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Optimizing Your Diet for Peak Performance with Pip Taylor Sep 02, 2015

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Our guest today is a nutritionist and authority on using proper nutritional habits to get your body race day ready. Her name is Pip Taylor, a professional dietitian, sports dietitian, and triathlete. She has been competing internationally for 15 years. She has won the ICU World Cup and many Ironman Triathlons. She has also represented her home country of Australia numerous times on the international stage.

Today we will discuss the following:

How fear can ruin a di [...]

Inside the Mind of Coach to Olympians Dennis Barker Aug 26, 2015

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I try to listen to your requests for podcast guests. One request that comes up often is to interview other coaches who are interested in sharing their coaching philosophies. Another is to hear from elite athletes to find out what life is like for them. In this interview we will be doing both. So expect to hear about what the life of an elite athlete is and how our guest coach prepares his group of elites for their races.

Dennis Barker has been the coach of Team USA Minnesota since its inception in 2001. Team USA Minnesota is a team of professional runners based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Coach Barker oversees the training of both male and femal [...]

When Running and Comedy Collide- Liz Miele Aug 19, 2015

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Today's guest is someone who brings fun to the sport but isn't looking into breaking a world record. Liz Miele is a seasoned marathon runner, a stand-up comedian at Comedy Central including "Live at Gotham", she's been on "Late Night with Conan o'Brien" and Access TV. She's been featured in many press publications like the NY Times, Time at New York and the New Yorker, winner of the 2008 Gilda's Club contest and a finalist at the 2008 March Comedy Madness.

In this episode we'll discuss:

What This Top Podiatrist Wants You to Know About Running Injuries- Dr. Steve Pribut Aug 12, 2015

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Dr. Steve Pribut will be bringing something new to the table. A Podiatrist based in Washington D.C., he mainly specializes in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. Aside from that he is also a well-known expert of Podiatric Sports Medicine and Biomechanics. In short, he is an expert on a variety of runner's injury and its treatment.

Aside from his profession, he has also served as the President of the District of Columbia Podiatric Medical Association for 4 years. He was also the past president of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM) and he was also on the advisory board of Runner's World Magazine. He also served as ch [...]

Get to Know the Run to the Top Podcast Host- Tina Muir Aug 05, 2015

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For today's show, I have no guest because I am getting married in a few days! So I decided to share my story for anyone who is interested in learning more about me. I was interviewed on Marathon Training Academy a few months ago by Angie and Trevor, and you can listen to that episode here.

For those of you who weren't aware, I am originally from England, and moved to the States in 2007 to pursue my running career. I finished off a great collegiate career by finishing 3rd in the 10k at the 2012 Great Britain Olympic Trials.

Could Running By Effort be What You Need to PR?- Michele Gonzalez Jul 29, 2015

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Today on the show I am excited to welcome Michele Gonzalez of the blog NYC Running Mama. First and foremost, Michele is an amazing person who puts her kids first, but also makes the time to run. She is a mother of two, Ironman finisher, ultra, and marathon runner. To top that, she has also completed 3 tours in Iraq as a military intelligence officer, later became a captain. Michele writes for Women's Running magazine.

First marathon was 3:54

What Every Runner Needs to Know About How to Lose Weight- Mark Cucuzella Jul 22, 2015

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Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is an accomplished marathon runner. He is also an Associate Professor at West Virginia University, a family physician, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves, the Chief Medical Consultant for the Air Force Marathon, and the owner of Two Rivers Treads, the nation's first minimalist shoe store which is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

We cover a lot of ground with Mark as he discusses:

7+ Ways Cross Training Will Make You A Better, Stronger, Runner- Alan Webb, Darren Brown & Lynda Huey Jul 15, 2015

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I have been thinking for a while that it is time to change it up. I loved the idea of having panel of experts on at the same time, I just needed a topic that would allow it.

Recently on my personal blog, I wrote about why runners need to cross train, even if they are not injured, and it got me thinking about cross training more and more. Until recently I was scared to cross train, I thought I was too good to cross train, and I associated injury with cross training.

We hea [...]

What are Psychosocial Factors, and Why You Need to Know- Greg Lehman Jul 08, 2015

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With the running boom that has been going on for a few years now, we have learned more and more about running, and added so many things that we need to pay attention to in order to get the best out of our running, but are we making things too complicated? My guest today has so much research and knowledge behind him, but is encouraging runners to go back to basics, keep things simple and focus on the things that really matter, the things that do not keep changing as new research comes out.

As runners this can be tough for us, as we tend to go overboard when we learn something that might help us, but hopefully this interview today shows you what [...]

You'll Never Know Unless You Try. What Are You Capable Of?- Mike Wardian Jul 01, 2015

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We all have to run on our own sometimes. Those moments where you can be alone with your thoughts, and your mind runs wild. It is always fascinating to reflect on the places your mind goes, and what you end up thinking about.

Do you ever find that you come up with a crazy idea, something you would like to challenge yourself to do, but then you swat it away, nah, I could do that. What a silly idea you think to yourself. But what if you didn't swat that idea away, what if you added that to a list, a list that you work your way through and push yourself in new ways as often as you can.

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