Podcast appearances and mentions of jonathan marcus

In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus dive into the third part of their three-part series on becoming a champion. This segment, ‘How to Recover. How to Connect” focuses on the oft forgotten part of greatness: the team around you and the relationships you develop. Steve’s NEW Book…

In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus dive into the second part of their three-part series on becoming a champion. This segment, ‘How to Train,’ explores the nuances and complexities of transitioning from preparation to high-level training. They discuss the critical distinction between preparation and training, emphasizing the…

The Importance of Teaching in Coaching In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus emphasize the significance of teaching in coaching, arguing that workouts should come second to effectively educating and connecting with athletes. They explore the ways in which a pedagogical approach, akin to old-school coaching legends, fosters…

The Nuance of Drills: Do They Really Work? In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus delve into the controversial topic of whether drills are effective in enhancing running mechanics and athletic performance. They discuss the history, purpose, and context of various drills, offering insights into how they can…

Featuring:Jonathan Marcus, Head of Software Development at SureguardDominik Keller, CEO at Co-Founder at FiveErnest KoeTodd GeistIn this episode of The Context Podcast, Ernest Koe and Todd Geist are joined by Jonathan Marcus from Sureguard and Dominik Keller from Five to discuss the challenges of building user-friendly applications for non-employees. They explore how Five's low-code approach simplifies development, the integration of AI for creating complex business solutions, and the importance of infrastructure, security, and compliance in industries like healthcare. The conversation highlights the flexibility of Five, the collaborative nature of development, and the robust frameworks needed to empower developers to innovate effectively.Check out the awesome work that Five and Sureguard are doing.You can also find this episode on YouTube.00:00Introduction to the Guests and Their Backgrounds04:59The Genesis of Five and Its Role in Software Development10:13Exploring the Challenges with FileMaker and WebDirect14:48Understanding OData and Its Advantages20:01Navigating the Learning Curve with Five and OData24:50AI and Code Generation in Application Development30:41Building Complex Business Applications36:24The Role of Infrastructure in Development39:01Security and Compliance in Medical Applications44:42Collaboration and Success in Development Projects

The Great Long Run Debate: Length vs. Speed In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus dive into the classic debate on long runs: should athletes focus on longer durations or faster paces? They explore the history and benefits of long runs, referencing training methods from legendary coaches like…

In this episode of the On Coaching podcast, Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus discuss the importance of a holistic approach to training. They argue that workouts constitute only 40% of the equation for peak performance, emphasizing that stability in life, sleep, nutrition, and stress management play crucial roles. The hosts share personal experiences and examples…

In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus discuss the intricate balance of being a good coach versus a nice coach. They delve into the importance of setting boundaries, maintaining consistency, and building genuine relationships. Through personal anecdotes and expert insights, they illustrate how nuanced coaching approaches can lead to…

In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus dive deep into the intricacies of designing and implementing hard workouts for distance runners. They discuss the multi-dimensional aspects of ‘hard’ workouts, including physiological, psychological, and neurological demands. Learn how elite coaches use context, individual characteristics, and pattern recognition to tailor workouts…

In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, hosts Steve Magness and Jonathan Marcus delve into the concept of the ‘fifth man’ and its crucial role in building winning cross country teams. They discuss the importance of every team member, not just the top performers, in contributing to overall success. They highlight strategies for fostering…

You will learn how to understand value in real estate investing with Jonathan Marcus, principal at New England Investment Partners, LLC, which focuses on the national market and actively pursues the acquisition of office, industrial, retail, and multi-family properties. The company takes a conservative and holistic approach to add value while improving the tenant experience. You'll hear about being involved in real estate when it's a family business, and how to start on your own with real estate investing. You'll also gain insight on moving from multi-family properties to office spaces. Jonathan discusses the advantages that come from continuing to move forward and raise capital when you find a great deal.  You can connect with Jonathan at LinkedIn and his company website New England Investment Partners.   And I'm always happy to connect with listeners—you can find me online at: My website: JamesNelson.com LinkedIn: JamesNelsonNYC Instagram: JamesNelsonNYC Twitter: JamesNelsonNYC My Forbes.com articles: Forbes.com/sites/jamesnelson

Rose Sisters Chips is an up-and-coming snack that has been beating the odds and growing at a quick pace.   This week Ari talks to Jonathan Marcus, President of Rose Sisters Brands and discovers the origin of their family's chip recipe, the story of getting started, and how they moved from co-packing to self-manufacturing.   Starting at zero, Rose Sisters Brands began with no knowledge of food manufacturing, but took a crash course, first at Rutgers University and then through life experience with the own co-packer.   They quickly learned what they needed and felt they could do It more efficiently themselves. Now they are working through automating their processes - one step at a time.   A fun and lively discussion that also touches on automation, marketing, distribution, and customer feedback.   Jonathan Marcus, Rose Sisters Brands Website: https://www.rosesisterschips.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosesisterschips/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosesisterschips/ Jonathan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-c-marcus-487113/   Ari Santiago, CEO, CompassMSP Company Website: https://compassmsp.com/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compass-msp/ Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MadeinAmericaPodcast Podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/made-in-america-podcast-with-ari Podcast YouTube:  https://youtube.com/c/MadeinAmericaPodcastwithAri Ari's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asantiago104/   Podcast produced by Miceli Productions: https://miceliproductions.com/ Podcast executive production by Gael Communications: https://www.gaelcommunications.com/   Jonathan and Ari discuss: Co-packing Food manufacturing Automation Customer feedback Marketing Distribution

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: LLMs and computation complexity, published by Jonathan Marcus on April 28, 2023 on LessWrong. Epistemic status: Speculative. I've built many large AI systems in my previous HFT career but have never worked with generative AIs. I am leveling up in LLMs by working things out from base principles and observations. All feedback is very welcome. Tl;dr: An LLM cannot solve computationally hard problems. Its ability to write code is probably its skill of greatest potential. I think this reduces p(near term doom). An LLM takes the same amount of computation for each generated token, regardless of how hard it is to predict. This limits the complexity of any problem an LLM is trying to solve. Consider two statements: "The richest country in North America is the United States of ______" "The SHA1 of 'abc123', iterated 500 times, is _______" An LLM's goal is to predict the best token to fill in the blank given its training and the previous context. Completing statement 1 requires knowledge about the world but is computationally trivial. Statement 2 requires a lot of computation. Regardless, the LLM performs the same amount of work for either statement. It cannot correctly solve computationally hard statements like #2. Period. If it could, that would imply that all problems can be solved in constant time, which is provably (and obviously) false. Why does this matter? It puts some bounds on what an LLM can do. Zvi writes: Eliezer Yudkowsky does not see any of this as remotely plausible. He points out that in order to predict all the next word in all the text on the internet and all similar text, you need to be able to model the processes that are generating that text. And that predicting what you would say is actually a good bit harder than it is to be a being that says things - predicting that someone else would say is tricker and requires more understanding and intelligence than the someone else required to say it, the problem is more constrained. And then he points out that the internet contains text whose prediction outright requires superhuman capabilities, like figuring out hashes, or predicting the results of scientific experiments, or generating the result of many iterations of refinement. A perfect predictor of the internet would be a superintelligence, it won't ‘max out' anywhere near human. I interpret this the opposite way. Being a perfect predictor of the internet would indeed require a superintelligence, but it cannot be done by an LLM. How does an LLM compute? What kinds of problems fall into category 2 (i.e., clearly unanswerable by an LLM)? Let's dig in to how an LLM computes. For each token, it reviews all the tokens in its context window "at least once", call it O(1) time. To produce n tokens, it does O(n^2) work. Without being too precise about the details, this roughly means it can't solve problems that are more complex than O(n^2). Consider some examples (all tested with GPT-4): Addition, O(1) It's not always accurate, but it's usually able to do addition correctly. Sorting, O(n log n) I asked it to sort 100 random integers that I'd generated, and it got it right. My guess is that it doesn't have the internal machinery to do a quick sort, and was probably doing something more like O(n^2), but either way that's within its powers to get right, and it got it. Matrix multiplication, O(n^3) I generated a 3x3 matrix called A and told it to compute AA. This was interesting, let's look at what it did: Pretty cool! It executed the naive matrix multiplication algorithm by using O(n^3) tokens to do it step-by-step. If I ask it to do it without showing its work, it hallucinates an incorrect answer: The result was the right shape, and the elements had approximately the right number of digits. Slight problem: the elements are all incorrect. Whoops. This makes sense though....

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: LLMs and computation complexity, published by Jonathan Marcus on April 28, 2023 on LessWrong. Epistemic status: Speculative. I've built many large AI systems in my previous HFT career but have never worked with generative AIs. I am leveling up in LLMs by working things out from base principles and observations. All feedback is very welcome. Tl;dr: An LLM cannot solve computationally hard problems. Its ability to write code is probably its skill of greatest potential. I think this reduces p(near term doom). An LLM takes the same amount of computation for each generated token, regardless of how hard it is to predict. This limits the complexity of any problem an LLM is trying to solve. Consider two statements: "The richest country in North America is the United States of ______" "The SHA1 of 'abc123', iterated 500 times, is _______" An LLM's goal is to predict the best token to fill in the blank given its training and the previous context. Completing statement 1 requires knowledge about the world but is computationally trivial. Statement 2 requires a lot of computation. Regardless, the LLM performs the same amount of work for either statement. It cannot correctly solve computationally hard statements like #2. Period. If it could, that would imply that all problems can be solved in constant time, which is provably (and obviously) false. Why does this matter? It puts some bounds on what an LLM can do. Zvi writes: Eliezer Yudkowsky does not see any of this as remotely plausible. He points out that in order to predict all the next word in all the text on the internet and all similar text, you need to be able to model the processes that are generating that text. And that predicting what you would say is actually a good bit harder than it is to be a being that says things - predicting that someone else would say is tricker and requires more understanding and intelligence than the someone else required to say it, the problem is more constrained. And then he points out that the internet contains text whose prediction outright requires superhuman capabilities, like figuring out hashes, or predicting the results of scientific experiments, or generating the result of many iterations of refinement. A perfect predictor of the internet would be a superintelligence, it won't ‘max out' anywhere near human. I interpret this the opposite way. Being a perfect predictor of the internet would indeed require a superintelligence, but it cannot be done by an LLM. How does an LLM compute? What kinds of problems fall into category 2 (i.e., clearly unanswerable by an LLM)? Let's dig in to how an LLM computes. For each token, it reviews all the tokens in its context window "at least once", call it O(1) time. To produce n tokens, it does O(n^2) work. Without being too precise about the details, this roughly means it can't solve problems that are more complex than O(n^2). Consider some examples (all tested with GPT-4): Addition, O(1) It's not always accurate, but it's usually able to do addition correctly. Sorting, O(n log n) I asked it to sort 100 random integers that I'd generated, and it got it right. My guess is that it doesn't have the internal machinery to do a quick sort, and was probably doing something more like O(n^2), but either way that's within its powers to get right, and it got it. Matrix multiplication, O(n^3) I generated a 3x3 matrix called A and told it to compute AA. This was interesting, let's look at what it did: Pretty cool! It executed the naive matrix multiplication algorithm by using O(n^3) tokens to do it step-by-step. If I ask it to do it without showing its work, it hallucinates an incorrect answer: The result was the right shape, and the elements had approximately the right number of digits. Slight problem: the elements are all incorrect. Whoops. This makes sense though....

When I was 28 years old, I packed up my things and moved to Billings, Montana to become a television news anchor and reporter.  I knew I was getting out of my comfort zone, but I had no idea how far.  The person who helped me through it--my colleague, Jonathan Marcus--is my guest on this episode.  We reminisce about our experiences working in local news; living in Montana; and realize that over the years we've both had the same idea: that we should write a screenplay or a novel--or something... because truly, as our experience working at KULR-8 showed us, the truth can be stranger than fiction.  From the one-armed cameraguy who prowled the Montana highways all night long looking for footage, to the inappropriate news director; from drinking on the job to getting hit on in local bars... you can't make this stuff up. And we didn't.  In this episode:How Jon ended up in Montana (02:21)Elizabeth's initial impressions of the station (and of Jon) (04:04)Some of the craziness that took place at the station (09:28)How Jon saved Elizabeth her first time anchoring (13:10)Being recognized around town (16:00)Elizabeth's experience being critiqued for superficial qualities (23:03)What should you do if you want to get into the business? (28:48)Nerf ball in the newsroom + other stories (31:01)Jon's excellent renegotiation skills (34:20)Want to know more about the podcast What It's Like To... ?Sign up to be on our Insiders' List to receive our newsletters and insiders' information! Go to whatitsliketo.net (sign-ups are at the bottom of the page)Follow us on social media:InstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInSupport the show

The United Nations have said that more than 1.7m Ukrainians have fled the country and At least 13 civilians were killed yesterday after a factory in the Kyiv region was hit by airstrike. For more on the situation, Newstalk Breakfast spoke to  Former BBC Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent, Jonathan Marcus. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

I've been utterly consumed by the On Coaching podcast with Steve Magness and Jonthan Marcus. I reached out to Jon recently to see if he would be interested in recording a show with me. Thankfully, Jon is very gracious with his time, and we were able to record a great podcast.During this episode we discuss team culture, why Jon continues to coach, what ultimately drives human behavior and how we should navigate that, and more.It was an honor to host Jon, and I hope you enjoy the podcast as much as I enjoyed recording it.Follow Jon:https://twitter.com/jmarpdxhttps://twitter.com/highperformwesthttps://www.highperformancewest.com/https://the-science-of-running.teachable.com/p/the-scholar-programFollow me:https://www.instagram.com/josh_philwl/https://twitter.com/Not_Josh_PhilWL

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

In a special edition on the terrorist attacks on America, we hear from the White House official who broke the news to the President and a Muslim first-responder who worked at Ground Zero. Plus, personal memories of the US intelligence failures in the run-up to 9/11 and the bombing of Afghanistan which followed. We also get a dramatic first-hand account of the death of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the leader of the Afghan resistance against the Taleban, who was killed by an al-Qaeda suicide bomber on the eve of the attacks on New York and Washington. And former BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus joins us to analyse the war on terror and the gains made - or not made - in the twenty years since a day which changed the world. Photo: Smoke pours from the World Trade Centre after it was hit by two passenger planes on September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Credit: Robert Giroux/Getty Images)

Jonathan Marcus, former defence and diplomatic correspondent with the BBC, on the completion of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

1. Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti responds to a lawsuit against him, the chief of police and city of Shelton. After six officers were fired last year, why he says the claims have no merit and it's an opening for character assassinations. ((00:10)) 2. The pandemic certainly brought more problems, but did you know close to 20% of 10-year-olds in Connecticut were at risk of suicide last year? Amy Knight, President of Children's Hospital Association, shares the latest data on pediatric mental health. ((12:36)) 3. A Bridgeport-based business is a semi-finalist for the UPS Small Biz Challenge. Vote for Jonathan Marcus at: www.inc.com/theupsstore ((20:20)) 4. Businesses are weighing in on what should be done with AMR money for the City of Bridgeport. Dan Onofrio with the Bridgeport Regional Business Council shares why the money should go to building up the downtown. ((26:21)) IMAGE CREDIT: iStock / Getty Images Plus

Jonathan Marcus (High Performance West) talks about different training techniques, coaching philosophies, and sport science. Jonathan is one of the most interesting individuals I have ever talked to, this episode was a ton of fun to record. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/robbiedickson/support

Episode 150: Welcome to episode 150 of the Final Surge Podcast where coach and podcast host Jonathan Marcus joins us to talk about speed. In episode 145 we had Tony Holler on to talk about Feed The Cats and developing speed. Today Jonathan Marcus joins us to discuss how exactly to implement that for endurance athletes.    :57 What is new with Jonathan Marcus in the last two years? 3:58 Did you just take on too much? 7:00 You put out a tweet last August that caused a lot of uproar.. It is impossible to teach an athlete to ‘run fast when tired.’ The very nature of being in a state of fatigue negates the ability to run fast — the skill of speed is only learned when fresh. Therefore, doing a tempo run followed by ‘fast’ 200s is, in fact, a useless exercise.    9:00 If you take a body and put it through stress then allow it proper recovery time doesn't it make the body stronger? 12:04 I guess it depends on some factors like the workload, doesn't it depend on the extent of the tempo run? 17:03 We are talking about speed and getting it in fresh, but if I am working on maximum speed, we are probably not running flying 40's and 60's. But the 200's are not for pure top-end speed. 22:00 Are there any published documents on this you would recommend reading? 26:09 Our audience is mostly high school coaches and age group runners, not mostly elite type runners listening. You had on Tony Holler and we had Tony on the same week as you. Everyone likes the idea of speed, but how do we implement that for endurance athletes 36:43 On that week Monday are you talking about 3 flying 40's or are you talking about 5x300 type speed work? 44:51 This is where endurance is different, you are doing more work when Tony is done after those 30's 48:28 Would you come back on Friday and get in some 3x30's to get in a little more speed work? 53:43 You are talking to a distance coach and we are coming into track season and you have a freshman coming in who may want to break 5:20 and a senior trying to break a sub-4:10, when you are working with the freshman are you working with more speed as a percentage or endurance? 1:04:05 The X-Factor Drills are a great progression, when do you work them into a workout day? Resources Jonathan on Twitter High Performance West

Tensions between the US and Iran have been high recently, following the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by the US in Baghdad. Iran declared it would no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal, and President Donald Trump threatened that the US could strike back at Iran in the event of retaliation for Soleimani's death "in a disproportionate manner". So what is happening, and why? 5 Live's Nicky Campbell put your questions to a panel of experts: Jonathan Marcus, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent; Martin Lanni, former Royal Navy Liaison officer to the US Fifth Fleet in the Middle-East; global politics writer Tim Marshall; Emma Sky, US military political advisor and Middle Eastern politics lecturer; and Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi from defence thinktank RUSI.

Jonathan Marcus is to running as Charlie Munger is to investing: a coach that uses “elementary, worldly wisdom” to mold his athletes into high-level runners. His past coaching and running industry experience includes: Assistant track coach at Portland State University Division I / NAIA / post-collegiate club / Oregon High School levels Involvement with the Portland Track Festival, USA Track & Field, NIKE’s Bowerman Track Club, and the Run Portland/Team Athena running clubs He was appointed USA Track & Field High Performance Coordinator for the men’s middle distances in 2011 and his national role with USATF included serving as co-meet director for the prestigious USATF High Performance track meet held annually at Occidental College. Currently he’s the Director of High Performance West, an elite training group in Portland Oregon. He also has an incredibly enlightening and action-packed podcast with fellow coach Steve Magness called On Coaching that I highly recommend. What I most respect about coach Jonathan Marcus is that he’s a lifelong learner: always reading books, learning, educating himself, and connecting with others to improve his ability to perform at a high level as a running coach. Our wide-ranging discussion might surprise you because we talk about some interesting topics that, on first examination, don’t appear to be truly about running or coaching! Issues like: The books that Jonathan is reading (and why they’re not all running books) Empathy and bias (and why these are crucial traits for coaches) Vision (and how this relates to your success as a runner) “Cognitive coping skills” for racing and challenging workouts For those who want to transcend beyond an elementary understanding of running, this conversation is a fantastic primer on the nuances of high-level running achievement. I think you’re going to love it.

Welcome to episode 73 of the Final Surge Podcast. We have had some great runners on this podcast. Neely Spence Gracey, Nick Willis, Nick Symmonds, Dathan Ritzehein, Kim Conley and more, but maybe none has had a bigger influence on the running scene, especially the American running scene like today's guest. Today we welcome American mile record holder, Alan Webb. Alan retired from running in 2014 and has not been seen much around the running community since then, but that is about to change. Alan is part of a group starting a new coaching service called RunDoyen. We talk to Alan about the goals of the business and how you or anyone else can get personalized coaching from him and other professional runners. We also spend a little time talking about his training and the state of American middle distance running. Please remember to share this podcast on social media.    Before we get to some questions about your career, let’s find out what you have been up to for the last three years. How is the truck repair business? Business has been great There is a new site and Twitter account popping up called RunDoyen. It has listed yourself, Tara Welling, Ryan Vail, Aaron Braun, Jessica Tonn and more. A tweet said you are launching a new concept that reinvents the way the running community connects. Can you tell us what this project is? Coaching site, schedule time with one of the coaches Video chat Final Surge training logs Message board system Access to professional runners Will it be a monthly membership service? Purchase Time Purchase Training Plans No monthly fee, packages that are over the course of a training block What type of training plans are you offering? Mile to marathon Not limiting to one distance, offering variety If someone is interested in working with you in a mile program, what is the timeframe? Customized to individual Would prefer more time 2-3-6 months to develop Looking to build relationships long-term What was it about this idea that got you excited to get involved in it? Easy to use packaged online system Can help people around world to work with different people What else can people expect? Drills, strength training, other things integrated into the training plan Communication between athlete and coach on daily basis Athlete tells us what is going on so we can make adjustments What type of feedback are you looking for with communications from your clients? What actually got done How you are feeling, how run went Any questions they have for the coaches Video appointments for communications too Are nutrition and physical therapist you have listed on site included? Different packages Can schedule time with other specialists These are well-known professionals, what type of client you will be working with? We are all looking for variety More geared towards non-professionals People looking to improve We know your work ethic and how hard you hit it on your workout days. What is your coaching philosophy? There are times you need to hit it hard, but also time for recovery Recovery balance is important Recovery helps keep you healthy Will you personally be working with someone who wants to run a longer distance like a marathon? Yes, looking forward to it When you ran you were known as someone who liked to hit the weight room and hit workouts hard. Was that something specific to Alan Webb or would you incorporate this into your athletes you are working with too? That was specific to me More important for me as a miler than a marathon runner Strength training is important, but specific to athlete Amount/intensity needs to adjust to event/athlete We had Jonathan Marcus on recently and talked about some of your workouts, will be dusting off your training logs to bring some of those back? Some of it for sure Will be adapted to the athlete/event Some of the basic workouts are great, fun, tough One of the workouts was a shorter 100's do you remember what your paces were? 400-800 goal race pace Really fast going hard Hardened to faster pace to take edge off the mile Do you have all your old running logs? Lost some, but have many of them  A few high school years have a few lost Have quite a bit It has been three years since you retired if you could paint a picture of what that time has looked like? Tore ALC so personal running has taken a dive 2 and 5 year old are handfuls, but going great Wife Julia getting ready to run her first marathon Do you have any running goals for the future? Would love to run a marathon Would be just to get through it Nick Symmonds is my inspiration Have to get ACL fixed first You are arguably the greatest US middle distance runner of all time. So when you looked at retiring, why truck repair? Good growth market Enjoyed learning a new skill and been fun I want to ask you about the mile. When Steve Scott set it, it stood for 25 years before you broke it in 2007. And now it has been another decade and no one has touched it. Why do you think this has been so hard to break? It is a fast time Have to be on and everything go right To stay at the level is difficult, tough to get there You ran 3:46, that is a well respected time. Is American middle distance running progressing the way it should be? Yes, we are progressing the right direction We are getting medals in major championship races We are seeing on a consistent basis success in big races Big pipeline coming up High School runners are now breaking 4 minutes on a regular basis What do you think has been the biggest reason for the resurgence? Internet makes it easier to be a track fan What advice do you have for young high school runners? Persevere and don't worry about people running faster Different runners develop at different ages You had times in your career that you were plagued by injuries. Looking back at it now is there anything you think you would have done differently? Would have added in more recovery Would have been a little more conservative in workouts Better perspective Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute Favorite endurance/running book? - Perfect Mile Current trainers you are wearing? - Nike Structure Triax Favorite race? - American Mile Record Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Spaghetti  Your favorite workout - 800's, 8x800 Resources RunDoyen on Twitter RunDoyen Website Alan Webb on Twitter Alan Webb American record mile race

Donald Trump came to office insisting he would end America's mismanaged wars and invest in defence. In an unusual breach with past practice he chose a general to head up the Pentagon. But how far has defence policy changed in Trump's first year? Is he likely to take US forces into new confrontations? And what of those who see Mr Trump as having a potentially irresponsible finger on the nuclear button? BBC Defence and Diplomatic correspondent, Jonathan Marcus, examines the relationship between Trump and the Generals.

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

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

Two essential elements of training are context and progression. Context establishes the nature of the relationship of the various components of training within the system. And progression, in its simplest form moves the workload frrom simple to complex, easy to hard and general to specific. On this episode of the GAINcast Vern talks about how context and progression can be properly implemented in training: http://www.hmmrmedia.com/2016/03/gaincast-episode-5-context-and-progression/ This episode if brought to you by GAIN (www.thegainnetwork.com) and HMMR Media (www.hmmrmedia.com). It's not too late to sign up for the HMMR Media Seminar on March 20 with me, Nick, Jonathan Marcus, and our recently announced special guest: Jean-Pierre Egger.

On today's special episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast I'm rebroadcasting an interview I conducted with Jonathan Marcus, CEO of Goodsie, in November of 2012. Goodsie provides anyone with easy drag-and-drop tools that allow you to create a beautiful, customizable online storefront in an easy and affordable way. Jonathan founded Goodsie in 2011 as a way of bringing ecommerce to the masses. We talk about what he feels sets Goodsie apart from other online storefront makers and who he envisions as Goodsie's ideal customer.  Please note that this show used to be called the While She Naps podcast. The name has changed, but the content and host have stayed the same. To get the full show notes for this episode, visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Meet with show host, Abby Glassenberg, each month for our Craft Business Roundtable, get access to courses and webinars taught by industry leaders, and much more.

The Arab-Israeli conflict seems to have been sidelined in this year of revolutions. But our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen tells us that it hasn't gone away, and the signs are not good. It was 37-degrees at the Italian air base where Jonathan Marcus has been to meet some of the pilots flying NATO missions over Libya -- but not too hot for them all to tuck into a full English breakfast while Jonathan inquired: how much have the pilots contributed to the rebels' success in and around Tripoli? They've been celebrating twenty years of independence in Estonia and, not surprisingly, we find they've been doing it in song. Kieran Cooke's been to Shangri-La. This town in western China is supposed to be as close as you can get to an earthly paradise, but Kieran's not entirely convinced. And call him a hypochondriac but our man in the Hollywood hills, David Willis, is more than a little scared when he opens up an email telling him if he's likely to get Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

Weeks of drama in Egypt reach a climax with the resignation of President Mubarak. Hugh Sykes tells of the joy in Cairo's Tahrir Square; Rupert Wingfield Hayes examines what will happen to the army of police, thugs and torturers who enforced Mubarak's police state; Jonathan Marcus explains how western diplomats were left floundering by this very Egyptian revolution; Sarah Monaghan's in Oman, a distant outpost of the Arab world waiting to see if the winds of change will blow through there as well and Justin Webb muses on the effect the changing shape of the Middle East might be having on American foreign policy.

Jonathan Marcus explores the impact of these two conflicts on the american political psyche.

This Podcast for the Neurology Journal begins with Dr. John H. Noseworthy, Editor-in-Chief briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. John Croom and Dr. Jonathan Marcus interview Dr. Allan Krumholz from the University of Maryland and Dr. Gary Gronseth from the University of Kansas about their practice parameter on unprovoked first seizure in adults. The podcast concludes with Dr. Adam Heller interviewing Dr. Gary Gronseth for the Lesson of the Week. Podcast participants had nothing to disclose.