining High Performance West and signing a deal with Skechers Performance. Since her comeback, Tara has set PR’s in every distance, won noteworthy road national titles, but unfortunately has not been able to escape injuries. I’m going to quote Tara here because she puts it best, she says “I never considered myself injury prone before, however, having osteoporosis and the female athlete triad I have had to alter my training to put me in the best position possible to stay healthy. I now have a lower mileage program, with lots of cross training and weight lifting. I hope those listening can gain something from my story”. I know that I gained a lot from my conversation with Tara, she is a fantastic example of how it is more than possible to come back from injury and setback with a love for the sport that is still as strong as ever. Tara is also so upfront about a really important topic- the female athlete triad, and while we don’t come up with the solution on the show today – we have a conversation that is very transparent about this issue, which I think is a great first step no matter who you are- athlete, coach, parent, the list goes on. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chasing-bravery/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chasing-bravery/support

Welcome to episode 70 of the Final Surge Podcast, our first release of 2018. Today we welcome back coach Jonathan Marcus of High Performance West who is also the co-host of the On Coaching Podcast. In this episode, we find out what Jonathan is up to since our first visit over a year ago and take some questions our listeners sent in. Remember if you like the podcast please share it with a friend or on Facebook or FinalSurge where we can be found @FinalSurge.   What is going on with High Performance West? Goal January 5th Full Launch Workout of the day Story/thought of the day Will continue doing daily post with workout and story of the day Have over 5,000 workouts written down to pick from You recently had a workout from Nick Symmonds. Jerry and Alberto Salazar are two of greatest coaches around and you have stated they are influences on you.  They are big believers in lots of high-end aerobic development, but Nick's workout was anything but. Talk a little his workout and what you took from it? Very fast, 400m and faster pace Have to be cautious and keep people healthy too Learn from your mentors, but find your own flavor and thoughts What advice do you have for coaches who read your site and the workouts of the day and how they should employ them? Designed to make you think Give you the why and how they did it Context of how it fit in Purpose is to get you thinking and growing What is your other project Coaching With Craft Goal is short 5-minute videos Contribute to the community of coaches We wanted to open it up to some of our listeners and we gathered questions from them so let's get into them. I have heard you talk about doing workouts in a way so that after the hard effort you clear lactate with more aerobic running. I have also heard you say that most of what we know about lactate acid is a myth from the 80’s. What do we know and what should we keep in mind? I do mostly 5k-10k road races with 1 track workout a week. Common interpretation lactate acid is a wall/barrier Lactate is a fuel source  We get to a tipping point where we cannot keep up and acidosis happens Acidosis turns the muscles off Lactate Flush: Since we can buffer, if we give it enough of a buffer then can turn it around to be fuel 400s at 2k pace with 60 seconds rest. At a point, you will be cooked, but what you can do is flushes at 1/2 marathon to marathon pace for 200m, then easy 200, after about 3-4 of them lactate will reset to a point where using lactate as fuel. Father of a runner who took over the school's indoor track distance team after they were left coachless had a few questions: What should the warmups-drills-exercises look like? Keep it fun Jay Johnson Lunge Matrix videos Good team bonding time Good to have drill set A/B Observe and watch You mentioned minimum effective dose often, when do you know when that has been reached? Make sure there is enough left they can do what they need to do tomorrow Watch over time what they can handle I am a 33-year-old runner who has been running for 3 years. I started for weight loss and fell in love with the sport. I just broke 20 minutes in the 5k which has been a goal for a year. You talk about looking at the canvass and seeing what is missing. That is what I should be working on. How do you know what that thing is? You don't know what you don't know What problems do you need to find a solution to The problems that arise formulate the questions I have been coaching xc/indoor/outdoor distance for 4 years. I have done a good job developing 1&2 mile runners on the track, but very little luck with developing 800 runners.  I don’t have any of those “jump out of the gym” athletes that you talk about. What types of workouts can I add and when should I add them in? I had the same problem until a few weeks ago Added speed work starting day 1 Prperation work/ lifting/ gym work Quick stairs/ Power stairs Plyos In one of your podcast, you said Alan Webb did not go to altitude but was getting similar results from his lifting. Can you explain this? His cardio was great Hormonal release from lifting similar to performance drugs One thing you talk about a lot is, after a workout or rep, you ask your runner to walk you through it. It is easy to talk about what happens on a bad rep, but what about ones that are “fine”? Do you dig deeper or take fine as an answer? Depends on the session All about the psychology of what is going on Are they engaged or on auto-pilot Recently you have talked about how you are spending more time on form and mechanics. Can you talk to us about what you have learned, what you focus on and where should we be going to help educate ourselves on this? Form/mechanics have become more of a focus As a younger coach was more about getting the work in, do more When I hit a roadblock I had to look at different strategies Easier to control from top/arms down Arms like slingshots at acute angle Transitions down to legs Resources High Performance West Jonathan Marcus on Twitter Marcus from Episode 40  

Welcome to episode 40 of the final surge podcast where we talk to Jonathan Marcus, the coach of High Performance West about the subject of coaching. Many of you may know Jonathan as the co-host of Magness and Marcus On Coaching Podcast. We talk about his podcast, and he dives deep into subjects like training and racing strategy as well the word coach means to him. How did you get your start in running? At what point in high school did you decide to stop the other sports and focus on running? How did you get into coaching and then form your group High Performance West?  Are you looking for only elite athletes or would you accept anyone, even a local 5k runner, if they were serious enough? You and Steve Magness, who was our guest in Episode 18 of our podcast, you two have a podcast called “On Coaching,” why did you start a podcast on coaching?  When you think coach, what is the first thing you think about and how has that changed since becoming a coach compared to when you were running? You have coached at every level from high school to elite professionals, what would you say are some of the more common mistakes coaches are making in developing runners? You talk a lot about the latest science and the little things that people are doing to get that extra marginal increase. We have a variety of listeners from high school coaches and age group weekend 5k runners. So knowing the wide variety of people listening do you think many people are making a mistake of focusing too much on the small things before getting the basics down? You recently did a podcast on interval training. When we are looking at interval training, what should we be looking for as far as putting together a training plan? Let’s talk about the art of racing, one of your podcast episodes. Playing devil’s advocate, if your goal is to win a race, and there is a one best way to run the race the fastest, isn’t that how you should execute it? That’s if you are in the position to win. What about the person who may be mid-pack and may end up in no man's land all by themselves in the race. How do you advise that person who is looking to run a PR, not necessarily a win in a race? Going back to that quote of "the goal of preparation and practice is to perform and compete." Can you give us a few examples of a few workouts that you have done recently with some of your athletes and what your goal was as far as transferring that to racing? Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute Favorite running book? - Unforgiving Minute Current trainers you are wearing? - Sketchers GoRun 5 Favorite race? - Cross Country Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Self Made Smoothie Your favorite workout - Acceleration Session Website for High Performance WestPodcast On Coaching  Jonathan Marcus on Twitter