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This week, we chat with Melanie Strong! Mel started her career as a first grade teacher and journalist. A fateful interview with her running hero Joan Benoit Samuelson led to a long-shot interview for an entry level job at Nike. She spent 17 years there, where she led several businesses including Nike Women and Nike Skateboarding, and worked on the launch of the Nike Running and Training Club apps. Mel started angel investing and advising early stage founders in 2017, and left Nike to co-found venture capital firm Next Ventures in 2019. There she's focused on innovative technology investments across health, wellness and sports in companies like Oura ring and Outside. She serves on the boards of Outdoor Afro and USA Cycling, and most weekend you can find her riding her mountain bike on the trails where she lives in Hood River Oregon.Follow Us!Melanie Strong: @girlstrongNext Ventures: @nextventuresErica Wenger: @erica_wengerDear Twentysomething: @deartwentysomething
Episode 93. Story Time: The First GoldIt's the first race I can remember watching. And it's stayed with me ever since. I'm talking about the 1984 Women's Olympic Marathon. This was the first time women competed in the Marathon in the Olympic Games. I was just a little kid. But I knew that what I was watching was special. From the breakaway move Joan Benoit (Samuelson) made barely 5K into the race to the final brutal lap of Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss this race made such impact on an incredibly cute little boy from New Jersey that he eventually would grow up (still incredibly cute) and dedicate most of his life to the sport of running. This is story time. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy the episode. Cheers,Coach BennettA few links you may enjoy...Watch the video I made about Joanie and her Olympic win here.Here's another video I made a long time ago. It starts with Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss. And yes, I know the video quality is less than desired. Did I mention I made it a long time ago? Here's a short video on Gabriela Andersen-Sheiss and her 1984 Olympic marathon finish. Send us a messageBe sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett's Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Get all the details about the Best Runner Ever Winter Edition and Best Runner Ever Summer Edition programs and learn how you can be a part of it here: https://showupsociety.com/brewebe sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! - https://twocoachbennetts.com/merchAnd if you need even more Coach Bennett in your life you can scratch that itch by subscribing to the Coach Bennett's Newsletter.You can also listen to the Two Coach Bennetts Talking podcast on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify Podcasts Or you can follow on Instagram: @coachbennett TikTok: @CoachBennett Check out Coach Bennett on Cameo for any messages of inspiration or motivation or birthday wished or pep talk for you or friends or family or teammates: ...
From Nike to Next Ventures, Mel Strong has mentored talent from every end of the spectrum - leading giant teams at Nike in their women's, running and skateboarding divisions, and now investing in early stage startups through Next Ventures. We dig into her history at Nike, and how that informed and motivated a big shift to the world of venture capital. In the outdoor industry, understanding the impact of a VC has many pros and cons, and in this podcast, we tackle both sides of it. Mel Strong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-strong/ Nike SB: https://www.nike.com/skateboarding Sandy Bodecker: https://www.sneakerfreaker.com/news/r-i-p-the-godfather-of-nike-sb-sandy-bodecker/ Breaking 2 Project: https://www.nike.com/gb/running/breaking2 Joan Benoit Samuelson: https://www.instagram.com/joanbenoitsamuelson/ Next Ventures: https://www.nextventures.com/ Oura x Dexcom News: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/oura-valued-at-5b-following-deal-with-medical-device-firm-dexcom/ Oura Ring: https://ouraring.com/ Swimming With Allocators: https://swimmingwithallocators.com/ Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/second-nature-media Meet us on Slack: https://www.launchpass.com/second-nature Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/secondnature.media Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.secondnature.media Subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@secondnaturemedia
When LA saw the first ever Olympic women's marathon champion, it was none other than this week's Marathon Talk guest who crossed the line first - Joan Benoit Samuelson. An icon in the sport and Deena's greatest mentor, she joins us on the podcast this week to share her remarkable relationship with the sport, and the power of storytelling within it. Elsewhere in the show, the Diamond League gives us record-breaking runs and a tantalising preview of Paris, while Training Talk is all about refinding your speed this summer! In this episode of Marathon Talk: 0:00 - Martin & Deena return to share their holiday weekend escapades, riding adventures, and how Martin is ‘irritating George Clooney' 5:15 - In the news this week, we recap the Diamond League's biggest stories, from the new Women's 10,000m record to the Kerr vs Ingebrigtsen tussle, and how it all points towards an unmissable Paris 2024 20:45 - Training Talk is timely as ever this week, with a look over how to redefine your legs over the summer break, and refinding your pace as a way to prepare for the marathon season ahead 27:35 - The indomitable Joan Benoit Samuelson is our very special guest as we chat to her about the camaraderie en route to becoming 1984's Olympic Champion, Joan's love for storytelling in the sport, and her journey to achieving her 6th Star - plus so much more! Marathon Talk is proudly powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors, who create, build and support opportunities for all to discover the power of the marathon community. Learn more at https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/
“It's through storytelling that I keep myself going… I've been blessed to be able to stick with it all these years. I had a partial knee replacement in the middle of COVID and we waited until I found a surgeon who told me that I'd run again… When you set your sights on something, it's hard to let go. I always try to finish what I start. I was on that six-star journey and I wanted to complete it.” Joan Benoit Samuelson is a legend in our sport. The first-ever Olympic women's marathon champion, two-time Boston Marathon champion (1979 & 1983), 1985 Chicago Marathon champion and former American record holder is still running and inspiring at 66 years old. In March, she finally received her Abbott World Marathon Major six star medal after completing the Tokyo Marathon in 3:38:37. Before the pandemic, Benoit Samuelson was looking to extend her sub-three hour marathon streak across six decades. She ran 3:02:21 at the 2019 Berlin Marathon and then underwent a partial right knee replacement surgery in 2020. Two years ago, she ran 3:20:20 at the London Marathon and won her respective age group. I had the pleasure of catching her for a bit while in Boston, where she was on-site as an ambassador for Abbott. In this conversation, we talk about how she continues to utilize running as storytelling, her mark on the sport, how she's inspired so many women and a little bit about what's next after completing all six World Marathon Majors. Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram Host: Joan Benoit Samuelson | @joanbenoitsamuelson on Instagram Time stamps: 4:48 - How she's feeling after becoming a World Marathon Majors Six Star finisher. 6:02 - How she finds the motivation to continue training + how she goes about goal setting. 8:25 - The story she wants to begin writing for herself now that the Six Stars are accomplished. 10:10 - How she inspires others through sharing her story. 15:04 - Her relationship with other elite women marathoners. 16:44 - Her philosophy on running + what the sport means to her. 18:20 - Her relationship with the running community. SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
From YOU can do it... to YOU did it, we applaud you and all our winners! We're celebrating champions including familiar and fresh faces, a 13 year old track sensation and our new, five-time women's winner. A first place finish was their goal but running to remember was their inspiration. Joan Benoit Samuelson shares her 1984 Olympics win – a first for women and four-time Boston Marathon winner, Bill Rodgers, loves our Senior Marathon. We wrap up this season with reflections on why the Memorial Marathon is much more than a race.
It's looking like an infirmary at the BITR offices, with popped shoulders and illness and stress fractures. We'll be okay. Tune in to hear about Meg's journey to the West Coast to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Joan Benoit-Samuelson's 1984 Olympic gold with Nike. Then stick around for a recount of Thomas and Robbe's long run adventures from this past weekend. We also cover two brand-new shoes: the TYR Valkyrie Elite Carbon and Mount to Coast R1. Susan's Cookies: https://www.instagram.com/sjmeier2/ Our Favorite Water Bottles Hydrapak Skyflask 500ml: https://bit.ly/3P56n4k Nathan Speeddraw: https://bit.ly/493T7nG INDEX 00:00 Intro 07:29 Meg's West Coast Trip 22:12 Shirt nostalgia 29:07 Long Run Adventures 57:24 Favorite water bottles 1:05:35 Poll results 1:12:40 Meg's Instagram Stuff 1:17:05 TYR Valkyrie Elite Carbon 1:20:32 Mount to Coast R1
Join Chris Curtin and Amanda White on The Connected Approach Podcast as we explore the transformative power of mantras. In this episode, we're inspired by the story of Joan Benoit Samuelson's Olympic victory, discuss how to create positive mantras, and examine the impact of intentionality and awareness. Whether you're seeking motivation, focus, or a way to overcome challenges, this episode offers insights into using mantras as a tool for personal and professional growth. Share your mantra with us and join the conversation on the power of positive repetition.
Enio Augusto e Marcos Buosi trazem as notícias do mundo da corrida com os comentários, informações, opiniões e análises mais pertinentes, peculiares e inesperadas no Redação PFC. Escute, informe-se e divirta-se. SEJA MEMBRO DO CANAL NO YOUTUBE Sutume Kebede e Benson Kipruto vencem Maratona de Tóquio; Joan Benoit Samuelson recebe a medalha Six Star Finisher na Maratona de Tóquio; Aline Rocha é a primeira atleta cadeirante do Brasil a receber a Six Medal Finisher; Elite na Maratona de Londres; Femke Bol quebra recorde mundial dos 400 metros indoor; Meia Maratona de Lisboa oferece 150 mil euros por quebra de recorde mundial; Comparação entre Mbappé e Bolt gera piadas no mundo do atletismo; Recorde mundial correndo uma meia maratona algemado. Cupons de Desconto: MARATONA DE FLORIPA - PFC10 TRACK&FIELD RUN SERIES - PFC10 LIVE! RUN XP - PFC15 FOCO RADICAL - PFC10 NETSHOES RUN FLORIANÓPOLIS - PFC
This month, the Valo teens sat down for a conversation with marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist, Joan Benoit Samuelson, along with Maine Girls' Cross Country Runner of the Year, Ruth White. Together they discussed the role that movement, community, and sports can play in our emotional wellbeing. Tune in to listen to this inspiring episode!
Look up the word "goat" in the dictionary, and you'll see a photo of Joan Benoit Samuelson. OK, maybe not really — but Joan's the first woman to ever with the Olympic Marathon in its inaugural year for women in 1984. We had the opportunity to sit down in Orlando this year during the Olympic Trials, and this was definitely a pinch-me moment. With a plethora of wise takeaways, we chat through so many things in this week's episode: Nike's Project Dreamweaver, navigating injury and longevity, how she balanced the sport with growing her family, and her opinion on how the culture of the sport has changed. IN THIS EPISODE All about Nike's project dreamweaver (7:55) What is was like to be one of the first women in this sport chasing big olympic dreams (10:01) Why Joan denotes the 1984 Olympic trials as ‘the race of her life' (15:30) How Joan frames her mindset when faced with things outside of her control (17:45) Joan's advice to anyone navigating injury (21:00) A reflection of the 1984 Olympic games (22:01) How Joan prioritizes sport with personal life and sharing her joy for running with her family (27:35) What keeps Joan running after all of this time (32:40) How her experience and role has evolved through the years as a Nike athlete (38:05) What's in Joan's daily wellness routine (42:50) What keeps her motivated to show up in pursuit for excellence (44:45) Joan's opinion on the current state of women in sport (47:00) MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Nike's Project Dreamweaver SOCIAL @joanbenoitsamuelson @emilyabbate @hurdlepodcast OFFERS BANDIT | Head on over to banditrunning.com and use code HURDLER15 to take 15% off your first order AG1 | Head to drinkag1.com/hurdle to get 5 free travel packs and a year's supply of vitamin D3 JOIN: THE *Secret* FACEBOOK GROUP SIGN UP: Weekly Hurdle Newsletter ASK ME A QUESTION: Leave me a voice message, ask me a question, and it could be featured in an upcoming episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hurdle/message
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.
Carrie chats with one of her all-time heroes Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Stephen Lane, author of the book “Long Run to Glory!” They chat about his book detailing the 1984 Olympic Marathon, Joan's role in fighting for women's sports, how she dealt with the pressure, her injury leading up to the trials, her thoughts during the race, winning Olympic Gold on home soil, the upcoming 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials, and so much more!
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.
In Episode 2 of the podcast, "Running: State of the Sport," we chatted with Mark Milde, race director of the Berlin Marathon. The 2023 Berlin race will be held on Sunday, September 24, with Eliud Kipchoge returning to his favorite course. In 2022, Kipchoge established the marathon world record in Berlin when he ran 2:01:09. Among other things, Milde talked about: * His family's long history with the Berlin Marathon, which was founded by his father, Horst, in 1974 * Many of the Berlin Marathon's primary attractions, including its famous tour of the city that was once divided into East and West Germany * The 9000 American runners who are entered in the Berlin Marathon * Why he believes Eliud Kipchoge is such a great marathon performer * Plans for the 50th running of the Berlin Marathon in 2024 In a discussion of recent running news, Amby and George discussed: * A new running book on the famous 1984 Women's Olympic Marathon. George recalls a surprisingly fast 10-miler he ran with Joan Benoit Samuelson the morning after her dramatic victory. * The results of the New Haven 20K race, where several BYU graduates, Clayton Young and Connor Mantz, had strong performances. And it's only 5 months until the Olympic Marathon Trials early next Feb. Watch out for the BYU runners, coached by Ed Eyestone, himself a two-time Olympic marathoner. * Smiling. Yes, smiling! Amby notes that he saw more runners smiling on the starting line at the recent Budapest World Championships vs past Championships. And he explains why this might be a new trend among top athletes. To find "Running: State of the Sport," search your favorite smartphone podcast app for "running state of the sport." Available on Apple, Spotify, Audible, Pandora, and Google Podcasts apps. Or go to one of these links to find it on the Web: Apple Spotify Audible Pandora Google "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.
RED Episode 255 The RunDisney Dopey Challenge Runcation Recap with Dawn Broussard SHOUT OUTS Thanks to all our patrons and everyone in the Runcation Nation for your support and encouragement. Because of you, we have been able to keep the show going over the last two years, and now that the races are returning, we look forward to meeting up with you, too! Congrats to everyone who ran the Beach 2 Beacn 10K, Joan Benoit Samuelson's race this past weekend! It looked like a great time. We saw familiar faces from the Runcation Nation posting pictures like Dr. AndI Sharp, Amanda Napolitano, and Babs DiGirolamo, too! If you want a shoutout for you or someone you love on the show, email us at info@runeatdrink.net or call us and leave a message at 941-677-2733. Thank you to Joanne Blatchley and Dean Gerber, Associate Producers of our show. Thank you to Josh Ozbirn, Executive Producer of the podcast, too! We couldn't do it without you. Become a patron if you'd like more of the Run Eat Drink Podcast, including bonus content and early access to episodes! Go to www.patreon.com/runeatdrinkpodcast. We want to thank everyone who has supported the show and the ways we've had to adapt this past year. We can't tell you how much it means to us to have this community. We love you, Runcation Nation. We can't wait to runcation with you soon! RUN, EAT, and DRINK on a Dopey Challenge Runcation at Walt Disney World with Dawn Broussard! It's an episode perfect for your long run! In this episode, we talk with a member of the “Runcation Nation” and patron of our show, Dawn Broussard. She talks about completing the Dopey Challenge with her daughter this past year. Of course after completing a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and her first-ever marathon in the SAME weekend, she had to explore, indulge, and celebrate this big accomplishment. She selected Artist Point, a character dining experience at Wilderness Lodge. Which characters, you ask? Snow White, Grumpy, and of course, Dopey! Photo opp is included! This meal features tasty shared appetizers, individual entrees, and shared desserts along with a non-alcoholic beverage included in the price of the dinner. The biggest stars of the meal had to be the slow-braised pork shank and the Enchanted Apple martini that Dawn talked about with us. Yummy! We want to check out the Miner's Treasure cookies and cream dessert, too! It all sounds very tempting, very much like the poison apple that Snow White was tempted with in the fairytale. There are food options for the kids and themed drinks without alcohol, too, if you are still hydrating after your race, like the Transformation Potion and Wishing Apple Punch. It sounds like this meal has something for everyone! Check out the menu here: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/wilderness-lodge-resort/artist-point/menus/dinner Find out more about RunDisney race weekends at www.RunDisney.com Catch up with Dawn on Instagram at @dawnbjoyful or at this link https://instagram.com/dawnbjoyful?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Thank you, Dawn, for a great conversation about this challenge, running, podcasting, and more! DON'T FORGET OUR DISCOUNT CODE! Join the Runcation Nation team and use our discount code RCNATION5 for a 2024 DONNA Marathon Weekend Events discount! Register or donate to the Donna Foundation in its mission to finish breast cancer here: https://runsignup.com/runcationnation2024 THAT'S A WRAP! Get RUNCATION NATION FAMOUS! If you have a race weekend the Runcation Nation needs to know about, email us at info@runeatdrink.net, and you could be featured on your own Runcation Recap! Thank you for listening! We are in our SEVENTH year of the podcast because of all your support! Don't forget to follow us and tell us where to find you next on our website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Also, check out our store on the website and get some swag, thanks to Pure Creative Apparel. Thanks to www.PodcastMusic.com for providing the music for this episode, too!
Experience the excitement of the 2023 Memorial Marathon Health & Fitness Expo during a special live broadcast of the Run to Remember! Host Kristin Fares and Race Director Kari Watkins speak to a full lineup of guests, including Oklahoma City bombing survivor Amy Downs and family members Ryan Whicher, Meredith Highland and Cindy and Albert Ashwood.Hear from running legends Joan Benoit Samuelson, Dick Beardsley, Bill Rodgers, Jerry Faulkner, Marko Cheseto and Ellie Deglau McGriff. Other guests include KWTV News 9's Amanda Taylor, Karl Torp and David Payne, Memorial trustee Chris Fleming, Marathon announcer Whit Raymond, runners Lottie Fares and Caroline Watkins, Perry Weather Consulting's Colin Perry and Race Weekend yoga instructor Jennifer Henry and her longtime running partner Sally Shelton. Plus, Rachel and John Foster share her remarkable journey from brain injury to marathoner.Visit www.OKCMarathon.com and follow the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest updates. See you in 2024!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OKCMarathonTwitter: https://twitter.com/okcmarathonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/okcmarathon
The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon has long been a Boston qualifying event, but after the Boston Marathon was also targeted by terrorism in 2013, the two races now share a unique bond, forged by tragedy, determination and hope. Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray joins us to recount the moments and days after the bombs went off at the finish line. He also shares why he's run this iconic race 50 times and how the entire racing community became “Boston Strong.”Then, from professional Olympic runners like Joan Benoit Samuelson to first-time marathoners, pacers can help you keep a specific time or even set a new PR. And Red Coyote pacers Mike Sullivan and Josh Lacan are here to explain how.And last, the Memorial Marathon has a new and improved process for gear check this year. Find out what to expect and why it's more convenient from the Mobile Locker Company's Laura Driscoll.Plus, Race Director Kari Watkins catches up with Governor Kevin Stitt after the recent Governor's Training Run.Follow the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest marathon updates and visit www.OKCMarathon.com to sign up to run, volunteer or learn more.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OKCMarathonTwitter: https://twitter.com/okcmarathonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/okcmarathon
Joan Benoit Samuelson is an icon in our sport! Joan is the gold medalist from the first women's Olympic marathon in 1984. She held the American record for 28 years in the marathon, 2:21:21, which she ran in Chicago. She won the Boston Marathon in 1979 while a college student and she won it again ... more »
In this episode we are re-airing one of the best conversations in Rambling Runner history, and for good reason. Heather Knight Pech was once told that her peak was gone. It was in a class she was taking at Stanford 18 months ago. It sparked a deep conversation with her coach, James McKirdy, and her support team. Dejected, she was reminded that there's simply no chart or metric that can measure the power of the human spirit. This past weekend, just a few days before turning 61, Heather ran her second fastest half marathon. 1:27:51. A result that is a World's Best for her age group (60-64) and pending American and World Record (1:28:21). This episode was recorded last spring two weeks after she set the Boston Marathon record in the women's 60-64 age group. A record previously owned by Joan Benoit Samuelson. Below is what Heather's coach and friend James McKirdy wrote after she ran Boston in 2022. It is perfect I've inserted it below: ”If all we did was acknowledge the time on the clock... we'd be giving a standing ovation. If all we did was acknowledge that a record was broken and that the impossible had been accomplished... we'd be celebrating for weeks and then life would move forward as it does. But the reality is that what Heather Knight Pech accomplished in the Boston Marathon is far more than her finish time of 3:03:47. It's far more than winning the division (60-64). And it's certainly far more than breaking the record held by Joan Benoit Samuelson. It's been 3 years since since Heather last finished Boston - a race that lives in her soul. It's been a bit over 1.5 years of injury that left Heather wondering if the best was behind her. But the success Heather found on Monday isn't found in the result... it's the in-between time where the story is truly told. The injury. The heartbreak. The self doubt. The loneliness of not being able to do what she is so clearly meant to. But to know Heather is to know what it means to not give up. To know what it means to demand the very best. To know what it means to love with all that you are. Heather fought her way through this hard time - but she wasn't alone. She found the best doctors for therapy. She found shoulders to lean on with her family and friends. She found inspiration from her athletes while self doubt crept in. She surrounded herself with believers leaving her no choice but to believe in herself. When Heather stepped on the starting line she left all the self doubt behind her. She knew what she could do... she was patient... and she ran the race of her life!” Follow Heather at https://instagram.com/_knighttraining Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by UCAN nutrition which is powered to deliver steady, long lasting energy without the spike and crash. Add in UCAN Hydrate to get those electrolytes that you need to stay hydrated. Finally, you've got to try the award winning Edge energy gels - they are my go-to on the run. You will get 20% of all of your orders at ucan.co with code RAMBLING and get a free sample pack of six Edge energy gels, you only have to pay the shipping, at www.ucan.co/rambling. _ _ _ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The official Run to Remember mobile app, powered by MidFirst Bank, puts everything you need to know about race weekend in the palm of your hand. This week, DJ Morgan of MidFirst Bank and Dustin Potter from the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum first walk us through all the features of the newly upgraded app. Be sure to download it today.Then, find out how course marshals play a vital role during the Marathon, keeping runners safe and guiding them to the finish line. You'll hear from volunteer Chairman David Wood and Technical Sgt. Chelsey Coolidge, who is also an active duty member of the 72nd Security Forces Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base.Last, but certainly not least, hear from running legend Joan Benoit Samuelson, winner of the first women's Olympic marathon and widely regarded as one of the greatest female American marathoners of all time. She's back to share pro tips and tell us about running the London Marathon last fall, her first full marathon in three years. Listen to hear how she finished!Visit https://okcmarathon.com/event-information/app to download the new Run to Remember mobile app. And don't forget to delete the old version.Follow the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest marathon updates and visit www.OKCMarathon.com to sign up to run, volunteer or learn more! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OKCMarathonTwitter: https://twitter.com/okcmarathonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/okcmarathon
Marathon pioneer Joan Benoit Samuelson joins Laughter Permitted to talk about being the first woman to win gold in the marathon at the 1984 Olympics, how running is about storytelling for her and, at the age of 65, what her next marathon goal is. Joan also shares what she was thinking when she was about to win an Olympic gold medal and explains why it's important for everyone to run their own race. The Lynn Game proves to be a close battle with a metaphor for life built into it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ruth Chepngetich rewrote the playbook for the marathon in Chicago as Emily Sisson took down Keira D'Amato's American record with Joan Benoit Samuelson and Deena Kastor Watching. Conner Mantz debut in 2:08 with Galen Rupp in the crowd and getting props for his TV appearance. A guy in Kipchoge's camp got popped for testosterone and we praise a guy who ran slower than Ruch Chepngetich in Chicago. ElliptiGO and ROLL Recovery are collaborating on one epic giveaway Win an ElliptiGO 8C, the go-to cross-training tool used by thousands of current and former runners, along with Roll Recovery's premier sports recovery tools, including their new R1 Percussion device. Over $3,500 in prizes! Giveaway ends Wednesday, Oct 26th. Enter today! Show notes: (Supporters Club members always get show notes. The rest of you when we feel generous. Join our club and support the journalism we do. It made it possible to be in London and we want to send Jon to Valencia). 0:00 ElliptiGO and ROLL Recovery Train Like the Pros Giveaway 03:40 Ruth Chepngetich rewrites the marathon going out in 65:44 and runs 2:14:18 14:10 Kevin Hanson's tweet / Can Gidey break the WR and run 2:12? 23:52 Emily Sisson 2:18:29 American Record 31:25 Emily Sisson Comments *Video here 33:19 Galen Rupp audio, Tom Brady *video here 37:33 What is missing in Galen's career +audio #2 42:00 Men's race in Chicago 43:47 Grading Conner Mantz's 2:08 debut 52:28 Shout out to the other sub 2:10s 55:26 Doping bust in Kipchoge's camp 61:29 The wheelchair races getting too much coverage in Chicago 75:35 Wejo gets a pedicure?! 81:55 CJ Albertson 50km World Record 83:36 1 Up, 1 Down and Praise for Frank Lara Contact us: Email podcast@letsrun.com or call/txt 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 level running.
"It's been such a big goal for so long. I remember back in college, Ray (Tracey) said to me once, “You're going to set the American record in the marathon someday.' I was like, ‘Okay…' But he said it as a fact like, ‘You're going to do it.' Just because someone has the potential doesn't mean it necessarily will happen. There are so many factors and variables. But he was just like, ‘No. You will set it someday.' It feels like part of a long journey." My guest for this episode is the new American record holder in the women's marathon – Emily Sisson. She just ran 2:18:29 to take 43 seconds off the previous record of 2:19:12 set by Keira D'Amato at the Houston Marathon in January. The race was won by Ruth Chepngetich in 2:14:18 – which is the second-fastest time in history. Sisson now owns two American records She set the half marathon record in 67:11 back in May. We go inside the making of this American record, how she trusted her coach and pacers to make it happen, the appetite to go faster and what's being said in this group chat with U.S. marathoning greats Keira D'Amato, Deena Kastor and Joan Benoit Samuelson. SUPPORT THE SPONSORS TRACKSMITH: Tracksmith is an independent running brand inspired by a deep love of the sport. Their new Fall Collection was just released and is now available. It features staples ready for all your training and racing needs. Inspired by classic team kits, their Van Cortlandt Collection features lightweight 2:09 mesh in performance silhouettes. For training, their Van Cortlandt Grand Shorts and Van Cortlandt Tee are some of my favorites. Get free shipping by using code CITIUS at checkout & 5% of the sale will benefit the Release Recovery Foundation, a nonprofit supporting those in need of substance abuse and mental illness treatment through scholarships. GARMIN: Music. Training. Data. The Garmin Forerunner 245 Music is my favorite running partner. You do the running. This GPS running smartwatch does the thinking. It even gets to know you and your body better, mile after mile and song after song. Get one for yourself here >> https://bit.ly/3Pcu0qo Article One Eyewear: Article One is an independent eyewear company based in Flint, Mich. with designers with deep roots in running. All their frames are handcrafted in a small village in Northern Italy. Designed with your entire day in mind, Article One takes you from a long run in the morning to drinks on the patio to wind down. Their timeless silhouettes, paired with technical components — like adjustable silicone nose pads, polarized lenses, and spring hinges — create running sunglasses that are standalone. CITIUS MAG listeners get 20% off using CITIUSMAG at checkout at https://articleoneeyewear.com/ FINAL SURGE: If you are a coach, Final Surge makes planning and analyzing workouts simple and helps streamline communication with your athletes. If you're an athlete out there hammering miles and tempo runs solo with no guidance or direction, Final Surge is also here to offer up some world-class training programs. Check out their offerings today: FINALSURGE.COM – USE CODE CITIUS FOR 10% OFF. VELOUS FOOTWEAR: VELOUS is an active recovery footwear brand designed to help you restore, revive & Reenergize before and after you train. Two years in development, this team has created the world's most comfortable, supportive and lightweight active recovery shoe in the world. Get 20% off using code CitiusMag20.
In episode 140, I speak with Joan Benoit Samuelson and Liz Yelling at the London Marathon 2022. Thanks to Abbotts Global for providing the opportunity to do this. In this episode we speak about Advice to new and experienced runners of the London marathon. Mental tips and tricks that can be used in the final 10K of the marathon. Advice post marathon to manage potential marathon blues. Joan's role as a pioneer in the sport and talking about who inspired her. Advice to young people and parents getting into running. Key lessons that running has taught Joan in the last 12 months. I ask both about what parts of running today, make them feel excited, and where would they like to see running go in the future. Thank you to Tracksmith, who supported this episode and thank you to my patrons who support the show. Please consider becoming a supporter of my podcast by donating via my patreon page. This helps me provide quality content. https://www.patreon.com/ARunnersLife If there's any guests or stories you want me to cover in the future do reach out to me via my email: marcusbrown.arl@gmail.com I captured my some key moments in my Berlin and London Marathon training in my YouTube series, below is an episode recap. Episode 1 Berlin Marathon - Course Tips and Overview - https://www.dropbox.com/t/zkJO1GgWQSteKmBJ Episode 2 Berlin Marathon - Nutrition Tips with Laura Tilt (Registered Dietitian) - https://youtu.be/kwJLqiK3cJs Episode 3 Berlin Marathon - Find my marathon pace with a Pro Lactate Threshold test - https://youtu.be/JfJ59gYNi_U Episode 4 Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 LONG TERM REVIEW - Berlin Marathon Training - https://youtu.be/ubnkx_klpjQ Episode 5 I ran 2 Sub 3 hour marathons in 7 days (Berlin & London) Ft Eliud Kipchoge, Joan Benoit, Liz Yelling - https://youtu.be/Jm15VxdfzxE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marcus-brown9/support
Surprising Baby News from Sheila, shocking sports news from a new investigation of abuse in women's soccer and fashion FIRE from the Blake Shelton x Land's End collab. Cheating in Poker? Allegedly. Cheating in Chess? Yes. Cheating in Fishing?? TOTALLY Yes! National Women's Soccer League study reveals widespread abuse. Congrats to Joan Benoit Samuelson, our Satellite Sister and Wiley Veteran of the Week, on her London Marathon finish. Congrats to daughter Abby Samuelson, too. It's Fat Bear Week. Download your brackets. Fashion Report: The Lands Ends x Blake Shelton Collab is FIRE. Entertaining Sisters: TV: It's Tucci Time. Searching For Italy Season 3 returns on Sunday October 9 on CNN. Book: Julie mainly likes the octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners who support us by supporting them and using these special urls and promo codes: MasterClass masterclass.com/sisters Everlywell everlywell.com/sisters Osea oseamalibu.com Use Promo Code satsisters Sign up for our weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here SHOP the Satellite Sisters Shop here. Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Use #satsisterstravel when you post your travel photos on @instagram or Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is it, folks. The final episode of our limited, and dear Title IX series! This week, we have one of our favorite athletes and mentors on the podcast - Joan Benoit Samuelson. Joan was the winner of the very first women's Olympic Marathon in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Having come into the realm of sport at the exact time of the passing of Title IX, Joan reflects on what that did for her career - and how far we've come. Interviewed by Joan's family friend, Sarah True, the duo discuss what it means to run your own race. Joan pays homage to those women before her that made her win possible and gives us a run-through of that day back in 1984. Finally, she shares what it meant to her to have gained the title of the First Women's Marathon Winner. *** Support the Podcast *** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Bonafide: Use code TITLE9 for 20% off your first purchase when you subscribe to any product at hellobonafide.com/title9 Velorosa: Use code FEISTY15 at checkout and receive 15% off an order of full-priced cycling wear at velorosacycling.com Previnex: Use code TITLE9 for 15% off your first order at www.previnex.com/ Life Time: Register for the 2023 Miami Marathon at themiamimarathon.com
This is it, folks. The final episode of our limited, and dear Title IX series! This week, we have one of our favorite athletes and mentors on the podcast - Joan Benoit Samuelson. Joan was the winner of the very first women's Olympic Marathon in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Having come into the realm of sport at the exact time of the passing of Title IX, Joan reflects on what that did for her career - and how far we've come. Interviewed by Joan's family friend, Sarah True, the duo discuss what it means to run your own race. Joan pays homage to those women before her that made her win possible and gives us a run-through of that day back in 1984. Finally, she shares what it meant to her to have gained the title of the First Women's Marathon Winner. *** Support the Podcast *** InsideTracker: Get 20% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Bonafide: Use code TITLE9 for 20% off your first purchase when you subscribe to any product at hellobonafide.com/title9 Velorosa: Use code FEISTY15 at checkout and receive 15% off an order of full-priced cycling wear at velorosacycling.com Previnex: Use code TITLE9 for 15% off your first order at www.previnex.com/ Life Time: Register for the 2023 Miami Marathon at themiamimarathon.com
We have a special one for episode 75! Pat and Sandy, along with Gail Hafley, visited with local running legends, Mike Shea and Mary Shea, at Mike's home in Raleigh. Mike and Mary filled us in on many stories, and it should be noted that Mike is 93 years young! Mike Shea was a pioneer in the Raleigh running community. After completing a successful running and then coaching career at NC State in the mid 60's, Mike began organizing local races and was one of the first to provide opportunities for youth and women to compete in track, cross country, and road races. His selfless determination to provide opportunities to all levels of runners helped make Raleigh the running mecca it is today. Several of Mike's 7 children were elite youth runners, with Julie and Mary going on to very successful collegiate and post collegiate careers. Mary Shea still holds the prep 10,000 meter record, which she set in June of 1979, narrowly edging out Joan Benoit (Samuelson) in 32:52.5. This run came just after she set National Records in the 2 Mile and 5000 meters. She would go on to finish second, behind her sister Julie, in the 5000 meters at the 1980 Olympic Trials; an event that was just an exhibition at the time. She would then finish 3rd in the Boston Marathon in 1983, while running for Nike.
We are back after a few "down weeks" in our podcasting...just like in training, we needed a few weeks to rest and regroup! Thanks for joining us again for Season 9! This week, we welcomed a very special doctor--the doctor who healed past podcast guest and Boston Marathon age group winner, Heather Knight Pech (see episode 132), who was dealing with a huge plantar fasciitis tear that almost derailed her running career...until she found Dr. Bayes in St. Louis. After hearing Heather's story, which, of course, resulted in her 3:03 Boston Marathon finish at age 60, which broke Joan Benoit Samuelson's record, we had to have Dr. Bayes on the show. Dr. Bayes did not disappoint! Dr. Bayes is a sports medicine physician with the www.bluetailmedicalgroup.com in St. Louis and specializes in regenerative orthopedics such as PRP and stem cell therapy. In this episode, Dr. Bayes shares how to prevent and diagnose common injuries, and, if needed, how PRP and stem cell therapy can be a game changer for athletes struggling with musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. Before joining Bluetail Medical Group in 2011, Dr. Bayes practiced at the Sports Medicine Institute at the Orthopedic Center of St. Louis. He has extensive experience teaching regenerative medicine and diagnostic ultrasound techniques to physicians from throughout the United States and around the world. As referenced in the podcast, here is a list of doctors around the country who perform the treatments that Dr. Bayes referenced in this episode. https://www.bluetailmedicalgroup.com/contents/contact/affiliate-locations Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, please subscribe, share, and leave a five star review wherever you listen to podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message
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Huge week out in Los Angeles joining Nike for their #Future50ForHer event. Loved the opportunity to be around so many inspiring women like Joan Benoit Samuelson, Chloe Kim, Lisa Leslie, Tunde Oyeneyin, and so many more. Sharing a great takeaway from a panel discussion with basketball legend Lisa Leslie in today's episode, and challenging you to step outside of your comfort zone. SOCIAL @emilyabbate @hurdlepodcast OFFERS AG1 by Athletic Greens | Head to AthleticGreens.com/hurdle to get 5 free travel packs and a year's supply of vitamin D with your first purchase. JOIN: THE *Secret* FACEBOOK GROUP SIGN UP: Weekly Hurdle Newsletter ASK ME A QUESTION: Leave me a voice message, ask me a question, and it could be featured in an upcoming episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hurdle/message
We are so excited to welcome the amazing Heather Knight Pech back to the podcast. Check out Episode 72 to hear our first conversation with Heather. Heather, at age 60, won the 60 to 64 age group division at the 2022 Boston Marathon in a time of 3:03, and broke Joan Benoit Samuelson's 60 to 64 age group record. In this episode, Heather shares how she managed to overcome a nearly career-ending injury that took her out of running in 2021 and 2022 and execute a stellar race (and a course PR) at the 2022 Boston Marathon. Heather coaches through McKirdy Trained (www.mckirdytrained.com) and can be found on Instagram at https://instagram.com/_knighttraining Please leave us a five star review wherever you get your podcasts. This helps other listeners find us. Check us out on Facebook (Run Farther & Faster), Instagram (@runfartherandfaster) and Twitter (@Runfartherfast). Interested in taking your running to the next level? Contact us for private coaching at julieandlisa@runfartherandfaster.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message
In this episode we are going to do a race recap of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. This marathon is special as there is so much meaning and history to it. In April of 1995, two men destroyed the Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City filling 168 people, 10 of which were children. This marathon exists to keep the memories of those victims alive and remind us that we can overcome hard things when we come together. One highlight of this marathon included an expo with a panel of legends (Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Dick Beardsley, and others) who were there to answer questions of the running community. In this episode we also got to interview race director Kari Watkins.
”If all we did was acknowledge the time on the clock... we'd be giving a standing ovation. If all we did was acknowledge that a record was broken and that the impossible had been accomplished... we'd be celebrating for weeks and then life would move forward as it does. But the reality is that what Heather Knight Pech accomplished in the Boston Marathon is far more than her finish time of 3:03:47. It's far more than winning the division (60-64). And it's certainly far more than breaking the record held by Joan Benoit Samuelson. It's been 3 years since since Heather last finished Boston - a race that lives in her soul. It's been a bit over 1.5 years of injury that left Heather wondering if the best was behind her. But the success Heather found on Monday isn't found in the result... it's the in-between time where the story is truly told. The injury. The heartbreak. The self doubt. The loneliness of not being able to do what she is so clearly meant to. But to know Heather is to know what it means to not give up. To know what it means to demand the very best. To know what it means to love with all that you are. Heather fought her way through this hard time - but she wasn't alone. She found the best doctors for therapy. She found shoulders to lean on with her family and friends. She found inspiration from her athletes while self doubt crept in. She surrounded herself with believers leaving her no choice but to believe in herself. When Heather stepped on the starting line she left all the self doubt behind her. She knew what she could do... she was patient... and she ran the race of her life!” -These show notes were written about Heather by her coach and friend James McKirdy after she ran Boston. They are perfect so I've inserted them here. Follow Heather at https://instagram.com/_knighttraining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do a top conservation biologist and a legendary marathoner have in common? Their passion for the environment. On this episode, two unique perspectives come together to tell the story of one goal: to preserve our planet so we can all thrive. First, scientist M. Sanjayan, the CEO of Conservation International, lays out the state of our climate. He explains why athletes — no matter what they play or where they train — are affected by environmental change, the impact of our food choices, and simple steps to take for a better future. Next, longtime Nike athlete Joan Benoit Samuelson details how decades of running have forced her to adapt to poor air quality and irregular weather patterns and inspired her to join local climate initiatives. Both share a hopeful look at how they continue to embrace the outdoors and the ways every one of us can lace up for the race against climate change. Learn MoreRead the full study on how endurance athletes are impacted by climate change. Want more stats on climate and sport? Get the data from Nike's Move to Zero and dig even deeper with our Climate Impact Lab report. Keep us in check — see how Nike's investing in our planet.
Erik Heine shares his powerful story of running while pushing son Stephen and his belief that “Yes, you can.” Last week, you heard from Bill Rodgers and this week you'll meet another legend in running, Joan Benoit Samuelson. She talks about the early days of the sport and her victory in the first-ever women's marathon event at the 1984 Olympics. Mike Hoang tells us about the Asian District and what it offers to runners along the course. And Yvette Trachtenberg joins us to discuss training for her first marathon.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OKCMarathonTwitter: https://twitter.com/okcmarathonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/okcmarathonThe Run to Remember Memorial Marathon podcast is sponsored and produced by Knox Studios, a creative studio and production partner for the modern media age.
I 1984 opplevde Joan Benoit Samuelson den olympiske drømmen. Hun vant kvinnenes første OL-maraton på hjemmebane i Los Angeles foran Grete Waitz. I denne episoden forteller hun om sitt livs løp, kneoperasjonen i forkant, sin egen trening, hvordan det var å vokse opp som kvinnelig løper på 70-tallet og ambisjonene som veteranløper. Vi spør Antidoping Norge hva mosjonister må passe seg for å unngå å teste positivt på en dopingprøve ved et uhell. Vidar Higraff har lagd en hyllest til Kristian med hjelp av dine parodier. Og Kristian og Jann planlegger en ny uke av Kristians maratontrening. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio
In this bonus episode celebrating Marathon Monday, Frantzces talks to Joan Benoit Samuelson, an American Olympic Icon and two-time Boston Marathon winner. Samuelson recounts her struggle with anxiety after becoming a mother, and describes how running, gardening and a strong sense of place have kept her grounded through her long career. For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit Globe.com/turningpoints.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What a thrill to speak with 1985 Boston Marathon winner, Lisa Rainsberger! Lisa shares this accomplishment with only two other American women, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Des Linden. Lisa also competed in four Olympic Marathon Trials (1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996) during which she placed fourth, missing a spot in the Olympic games. For some, this would be a huge disappointment, but for Lisa, her fourth place served as a springboard for multiple marathon wins, in addition to Boston, including the Chicago Marathon in 1988 (2:29:17) and 1989 (2:28:15), something no American woman has repeated since, the Sapporo Marathon, the Twin Cities Marathon, and the Montreal Marathon, to name a few. Lisa ended her twelve-year professional running career after becoming a mom, and now her daughter, Katie, is a professional runner who recently signed with Team Boss. Lisa also founded the Kokopelli Running Club for youth runners through which she has coached hundreds of youth runners in Colorado. Lisa shares her champion mindset and how we can all create opportunities out of our disappointments. Thank you to Soupergirl and Oofos for sponsoring our podcast this week. Also, thank you to our editor, Erin Bryant. To learn more about our coaching and how we help runners reach their fullest potential, check out our website at runfartherandfaster.com or find us @runfartherandfaster on all social media platforms. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy our podcast, please leave a five star review on your favorite podcast platform. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message
Hello Runners, It's August, and we are cruising fast through the summer! Finally, fall races are upon us, and I hope you follow your training plans and are ready to crush your upcoming race. Unfortunately, Motivation "Runday" Monday has gone away. After the initial surge, the participation was not there. But it was fun while it lasted, and I thank those that participated in an episode. Your words inspired runners. The excellent news, Inspirational Running News, is back. Once the pandemic started last year, running news came to a halt unless you were into virtual races, which I am not. So now that running is back almost in full swing, I'm bringing these episodes back with a vengeance. And I have brought on a colleague from my corporate days to help find the stories and write these segments! I'm excited to bring these episodes to you. They WILL inspire you! In this episode, I feature three inspirational running stories. https://www.katiespotz.com/ (Katie Spotz), https://www.gladwellbooks.com/ (Malcolm Gladwell,) and https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/six-year-old-gifted-new-prosthetic-running-leg/73-925db7d9-a036-44df-bb76-29933235018a (Clayton Simon). Their stories are sure to inspire you! Enjoy! Thank you for listening to the https://feelgoodrunning.com/ (Feel Good Running Podcast), and please share this with your running friends and on your social media platforms. I would very much appreciate it.Train hard, run harder, and be well. And remember to be kind to others, even if some are not kind to you. It's good for the soul ~ Jim Show Notes Katie Spotz - https://www.katiespotz.com/ (Website) - https://www.facebook.com/hellokatiespotz (Facebook) - https://www.instagram.com/katiespotz/?hl=en (Instagram) - https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/katie-spotz-sets-guinness-world-record-for-most-ultramarathons-in-a-row/ (Canadian Running Article) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ztJ-TX2WpM&t=20s (TedEx Talk) Malcom Gladwell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFFP5Y7DpFA&t=83s (Citius Race Mag Race Video) - https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a36603515/malcolm-gladwell-running-mile-race-chris-chavez/ (Mens Health Article) - https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/chris-chavez-teases-potential-one-on-one-mile-race-with-malcolm-gladwell/ (Canadian Running Article) - https://www.facebook.com/malcolmgladwellbooks (Facebook) - https://www.gladwellbooks.com/ (Website) Clayton Simon - https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/six-year-old-gifted-new-prosthetic-running-leg/73-925db7d9-a036-44df-bb76-29933235018a (9 News Denver Report) Inspirational Running Quote "Years ago, women sat in kitchens drinking coffee and discussing life. Today, they cover the same topics while they run." ~ Joan Benoit Samuelson." Communicate Listener feedback is essential to Feel Good Running. Is there a guest you would like us to feature? Do you have any suggestions on how to improve the podcast? Whatever it is, we would like to hear from YOU! Send a personal email to host Jim Lynch. Subscribe Get on our email list for the Feel Good Running Newsletter. You will receive a gift of 101+ Running-Related Links. All the necessary running links you will need right at your fingertips: Apparel, Podcasts, Training Programs, Publications, and more! Get on the list today! https://feelgoodrunning.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=79dc810cc4ed20954f08e82dc&id=74f871b78f (Click Here!) Share "Feel Good Running" Podcast Again, I want to thank you for listening to my podcast! You can help out by leaving a rating and review on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feel-good-running-for-the-everyday-runner/id1445370304 (Apple Podcast), And please share the http://feelgoodrunning.com/ (Feel Good Running Podcast) with your friends and on your social media platforms. It would mean the world to me and help the show to grow!
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We begin with learning what running has taught Amby along with the number of lifetime miles he has ran. He tells us how attending Fitch HS in Connecticut where John Kelley, who was a distinguished runner in his own right was the cross-country coach, the influence he had on Amby which leads us to how he first got into running. He attended Wesleyan University, the process on getting there, becoming roommates with Bill Rodgers (4x Boston Marathon Winner), and a good story about his college coach. Amby recalls the first time running the Boston Marathon in 1965, the days leading up to the 1968 race in which he won that includes his feelings that day, the race details, and what he recalls after finishing. Shoes! What were the shoes like then vs now? Hear about his performance at Fukuoka Marathon in Japan which was one second from the American World Record at the time. How did he get his job at Runners World Magazine, the first position he held, and covering the 1984 Olympic Marathon in which Joan Benoit Samuelson who was the first women's Olympic marathon champion. He has run Boston 25 times and we talk about the events of 2013, 2014, & his 50th anniversary of his win in 2018 that was during the worst weather conditions in the history of the race. Amby is the author of several books; we discuss a couple “Runspirations” & his favorite “First Ladies of Running”. He then gives you tips to start running and what he thinks of when he hears the words- Boston Marathon?Links:Amby Burfoot Website: https://www.ambyburfoot.com/Get Your Autographed Copies of Amby's Books Here: https://www.ambyburfoot.com/p/buy-autographed-book.htmlAmby's Training Plans: http://runwithamby.com/Boston Documentary: http://bostonmarathonfilm.com/Before the Lights Website: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforethelightspodcast/DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=94FXFEN6E2MB2Become a BTL Crew Member: https://www.patreon.com/beforethelightsOnly 3 Snack Crisps: https://www.only3snacks.com/ Extra 5His thoughts on The Marathon ProjectCan chili peppers improve endurance and being a vegetarian?Being part of The Boston DocumentarySupport the show (https://www.beforethelightspod.com/member-areas)
We begin with learning what running has taught Amby along with the number of lifetime miles he has ran. He tells us how attending Fitch HS in Connecticut where John Kelley, who was a distinguished runner in his own right was the cross-country coach, the influence he had on Amby which leads us to how he first got into running. He attended Wesleyan University, the process on getting there, becoming roommates with Bill Rodgers (4x Boston Marathon Winner), and a good story about his college coach. Amby recalls the first time running the Boston Marathon in 1965, the days leading up to the 1968 race in which he won that includes his feelings that day, the race details, and what he recalls after finishing. Shoes! What were the shoes like then vs now? Hear about his performance at Fukuoka Marathon in Japan which was one second from the American World Record at the time. How did he get his job at Runners World Magazine, the first position he held, and covering the 1984 Olympic Marathon in which Joan Benoit Samuelson who was the first women's Olympic marathon champion. He has run Boston 25 times and we talk about the events of 2013, 2014, & his 50th anniversary of his win in 2018 that was during the worst weather conditions in the history of the race. Amby is the author of several books; we discuss a couple “Runspirations” & his favorite “First Ladies of Running”. He then gives you tips to start running and what he thinks of when he hears the words- Boston Marathon?Links:Amby Burfoot Website: https://www.ambyburfoot.com/Get Your Autographed Copies of Amby's Books Here: https://www.ambyburfoot.com/p/buy-autographed-book.htmlAmby's Training Plans: http://runwithamby.com/Boston Documentary: http://bostonmarathonfilm.com/Before the Lights Website: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforethelightspodcast/DONATE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=94FXFEN6E2MB2Become a BTL Crew Member: https://www.patreon.com/beforethelightsOnly 3 Snack Crisps: https://www.only3snacks.com/
Sneakernomics is a close encounter with the visionaries, artisans and journeymen who've made, and been made, by trainers. We'll follow in the footsteps of mavericks, hustlers and dreamers, and hear their tales of boom and bust, fame and infamy, hope and heartbreak. Across nine episodes, Sneakernomics tells the extraordinary origin stories of some of the world's biggest brands, and how sponsorship deals and celebrity culture redefined our relationship with products. It's also a business story – how leisure has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry; a sports story – how games became organised and grew into a global spectacle; and it's a story of invention – how enthusiastic hobbyist-pioneers often took extraordinary risks that changed the course of sport and fashion. The sneaker story is characterised by fierce competition and rivalry. We explore how the quest to be number one tore families and friendships apart and divided towns. Above all, this is the story of the people behind the shoes. What you'll hear is a mix of interviews with many of the key individuals who've played their part in that extraordinary story, interlaced with moments of fiction inspired by their testimonies and our research. Written and presented by Nicholas Smith, with 1Xtra presenter Ace. The drama is written by Al Smith. Episode 7 Cast: Ron . . . . . Ed Gaughan Nurse . . . . . Charlotte East Frank . . . . . Martins Imhangbe Phil . . . . . Trevor White Rob . . . . . Wilf Scolding Bob . . . . . Joseph Balderrama Jeff . . . . . Ian Dunnett Jnr. Production Trainee: Marithe Van Der Aa Assistant Producer: Ben Hollands Sound: Peter Ringrose Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko Special thanks: Russ Gater, Jeff Johnson, John Boulter, Mike Deegan, Gary Aspden, Neal Heard, Julie Dixon, Peter Moore, Nelson Farris, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Gina Millson, Clare Ewing and Jamie Larsen.
On our second episode, we're talking about The Orono Cook Book, compiled in 1906 by the Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Orono, Maine. This cookbook is full of fantastic turn of the century advertisements from a wide variety of local businesses, and a few national brands, too. We'll talk to Anthony Sammarco who literally wrote the book on the history The Baker Chocolate Company -- they've got an ad in the book -- and we'll share the results from the recipes we made, including something called a “Puffet!” Finally, you won't want to miss our conversation with Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samulson about men's clothing. What does that have to do with community cookbooks? Make sure to listen!In this episode we discuss the role that advertising can play in community cookbooks, and how they were an early version of crowdfunding. We also talk about the changing role of women in society in the early 1900s, and discover a number of ground breaking women in Orono in 1906.Special thanks to our guests Anthony Sammarco and Joan Benoit Samuelson.For the recipes from today's episode, visit: https://communitycookbook.com/recipesTo see images from today's cookbook and photos of the food we made, visit our Instagram feed or Facebook page.https://www.instagram.com/communitycookbookpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/communitycookbookpodcast---------------------------------This episode is sponsored by the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook.---------------------------------Hosts: Margaret Hathaway, Karl Schatz, & Don LindgrenProduced by Karl Schatz & Margaret HathawayEdited by Karl SchatzIntro music: (You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You) Nellie Dean, performed by the Columbia QuartetOutro music: For Maine (The University of Maine's fight song) Performed by the Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band.Podcast theme music & break music by Ziv Grinberg.Recorded on Riverside. Edited with Descript. Hosted on Simplecast.
The Joan Benoit Samuelson story parallels that classic Nike Ad “There is no finish line”. Joan is an icon, a legend in women's long distance running. Through her many decades in the sport, Joan has never stopped challenging herself with competitive goals, running with the same passion that gave her an Olympic Gold Medal in 1984 at the first Women's Olympic Marathon in LA. Her interview starts in her early running days as she discovers her talent, then winning the 1979 Boston Marathon, running in college, and as a professional with Athletics West. She talks about the drama and uncertainty of the 1984 Olympic Trials, and later her win in the Olympic Games. Her story is both thrilling and inspirational. And now, in her 5th decade as a runner, she continues to train and race in the sport she loves. We learn how she trained over the years. Her need from the beginning to find balance in her life in order to have success. The coaches that helped her along the way and the stories of her training and racing that brought her the greatest of successes. An Olympic Gold Medal.
Martin speak to 1984 Olympic Marathon Champion and two-time Boston Marathon Champion, Joan Benoit Samuelson. British athletes clock super-fast times on the track in California, there are heated debates about whether runners should be wearing masks, forty-five athletes break 2:10 in Japan, and Training Talk is all about returning to racing post lockdown.
We are fortunate to have running royalty as this week's guest of The Just Athletics podcast. A true hero in Joan Benoit Samuelson. Joan, of course, is the 1984 Olympic Champion in the marathon, the first time the distance was ever contested for women at the Olympic Games. She was also a two-time winner of the Boston Marathon and a winner of the Chicago Marathon in 1985 in an American Record time of 2:21:21, which stood for 18 years. Certainly one of the greatest runners of all-time and an amazing talent, another remarkable aspect of Joan's runner career is her longevity and ability to continue to run fast. She has continued to run very fast into the 21st century, most notably running 2:49:08 at the 2008 Olympic Trials at the age of 50. Joan has also made it a big goal to give back in many ways to the sport. She founded the Beach to Beacon 10k road race in 1998, which has become one of the premier road races in the United States. She has authored two books, "Running Tide" and "Running for Women". She continues to inspire generation after generation of runners, women and men alike. This is an amazing pod and Joan is certainly an amazing person on a lot of levels. Thanks so much Joan!!Subscribe to the show on iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify or really where ever you get your podcasts to get future episodes and please follow us on Twitter @just_athletics and like us on the Facebook or our Instagram page.
Heather Knight Pech is one of the best age-graded runners in the world. She's won her age group (F55) at the Boston Marathon and recently shocked the running world with her 1:27:24 half marathon at age 58. In 2019, she had the second fastest marathon time in the U.S. for her age (3:00:44). She was second only to marathon legend Joan Benoit Samuelson. Heather also coaches athletes on VDOT O2. She coaches HS athletes privately in Darien, CT and is an online private coach for McKirdy Trained. She is a retired CEO of Polo Jeans Company and 9 West Retail. In this episode we discuss: -Quarantine as an opportunity -Training without racing and with more intention -Getting into running, her professional career -How she balances and manages such an intense training schedule -Coaching and nutrition Producer: Andre Laboy Song: Breakadawn, by Mike Quinn
This week we're talking to Abbie Attwood, an athlete, sports nutritionist, endurance coach, and nutritional therapist. Abbie grew up with parents who ran the Boston marathon and calls Joan Benoit Samuelson a family friend. It wasn't until college that Abbie found running. At first it was a coping mechanism, then it was a passion, and then that passion consumed her. Today, Abbie is a coach and clinical nutritionist, which is informed by her own experience with low energy availability coupled with celiac disease, Guillain-Barre, and a tumor on her pituitary gland. In this episode we talk about Abbie's evolving identity as an athlete, the desire for a sense of belonging, her approach to fueling her body (which occasionally includes cake for breakfast!), and creating a life that's full and has plenty of sources of joy. Some highlights from our conversation:
Running isn’t always forgiving. Between injuries, mental ruts, and the curve balls life sometimes throws at us, finding long term success and remaining engaged in the sport can be incredibly difficult, and Sinead Haughey talks with Jonathan Beverly about his book Run Strong, Stay Hungry, in this encore from 2017. The book reveals the habits and mentalities of more than 50 veteran runners who are still running fast decades after they started. A writer for Runner’s World, Podium Runner, and lifetime runner himself, Jonathan will give us a peek into the lives of runners like Bill Rodgers, Deena Kastor, and Joan Benoit Samuelson to show us what it takes to avoid burnout and achieve longevity in the sport – both physically and mentally. Quotes by Jonathan: “The physical burnout usually comes because of a lack of variety: doing the same thing and the same type of training over and over again.” “People overcomplicate it: always having a detailed training plan, hitting certain splits – it becomes obsessive…and when that happens, either you’re doing it all or you’re failing.” “Gary Allen talks about how a recipe has to be followed exactly: if you don’t have half a teaspoon of baking soda, things are going to blow up….But a chef knows that you put a little bit in and see what happens.”
Clare Egan has *only* been competing in the sport of Biathlon for 8 years, but she has already made a lifetime of impact. Yes, you could talk about what she's accomplished for the US on the snow and ice as an athlete. She's an Olympian and a World Cup podium winner after all. Her real impact, however, has come as chair of the Athletes' Committee for the International Biathlon Union (IBU) where she's helped set a new tone in the sport, rooting out corruption in governance and taking a stand for clean sport. In this episode, Clare shares her story with Kara and Chris. She discusses growing up in Maine in the hometown of Joan Benoit Samuelson where running and cross country skiing were her first loves in sport. She shares her unusual path to the sport of Biathlon, which she didn't discover until the age of 25 when she met a famous Biathlon coach through her ski team. You also get to hear the hilarious story of her first target shooting lesson when the coach unceremoniously advised her, "do not try to hit the target." From there, we chat about her quick rise in the sport from Olympian in 2018 to World Cup bronze medalist in 2019, and Clare refreshingly tells us why she deserved that medal. Finally, we discuss all things clean sport as Clare talks about why it is such an important topic to her. Clare does not mince her words as she tells us that she believes the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) should be dismantled and re-organized if we are ever going to win this fight for clean sport. She understands the impact of integrity within governance due to her involvement with the IBU, and we wholeheartedly agree with her perspective. Clare talks the talk and backs it up by walking the walk as an activist making change in her sport. We need more athletes willing to do so just like her. NY Times articles referenced in the discussion: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/sports/olympics/biathlon-russia-doping-besseberg.html#click=https://t.co/cQW7z1bUV6 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/sports/olympics/russia-doping-wada-cas.html
Joan Benoit Samuelson may be the most inspiring female distance runner ever. In 1984 she won gold in the first Women's Marathon ever held at the Olympics. Now in her 60s, she's still breaking barriers and changing the way the world views runners, especially female runners.
Joan Benoit Samuelson may be the most inspiring female distance runner ever. In 1984 she won gold in the first Women’s Marathon ever held at the Olympics. Now in her 60s, she's still breaking barriers and changing the way the world views runners, especially female runners.
How do you achieve your goals? What about the one that is not exciting for you, but you know you need to get it done?We hear about Luke Aikins, who jumped out of a plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute and landed safely in a net on the land. Joan Benoit Samuelson is one of the greatest athletes in US history. She won the gold medal for women's marathon in the 1984 Olympic Games, and has one dozens of other major competitions. Both of these elite athletes use a goal hack called Narrow Focus to achieve their goals, and according to New York University professor Emily Balcetis, you and I can use that same strategy to reach out goals as well. Using this "narrow focus" hack not only helps us reach the finish line faster while exerting less energy, we also feel like the finish line is closer when we use this. Listen now and start using this strategy immediately. You can generate tremendous momentum and reach your goals faster than you thought possible. You got this!
Dr. Ken Dychtwald is one of the top voices in the field of aging. What lies ahead for all of us? What should we be looking out for? We go one-on-one to get you ready for the years ahead. Plus, the woman who started the women's running movement shares what she believes it takes to stay in the race at any age.
Dr. Ken Dychtwald is one of the top voices in the field of aging. What lies ahead for all of us? What should we be looking out for? We go one-on-one to get you ready for the years ahead. Plus, the woman who started the women's running movement shares what she believes it takes to stay in the race at any age.
The Diamond League comes back this weekend in Oslo w Team Kenya vs Team Norway (preview here), World 400m champ Salwa Eid Naser gets banned, Brown track gets reinstated, world records galore on the treadmill, deleted threads of the week and the Fantasy 2020 Prefontaine Classic. Show notes below. Are you a high schooler or college student and want to train better this summer? Check out the LRC Summer Training Program (or spread the word to people looking for a coach. Financial assistance available). Want the best running recover and supplement products? TheFeed.com/letsrun has you covered and use code LETSRUN to save 15%. Show notes:0:43 Hayward Field Reopens 6:26 World 400m champ Salwa Eid Naser banned 24:49 Brown track and field is baack 39:02 Impossible Games 50:23 Praise for ourselves, defund the police, and Jacob Frey 58:05 Chaski Challenge Treadmill World Records galore led by Sara Hall 66:08 1984 Olympic Marathon & Joan Benoit Samuelson, McDonald's, Julie Brown 800/Marathon Olympic double 74:58 Bobby Morrow RIP 78:44 Deleted/Restored Threads of Week: Centro: least deserving Olympic gold medalist of all time?? *Breaking News ! July and August to be scrapped! 86:25 Team Kenya or Team Norway at Impossible Games Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/18b7dd3c-0535-4eb3-8394-b2fa92512b41
Recently the LetsRun.com visitors voted US marathon record holder Deena Kastor as the greatest US women's distance runner in history. To mark the occasion, we invited Deena to be on our podcast. Before we could have her on, however, she told us she wanted to answer questions from the fans on our messageboard which she did last week. Her responses were amazing so check it out now if you haven't read it. https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9994777 While you are reading things, read this piece we did on Kastor early in 2007 after she finished her amazing 2006 season during which she set US records in the half-marathon and marathon. https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/04/lrc-visitors-vote-jim-ryun-denna-kastor-as-the-greatest-mens-and-womens-american-distance-runners-of-all-time/ The podcast is sponsored by TheFeed.com. They've got everything you need to perform at your best and try and stay healthy. LetsRun.com co-founder Weldon Johnson 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. Show notes: 0:01 Deena talks about her start in the sport and how she struggled with being labeled as "talented." 3:02 Deena talks about how she viewed herself as a failure in the sport but how that all changed once she got with coach Joe Vigil. 9:06 Deena talks bout her college career, how she was running just for gear when she got out, and how she was thrilled to eventually get $12,000 a year, but how that's all changed now for new college grads thanks to the "Alan Webb" effect. 13:40 Deena talks about her American records and how she's thrilled Molly Huddle broke her half marathon record as she knows Huddle is clean. 21:05 Deena talks about her amazing success in xc. 27:07 Deena talks about what it was like to have Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi as teammates and others like Morgan Uceny. 30:01 The talk turns to Deena's amazing 2005 Chicago Marathon victory where she as on 2:18 pace but totally blew up and only won by 5 seconds and her amazing 2016 season during which set American records in the half and full marathons, but a season during which she was sent home from her training camp for being a 'primadonna' and one which she called a disappointment at the time. 38:06 Deena talks about why the roads are her favorite surface 41:28 Deena talks about why she'd love to on a run with Abebe Bikila and why she thinks Joan Benoit Samuelson is the greatest women's American distance runner ever. 45:44 Deena talks about her favorite American runners of today. 50:38 The conversation turns to doping and how Deena responds when people ask if she was dirty. Deena reveals a story about how she was disgusted to see everyone puffing on an inhaler before her first big European track race. 61:31 We finally talk about Deena's Olympic bronze in the marathon 63:41 Deena tells us what she views as her greatest accomplishment and tell us how she wants to break 2:30 in Berlin next year. Got audio feedback for the show? Fake Galen Rupp where are you? Call 844-LETSRUN (844-538-7786) and hit option 7. More: https://www.letsrun.com/events/letsrun-coms-greatest-american-distance-runner-of-all-time/ Support LetsRun.com's Track Talk by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/letsrun Find out more at http://podcast.letsrun.com Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/letsrun/ee034794-615e-452a-abd3-8e113007dda5
This week, LetsRun.com released a bracket of 64 runners to determine the greatest American distance runner of all-time. It had 32 men's nominees and 32 women's nominees. They'll play it out over the next couple weeks to determine who the greatest of all-time is. I thought, 'This is a really hard thing to determine because there's so many different things, especially when you're looking at distance running.' We have outdoor track, indoor track, road running, cross country and the Olympics get the limelight of attention. I believe just six Americans have been Olympic champions at distances of 1,500 meters or longer in the last 100 years so that's a big deal. But there's so many other things and so many ways of looking at it with times, competitions, winning streaks. Let's talk about some of these things. One of these nominees set world records for every road distance from the 12K all the way up to the marathon. That's incredible dominance. One of these nominees had a three-year win streak at all distances farther than 10,000 meters. That's incredible dominance to be able to win that much against the best in the world for three straight years. One of these nominees had both tremendous longevity and ability across a wide range of distances because this nominee earned Track and Field News world rankings (that's top 10) at every distance from 3,000 meters up to the marathon over a 25 year span. You could look at records. One of these nominees held both the American and half marathon and full marathon record – each of them for more than 20 years. How about odd and unusual accomplishments? One of these nominees won a major marathon and set the collegiate 10,000 meter record both in the same spring. One of these nominees was the leading runner on a U.S. team that won gold at the world cross country championships – there haven't been very many of those either. So how do you determine which one is the best? It does become a lot easier when you realize that there's one person who has combined all of those things that I talked about. That person is of course, Joan Samuelson. ▶ Follow CITIUS MAG: twitter.com/CitiusMag | instagram.com/citiusmag | facebook.com/citiusmag ✩ Connect with Jesse and the show via Email: trackhistorypod@gmail.com | twitter.com/tracksuperfan
As I sit down with my guest today, Joan Meiners, we dive right into talking about how she went from a PhD in a completely unrelated field to being a journalist. Starting with a mutual situation for us, talking to big names being a nobody. We've discovered similar things along the way. I ask her about her history in cycling and her journey towards that from a running background in college. Joan tells me a story about how she got to meet the woman she was named for, Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first woman to win an olympic gold for the marathon. Joan continues her story about meeting her namesake, Joan Benoit Samuelson. She tells me a little bit about walking on to the college track team and how she didn't think she was very good at running. At least at first. We jump back to the shared topic of talking to sports icons we idolize and how that makes us feel. Then Joan shares a story with me about when the tables were turned and she got recognized as an athlete. I ask her as a journalist how can we separate good from bad science. In the last part of my chat with Joan we talk about the ever prescient topic of our time: the age of spin. How do we separate reality from fake news? Joan shares with me one method she finds helpful to verify the truth, best we can. We go into a more existential conversation thinking about how sometimes we as people reach impasses because we come from different ontological views (looking at the basis or reality from different starting points). Before time runs out I have to ask her about her bee research and how you actually catch 50,000 bees. Shop the Solpri store at https://solpri.com
In this episode we take a look back at what happened in the running world in 2019 -the records, breakthroughs, and bizarre, unbelievable, and inspirational stories that made headlines. 2019 Year in ReviewNew Records: Sub 2 Hour Marathon In his second attempt at breaking the two-hour barrier in the marathon, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya accomplished the feat with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna in October. The performance was not an official world record with the use of 41 pacemakers and because Kipchoge was handed his drinks from a bike. But it stands as the fastest 26.2 in history. Kipchoge also holds the official marathon world record of 2:01:39, which he ran in Berlin in 2018. He is quoted in Runner’s World as saying “I wanted to send a message to the world. No human is limited.” New Women’s Marathon Record On October 13th 25 year old Brigid Kosgei of Kenya made history when she won the Chicago Marathon in 2:14:04. She broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16 year old record. photo credit: Track and Field News New Men’s Half Marathon Record Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya shattered the world record at the Copenhagen Half Marathon in September by running 58:01 (a 4:25 min/mile or 2:45/km pace). The performance was 17 seconds faster than the previous record. The 26 year old distance star went on to prove his legs were capable of more later in the year when he won the 2019 New York City Marathon. Age Group Win for Joan Benoit In 1979 Joan Benoit Samuelson was a 21 year old college student and set a national and course record when she won the Boston Marathon. Now age 61 (40 years after her victory) her goal was to run within 40 minutes of her winning time at the 2019 Boston Marathon. In April at the Boston Marathon the 1984 Olympic marathon champion wore a similar singlet to honor her 1979 win and crossed the finish line in 3:04, exceeding her goal. “To be here, 40 years later and being able to run, let alone being able to run a marathon, I feel blessed,” she said in a Runner’s World article. In October Camille Herron won the International Association of Ultrarunners 24-Hour World Championship. She covered 167.8 miles in 24 hours and led the U.S. to an overall team victory. Earlier this year in January she survived a near fatal rollover car accident and came back less than two weeks later to win the Tarawera 100 Miler in Rotorua, New Zealand in a new course record of 17:20:52.World Best 24-hour Run for Female Runner photo credit: @jetlineactionphoto First Woman to Win Big’s Backyard Ultra Maggie Guterl became the last runner standing in Big’s Backyard Ultra race by running the same 4.2 mile trail loop for 60 hours. The Colorado native ran 250 miles during that time to becoming the first woman to win the race that rewards the person who can run for the longest amount of time. A Runner’s World article quoted her as saying, “When I finished, a woman came up to me and said, ‘I didn’t want to tell you this, but you were running for all of the women and an entire gender,’” Guterl said. “That was in my head the whole race and it was so surreal when I was the last one standing.” Fastest 10 Marathons in 10 Days Mike Wardian set a Guinesses World Record for the fastest 10 marathons in 10 days with an average time of less than 3 hours for each marathon. He also holds the record for the World Marathon Challenge with the fastest 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days. New Course Record at Western States Ultrarunning star Jim Walmsley maintained his Western States winning streak when he broke his own course record in June. Running 100 miles from Squaw Valley to Auburn, California, Walmsley finished in 14:09, breaking his own course record by more than 20 minutes. His roommate Jared Hazen also came in under the course record in 14:26. Walmsley also had some other amazing achievements this year by qualifying for the Olympic Marathon Trials in January, breaking the 50-mile record in May, and winning the 42K at the World Mountain Running Championships in November. Nick Butter became the first person in the world to run a marathon in every country. This was an unparalleled feat of logistical and physical endurance. You can hear our interview with him on episode #304. Notable and Interesting News One of the biggest gear trends this year was the evolution of the Nike Vaporfly shoe with the curved carbon fiber plate. There has been a lot of buzz about the Zoom Vaporfly 4% and this year they released the Next% with 15% more foam in the midsole. After the shoe was released this year it quickly became the fastest shoe on Strava, clocking up an average pace of 5:02 /km (8:06/mile). 32.7C (90.1 degrees F) was the temperature during the women’s marathon at the World Championships in Doha. Twenty-eight athletes pulled out in total because of the extreme heat. 1 billion pounds is The London Marathon’s overall fundraising total since its inception in 1981. Their motto this year was “Thanks a billion!” We appreciate everyone who donated as we raised money for a MTA forever forest for the John Muir Trust in Scotland. Cynthia Arnold, age 35, of Montana ran a time of 3:11 (7:20 min/mile or 4:32/km pace) at the Missoula Marathon while pushing a triple stroller with her three kids (a total weight of 185 pounds). The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned Alberto Salazar, the famous track coach of the Nike Oregon Project and former marathon champion, for four years. The USADA says Salazar was involved with trafficking testosterone, infused a prohibited amount of L-carnitine, and tried to tamper with doping controls. Mary Cain comes out with allegations about the questionable coaching techniques of Alberto Salazar related to weight shaming. This resulted in her dealing with some serious issues with depression and quitting the Nike Oregon Project team. A bright side to what she went through means that it is bringing to light problems with abusive coaches and sponsorship deals. More athletes are talking about mental health and eating disorders including Amelia Boone who openly shared about her long-time eating disorder and the treatment that she’s gone through. Another Nike related controversy that was brought to light was their pregnancy clause in contracts with women athletes. Alysia Montano shared an issue few knew about. Female athletes were being punished for getting pregnant. Montaño said that when she told Nike that she wanted to have a baby, the brand told her it would pause her sponsorship deal and stop paying her. She left Nike to sign with Asics, who she said also threatened to stop paying her during her recovery after childbirth. Other athletes including Allyson Felix and Kara Goucher have also spoken out about what they experienced. Nike has said that it would waive performance-pay reductions for 12 months for athletes “who decide to have a baby” and will add terms that reinforce the policy for female athletes into contracts. Shalane Flannigan announces her decision to retire from elite running. Gabriele Grunewald, pro middle distance runner, who trained and raced through treatment for a rare cancer, died in June at the age of 32 in her home state of MN. She inspired fans with her message of hope and resilience and that it was okay to struggle. She is quoted in Outside Online as saying, “In my previous cancer experiences, it wasn’t easy but I tried my best and I was able to do so many things that I would not have done had I just given up on my life when it was hard. So I guess my message is that it’s okay to struggle, but it’s not okay to give up on yourself or your dreams. My story is about cancer, but anybody has tough stuff in their life.” Her message and the mantra “Brave like Gabe” continues to inspire runners to be their best and her husband Justin plans to continue her foundation Brave Like Gabe. photo credit: bravelikegabe.org Kara Goucher debuted in trail races with the Leadville Marathon in Colorado. Bouts of vomiting from altitude sickness made the Olympian consider dropping out but she pushed through for a fifth place finish and first in her AG with a time of 3:54. She calls it the “hardest thing I ever accomplished.” The movie “Brittany Runs a Marathon” was released this year. It’s a drama/comedy about a woman who gets a wake up call when she realizes how unhealthy her body and lifestyle have become. With a motivation to lose weight she starts running with the eventual goal of completing the NYC Marathon. The Bizarre and Unbelievable 31-year-old Travis Kauffman from Colorado was trail running when he was attacked by a mountain lion. He managed to fight back and killed the lion in self-defense. The attack required 20 plus stitches to puncture wounds on his face, legs, and arms. He gave an interview 10 days after the attack and said that he’s recovering well, has been running three times since the incident, and has been back to the scene of the attack. In June a trail runner was attacked and gored by bison in a Utah State Park where he has run hundreds of times. One animal impaled Kyler Bourgeous with its horns and left hoof prints on his back and head. “I thought I was gonna die right there” he said. “I thought my situation was just a freak accident,” Bourgeous told The Washington Post on Monday night. “But apparently, they’re a lot more aggressive than I ever thought.” After recovering from a collapsed lung and cracked rib he worked up the nerve to return a few months later bringing his girlfriend Kayleigh Davis along for a hike. Unfortunately she became the park’s second bison attack of the year. An enormous animal turned on her and charged, throwing her about 15 feet in the air. Although in tremendous pain, she tried not to move or make any noise once she hit the ground. “He was hanging over me, sniffing me for a minute, and he was digging like he was about to charge again,” Davis said. When Bourgeous found her, Davis was bleeding from her left thigh, where the bison had gored her. She had also broken her right ankle, ruining her plans to run in a spring half-marathon. She was airlifted to a local hospital. Kyler said he’s not sure he’ll ever return to the park. Caitlin Keen, age 26, was running along Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails when a pit bull mix attacked her. The dog repeatedly jumped on her and bit her on the back and arms before a passerby was able to rush to her aid and subdue the dog. The attack caused injuries requiring 21 stitches in six spots. After healing up Keen stayed focused on her goal races which includes looking forward to the upcoming US Olympic Trial marathon. A running club in Philadelphia helped chase down an alleged thief near the University of Pennsylvania during their midday run. Runner’s World reports that the Annenberg Lunchtime Running Group saw a “very fast man” sprint by them, “probably running a 7:15 pace,” said group member Kyle Cassidy. But they quickly realized the man had allegedly stolen a phone and laptop. “We all looked at each other and sprinted off after the person,” Cassidy said. Other members in the running club gave chase and the running group tracked the man down on the streets of Philadelphia. The chase ended when the suspect ran into the path of responding University of Pennsylvania officers. “We heard the first officer yell to the other officers, ‘It’s a running club,’” Cassidy said. “‘This guy tried to run from the running club.’ People were shocked when Harvard University junior Kieran Tuntivate managed to win two races in this year’s Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, despite an injury that left him with a large open wound on the bottom of his foot. Tuntivate, age 22, was in the first lap of a 3,000 meter race at an indoor meet when another runner stepped on his foot causing him to lose a shoe. Runner’s World reports that Tuntivate, who’s been running competitively since age 12, said he only had two options in the moment: stop to recover his shoe and likely lose the race or keep running and risk an injury. He decided to keep going and he ended up winning the race without his left shoe. But the victory came at a bloody and painful price. “It felt kind of natural at first, but I kind of expected it to start hurting eventually with the really abrasive surface of the track,” Tuntivate told ABC News in an interview. “Around 2,000 meters — about two-thirds into the race — is when it really started to hurt.” Tuntivate said he lost a lot of skin by running on what “felt like sandpaper.” He said his doctor compared the skin loss to what one experiences after a third-degree burn, but he didn’t let it stop him and managed to win in the 5,000 meters event the following day. Anna McNuff of the UK took on a huge adventure by running nearly the whole of Britain barefoot! She posted this on Facebook, “A total of 2,352 MILES RUN (equivalent to 90 marathons) from The Shetland Islands to London, in my bare feet.” photo credit: Anna McNuff The Inspirational Ernie Lacroix celebrated his 100th birthday at the Cowtown 5K in Fort Worth, Texas. This was the 20th year in a row that Lacroix completed the 5K race. Lacroix ran with his family and friends under the team name Smoky’s Posse, named after the plane he flew during World War II. Lacroix flew 76 missions in a B-25 Bomber over Italy and France during the war, earning him the Flying Cross medal. “I have no idea of what prompted me to give the Cowtown a go,” Lacroix told Runner’s World. “I knew beforehand that I didn’t have a chance to win anything, but all the people obviously enjoying the competition looked like fun, so I gave it a go. I can’t think of any other reason.” Running (or walking, as he refers to his not-so-brisk pace) was not something Lacroix has always done, though he did exercise a lot while in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Now, at 100, he says he is “in the worst shape of (his) life at the present time”—but he is looking to see what he can do to change that. photo credit: Rick Irving It’s tough enough to push one child in a running stroller but imagine pushing five children. 37 year old Chad Kempel did just that at the Surf City Marathon in February. The father of seven pushed his quintuplets to the finish line in 5:45 and then continued for a total of 27.3 miles to honor the amount of weeks that his wife carried the quintuplets before they were born prematurely. When the babies were born in 2018, they each only weighed three pounds, and had to be immediately treated with oxygen and feeding tubes to survive. The quintuplets’ fragile health conditions required them to stay in the intensive care unit for 73 days, Kempel said in a Runner’s World article. “It was a long, scary pregnancy, and even after they were born, we couldn’t rest. Finally, we were able to take them home, but then our schedules just got busier. It’s been a long, crazy year, between parenting and working and finding time to run.” To train for the Surf City Marathon, Kempel woke up each morning at 4:00, put on his running clothes plus a headlamp and reflective gear, and then left the house at 4:30 to run. During the race he had to deal with making sure the babies weren’t hungry. He said, “My biggest concern was how many diapers I’d need to change.” Luckily, the dad had the genius idea to dress each baby in two diapers, so when one was soiled, it could be quickly ripped off and the other could slide in place. “It was smooth sailing.” photo credit: Chad Kempel 49 year old Dave Mackey was an accomplished ultra runner until a fall while running left him with a tibia broken in eight places. Due to complications and continual pain he chose to have a below the knee amputation. Since then he’s been building back his running and completed the Leadman series last year. This year he ran the Leadville Trail 100 in 25 hours, 54 minutes, roughly six hours slower than his pre-injury 2014 time. Mackey says in Outside Online, “I just want to get out there and make the most of it. I’m more appreciative now of every individual run or ride. Or skiing with my kids. It feels so good. With the accident I had, I could’ve died.” There’s a new film out about his story called Leadman. British ultra runner Jasmin Paris wins a 268 mile race at the Montane Spine Race (which traverses from England into Scotland on rugged terrain). She was the overall winner by over 15 hours with a time of in 83 hours 12 minutes. There were 126 other athletes who also battled rain and 50 MPH winds. But she only stopped for 7 hours total to eat, sleep, and pump breast milk as she is still nursing her baby girl. All athletes were required to carry their own supplies and navigate which adds to the challenge. 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The first 10 MTA listeners who go to www.metpro.co/mta will get a complimentary consultation and a FREE month of coaching a $500 value when they sign up for service. They’ve never done a special before and only have just a handful of spots so take advantage before it’s too late. Go to MetPro.co/mta Four Sigmatic, a wellness company that mixes ‘shrooms and adaptogens with coffee, cacao, latte, protein powder, and edible skincare. Receive 15% off your Four Sigmatic order when you use our link or enter code MTA at checkout. The post Top Running Stories and Headlines from 2019 appeared first on Marathon Training Academy.
"We decided, 'OK, I’m gonna run in the Trials and then we’ll hopefully get pregnant right away, and then I’ll maybe even be able to run a fall marathon the next year!' And…it didn’t happen like that." You probably know Amanda Nurse by her Instagram moniker: Amanda Runs Boston. And she sure does. Amanda is a 20-time marathoner and two-time Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon. She's a clinical social worker turned adidas-sponsored runner and coach who has taken her marathon time from 3:26 to a very impressive 2:40. On this episode, Amanda talks about her road to elite distance running, her decision to make a major career change, and her adventures in motherhood. She opens up about her "plans" to get pregnant and what that means for a professional runner, and shares what actually happened on her road to having Riley, her now two-year-old son. It's an honest, real-talk-filled conversation about the realities of new motherhood. (And fun fact: Amanda is coached by former Ali on the Run Show guest Kaitlin Goodman! Thank you to AfterShokz for sponsoring this episode of the Ali on the Run Show! CLICK HERE for $50 off your Aeropex wireless headphone endurance bundle! What you’ll get on this episode: Did Amanda always want to be a runner? Plus, the time Joan Benoit Samuelson called Amanda a sandbagger (2:50) How Amanda met her husband at a local 5K (13:00) Amanda reflects on the first time she qualified for the Olympic Trials in the marathon, and what running the Trials was like (22:00) How Amanda has improved her mental strength (30:30) On deciding to have a baby, and the surprising amount of time it took to get pregnant (34:40) How Amanda felt throughout her pregnancy, and her adventures in postpartum running (45:00) On postpartum emotions, depression, and more (54:10) What Amanda wishes she had known as a new runner (1:02:35) What we mention on this episode: Beach to Beacon Dana-Farber Cancer Institute How Bad Do You Want It by Matt Fitzgerald Barre3 Kara Goucher on Episode 43 of the Ali on the Run Show Molly Millwood on Episode 155 of the Ali on the Run Show Amanda’s postpartum post To Have and To Hold by Dr. Molly Millwood Follow Amanda: Instagram @amandarunsboston Twitter @amandarunsbos Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1 Twitter @aliontherun1 Facebook Blog Strava Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify SoundCloud Overcast Stitcher Google Play SUPPORT the Ali on the Run Show! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Spread the run love. And if you liked this episode, share it with your friends!
“It doesn’t matter what other people think. Not everyone is going to always support you 100% but as long as you are doing you and you know that you’re becoming a better person then that’s what’s important.” Gwen JorgensenHow does a relatively conservative, risk averse person evolve into an unbreakable champion? Someone confident enough to put everything on the line for an audacious dream?This is the story of Gwen Jorgensen — an accountant turned ‘Queen of Triathlon' who walked away from swim-bike-run at the peak of her powers to ply her skills in an entirely new discipline: the marathon.Gwen’s athletic career began as a swimmer, competing at the University of Wisconsin as a walk on before making the switch to track & field, maturing into an NCAA standout and Big 10 Champion. But the end of college marked the end of her athletic ambitions. Declining a professional running career, she opted for civilian life, joining Ernst & Young as a CPA.Eventually, USA Triathlon lured Gwen back to athletics. Within two years, Gwen made her first Olympic team and matured into the sport's dominant force, accumulating 2 Triathlon World Champion titles and 17 ITU World Triathlon Series wins, culminating in gold at the 2016 Games in Rio.After a year off racing to give birth to her son Stanley, Gwen announced her retirement from triathlon, along with a brazen new goal: to win marathon gold in Tokyo.It's a feat no American woman has accomplished since Joan Benoit Samuelson broke the tape at the inaugural women's marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympiad.A few weeks ago I was invited by Jaybird Sport to join a group of adventure-seeking endurance junkies in Montana's Glacier National Park. The official occasion was to celebrate the launch of Jaybird's new Vista wireless earbuds (which I'm loving by the way). The unofficial occasion was to retreat and connect — old-school, analog campfire style — with like-minded, high vibration humans. It's a group that included Gwen and husband Patrick Lemieux, as well as a few former podcast guests like Knox Robinson (RRP #394), Timothy Olson (RRP #78), and Sanjay Rawal (RRP #389).This podcast is a product of that uniquely beautiful experience — a great conversation and audience Q&A conducted outdoors with my fellow Jaybird retreat attendees.It's about Gwen's career. Her philosophy on training and racing. Overcoming injury. And the why behind her decision to pursue the marathon.It's about how her ambitious dream was received by the running community, and what she has learned training alongside legends like Shalane Flanagan at the Bowerman Track Club.It's about her ‘Champion Only' mindset. The nature of her motivation. The importance of agency — the freedom to forge her own unique path. And why this power is so crucial to Gwen's success and happiness.Finally, we explore how she balances her career as a full-time professional athlete against marriage, family and motherhood — and the crucial role Gwen's husband Patrick (who makes a cameo appearance) plays in her success equation.But most of all, this is an exploration of the tension between risk and certainty. The rare courage required to walk away from success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On a VERY exciting episode of the #STRIVECast, we are joined by our biggest celebrity yet, Joan Benoit-Samuelson! Joan is the winner of both the Boston Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, AND the first EVER women’s Olympic marathon champion. Born and raised here in Maine, Joan is both a local and worldwide celebrity to us. Joan, Jeff and Noel chat all about her road to becoming a running champion, as well as the upcoming Beach to Beacon 10K Race which she founded! Thanks so much to Joan for joining us. This episode is doubly exciting, because we have our first SPONSOR! Today’s episode of the STRIVECast is brought to you by Block Brothers Custom Cabinets, in Northport, Maine! You can check out their work at www.blockbrotherscabinets.com. Thank you so much for sponsoring the show. Happy listening!
RUN We watched the 123rd Boston Marathon on Monday. It brought many amazing stories. We talk about everything from Des Linden returning to Boston a year after her victory in some tough conditions to Joan Benoit Samuelson’s run 40 years after her historic victory on the course in 1979. Runs like this as well as the New York City Marathon inspire us as back-of-the-back runners to work harder towards our own goals. EAT No. 3 Craft Brews plays host to Schnitzel Express food truck every Monday night. We happened to be off on this Monday night, so we decided to try it. Wiener Schnitzel is a pork cutlet breaded and fried. Theirs is served with roasted potatoes. The Hunter Schnitzel was pork served with a mushroom sauce. It was tender pork and crispy breading. The potatoes reminded me of au gratin style potatoes, but without the cheese sauce. They were soft and buttery. All-in-all, this food truck does Pork Schnitzel right! DRINK We headed to No. 3 Craft Brews to sample the food truck but also because we know that they have a variety of brews on tap from IPAs to brown ales, we can always find something to toast a night off with and No. 3 Craft Brews did not disappoint this time. I had I’m Fine from Red Cypress Brewery, which was a 4.6% ABV Sour Gose with key limes, oranges, and pink Himalayan salt. It was different than what I’d normally choose, but it was light, refreshing, and tart and went with the pork well. Dana had Dressed in Black by Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company. It is a medium-bodied sweet stout at 6% ABV. Two very different beers, but both are tasty brews. THAT’S A WRAP Thank you for listening! We are having a great second year of the podcast because of all your support! Don’t forget to follow us and let us know where to find you next on our website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Also checkout our new store on the website and get some swag, compliments of Pure Creative Apparel. Thank you, Pure Creative Apparel, for sponsoring this week’s show! Thanks to PodcastMusic.com for providing the music for this episode, too!
We recap everything Boston Marathon starting with Lawrence Cherono's sprint victory over Lelisa Desisa, then we talk about Scott Fauble and Jared Ward going sub 2:10 for America (21:28), before looking at Worknesh Degefa's dominance, Jordan Hasay's great run and pondering whether she is America's best marathoner (35:00). Plus listener audio on Rojo and Scott Fauble (44:40), a look at who was the best 3 hour or celebrity marathoner in Boston: Joan Benoit Samuelson, NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, 71 year old Gene Dykes, Wired editor Nicholas Thompson, or convicted murderer Markelle Taylor (54:54)? We talk with the men's "open" winner in Boston Stephen VanGampleare (71:45) and end by looking at the curious doping case of Clemence Calvin who set the pending French national record in marathon (80:00).For longer show notes click here Podcast is sponsored by*FloydsofLeadville.com: More and more runners are using CBD products for recovery. Click here and use code LRAPR to save 10% on your first order of certified CBD products from Floyds. *HealthIQ: Erik the LRC Web Guy Is on Track to Save $19,400+ on his life insurance over 30 years thanks to HealthIQ. Click for more info
My guest today is a friend of over a decade who lets his actions speak louder than his words. It gives me great pride to introduce a fellow Dickinson Red Devil varsity athlete, a leading Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Heading Home Inc philanthropist, and a second-generation Boston Marathoner chasing two very significant numbers, Mr Scott Carpenter!Notes & Highlights· 0:05:16 – “I want to be out of thank you notes when this whole thing is done”· 0:08:06 – Surround yourself with courage· 0:17:05 – Like Olympic Gold Medalist, Joan Benoit Samuelson, told Scott, “run the way your body feels”· 0:24:33 – Community Outreach – Listener Call· 0:32:39 – Dana Farber Cancer Institute - 500 strong and nearly $100 million of fundraising – Please support Scott and his team! Race day is April 15th and donations will be accepted until April 22nd. · 0:44:15 – The spirit of the Boston Marathon · 0:50:27 – Heading Home - Up n’ Out Moves· 0:58:20 – Takes & Fakes Trivia Game
You know her, you love her, and she’s here today: Molly Huddle! Molly is a professional distance runner and 25-time national title holder who lives and trains in Providence, RI. On this episode, Molly talks about her Olympic dreams that started when she was young, and what it’s been like to actually achieve those dreams — twice. She talks about what it’s actually like competing at the Olympics (she represented Team USA in the 5K in 2012 and in the 10K in 2016), and explains why last year’s Olympics felt “like a local road race.” She also talks about the relationship between United States female distance runners right now (warm fuzzy alert!), how she trains her mental game, and her scariest career moments. Plus, she reflects on her marathon debut (at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon), talks about being at the finish line for Shalane Flanagan’s 2017 NYCM win, and shares what’s next. (Since recording this episode, Molly has announced she will officially be racing the Boston Marathon in 2018! Go Molly!) Stuff We Mention on this Episode: TCS New York City Marathon: https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/ United Airlines NYC Half: http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2018/united-airlines-nyc-half Shalane Flanagan: https://twitter.com/ShalaneFlanagan Saucony: http://www.saucony.com/en/home Ray Treacy: http://www.friars.com/sports/m-xc/mtt/treacy_ray01.html Providence College: http://www.providence.edu/ USATF: http://www.usatf.org/Home.aspx Mary Keitany: https://www.runnersworld.com/mary-keitany Meb Keflezighi: https://marathonmeb.com/ Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/2017/11/06/abbott-dash-finish-5k-recap/ Runner Girl emoji: https://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/the-running-emoji-youve-been-waiting-for-is-here Unicode: http://unicode.org/emoji/ University of Notre Dame: https://www.nd.edu/ Houston Half Marathon: http://houstonhalf.com/ Nordstrom: https://shop.nordstrom.com/ Cumberland Monestary: http://cumberlandlibrary.org/sites/default/files/attachments/CompleteMonasteryTrailMapV.1.6.0.pdf All Saints: https://www.us.allsaints.com/ Joan Benoit Samuelson: http://www.joanbenoitsamuelson.com/ Follow Molly: Instagram @mollyhuddle: https://www.instagram.com/mollyhuddle/ Twitter @mollyhuddle: https://twitter.com/mollyhuddle Website: http://www.runmollyhuddle.com/ Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1: https://www.instagram.com/aliontherun1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliontherun/ Twitter @aliontherun1: https://twitter.com/aliontherun1 Blog: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/13333410 Thank you for listening to and supporting the Ali on the Run Show! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Spread the run love!
Kara Goucher is a professional distance runner with loads of podiums, medals, and titles under her Oiselle-sponsored belt. She lives in Boulder, CO, with her husband, Adam, and their 7-year-old son, Colt (plus their cat, Ellie, and their rescue pup, Freya), and we chatted as she was fresh off her annual Podium Retreat, which sold out in just 36 hours! On this episode, Kara talks about why the Podium Retreat is her proudest accomplishment, and opens up about the most defining—and most discouraging—moments of her running career. She talks about her decision to leave a 12-year Nike contract and sign with Oiselle, and very openly discusses what made her decide to become an outspoken advocate for clean sport. She shares how she feels about being called an “anti-doping whistle blower” and what it was like getting backlash and hate mail after coming forward with her allegations about her former team and coach. Plus, Kara talks about coming in fourth place at last year’s Olympic Trials, how she finally forgave herself for not making the Olympic team, and what she regrets about running after pregnancy. Stuff We Mention on this Episode: Oiselle: https://www.oiselle.com/ Kara Goucher’s Podium Retreat: http://www.karagoucher.com/ Oprah Winfrey interviews Lance Armstrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jtDH-10m2s U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA): https://www.usada.org/ Nike Oregon Project: https://nikeoregonproject.com/ BBC: Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-32883946 Clean Sport Collective: http://cleansport.org/ Sally Bergesen: http://www.oiselle.com/blog/author/sally-bergesen The Oiselle Kara Collection: http://www.oiselle.com/shop/kara-goucher-collection New York City Marathon: https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/ University of Colorado: http://www.cu.edu/ Running with the Buffaloes: https://www.amazon.com/Running-Buffaloes-Wetmore-University-Colorado/dp/0762773987 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon: http://grandmasmarathon.com/our-races/garry-bjorklund-half-marathon/ Suzy Favor Hamilton: https://twitter.com/favorhamilton Paula Radcliffe: https://twitter.com/paulajradcliffe Joan Benoit Samuelson: https://www.runnersworld.com/masters/joan-benoit-samuelson-is-60-today-and-she-has-an-audacious-goal Follow Kara: Instagram @karagoucher: https://www.instagram.com/karagoucher/ Twitter @karagoucher: https://twitter.com/karagoucher Blog: http://www.karagoucher.com/blog/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaraGoucher/ Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1: https://www.instagram.com/aliontherun1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliontherun/ Twitter @aliontherun1: https://twitter.com/aliontherun1 Blog: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/13333410 Thank you for listening to and supporting the Ali on the Run Show! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Spread the run love!
Running isn’t always forgiving. Between injuries, mental ruts, and the curve balls life sometimes throws at us, finding long term success and remaining engaged in the sport can be incredibly difficult, and that’s why Jonathan Beverly’s new book is one every runner needs to read. The book is called Run Strong, Stay Hungry, and it reveals the habits and mentalities of more than 50 veteran runners who are still running fast decades after they started. A writer for Runner’s World and lifetime runner himself, Jonathan will give us a peek into the lives of runners like Bill Rodgers, Deena Kastor, and Joan Benoit Samuelson to show us what it takes to avoid burnout and achieve longevity in the sport - both physically and mentally. P.S. Jonathan was kind enough to offer two lucky winners a signed copy of Run Strong, Stay Hungry! If you’re interested, head on over to runnersconnect.net/giveaway. The contest will end at 12am EST November 2nd, 2017, so be sure to enter fast!
This year on August 5th will be the twentieth running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race in Cape Elizabeth. This event attracts elite runners from around the globe, as well as recreational runners from across the country. Today we speak with race founder, Joan Benoit Samuelson, winner of the first Women's Olympic Marathon in 1984. We also speak with volunteer coordinator, Maya Cohen, and her husband, Dr. Mylan Cohen, who cares for race participants (when necessary) in the medical tent. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2017/07/maines-td-beach-beacon-10k-305/
Dr David Geier is the kind of specialist we all need more of in our lives. David and I discuss running injuries, and why he is not going to try to stop you running at every opportunity like other specialists who do not understand our needs as runners. He is proud to say that most injuries will not be long term if you deal with them early enough...Ignoring pain is something we as runners do well. We discuss the dangers of using Dr Google to diagnose your injuries, but when it is okay to use the internet to help you with your injuries. You will love the conversation about the story of Joan Benoit-Samuelson, and how she won the Olympic Trials in the US just 17(!!) days after knee surgery, and how she was able to pull it off. This episode has a focus also on kids in sports, something I have felt passionately about for a long time. Dr David shares how you can prevent your child going through overuse injuries by adding just one season of a different sport. Even if your kid loves to run, they still need a few months of not doing it each year, to save their bodies and prevent burnout. David believes (as do I), that sports should be fun, and if you push kids too hard too early, it can have long term consequences. We go into detail about the mystery of compartment syndrome, and finally, we discuss the most easily preventable injury that runners struggle with, and how to make sure you don't end up with a stress fracture. This podcast episode is for you if you have kids who play sports, if you struggle with injuries, and you are wondering what you could possibly be doing wrong to keep ending up with injuries. This doctor loves to see the excitement in a runners face when they get back to running, and will do whatever he can to get you healthy. Today's Guest Dr. David Geier An orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. Dr. Geier takes pride in helping other runners, especially those who are unable to visit his clinic in South Carolina. A Ted X speaker, and featured TV guest, this is one sports medicine doctor runners will want to listen to. What You Will Learn About Why running through pain is the worst thing you can do as a runner What to look for in a doctor, therapist, specialist to help with your injuries How to know which research articles to trust when so many people tell you different things Can we reverse chronic injuries and fix the damage we have done to our bodies over the years? Why pushing kids too hard at a young age is damaging their bodies for the long-term Why the dropout rate for kids in sport is 70% by age 13 Symptoms to look for if you think you might have compartment syndrome, and what to do if you do think you have it Inspirational Quotes The best part of it (his job) for me is the clinic, the excitement you see on somebodies face when you tell them they can go back to run or go back and lift weights, they get back to what they love to do. There is nothing better than that excitement when they have been out of something. The challenge on the internet is that you don't really know the quality of the information. If you are hurting, and you can't run as much as you want, go see somebody. That's one of the things that has changed fundamentally about sports at a youth level...as early as 7 or 8 years old, they are being pressed to pick one sport and play it year round. These kids don't have the muscle strength, their bodies aren't able to withstand the same stress on the same parts of the body all year-long. That is why the injuries are skyrocketing, and they are largely preventable. 70% of kids drop out of sports by age 13. Burnout from coaches and parents is the biggest reason for that. If they (kids) really love running, by all means, let them do it. I still would say, let them do it for 9 months a year, and 2-3 months they can run a little bit, but let them do something else...the problem with running, especially for kids if you do it every day, all year-long is that all that stress is going on the feet, the ankles, the legs, and the knees. It's not getting spread throughout the body. There is such a mentality that kids have got to be seen by the scouts, you have got to be on the right teams with the right coaches. Even more than injuries, all that pressure on kids, leads to a situation where they hide pain from their parents and coaches because they don't want to let them down, and that pain starts to build up, and then they get overuse injuries. That pressure just makes it not fun and they burn our of sports. We just need to at least until they get to the high school ages, let them have fun. Sports push people to play through pain and play through injuries. Doing that can lead to bigger problems down the road. The rule of thumb about increasing your training by 10% per week prevents stress fractures. Fortunately with runners, the vast majority of things we can take care of early. Resources Mentioned Last week's episode with Mario Fraioli Dr David's website Sports Medicine Simplified- Dr David's book
This week, we talk about the exciting weekend at Western States 100. Running USA's new half marathon and marathon reports. Killian Jornet summits Everest twice in one week. Joan Benoit Samuelson goes for a new age record for the marathon this year. Elena gives her race recaps of the Divas half marathon and Double Dipsea. And our weeks in training. Western States Results 2016 Half Marathon Report 2016 Marathon Report Kilian Summits Everest New Goals for Samuelson Follow us on Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Pinterest - Google+ Email comments and questions to feedback (at) embracerunning [dot] com
Potter and Vernon win in Highgate, Kipsang and Kipchoge pull out of the World Marathon Champs in London, reigning champion Wostmann is out of Comrades but Steve Way is on track. Joan Benoit-Samuelson is aiming for sub 3hrs at aged 60. Martin speaks to Ian Beddis about the ARUK Running Down Dementia Campaign and Tom speak to the incredible Kate Driscoll about her LEJOG self-supported run.
Councilor Matt O'Malley interviews Olympic champion Joan Benoit Samuelson in a very special episode. Guests of the designation of Joan Benoit Samuelson Day share how Joanie has inspired her as well.
We are releasing two parts to Episode #17 this week, one today and one Thursday. In them, we share 9 inspiring stories from the Boston Marathon through the years. For Part A, hear the stories of John A. Kelley (Runner's World Runner of the Century), Roberta Gibb, Katherine Switzer, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Boston Bill Rodgers. Also, check out Episode #14 where we break down the Boston Marathon course and discuss pace strategy for it.
Megha Doshi is the local marketing director for Strava, the social networking site for athletes. Before heading to Strava several years ago, Megha worked for Nike, where she was a member of the digital sport group at Nike. She’s a sub-three-hour marathoner and is currently training for the 2017 Boston Marathon. Megha runs 60–70 miles per week, and trains and races with the all-female Impala Racing Team in San Francisco. Megha and I talked about what a day in the life of a Strava employee is like, how she embodies the five core values at Strava, and how she works sweatworking into her busy — and endorphin-filled — schedule. Show Notes: Strava: https://www.strava.com/ Impala Racing Team on Strava: https://www.strava.com/clubs/2058 Impala Racing Team on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImpalaRacingTeam Working at Strava: http://blog.strava.com/careers/ Strava blog: http://blog.strava.com/ Strava art: http://www.bicycling.com/rides/art/become-strava-artist-these-gps-tips 18:00: Red Hook Crit: https://redhookcrit.com/ 19:30: The Red Hook Crit in Men’s Journal: http://www.mensjournal.com/sports/articles/why-one-of-the-most-crash-filled-bike-races-sells-out-in-minutes-w204752 20:15: David Trimble: http://pelotonmagazine.com/racing/5-minutes-with-david-trimble/ 40:40: Joan Benoit Samuelson: http://www.joanbenoitsamuelson.com/ 40:30: Gene Lu on Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/256932 47:00: Strava Most Popular Run Routes: http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/the-most-popular-running-routes-in-the-20-biggest-us-metro-areas 48:50: Strava Matched Runs: http://blog.strava.com/the-story-behind-matched-runs-9212/ 1:00:52: Mary Wittenberg: https://www.instagram.com/marywruns/ 1:03:56: Spiralizer: https://www.amazon.com/Spiralizer-Vegetable-Strongest-Heaviest-Gluten-Free/dp/B00GRIR87M 1:05:30: ROLL Recovery R8: https://www.rollrecovery.com/r8/ Follow Megha: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghadoshi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/meghadoshi5 Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/4791196 Follow Ali: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliontherun1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliontherun1 Blog: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/13333410 Thank you for listening to and supporting the Ali on the Run Show! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Spread the run love!
The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-332 – Marathon Champ Kim Jones (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4332.mp3]Link epi4332.mp3Team Hoyt Boston 2016 Campaign -> https://www.crowdrise.com/teamhoytbostonmarath/fundraiser/christopherrussellMarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Hello and welcome to episode 4-332 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Hello, hello, hello. Remember when I said we didn’t get any snow in that big storm? Well you can scratch that out, apply a little white-out and scribble over it because we’ve gotten a couple nice storms since then up here in New England. Winter showed up after all and left me with some fluffy, white water particles to move. It’s also pretty chilly. Dropping down into the single digits Fahrenheit this weekend. I don’t mind. It just puts a little ice in the beard for these long runs. We did a 2 hour long run on Sunday morning and it was -9 F when we started and 0 when we finished. That was a bit rough. By the way kids ‘White-out’ is a clever double entendre for snow and typing mistakes. You see…we used to put sheets of flat dead trees into complex mechanical devices that bashed tiny courier font letters into place on the page. If we hit the wrong basher we’d have to pull the whole sheet of squished dead tree out of the bashing machine, paint over that mis-bashed bit with white paint, called ‘white-out’, then re bash it with the correct courier font basher. Medieval, right? In the late 80’s Wang labs invented ‘word processing’ ad all the courier-bashers went onto the scrap heap. Which was good news for me. The only class I ever got a C in was typing. Anyhow, today we chat with Kim Jones who was an elite marathoner in the late 80’s, early 90’s. It was a pleasure to talk with her and hear about her amazingly successful and well balanced career. Especially because she had a fairly difficult early life. In the first section I share a post I wrote on what to expect from a 24 hour relay race. In the second section is a summary of an interesting book I just finished on reinvention. I’ve been training well. I’ve been hitting some decent distances with some quality and volume. Coach has me working on some core strength and yoga. I really need it because my hips, glutes and quads are weak and my balance is crap. Nothing hurts and I’m progressing injury free. I’m probably up into the mid-40 miles a week range in volume and feel fine. We’re 2 months out from Boston and the hard work is about to begin. My travel and work schedule hasn’t been that intense so I’ve been trying to get a lot of sleep. I’ve been eating, mostly fruits and veggies and have maintained my beer breakup for 3 whole weeks now! I feel strong. Even though it’s cold outside I try to get out on the roads to do my runs because that little bit of sun goes a long way towards chasing the winter blues away. …I’ve had a few people asking about Buddy the old Wonder Dog. He’s doing fine. He’s old and doesn’t get around with the same pop that he used to. He’s got those fatty lumps which are some sort of benign fatty thing that old dogs get. He’s still lean and healthy at 12+ years old but his hips bother him if he does too much. He still manages the stairs and does everything he needs or wants. He apparently sees, smells and hears as well as he ever did. There is only one other dog left from his cadre in the neighborhood. All the rest are gone now. His friend the Sheltie took the long trip just last week. On the weekends he rides around in my truck with me to do errands. He just likes to get out and watch the scenery go by. When he was younger I had a truck with a sliding window on the back of the cab. He’d sit with his rump on the armrest and stick his head out the back window. More than once I’d look in the rearview mirror to see people in the car behind waving and making faces. I still take him out for easy runs, but not more than once a week, and only on trails and only easy runs. The cold weather helps but he doesn’t like the snow because it gets stuck in his paws. I just have to be careful to not overdo it or he’ll be stiff and sore and limping around the house the next day. He still gets cabin fever if I don’t take him out, at least for a walk every now and then. He’s cantankerous and will decide to walk up behind me and bark in my ear while I’m working at my desk and scare the bejeesus out of me. Or just sit and stare at me, like he’s trying to levitate me with the Force. Mostly he just hangs around the house and sleeps. He likes my bedroom, and my bed because it’s a high vantage point on the second floor and he can keep an eye on the front yard while he’s snoozing. This does mean that I’ll find my pillow a bit tainted with the smell of dog-butt and I’ll wake up with a beard full of Border collie hair. There is hair everywhere. We got him a big bed in the living room and he sleeps on that while we watch TV. He does this funny thing where he digs in it before he lies down. He’s always at the door to greet us when we come home looking for a cuddle and a hug. It’s been quite a ride since I smuggled that 8-week-old shy puppy home in a bag under the seat in front of me from a farm in Tennessee. Where I am in my life I don’t know if I’ll get another dog. But it’s hard to imagine not having the comfort and companionship. Maybe I can get a time-share arrangement. I was watching TV this week and it was cold in the house. I scooped up my old puppy who was snarfing around the rug at my feet compulsively looking for crumbs. He may be old and smelly but he still makes a great blanket to cuddle with on a cold winter’s night. On with the Show! Section one - Running Tips24 Hour Relays - http://runrunlive.com/mastering-the-24-hour-relay-race Voices of reason – the conversationKim Jones. http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/marathoner-kim-jones-authors-autobiographyBook ->Dandelions Growing Wild on AmazonCoaching site-> http://www.anaerobic.net/ Kim Jones began running marathons after watching Joan Benoit Samuelson’s victory at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics on television. She quickly rose to become one of the best female marathoners in US history and was ranked 3rd in the World in 1991. Throughout her career, Kim has been one of the most dominant distance runners in the world. She has more high-level placings in world-class marathons than any other US female marathoner in history with 17 performances under 2:33. (Deena Kastor 10; Joan Benoit Samuelson 9; Lisa Weidenbach 7) Kim grew up in the Pacific Northwest before raising her two daughters in Spokane Washington, and now resides in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband Jon Sinclair. Since retiring from competition in 1998, she has been a coach with Anaerobic Management (www.anaerobic.net), an on-line coaching service for distance runners, as well as a speaker at special events, road races and Expos.Fastest marathon performances:• 2:26:40 Boston ‘91 (2nd) 3rd fastest U.S. marathon performer• 2:27:50 Berlin ‘91 (2nd)• 2:27:54 New York City ‘89 (2nd)• 2:29:34 Boston ‘89 (3rd)• 2:30:00 Boston ‘93 (2nd) • *** Plus 12 other performances under 2:33 since 1986• 5000 meters- 15:43 (‘96) • 10km- 32:23 (‘89), 32:48 (‘97)• 15km- 50:09 (‘88), 50:20 (‘95) • 1/2 Mar.- 1:11:34 (‘88)• 25km- 1:26:54 (‘97) • Marathon- 2:26:40 (‘91), 2:31 ('97, at age 39)• U.S. 30K (1:47:41) and 20 mile (1:55:29) records• Ranked 3rd in the World in the marathon (1989)• 8th place finisher at the Stuttgart World Championships (1993)• Member of the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame (1996)• Member of the Colorado Distance Running Hall of Fame (2009)• 25 career marathons (before the 1998 injury and retirement)• Average time - 2:33:04• Average place - 4.1• Fastest marathon 2:26:40 - Boston 1991 • Slowest marathon 2:48:48 - Honolulu 1984 (first marathon)MARATHON PERFORMANCES• 1984 Honolulu 2:48:48 5th place• 1985 Twin Cities 2:35:58 2• 1986 Twin Cities 2:32:31 1• 1987 Twin Cities 2:35:42 2• 1988 Pittsburgh 2:32:15 5• 1988 Chicago 2:32:03 5• 1989 Houston 2:32:32 2• 1989 Boston 2:29:34 3• 1989 Twin Cities 2:31:42 1• 1989 New York 2:27:54 2• 1990 Boston 2:31:01 5• 1990 New York 2:30:50 2• 1991 Boston 2:26:40 2• 1991 Berlin, Germany 2:27:50 2• 1992 Hokido, Japan 2:35:46 3• 1993 Boston 2:30:00 2• 1993 World Championships/Stuttgart 2:36:33 8• 1994 Boston 2:31:48 8• 1995 London, England 2:31:35 6• 1995 World Championships/Gothenburg short course 14• 1995 Chicago 2:31:24 2• 1996 New York 2:34:46 4• 1997 Boston 2:32:52 9• 1997 New York 2:32:00 6• 1998 Houston 2:35:44 2• *** injury and retirement from competition• 1998 Chicago 2:43:37 16• 2001 New York 2:51:21 36Related Articles:http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/marathoner-kim-jones-authors-autobiographyhttp://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/i-can-make-people-proud-of-me-againhttp://www.runnersworld.com/races/how-i-placed-second-at-the-1989-nyc-marathonhttp://www.amazon.com/Dandelion-Growing-Wild-triumphant-astounding/dp/0615597424/ref=tmm_pap_title_0Section twoThe Last word on Power- http://runrunlive.com/the-last-word-on-power Outro - Closing commentsMarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Ok my friends, put down that dog, brush off the hair and get on with your life because we have bashed our way through to the end of episode 4-332 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Hey guess what? The audio version of my book “MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon with a full time job and family” is an official audio book on Audible.com. How about that?! Persistence yields favorable outcomes. Now you can use that audible membership that the other podcasts guilted you into getting so that they could pocket $10. Speaking of podcast advertising – I read an interesting article about it. I listen to a lot of podcasts and many of them have advertisements in them. I find ads super annoying – but – the way they work is there are 3 places where you can put an ad. These are called ‘pre-roll’, ‘mid-roll’ and ‘post-roll’. You see this with the ads at the beginning, the middle and the end, right? For example you might have a 15-second pre-roll spot for the ‘this show is sponsored by’, etc. The way the podcaster gets paid is by the thousands of impressions, or in our case, downloads. The rates vary but it’s somewhere in the $20 a spot per thousand range. It really only makes economic sense for the larger podcasters. If you were curious, that’s how it works. Here’s a tip for you. Most podcast listening apps have a feature that allows you to skip forward X seconds by poking the appropriate button. If you set the number of seconds to 10 or 15 you can cruise right by the ads and get on with the content – the podcaster gets paid and you don’t have to listen to yet another Harry’s razors commercial – it’s a win-win. On a more interesting topic I have a conference in Phoenix on May 17th and 18th. I’m planning on taking the following day, Thursday the 19th off and running down from the south rim of the Grand Canyon to the bottom and back up. It’s about 20 miles round trip. It’s an amazing place – even at a casual pace we can get down and back in 8-10 hours. So, anyone who wants to join me let me know we’ll have an epic adventure! I’m trying to talk my youngest who graduates the weekend before into coming with me. Would still appreciate your support for my Team Hoyt campaign for Boston. The links are in the show notes. (The totally pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll ad free show notes.) Or just go to my web site at RunRunLive.com. …One thoughtful bit of learning I got from the Last Word on Power was the concept of impossible. The point is to do the impossible you have to re-jigger your thinking so that it isn’t impossible any more. It’s an interesting leadership hack. While everyone else is looking at the situation, the challenge and asking “What is possible?” you could blow up the conversation by asking “What is impossible?” It’s similar to the ‘big hairy goal’ concept that we’ve talked about. If the goal is big enough it forces you to change your approach. By asking ‘what is impossible?’ it forces you to rethink your thinking, your frame of reference and your approach. By singularly setting the impossible as your goal you are forced to figure out how to make it possible and that inevitably is an entirely different path. In the business world look at Elon Musk’s companies. He’s going to commercialize space travel. He’s going to reinvent the automobile industry. He’s going to bring hyper-loops to cities. Surely all these things, if you asked insiders are impossible. Look at Amazon. They are going to deliver to you in an hour. They are going to fly packages to your door. All these things are impossible. These impossible things may never become successful realities but look at the innovation and forward progress and unique thinking they unlock. That’s the power of impossible. Look at your life. Look at your work, your family. What have you decided is impossible? Go make it happen. – and l’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Http://www.marathonbq.comhttp://runrunlive.com/my-books
The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-332 – Marathon Champ Kim Jones (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4332.mp3]Link epi4332.mp3Team Hoyt Boston 2016 Campaign -> https://www.crowdrise.com/teamhoytbostonmarath/fundraiser/christopherrussellMarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Hello and welcome to episode 4-332 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Hello, hello, hello. Remember when I said we didn't get any snow in that big storm? Well you can scratch that out, apply a little white-out and scribble over it because we've gotten a couple nice storms since then up here in New England. Winter showed up after all and left me with some fluffy, white water particles to move. It's also pretty chilly. Dropping down into the single digits Fahrenheit this weekend. I don't mind. It just puts a little ice in the beard for these long runs. We did a 2 hour long run on Sunday morning and it was -9 F when we started and 0 when we finished. That was a bit rough. By the way kids ‘White-out' is a clever double entendre for snow and typing mistakes. You see…we used to put sheets of flat dead trees into complex mechanical devices that bashed tiny courier font letters into place on the page. If we hit the wrong basher we'd have to pull the whole sheet of squished dead tree out of the bashing machine, paint over that mis-bashed bit with white paint, called ‘white-out', then re bash it with the correct courier font basher. Medieval, right? In the late 80's Wang labs invented ‘word processing' ad all the courier-bashers went onto the scrap heap. Which was good news for me. The only class I ever got a C in was typing. Anyhow, today we chat with Kim Jones who was an elite marathoner in the late 80's, early 90's. It was a pleasure to talk with her and hear about her amazingly successful and well balanced career. Especially because she had a fairly difficult early life. In the first section I share a post I wrote on what to expect from a 24 hour relay race. In the second section is a summary of an interesting book I just finished on reinvention. I've been training well. I've been hitting some decent distances with some quality and volume. Coach has me working on some core strength and yoga. I really need it because my hips, glutes and quads are weak and my balance is crap. Nothing hurts and I'm progressing injury free. I'm probably up into the mid-40 miles a week range in volume and feel fine. We're 2 months out from Boston and the hard work is about to begin. My travel and work schedule hasn't been that intense so I've been trying to get a lot of sleep. I've been eating, mostly fruits and veggies and have maintained my beer breakup for 3 whole weeks now! I feel strong. Even though it's cold outside I try to get out on the roads to do my runs because that little bit of sun goes a long way towards chasing the winter blues away. …I've had a few people asking about Buddy the old Wonder Dog. He's doing fine. He's old and doesn't get around with the same pop that he used to. He's got those fatty lumps which are some sort of benign fatty thing that old dogs get. He's still lean and healthy at 12+ years old but his hips bother him if he does too much. He still manages the stairs and does everything he needs or wants. He apparently sees, smells and hears as well as he ever did. There is only one other dog left from his cadre in the neighborhood. All the rest are gone now. His friend the Sheltie took the long trip just last week. On the weekends he rides around in my truck with me to do errands. He just likes to get out and watch the scenery go by. When he was younger I had a truck with a sliding window on the back of the cab. He'd sit with his rump on the armrest and stick his head out the back window. More than once I'd look in the rearview mirror to see people in the car behind waving and making faces. I still take him out for easy runs, but not more than once a week, and only on trails and only easy runs. The cold weather helps but he doesn't like the snow because it gets stuck in his paws. I just have to be careful to not overdo it or he'll be stiff and sore and limping around the house the next day. He still gets cabin fever if I don't take him out, at least for a walk every now and then. He's cantankerous and will decide to walk up behind me and bark in my ear while I'm working at my desk and scare the bejeesus out of me. Or just sit and stare at me, like he's trying to levitate me with the Force. Mostly he just hangs around the house and sleeps. He likes my bedroom, and my bed because it's a high vantage point on the second floor and he can keep an eye on the front yard while he's snoozing. This does mean that I'll find my pillow a bit tainted with the smell of dog-butt and I'll wake up with a beard full of Border collie hair. There is hair everywhere. We got him a big bed in the living room and he sleeps on that while we watch TV. He does this funny thing where he digs in it before he lies down. He's always at the door to greet us when we come home looking for a cuddle and a hug. It's been quite a ride since I smuggled that 8-week-old shy puppy home in a bag under the seat in front of me from a farm in Tennessee. Where I am in my life I don't know if I'll get another dog. But it's hard to imagine not having the comfort and companionship. Maybe I can get a time-share arrangement. I was watching TV this week and it was cold in the house. I scooped up my old puppy who was snarfing around the rug at my feet compulsively looking for crumbs. He may be old and smelly but he still makes a great blanket to cuddle with on a cold winter's night. On with the Show! Section one - Running Tips24 Hour Relays - http://runrunlive.com/mastering-the-24-hour-relay-race Voices of reason – the conversationKim Jones. http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/marathoner-kim-jones-authors-autobiographyBook ->Dandelions Growing Wild on AmazonCoaching site-> http://www.anaerobic.net/ Kim Jones began running marathons after watching Joan Benoit Samuelson's victory at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics on television. She quickly rose to become one of the best female marathoners in US history and was ranked 3rd in the World in 1991. Throughout her career, Kim has been one of the most dominant distance runners in the world. She has more high-level placings in world-class marathons than any other US female marathoner in history with 17 performances under 2:33. (Deena Kastor 10; Joan Benoit Samuelson 9; Lisa Weidenbach 7) Kim grew up in the Pacific Northwest before raising her two daughters in Spokane Washington, and now resides in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband Jon Sinclair. Since retiring from competition in 1998, she has been a coach with Anaerobic Management (www.anaerobic.net), an on-line coaching service for distance runners, as well as a speaker at special events, road races and Expos.Fastest marathon performances:• 2:26:40 Boston ‘91 (2nd) 3rd fastest U.S. marathon performer• 2:27:50 Berlin ‘91 (2nd)• 2:27:54 New York City ‘89 (2nd)• 2:29:34 Boston ‘89 (3rd)• 2:30:00 Boston ‘93 (2nd) • *** Plus 12 other performances under 2:33 since 1986• 5000 meters- 15:43 (‘96) • 10km- 32:23 (‘89), 32:48 (‘97)• 15km- 50:09 (‘88), 50:20 (‘95) • 1/2 Mar.- 1:11:34 (‘88)• 25km- 1:26:54 (‘97) • Marathon- 2:26:40 (‘91), 2:31 ('97, at age 39)• U.S. 30K (1:47:41) and 20 mile (1:55:29) records• Ranked 3rd in the World in the marathon (1989)• 8th place finisher at the Stuttgart World Championships (1993)• Member of the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame (1996)• Member of the Colorado Distance Running Hall of Fame (2009)• 25 career marathons (before the 1998 injury and retirement)• Average time - 2:33:04• Average place - 4.1• Fastest marathon 2:26:40 - Boston 1991 • Slowest marathon 2:48:48 - Honolulu 1984 (first marathon)MARATHON PERFORMANCES• 1984 Honolulu 2:48:48 5th place• 1985 Twin Cities 2:35:58 2• 1986 Twin Cities 2:32:31 1• 1987 Twin Cities 2:35:42 2• 1988 Pittsburgh 2:32:15 5• 1988 Chicago 2:32:03 5• 1989 Houston 2:32:32 2• 1989 Boston 2:29:34 3• 1989 Twin Cities 2:31:42 1• 1989 New York 2:27:54 2• 1990 Boston 2:31:01 5• 1990 New York 2:30:50 2• 1991 Boston 2:26:40 2• 1991 Berlin, Germany 2:27:50 2• 1992 Hokido, Japan 2:35:46 3• 1993 Boston 2:30:00 2• 1993 World Championships/Stuttgart 2:36:33 8• 1994 Boston 2:31:48 8• 1995 London, England 2:31:35 6• 1995 World Championships/Gothenburg short course 14• 1995 Chicago 2:31:24 2• 1996 New York 2:34:46 4• 1997 Boston 2:32:52 9• 1997 New York 2:32:00 6• 1998 Houston 2:35:44 2• *** injury and retirement from competition• 1998 Chicago 2:43:37 16• 2001 New York 2:51:21 36Related Articles:http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/marathoner-kim-jones-authors-autobiographyhttp://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/i-can-make-people-proud-of-me-againhttp://www.runnersworld.com/races/how-i-placed-second-at-the-1989-nyc-marathonhttp://www.amazon.com/Dandelion-Growing-Wild-triumphant-astounding/dp/0615597424/ref=tmm_pap_title_0Section twoThe Last word on Power- http://runrunlive.com/the-last-word-on-power Outro - Closing commentsMarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Ok my friends, put down that dog, brush off the hair and get on with your life because we have bashed our way through to the end of episode 4-332 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Hey guess what? The audio version of my book “MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon with a full time job and family” is an official audio book on Audible.com. How about that?! Persistence yields favorable outcomes. Now you can use that audible membership that the other podcasts guilted you into getting so that they could pocket $10. Speaking of podcast advertising – I read an interesting article about it. I listen to a lot of podcasts and many of them have advertisements in them. I find ads super annoying – but – the way they work is there are 3 places where you can put an ad. These are called ‘pre-roll', ‘mid-roll' and ‘post-roll'. You see this with the ads at the beginning, the middle and the end, right? For example you might have a 15-second pre-roll spot for the ‘this show is sponsored by', etc. The way the podcaster gets paid is by the thousands of impressions, or in our case, downloads. The rates vary but it's somewhere in the $20 a spot per thousand range. It really only makes economic sense for the larger podcasters. If you were curious, that's how it works. Here's a tip for you. Most podcast listening apps have a feature that allows you to skip forward X seconds by poking the appropriate button. If you set the number of seconds to 10 or 15 you can cruise right by the ads and get on with the content – the podcaster gets paid and you don't have to listen to yet another Harry's razors commercial – it's a win-win. On a more interesting topic I have a conference in Phoenix on May 17th and 18th. I'm planning on taking the following day, Thursday the 19th off and running down from the south rim of the Grand Canyon to the bottom and back up. It's about 20 miles round trip. It's an amazing place – even at a casual pace we can get down and back in 8-10 hours. So, anyone who wants to join me let me know we'll have an epic adventure! I'm trying to talk my youngest who graduates the weekend before into coming with me. Would still appreciate your support for my Team Hoyt campaign for Boston. The links are in the show notes. (The totally pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll ad free show notes.) Or just go to my web site at RunRunLive.com. …One thoughtful bit of learning I got from the Last Word on Power was the concept of impossible. The point is to do the impossible you have to re-jigger your thinking so that it isn't impossible any more. It's an interesting leadership hack. While everyone else is looking at the situation, the challenge and asking “What is possible?” you could blow up the conversation by asking “What is impossible?” It's similar to the ‘big hairy goal' concept that we've talked about. If the goal is big enough it forces you to change your approach. By asking ‘what is impossible?' it forces you to rethink your thinking, your frame of reference and your approach. By singularly setting the impossible as your goal you are forced to figure out how to make it possible and that inevitably is an entirely different path. In the business world look at Elon Musk's companies. He's going to commercialize space travel. He's going to reinvent the automobile industry. He's going to bring hyper-loops to cities. Surely all these things, if you asked insiders are impossible. Look at Amazon. They are going to deliver to you in an hour. They are going to fly packages to your door. All these things are impossible. These impossible things may never become successful realities but look at the innovation and forward progress and unique thinking they unlock. That's the power of impossible. Look at your life. Look at your work, your family. What have you decided is impossible? Go make it happen. – and l'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Http://www.marathonbq.comhttp://runrunlive.com/my-books
Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, listeners will hear advice and tips for getting in shape from Joan Benoit Samuelson, the top American long distance runner of all time. Joan is one of the best in the world, having accomplished the never-to-be-equaled goal of winning the first Women’s Olympic Marathon Gold Metal. Also on the show is Express Script’s David Moeckly, who will talk about how to best treat prostate cancer if you have it, and how to prevent it if you don’t.
Episode 81 - Beyond What is Possible Freestyle - The last in a series of "The Best Of". Today is a continuation of our interview with Rick Strom (Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers), Money 1 Soul 0, training, catching, bean, Thank You Jesus, and much more. Listen Up - Interview with Rick Strom What's Hot - Movie - The Astronaut Farmer (IMDB Amazon) Praying Twice - 'Money 1 Soul 0' by Andy Logan (Garage Band Person Website) It's Your Call - How do I continue to train while I am injured? Joan Benoit Samuelson. You can reach Dr. Bill at feedback@reclaimthegame.com Skills and Drills - Catching. Minimize the number of dropped balls. Iron Will - Why peak performance doesn't happen. An illustration. Soul Food - Thank You Jesus Closing - Thank you for joining us. You can contact Dr. Bill at feedback@reclaimthegame.com.
Joan Benoit Samuelson won the Boston Marathon twice and was the first Olympic Gold Medalist in the Woman’s Marathon. She is an inspiration not only to women runners, to but all runners who suffer from overuse injuries with hopes of recovery. She continues to be an amazing athlete, a passionate proponent of children’s charities, and a true legend in every sense of the word.
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