Running Rogue

In this episode, we mix things up and bring on world class sprinter and 400m hurdler Johnny Dutch with filmmaker Evan Kidd. Evan produced and directed a new documentary on Johnny's Olympic journey called Run of the Picture.  The film follows the parallel paths of Johnny's journey to the Olympics and his own personal path in narrative film making. Johnny is the only world class sprinter on the planet who has also made a Zombie movie, and his journey to both hallmarks is fascinating. Plus, we dig more into the track itself and talk about prepping for and racing the 400m hurdles, including all of its technical details.  You will be inspired by Johnny's story and have a new runner to cheer on in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 games.  To watch the movie for free on Amazon Prime, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Run-Picture-Johnny-Dutch/dp/B07R59WV8B/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Looking for the Rogue Expeditions trip giveaway? Click here: https://www.roguexpeditions.com/giveaway  

In this episode, fellow Rogue coach and prior podcast guest James Dodds is back on the podcast to discuss what characteristics you might look for in a running coach. It will be impossible to find a coach with all of these characteristics, but this should give you an exhaustive list from which to choose your own criteria. Next week, I will be back from vacation and will give a full update on my experience attending the Monaco Diamond League meet in person where I got to see Mondo Duplantis in action and Sifan Hassan break the Women's Mile World Record.

With this episode, I welcome Ryan Posonby to the show. Ryan Ponsonby coached Leo Manzano to an Olympic Silver Medal in 2012 in London after working with John Cook and his group including Shalane Flanagan and Shannon Rowbury.  Ryan is now the head XC and track coach for St. Edwards University in Austin. He also coaches the Rogue Team Rogue Dawn Patrol that meets on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  With Ryan, I talk about his coaching philosophy which has evolved from his time as an assistant coach at the University of Texas as well as what it's like to coach an Olympian and how that compares to the everyday runner. Ryan also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Leo's silver medal run in London in 2012.

In this episode, we go behind-the-scenes with Rogue coach and curriculum writer Jen Harney to talking about how to build a training plan. Many times on this show, we have touched on the high-level elements of a program and on how to structure macrocycles over time, but we haven't been specific on the nuts and bolts of building a training plan. In this discussion, we do that and specifically discuss creating a marathon plan including the phases of a cycle, how to build your long run schedule, how to structure each week, and how to safely build mileage within a plan. Plus, we cover sample workouts by phase and when/how to build-in long run workouts to prep for the big day.  

In follow-up to episode #132, James Dodds is back on the show to talk about 6 more reasons why runners miss their goals. This one gets a little bit more existential than the first, so be prepared to have your mind bended just a little bit! Plus, we start with some listener email, including responses from James and I.

Cross-posting from my new Clean Sport Collective Podcast with Kara Goucher and Shanna Burnette: In this 4th episode of the Clean Sport Collective podcast, we interview Jenny Simpson (@trackjenny) to get her perspective on anti-doping efforts in sport. Jenny is one of the greatest US 1-mile and 1500m runners of all time. She owns 3 World Championship medals (1 gold and 2 silvers) and an Olympic medal (bronze in 2016). She's also a 3-time NCAA champion, 11-time US champion, and 3-time Olympian. In this interview, we learn more about Jenny's background in sport and how she became one of the best in the world in her event. We get insight on what it's like to line up against suspicious athletes as well as what it's like to be randomly drug tested, including how things went in a surprise test on the morning of our interview.  Jenny is an athlete that we can all believe in, and we think you will enjoy this discussion with her. This will be the last time I cross post episodes. If you want to check it out or subscribe

In this episode, we jump right into a discussion with 2 athletes that I coach in Austin - Jessie Barnes (@thejessiest) and Peter Hogan. Jessie was also a guest on episode #103. With Jessie and Peter, we talk about body image and body positivity including the insecurities that each of us carry with regard to body image and how we have tried to overcome them. This is not an easy topic to discussion, and we don't have perfect solutions for you. But, I do believe that starting the conversation is important, even if we have imperfect conclusions. For reference, here is the event page for the Sports Bra Squad event on June 23rd in Austin: https://www.facebook.com/events/417978548791868/ The future Sports Bra Squad runs will be on July 21, August 18, and September 15. You can join the FB group to stay updated: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1564820120494277/

Johanna Gretschel (@jojo_shea) joins me for this full distance recap of the NCAA Championships this past weekend in Austin, TX. We talk about our top takeaways from the meet and give you the top collegiate athletes to watch as some move onto the next level. Sadly though, we must start on a somber note as Gabe Grunewald passed away on Tuesday. Gabe faced her cancer journey with courage and grace and inspired so many along the way. From Gabe, I think we can all learn something about how to deal with our own struggles, how ever large or small. RIP Gabe.  Here are the article and video that we mentioned in our opening discussion: SI article: https://www.si.com/olympics/2019/06/11/gabe-grunewald-runner-cancer-battle-inspiration Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEcKYPMaPus

In this episode, I start with an intro that includes: - A quick recap of NCAA Champs in Austin, TX. - A recap of the 10K Road Champs for US women... shout-out to Sara Hall for the win! - Some final respects to Gabe Grunewald whose husband Justin recently announced she was in her final days after a long journey with cancer. Then, I turn to an interview with Jason Fitzgerald from the Strength Running podcast to talk about strength training for runners. Our discussion includes answers to these questions (and more): - What are the different types of strength training for runners? - How runners should start and then build within their strength work, including periodization for races? - Why power-related lifting is so critical for runners to build speed and late-race staying power? - How often and when to lift? - What moves are most important? - How to incorporate a dynamic warm-up into your training? Here are links to Jason's work and sample routines as well as the podcast of me on his show: https://strengthrunnin

In this episode, we start with a intro reaction to a listener email about the cost of recovery. Thanks Paul! Then, James and I turn to a discussion on the top reasons why runners miss their goals. If you are struggling with a big goal, then this episode might resonate with you. Please give us feedback or input on this episode for our Part 2 discussion. You can email chris@roguerunning.com. Also, if you are interested in our podcast training program, then you have until June 21st to sign up and can find more info here: www.roguerunning.com/podcasttraining.  

I am excited to introduce the Clean Sport Collective podcast with this first episode. I am cross-posting it here, so that you can see what we are doing with this new podcast. After this week, you will be able to see more episodes at cleansport.libsyn.com (we have already posted 3 including this one), and they will be up on itunes as well soon. The Clean Sport Collective is a community of powerful voices comprised of athletes, brands, events, clubs, fans and the public to support the pursuit of clean sport and athletics.  With this podcast, we will celebrate clean athletes, educate you on issues in the world of clean sport, and bring hope that we can all believe in the power of fair play across all sports. For our first episode, we interview Travis Tygart, the CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). USADA is the national anti-doping organization (NADO) in the United States for Olympic and Paralympic sport. The organization is charged with managing the anti-doping program, including in-competition and out-of

In this episode, I bring back episode 118 Sasha Gollish (at her request) to talk about performance engineering. We talk about practical tips to improve performance in the areas of sleep, nutrition, habit tracking, goal setting and more. In particular, she coaches me up on sleep which is probably my biggest opportunity area.  Sasha is an elite level athlete, 2:32 marathoner, and aspiring Olympian for Canada but believes like I do that we all have more in common than not. Follow her at @sgollishruns!

In this episode, we jump straight to my interview with Emily Sisson. Emily just ran the 2nd fastest debut marathon ever by an American with her 2:23 in London. That time is also good for 7th all-time among American women. We talk about her move up to the marathon, her training for it, and break down the race itself as well. Plus, we get her take on training with Molly Huddle, the Game of Thrones finale, her favorite Netflix shows, and more...  Listen in and become a fan!

In this episode, I start with an anti-doping rant on the recently announced news that Eunice Kirwa, Olympic silver medalist from Rio, has been suspended for an EPO positive. I talk about the case and then lay out a few things that need to be done in the sport to truly clean it up.  Then at 19:20 in, we start the audio from my live podcast with Charlie Engle and Michael Wardian. Both are ultra running badasses who have done epic things in this sport. Charlie is best known for his 4,000 mile run across the Sahara, and Michael for recently running 10 marathons in 10 days in an average time of 2:55. They share stories about pushing through their own limits and how you can do the same in your running. Plus, we talk about how they train to do these crazy adventures. You will be inspired!

In the intro to this podcast, we talk about Galen Rupp's return to the Chicago Marathon after Achilles surgery as well as results from the USATF Distance Classic at Occidental College including another amazing result from Stephanie Bruce.  Then, at 9:50 into the episode, I welcome two NY Times bestselling authors to the show in David Epstein and Alex Hutchinson to talk about David's new book Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. David's first NY Times bestseller was The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance. Range is not a running book, but I believe it has application in the running training world. We talk about that and more in this far-ranging conversation with David and Alex starting with getting their perspectives on Eliud Kipchoge's newly announced attempt to break 2:00. You can pre-order Range here: https://www.amazon.com/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World/dp/0735214484 You can find David's book The Sports Gene here:  https://www.amazon.com/Sp

This episode begins with a short introduction including announcements about a live podcast recording at Rogue on May 17th with Michael Wardian and Charlie Engle. We will do a run at 6 pm and then Q&A with Michael and Charlie at 6:45/7:00 pm. You can find event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/300818644149908/ Then at 7:15 into the episode, the audio begins from my live (with audience) recording with Chris Lear. We talk about the story behind the book Running with the Buffaloes and about how he dropped everything to pursue this idea. We talk about his methods to capture the story and how he made ends meet with his job at CompUSA while finishing the manuscript. Then, we talk about the story itself and what he learned from Adam Goucher, Mark Wetmore, and the team. Plus, we dig into his second book Sub 4:00 about Alan Webb in his first and only season at the University of Michigan and then find out where Chris is now. 

In this Mother's Day episode, I start with shout-outs to mom runners out there including Kara Goucher, Alysia Montano, Sara Hall, Steph Bruce, and Kellyn Taylor who are making an impact on our sport in tangible and FAST ways. See below for the NY Times article featuring Kara and Alysia and the sacrifices they were forced to make when having kids: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/opinion/nike-maternity-leave.html Then, I turn to a discussion with Rogue Coach Brent Stein on his core training principles with examples from his athletes. While you have heard some of these principles many times on this show, it never hurts to hear them again. Plus, Brent brings tangible examples that I think many of you will relate to in order to apply them in your own running. 

In this episode, I start with a few announcements on where you can access Rogue training including in-person training in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and NYC and virtual training via our podcast from anywhere you might live in the world For our virtual/podcast program, that will re-start on June 3rd. Sign-ups are not live yet but they will be soon, and you can find more info about it here:  https://www.roguerunning.com/podcasttraining Then at 7:45 into the episode, I begin an interview with Michael Lovato, former pro triathlete and now triathlon coach in Boulder, CO. Michael gives us insights into his own triathlon career (including 3 top-10 finishes at Kona) and how he advises athletes in their training today. Plus, we talk about what he learned from triathlon legend Dave Scott. If you are a triathlete or are interested in trying it out, then this episode is for you.    

In this episode, I start with reactions to the London Marathon results as Kipchoge confirms he is indeed the GOAT once again. Then, I give my perspective on the recent CAS decision on Caster Semenya which will prevent her from competing unless she reduces her testosterone levels. It is a complex issue with no perfect answers, and I try to tiptoe into the discussion. Then at 30:25 into the episode, I turn to a 1-hour interview with Martin Dugard, author of To Be a Runner. Martin is a NY Times best-selling author who has sold over 12 million copies of his non-fiction Killing series. Martin is also a runner and cross-country coach at his home in California. With To Be a Runner, he shares a series of essays and stories from his own running journey with lessons for training and life. It's a fun, light, and interesting read, and I highly recommend it. You can purchase the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Be-Runner-Racing-Mountains-Running/dp/160961108X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=to+be+a+runner&qid=1556921236&s=g

This special edition episode is focused primarily on the Austin Runners in the group. The Austin Runners Club is a strong central force in the Austin Running community as is responsible for key fixtures in the community like the Decker Challenge, the Daisy 5K (coming up on May 18th), the Distance Challenge, and many more initiatives/events. If you live in Austin and you aren't already a member, then I highly recommend you join for only $30/year. It's well worth it for the membership discounts alone, plus ARC contributes significant funds to local non-profits such as The Trail Foundation and Marathon Kids. This is also an important topic b/c ARC elections run from May 1st to May 10th. If you join anytime between now and then, then you can vote. I give two endorsements for these very important elections in this episode. Become a member and vote at www.austinrunners.org.