COACH JENNY SHOW- EPISODE 44 - COACH JENNY - The 7 Most Common Long Run Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Jenny Hadfield, aka Coach Jenny, is a running and fitness expert and adventurepreneur who inspires every day mortals to run their best lives and earn beautiful views. She’s been called the coach of this generation. From her background in corporate fitness to becoming the co-founder of a large multi-sport training company, a best-selling author, and a popular Runner’s World columnist, Coach Jenny has influenced thousands of runners, walkers and fitness enthusiasts for over twenty years. TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 5:00 MISTAKE #1: RUNNING TOO FAR TOO SOON 6:57 MISTAKE #2: RUNNING TOO FAST 9:31 MISTAKE #3: RUNNING BY PACE AND NOT EFFORT 13:46 MISTAKE #4: TOO MANY LONG RUNS BACK TO BACK 17:09 MISTAKE #5: RUN NING TOO MANY MILES 19:24 MISTAKE #6: PLAYING LONG RUN CATCH-UP 22:06 MISTAKE #7: INADEQUATE OR EXCESSIVE SUGAR FUELING KEY TAKEAWAYS: You body doesn’t know pace, it knows effort. Run...
COACH JENNY - EPISODE 43 - GILAD JACOBS - Recover Like the Pro’s with NormaTec CEO Gilad Jacobs Gilad Jacobs is the CEO of Boston-based NormaTec Industries, a global leader in medical and sports technology. The son of NormaTec’s founder, Dr. Jacobs, Gilad saw incredible potential in harnessing the science behind his mother’s work, and customizing it to benefit athletes, leading him to grow it from a small medical device company into the revolutionary sports and medicine company that it is today. I’ve used the Normatec Recovery System for years and I think it is the coolest recovery product around. In this episode, we talk about its origin in the medical world, how it made its way to the sports industry with pro endurance athletes, and how it works to help athletes recover and perform better. TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 1:41 HOW GILAD STARTED IN THE INDUSTRY 8:33 HOW LOWER COSTS BRINGS TECH TO MORE ATHLETES 14:21 NORMATEC PROTOCOL FOR WARM-UP vs RECOVERY 20:10 HOW NORMATEC COMPARES TO O...
COACH JENNY SHOW - EPISODE 42 - Running Strong with Keith Hanson Keith Hanson is the co-author of two books, the Hanson’s Marathon Method and the Hanson’s Half Marathon Method. Keith is co-founder of the Olympic Development Program - the Hanson’s-Brooks Distance Project and the Hanson’s Running Shop in Rochester Hills Michigan, where he and his brother Kevin train professional and amateur runners. Their insights into their individual athletes and coaching philosophies have enabled athletes like Desi Linden and Brian Sell to successfully compete on the world's greatest running stage. And we certainly saw evidence of this in the Boston Marathon with Desi’s incredible win! TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 1:05 - HOW KEITH BEGAN RUNNING 4:59 - TURNING RUNING INTO A BUSINESS 13:30 - BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF RUNNERS 15:47 - THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE WITH YOUR TRAINING 20:49 - HOW DOES KEITH CHOOSE HIS ATHLETES? 28:54 - WHY MICHIGAN IS A GOOD BASE FOR TRAINING 33:35 - COURSE SIMULATION STRATEGIES...
COACH JENNY - EPISODE 41 - Running Reinvented with ElliptiGO CEO Bryan Pate In 2005, during his federal court clerkship, Bryan approached Brent Teal, a friend and former Palomar co-worker, with the idea for the ElliptiGO. In 2008, after three years of working with Brent on designing, developing, and testing prototypes, Bryan left McKinsey to work full-time on the ElliptiGO project. Bryan and Brent co-founded ElliptiGO Inc. at the end of 2008 to commercialize the world’s first elliptical bicycle. As the company CEO, Bryan leads the company’s corporate strategy. Bryan is a named inventor on more than twenty issued patents and an accomplished endurance athlete, having completed numerous running, cycling and triathlon events, including Ironman Florida. TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 0:43 HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN ENDURANCE SPORTS? 6:14 HOW DID ElliptiGO BEGIN? 12:42 WHY ElliptiGO WAS DESIGNED FOR RUNNERS 18:06 HOW ElliptiGO CREATED A NEW INDUSTRY FOR RUNNERS 21:56 WHY ELITE RUNNERS ARE USING E...
COACH JENNY - EPISODE 40 - Let Your Mind Run with Deena Kastor Deena Kastor is one of the world’s most extraordinary female athletes. Her career is earmarked by her groundbreaking 2004 Olympic Bronze Medal in the marathon in Athens, Greece, which shattered a 20-year medal draught for U.S. women in the event. Yet, her accomplishments don’t stop there. Deena is currently the American Record Holder in the marathon (2:19:36) and half marathon (1:07:34) and has held American records in a distances from 5K to the marathon. Deena’s win at the 2005 Chicago Marathon was highlighted in the inspiring documentary, Spirit of the Marathon. Deena followed that momentum to win the 2006 London marathon which ranked her #1 in the world that year. In 2014 Deena set 5 world masters records in one race during the Philadelphia Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon. Deena has a reputation for bringing her very best self to the starting line while simultaneously inspiring excellence in everyone around her. She ...
COACH JENNY SHOW - EPISODE 39 - Strength Train Like Pro Runners with Jason Fitzgerald Jason Fitzgerald is a USA Track and Field certified coach, 2:39 marathoner, and Men's Running Magazine's 2017 Influencer of the Year. Through the award-winning Strength Running blog, coaching programs, and podcast, he has helped tens of thousands of runners reach new personal bests since 2010. TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 2:00 HOW INJURIES INFORMED JASON’S STRENGTH RUNNING PHILOSOPHY 4:59 JASON’S PRE-INJURY STRENGTH TRAINING REGIMEN 7:11 THE BENEFITS OF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR RUNNERS 11:43 HOW OFTEN SHOULD ONE STRENGTH TRAIN? 12:10 THE DO’S & DONT’S OF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR RUNNER 17:27 BALANCING STRENGTH & CARDIO TRAINING 19:26 STRENGTH TRAINING TO IMPROVE RUNNING PERFORMANCE 20:34 HOW ELITE RUNNERS STRENGTH TRAIN TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE 28:09 STRENGTH TRAINING FOR BEGINNER RUNNERS 31:19. STRENGTH TRAINING WHILE TRAVELING 33:52 BODY WEIGHT vs WEIGHT TRAINING ROUTINES 36:09 STRENGTH TRAINING FOR HALF MAR...
COACH JENNY - EPISODE 38 - SCOTT JUREK: North - Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail with Scott Jurek Scott Jurek is considered one of the greatest long distance runners of all time. He has claimed victories in nearly all of ultrarunning’s elite trail and road events including the historic 153-mile Spartathlon, the Hardrock 100, the Badwater 135-Mile Ultramarathon, and the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, which he won a record seven times. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Eat and Run, has been prominently featured in countless publications, and is a star of the international bestseller, Born to Run. In 2015, Scott decided to mark the end of a 20-year career as a competitive runner by undertaking what would be his mind and body’s greatest test: establishing a new fastest known time (FKT) for running the entire length of the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail. In order to set the record, he would run each and every day, rain or shine, for 46 days str...
COACH JENNY - EPISODE 37 - ROXANNE HARLEY - THE EGOSCUE METHOD FOR POSTURAL THERAPY Roxanne Harley is a posture alignment specialist who practices the Egoscue Method, a postural therapy designed to eliminate chronic pain without drugs or surgery. It focuses on a series of gentle stretches and exercises to correct misalignments in the musculoskeletal system of the body. TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 0:45 ROXANNE HARLEY INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 8:29 THE EGOSCUE METHOD OF CHANGING POSTURE TO ALLEVIATE PAIN 11:46 THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVEMENT 12:09 PHYSICAL FITNESS BETWEEN 50-80 YEARS OLD 14:21 EGOSCUE METHOD HISTORY 21:17 WE ARE DESIGNED TO WALK 23:28 POSTURE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE 27:05 WHAT PAIN IS TELLING YOU 28:01 CASE STUDY - DOLORES (78 YRS OLD) 30:10 CASE STUDY - SUZANNE (40 YRS OLD) 33:48 HOW LONG FOR IMPROVEMENT TO BE SEEN? 36:01 CALMING ASPECTS OF THE EGOSCUE METHOD 37:58 UTILIZING THE SELF-HEALING ASPECTS OF OUR BODY 42:05 MONITORING THE VERTICAL LOAD ON OUR BODIES 44:25 THE DANGER OF INAC...
COACH JENNY SHOW - EPISODE 36 - TRAIL RUNNING WITH ULTRA-RUNNER ZAC MARION TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:42 HOW ZAC BEGAN HIS JOURNEY INTO RUNNING 10:00 TRANSITIONING FROM SHORT DISTANCES TO MARATHONS 16:14 THE ULTRA RUNNING COMMUNITY 22:07 THE MOST BRUTAL COURSE ZAC RAN 23:47 THE ABILITY TO ADAPT 26:29 FAVORITE TYPES OF GEAR & THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC 32:25 STRATEGIES FOR 50K, 100K, AND 100 MILE RACES 39:31 FINDING THE RIGHT PAIR OF RUNNING SHOES 42:05 ADVICE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO TRY MARATHONS OR TRAIL RUNNING 45:40 LATEST RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR RUNNERS 49:32 ADVANCEMENTS IN FOOTWEAR FOR RUNNERS 53:14 GLUTE & CALF MUSCLE RESEARCH 58:21 DESIGNING FOR ULTRA FOOTWEAR 1:02:28 LIGHTNING ROUND OF QUICK-ANSWER QUESTIONS KEY TAKEAWAYS: NO SINGLE TYPE OF FOOTWEAR IS RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY EACH MUSCLE FIBER IS BUILT TO DO ONE THING IN ONE DIRECTION STAND AT THE FINISH LINE IF YOU WANT TO GET MOTIVATED TO RUN RUNING IS A ONE-LEGGED SPORT; DON’T HAVE BOTH LEGS ON GROUND AT THE SAME TIME Conn...
COACH JENNY - EPISODE 35 - BROOKE SCHOHL - THE ADVANCED SWEAT TEST Brooke Schohl is a Registered Sports Dietitian and the owner of Fuel to the Finish Endurance Nutrition Coaching in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is an avid triathlete, having completed many triathlons of all distances including 3 Ironman races. She integrates that personal experience and knowledge into developing customized, sport-specific fuel plans for her clients. TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS: 3:00 WHY SWEAT TESTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR ATHLETES 5:00 HOW SWEAT TESTS ARE GIVEN 6:16 AGGREGATE SWEAT TESTS RESULTS 8:35 SWEAT RATE VS SWEAT/SODIUM CONCENTRATIONS 10:10 HYDRATION SUCCESS STORIES 13:14 SODIUM LOSS SYMPTOMS 15:24 WHAT SHOULD HIGH SODIUM SWEATERS DO? 17:32 DECODING SWEAT TEST RESULTS 20:15 WHEN TO IMPLEMENT A SODIUM REPLACEMENT PLAN 22:11 HOW CLIMATE DIFFERENCES IMPACT HYDRATION STRATEGIES 25:25 SELF-TESTING YOUR SODIUM LEVELS 28:00 RACE vs TRAINING PRELOAD PROTOCOLS 33:50 SODIUM CITRATE vs SODIUM CHLORIDE 36:47 HYDRATION TIPS...