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**Trail Runner Nation**

Trail Runner Nation is devoted to sharing knowledge and advice to the trail running community – from beginners to the pros! We offer tips and discussion regarding race nutrition, pacing strategy, mental focus and much more from well-respected members of the trail community.

Latest Episodes:

"Runners Are Crazy" - Greg McMillan Mar 17, 2018

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Coach Greg McMillan joins The Nation again to explain

VO2Max - is it your friend?
Is your Personality a blessing or a curse?
Your best at all times
Dancing along the trail
The goal of being durable and disciplined

Past podcasts with Greg:

Greg's books:

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Running Never Felt so GOOD- with Danny Dreyer Mar 09, 2018

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Coach Danny Dreyer joins The Nation to help us understand running economy and biomechanics. Danny is the creator of the popular ChiRunning (and ChiWalking). He teaches us that good alignment and posture will allow you to become more efficient and reduce the number of injuries. Some things we discuss:

The 4 gears of running- check out this video that shows the same cadence at different speeds
Mindful Practice
Good posture and alignment
Gradual Progress
"run until you can't, walk until you feel guilty"

Get 15% off a ChiRunning Hills and Trails course by using the code, "Trail15"

Get Danny's book, "ChiRunning book: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-free Running"

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How to Race in -25° and Snow with Richard Kresser Mar 03, 2018

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Richard Kresser loves a challenge. One of those has been on his radar for six years. The Arrowhead 135 is an endurance event held in Minnesota during one of the coldest times of the year. Temperatures are regularly below zero (Fahrenheit), including a record -42° in 2011. This does NOT include the wind chill! This race could be the anti-hero of the Badwater 135 and brings with it some very unique challenges including:

gear you must carry. Usually pulled in a pulk (a sled that the runners pull behind them)
shoes?
sleep?
cold acclimatization
hydrating & keeping your water liquid
only 3 aid stations
wearing latex gloves

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Sally McRae, who knew she did all that? Feb 24, 2018

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Sally and Don talk about stuff

Scott is 30K up in a plane and can't join us.

*show notes by Don

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The Science of Nutrition Feb 17, 2018

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Dr. Art Zemach and co-founder of Tailwind Nutrition, Jeff Vierling join The Nation to discuss Nutrition.

Dr. Art Zemach Jeff Vierling

We talk about the Macro-nutrients carbohydrates and protein.

Types of Carbs - are they all created equally?
Does the body need carbs?
What about training your body to burn fat?
Why proteins?
Glycemic Index
The Golden Hour
How do macronutrients help us maximize oxygen utilization?

Get a chance to preorder Tailwind Nutrition's new product, REBUILD

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Intuitive Training with Courtney Dauwalter Feb 09, 2018

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Courtney Dauwalter rejoins The Nation after earning a golden ticket into the 2018 Western States 100. She has won her last six races and was overall winner at three of those. She has been the first human to cross the line at 10 of the races she started including a 10 hour buffer between second place at the 2017 Moab 200.

Courtney talks about her "old school" method of training which includes a more intuitive focus rather than a specific training program. Part of this includes consistency and adhering to AJW's "10-minute rule"

Previous podcast with Courtney

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Jay Dicharry Teaches us How to Rewire our Running Feb 02, 2018

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Jay Dicharry is a board certified sports clinical specialist and one of America's leading physical therapists, coach and author of "Anatomy for Runners" and "Run Like an Athlete", Jay established his reputation as an expert in biomechanical analysis as Director of the University of Virginia's SPEED Clinic. He now resides in Bend, OR where he is the Director of REP Lab where Jay blends clinical practice and engineering to better understand overuse injuries and helps prevent them before they become a problem.

Jay helps will motivate you to become a better runner by introducing his new book, "Running Rewired: Reinvent Your Run For Stability, Strength, and Speed"

Are we really BORN to run or do we EVOLVE to run?
What is the difference between SPECIFIC practice and DELIBERATE practice
Should we do static drills or dynamic drills?
Cushion or minimal shoes?

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Chadd Wright - Readiness Through Training Jan 26, 2018

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Navy SEAL, Chadd Wright joins The Nation to discuss how BUDS training has prepared him to be a better trail and ultra runner.

We talk about

Setting goals high
Tune out the white noise and don't let obstacles get in the way of you achieving your goals
"get through the morning" mentality
Mental toughness techniques: 4x4 and visualization
Sleep deprivation
The essential gear

VestPac is the pack that Chadd uses.

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Dr. Phil Maffetone Unplugged Jan 20, 2018

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This is a fun podcast with Dr. Phil Maffetone. Our original intent was to talk about his new book, "The Overfat Pandemic: Exposing the Problem and Its Simple Solution for Everyone Who Needs to Eliminate Excess Body Fat".

As we began our discussion pre-recording, we found that our discussion took us down another interesting path: A path that involves music, its origin, how it is composed, challenges, how we listen, etc. Dr. Maffetone explains that music helps stimulate brain activity and releases dopamine, a chemical in your brain that affects your emotions, movements and your sensations of pleasure and pain. Here are a few links that we spoke about:

We hope you enjoy this interesting trail detour with us.

Two of Dr. Maffetone's MUST HAVE books:

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Finding the Truth & Debunking Myths with Dr. Mark Cucuzzella Jan 12, 2018

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Dr. Mark Cucuzzella rejoins The Nation to discuss many health and fitness myths.

Make sure you watch his 8:25 Video that show the principles of natural running.

Be sure to spend some time learning at The Natural Running Center web site.

Visit Two Rivers Treads running store either in person or call them and ask them some questions!

Link to the Zero Runner, Dr. Mark spoke about

Link to TrueForm Runner and Training- Dr Mark's favorite gait training machine

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