Final Surge Podcast

Last summer in episode 56 of the podcast we had on Jonathan Beverly who is a writer at Runner's World and an author of a few running books. He has a new book out called Run Strong Stay Healthy. This book is a great resource for any runner who is interesting in making running a lifetime habit. Most runners end up quitting the sport, but there are several who make it a lifetime habit. Jonathan found 9 keys to focus on to make running a part of your life for life. We talk to Jonathan about those keys and what you can do to stay running.    We had you on episode 56 to talk about your book Your Best Stride, and now you have a new book out called Run Strong Stay Hungry, can you tell the listeners what this book is about? Keep running for life Care about your running and performance How did you collect the data for this book? Started with people knew who had been running for a lifetime Started young and running as masters Why do people stop running? Injuries  Life changes No longer competitive or PR's I perso

Welcome to episode 70 of the Final Surge Podcast, our first release of 2018. Today we welcome back coach Jonathan Marcus of High Performance West who is also the co-host of the On Coaching Podcast. In this episode, we find out what Jonathan is up to since our first visit over a year ago and take some questions our listeners sent in. Remember if you like the podcast please share it with a friend or on Facebook or FinalSurge where we can be found @FinalSurge.   What is going on with High Performance West? Goal January 5th Full Launch Workout of the day Story/thought of the day Will continue doing daily post with workout and story of the day Have over 5,000 workouts written down to pick from You recently had a workout from Nick Symmonds. Jerry and Alberto Salazar are two of greatest coaches around and you have stated they are influences on you.  They are big believers in lots of high-end aerobic development, but Nick's workout was anything but. Talk a little his workout and what you took from it? Very fast, 4

Welcome to episode 69 of the Final Surge Podcast where we welcome world record holder Camille Herron. In 2017 Camille won Comrades set two American Records and two World Records. Camille has had an interesting journey which has been riddled by injuries and we discuss how she has overcome those and what she has learned to make herself a stronger runner. We also talk about her secret weapon in an ultra race, beer. Camille was great to talk to and I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it. We are now on Spotify so please remember to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play or Spotify, wherever you consume it.     In recent weeks Camille has set a 100-mile world record 12:42:39, a 100km USA track record 7:36:39 at Desert Solstice and then went on to run for 12-hours and set a 12hr All-Surface World Record 92.708 miles. She is the new Ann Trason and arguably, she will be in for a shout as ultra-runner of the year. How did you get your start in running? Basketball player ran for first time

Welcome to episode 68 of the Final Surge Podcast where we welcome competitive runner and coach Korey Konga of Upper Left Distance Training. Korey came to running as a way to change his health. Korey has a successful ultramarathon resume and has transitioned into coaching. If you enjoy this episode please remember to share the love and share it with a friend. How did you get your start in running? Change of lifestyle Started running ultras and picked up sponsors Moved into coaching What was it that triggered you to change your lifestyle and get into running? Jogged a lot on job Friend suggested run a half marathon Running replaced drinking What was the process like developing as runner and becoming an ultra runner? Read blogs and got inspired 6 months after his half marathon he qualified for Boston 3 months later did his first ultra Training errors lead to injuries You mentioned you got hurt a lot the first year. As a coach, what advice do you give newer runners who may run into those injuri

Welcome to episode 67 if the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome back Jay Johnson which is the other half of the podcast we did last week. In this episode, Jay talks about marathon training. We talk about his book Simple Marathon Training, which he points out is not to be confused with easy marathon training. Jay focuses on helping busy people who want to train for a marathon put a plan together. We discuss some of the concepts in his book in this episode. Listen to the podcast on iTunes or listen to it on Stitcher if you have an Android device. Stream it right here: Your book is called Simple Marathon Training: The Right Training For Busy Adults With Hectic Lives. I think most of us think we have busy lives, so does this mean this book is for everyone who wants to run a marathon? Jay also discusses who the book does not fit. If someone is is looking to run their first marathon and wants to use your book as a resource to help them get through the process, where do you recommend they come in at? What should

Welcome to episode 66 of the final surge podcast where we welcome back Coach Jay Johnson. Jay was the very first guest back in episode 1. In this interview we covered two very distinct topics, we talked about his site High School Running Coach and his upcoming clinic which has a fantastic lineup, and we also talked about his Simple Marathon Training Book and marathon training and fueling. We decided to break it up into two episodes as they were distinctly different. So in this episode, we will be talking about his high school training clinic which Final Surge will be a sponsor. If you have any interest in learning from the best coaches in the country, you will want to be there, and it is very affordable. The Lineup: You have John O'Malley - Sandburg (IL)  his boy Dylan Jacobs lead much of the race and is now on his way to the Footlocker National Race. Dan Iverson Naperville North (IL) - Girls coach who’s girl’s team created one of the most dramatic moments when they came from way back to come within 5 points

Welcome to episode 65 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we talk to Jason Moore. Jason is a coach and the creator of EliteHRV, one of the most advanced HRV apps on the market. EliteHRV now integrates directly into Final Surge. We talk to Jason about what HRV is and how athletes and coaches should be using it to help with their training.    How did you get started in endurance athletic and how that lead to what you are doing with Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and coaching? What is HRV? Is the real value of HRV for an endurance athlete looking at the data to determine how well they are recovered? How does HRV vary from morning resting heart rate? If we want to track HRV what equipment do we need to get started? You mentioned the Polar chest straps, will any ANT+ chest strap work or does it need to be newer? Your CorSense monitor has a Kickstarter campaign? And where can they find one of them right now? Your app is EliteHRV. What makes your app different than other HRV apps on the market? How do you take that

Welcome to Episode 64 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome Joan Hunter. Everyone who knows the unpredictability of a high school cross country race. So when a team goes 1-5 for a perfect score it is a pretty special day. When it happens at the State Championship meet it is even more so. When you get the top runners from around the state it is hard to have 1-5 all from the same school. That is exactly what Joan’s team Loudoun Valley did this past weekend in Virginia. We talk to Joan about her training philosophy, her expectations for the season and what she expects at Nike Regionals. If you want to hear more from Joan, she will be speaking at the Boulder Running Clinics coaches conference put on by Jay Johnson. Can you give us your background on your running, how you got started with running and how that ended up with your current coaching position? If you were a 2x State Champion but never ran until you were a Junior in high school, that means you had a lot of natural talent. Did you not realize

Welcome to episode 63 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome back Ben Rosario the head coach of Northern Arizona Elite. Ben just had four guys run 2:13 or under and had two of his female runners crack the top 10 at the NYC Marathon. We talk about this fall and how the training went and then we spend the majority of the podcast talking about marathon specific training and his training plans that he has available on Final Surge. If you have interest in the marathon you are going to love this episode. Ben, we had you in episode 4, and people can hear your background there and we had you on again in episode 44 talking about high school summer running training. Today I want to focus on some marathon talk, sound good? Your crew at NAZ Elite has had quite a fall on the marathon course. Let me run down a few of these. I believe it was in Chicago you kicked off the season where you had Aaron Braun run a 2:13 Then in Frankfurt, you had Scott Fauble make his marathon debut, Matt Llano come back from a long in

Welcome to Episode 62 of the Final Surge Podcast.  Today we get the honor of talking to Bart Yasso. Many of you know Bart as the longtime writer at Runner's World. Bart has been at Runners World for over 30 years and has become known as the Mayor of running. Bart has a new book called “Race Everything.” In Bart's new book he gives his thoughts on the changes in running, he talks about every race distance from 5k up to ultra’s and triathlons, he talks about his favorite workouts for each distance and provides training plans. We really enjoyed this conversation with Bart and hope you do too. You have been around a long time, and many know your story, but for those who have not heard, can you give us a few minutes of how you got your start in running and how it lead up to where you are today. What are some of the things that have changed for the better in the decades you have been involved in running? I am sure you remember those early days with the fancy Timex Ironman and Casio watches we used to wear. Do you l

We were supposed to have Runners World’s Bart Yasso on the podcast this week, but he had some technical difficulties so we had to reschedule his interview. This week we bring you one of our earliest and most popular episodes where we talked to Tom Tinman Schwartz for an hour about training. This is probably the most detailed training episode we have done to date. 

In episode 61 of the Final Surge podcast, we welcome coach Jim Vance who literally wrote the book on power meters of runners with his book Run With Power. Power meters have been around for a while with cyclists, but for runners, they are fairly new. Final Surge recently started importing Stryd’s power numbers from Strava and Garmin. We talk to Jim about what some of those numbers mean and how he used power training to coach Ben Kanute to his recent runner-up at the 70.3 Worlds. I just recently started playing with a Stryd power meter so I learned a lot as I did this podcast. This is a topic we will continue to cover as we become more familiar with it and as the technology continues to advance. If you are listening to this podcast when it first comes out you head over to FinalSurge.com or to our @FinalSurge Twitter account and register for a chance to win a free Stryd running power meter. Listen to the podcast on iTunes or listen to it on Stitcher if you have an Android device. Stream it right here:   You coac

If you are following us on Twitter @FinalSurge or on Facebook you have probably seen the project with Matt Fitzgerald we have been helping to promote called The Running Bum. Matt sees what it is like when a decent age group runner in his mid-40s becomes a full-time runner and joins Ben Rosario’s Northern Arizona Elite Team as a member.  We discuss with both Matt and Ben what the experience was like and what Matt learned that he can use in his coaching. Thanks for following the Running Bum blog online and enjoy this episode we did with Matt and Ben.  What brought on this idea to go run and train with a professional group? Why NAZ Elite and Ben Rosario, is there a reason you reached out to them specifically? Ben, what were your thoughts when he reached out to you? When did the training start for the Running Bum project? Where were you in your marathon fitness in November when you reached out to Ben about the project? What was your marathon PR before this project? Ben, what did you think when he approached you s

Make sure you check out the Running Summit at http://www.runningsummit.com   Follow us on Twitter @FinalSurge

Welcome to Episode 59 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome legendary coach Dennis Barker. Dennis was the long-time coach of Team USA Minnesota where his athletes achieved 75 top 3 finishes in US Championships and 29 different athletes made world championships teams. We talk about some fundamentals of training and his new book The River Road.   How did you get your start in running? You founded Team USA Minnesota in 2001, at that time there was Team Hanson, Mammoth, maybe Oregon Project around that time, how has that team aspect lead to a resurgence in American distance success? We were solid in the 70’s and 80’s, and we have had this resurgence, what happened in the 90’s where the US fell off the map so badly? USATF teaches a strict periodization where coaches such as Salazar do more year-round training, how have you seen that change? You mentioned you ran a lot of local races. If you look at local 5k/10k runners, how should they structure their year of training? How does a coach who has coached

Welcome to episode 58 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome Jens Jakob Andersen. Jens founded RunRepeat.com, a website with the goal to help you find your next pair of running shoes and to offer you a deal on them. In this episode, we talk about the growth of RunRepeat, how free shoes could bias results of these reviews and what are some of the trends he is seeing in shoes. Please remember to leave us a review on iTunes. Your review will help us grow our podcast. Next week we have one of the legends of coaching who will be joining us to talk training.   How did you get your start in running? How did your passion for running lead you to create RunRepeat? When did RunRepeat start? Can you explain to our listeners the goal of RunRepeat? Each shoe has a number score associated with it, how does the rating system work? Reviews are from experts on other sites and users who review the shoes on your site? Who are these expert reviewers that work for you? If reviewers are getting free shoes, can it cause a

In Episode 57 we welcome Carrie Lane, Sports Performance Coach at Authentic Performance Center, USTFCCA Strength Training Certification Instructor. Former track and field coach at University of Nebraska and University of Virginia.   How did you get your start in endurance athletics when you were younger? You are known for your strength training, but you ran collegiately as a distance runner, can you tell us how you got made that transition? A lot of young athletes, especially distance runners, are becoming more specialized. How important is building an endurance athlete even more so than just a distance runner to remain durable and for consistency? You mention plyometrics, when do you move athletes from plyos to getting under the bar and lifting? When you read about coaches like Percy Cuerety, and runners like Sebastian Coe we hear a lot about strength training that is not running specific. So where do we start in build dynamic runners? How often would you do the skipping and dynamic warm ups? How would the w

Welcome to Episode 56 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome Jonathan Beverly an author at Runner’s World and is a former Editor at Running Times. Jonathan has recently released the book Your Best Stride. We dig into what your best stride is and how you get there. We have been getting a lot of great feedback over our iOS App and the updated Android App is being worked on as we speak. Make sure you download the app and review it in the App iStore. Also follow us on Twitter and Facebook @FinalSurge. How did you get your start with running? How did you transfer from a high school runner to the editor of Running Times? You have a new book called Your Best Stride. What made you decide to write this book? You have been running since 1980 so you have been around, is there anything you learned while writing this book that really surprised you? Let’s start digging in with upper body and the role it plays. I have a sophomore girl who just joined our team who is a first-time runner. Day one she held her arms

Welcome to episode 55 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we do something a little different. This week we talk to a variety of professional coaches who coach Olympic athletes, high school coaches who are among the most successful in the country, professional athletes and coaches who coach mostly online and we talk to them about training logs. We ask them who should be using a training log, what should be included in the log and their experiences with training logs. Now onto the show. This week’s guests Drew Wartenburg Norcal website Norcal on Instagram Norcal on Twitter  Drew on Twitter  Neely Spence Gracey Neely Website  Neely on Instagram  Neely on Twitter  Mario Fraioli Mario Website  Morning Shakeout  Mario on Twitter  Joan Hunter Joan on Twitter Matt Fitzgerald Running Bum Blog  Mattfitzgerald.org Matt on Twitter  Sean McCaffery CBA on Twitter  Kyle Kranz Kyle on Twitter  Kyle Website 

Welcome to episode 54 of the Final Surge podcast where today we talk to triathlete turned coach Marcelo Holcberg. We discuss with Marcelo who his biggest influences are, how busy professionals can train for triathlons and how he works with periodization. Remember to follow us on Twitter @FinalSurge and don't forget to subscribe and rate us on iTunes. How did you get your start in endurance athletics? What was the hardest part of the transition from running to triathlons? When did you make that transition from successful athlete to coaching? You moved to the US in the late 90s and decided to build a coaching business, what was it like moving to a new country and building a coaching business where you probably did not know a whole lot of people? All great coaches learn from other people Arthur Lydiard, Phil Maffetone, Joe Vigil, these are some well-known coaches, whose training methods have had the biggest impact on our coaching philosophy? How many people are you coaching now? What is the typical profile of yo