Sep 30, 2019
With this episode, I fly solo to bring you updates on current events and then some of my top tips for the mental side of race day execution. On current events, we talk about the Boston registration cutoff and what I think about it, a few thoughts the World Champs so far, and of course the epic day at the Berlin Marathon...
Sep 25, 2019
With this episode, Johanna Gretschel (@jojo_shea) and I get together to preview and predict the World Track Championships coming up from Friday, 9/27 through Sunday, October 6th in Doha, Qatar.
We will split this preview into 2 parts, starting with distance finals for the first 6 distance events Friday through Tuesday....
Sep 22, 2019
In this episode, we jump right in with my returning guest - James Dodds - and bring back a concept that we used in episode #37. Running True or False?
For this part 1 of this episode, we cover 6 different true/false statements, 3 each of James and Chris. The topics covered span the spectrum from training to goal setting...
Sep 15, 2019
In the intro, we start with discussions of Woody Kincaid's top-5 US all-time 5K this past Tuesday on the Michael Johnson Track as well a new half marathon world record from Geoffrey Kamworor. Both very impressive.
Then at 10:20 in, I bring in Brent Stein (from episode 126) to talk about the "what if's" of training. What...
Sep 9, 2019
In this episode, we start with recaps of the 5th Ave. Mile and the Diamond League Final in Brussels. We talk about Jenny Simpson getting another win along with Old Man Willis. And... can you guess which athlete from Brussels I call BS on?!?
Then, I turn to listener questions covering the timing of prep races, the...