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Hi everyone, Dean Ouellette the social media director for Final Surge here and tomorrow we have a great new training podcast to release. Today we want to tell you about a new promotion we are running with Olympian Nick Symmonds.  As most of you probably know by now, we have a released a completely new iOS app for Final Surge that is getting rave reviews. To help promote this we teamed up with Nick Symmonds and are giving away a years supply of Run Gum. To enter to win just head over to FinalSurge.com/rungum and sign up. There are no costs, no obligations. And make sure you head to the Apple App Store and download the new iOS app and leave a review in the app store. So head to finalsurge.com/rungum and enter now to win a free year of run gum.    

Welcome to episode 54 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome Dr. Chris Segler who was a competitive triathlete and is a doctor who specializes in working with endurance athletes. I first found Chris on his Doc On The Run podcast. Chris has an attitude of keeping the athlete going if at all possible while working through an injury and we talk about that and some other practical advice when visiting a doctor. We hope you enjoy this episode and over the next two w, eks we have one of the top triathlete coaches and one of the top distance running coaches around talking training.  Listen to the podcast on iTunes or listen to it on Stitcher if you have an Android device. Stream it right here:   How did you get interested in endurance sports? When did you make the transition to triathlons? When you decided you wanted to become a doctor, did you always plan on having endurance athletes as the backbone of your practice? Can you tell our listeners about your Doc on the Run podcast and how it got started? Someone

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Welcome to episode 52 of the Final Surge podcast. Today we welcome back Olympian and World silver medalist Nick Symmonds who joined us previously on episode 25. In this episode, we talk about Nick’s last race around the oval and his transition from 800m specialist to marathoner. Next week Final Surge has some big news which Nick will be helping us promote, and we’ll be giving away a free year’s supply of Run Gum during this promotion. Keep an eye on our Facebook Page and our Twitter page for full details.  Last time we talked you announced this was going to be your last season on a track and then you were going to finish off your career with a marathon. So how did your last race go? How do you think that 800 team that qualified from the US will do at Worlds?  You have done thousands of laps around that oval, knowing these were going to be your final two laps racing, what was going through your mind as you were waiting for the race to start? It was hot in Sacramento, but considering the heat, the crowds in the

Welcome to episode 51 of the Final Surge podcast, today we talk to Eric Christensen who is a Physical Therapist in Arizona. Eric has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy and a degree in Exercise Science. Eric has a new book coming out called Breathe Better. You can get the first two chapters of his book at Chandlerpt.net/breatebetter. In this episode, we talk about breathing and how it could be affecting your running. Next week we will be welcoming back Olympian Nick Symmonds to discuss his marathon training. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @FinalSurge and leave a review for us on iTunes or Stitcher. Now on to the show. Dr. Christensen welcome to the Final Surge Podcast, it is great to have you here today. You are a physical therapist in Chandler Arizona, can you tell our listeners how you got interested in the physical therapy field? You wrote a book coming out called Breathe Better. How did this book come about? We all breath, so this may not be something most people think about as a problem. How did you id

Welcome to episode 50 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we talk to Derek Rubis. If you are active on Twitter you likely know Derek as DDritzenhein, the hub of running. Derek has a reputation as the #1 running fan around. Derek also has had a unique experience where he has been coached by a different coach each week for the last 3 years. Derek has had well-known coaches such as Ben Rosario and Danny Mackey. Derek is also an honorary member of the Brooks Beast Distance Group.  How did you get started in running? Some of our listeners are going to know you from Twitter as DDRitzenhein, the Hub of Distance Running if you can give us a little info about how you started getting connected to so many great distance runners and coaches? You are one of the most active Twitter users I know, you have sent over 330k tweets. So how did this passion that you have now become so strong? You are an honorary member of the Brooks Beast Pro Distance Running Group and the Melbourne Track Club & brand ambassador for Run Gu

Welcome to episode 49 of the Final Surge Podcast where we welcome the Dr. Jay Dicharry. Jay is the author of a must have book for any coach, Anatomy for Runners. Jay discusses what to look for when looking for a physical therapist, we talk foot strike location, shoes, and some common injuries.  How did you get started in running and endurance athletics when you were a kid? What are you focusing on right now, are you working mostly in research or are you working with athletes? When I talk to other coaches and we talk about books, there are two books that I say I could not live without. #1 on that list is Anatomy for Runners. How did this book come about? There seem to be two types of common types of physical therapists. Type one is, you have a pain, let’s shut you down for a week or two while we do therapy and then start with a light jog for a couple days a week. And then there is the second type that says I know you are runner and my goal is to keep you running while you work through this. Do you have any adv

In episode 48 of the Final Surge Podcast, we talk to Dr. Stephen Seiler who is the leading researcher on polarized training for endurance athletes. Welcome to episode 48 of the final surge podcast where we welcome Welcome to episode 48 of the final surge podcast where we welcome Dr. Stephen Seiler. Seiler has spent his career studying the optimal ways for endurance athletes to train and his polarized training methods are the foundation for Matt Fitzgerald’s 80/20 training book. In this episode, we talk about what exactly are the 80/20 zones, where do tempo and threshold runs play into that formula and how to work rest into your interval work. Make sure you follow us on Twitter @FinalSurge and please take a moment to subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or whatever your podcast app of choice is. Listen to the podcast on iTunes or listen to it on Stitcher if you have an Android device. Stream it right here:   Your bio could take me 5 minutes to read, instead of getting into all of it, could you take

Welcome to Episode 47 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we get away from specific training and talk about setting and adjusting running goals with Diana Fitts who has a book called Better Running Goals. Diana is a Boston Qualifier and an author of three books.  Can you tell us how you got your start in running? I know you are a Boston Marathon qualifier and have also run shorter distances, so what is your preferred distance of choice right now? I came across you when I found your book, Better Running Goals in which you talk a lot about priorities. Why did you decide to write this book? You mention that when you started running and training that running became your number one priority. Was that a good thing or an issue in your life? The one thing you focus on when you are setting goals is your why? Why you run. So could you let us know what your why is and how it has changed over the years? I know with me the more time I coach the more my passion for sport grows, but I find myself running less and gaining weig

Welcome to episode 45 of the Final Surge podcast where today we talk to Jim Cielencki. Jim won one of the give-a-ways for Nick Willis’ Miler Method Bootcamp we had last winter. We talk to Jim about the bootcamp, find out what he learned and how the experience was. Jim also has a unique running story. The Buffalo resident ran every mile of every street in Buffalo while training for a marathon and the event went viral and even ended up as a Ted Talk.  You were one of the winners from the Miler Method giveaway with Olympian Nick Willis we did in episode 26. I want to talk to you about that experience, how it went and what you learned… but first, it turns out you have a pretty interesting running story of your own. Can you tell our listeners How did you get started in running originally? Tell us about your running Buffalo experience and what that was about? How hard was the planning to make sure you did routes where you could always be hitting a new street, while not duplicating? I’ve seen pictures from the Ted t

Many high school teams are winding down their track seasons and starting to think about their summer program. Today we welcome Coach Ben Rosario, who has a couple of high school plans available to purchase on Final Surge in to talk about summer running and building a team culture during the summer. This podcast came as a suggestion and if you have an idea you would like us to explore please send us a message on Twitter @FinalSurge or hit us up on our Facebook Page.  We put out a question out on Twitter asking what topics that people wanted us to cover in upcoming podcasts, and we had a group of high school coaches asking for a show on the structure of summer running programs. So we decided who better than the author of probably the best high school cross country book out there which is called Tradition Class Pride, Coach Ben Rosario. I think we all know the goal of the summer is to build the aerobic base for cross country. I have heard college coaches and successful high school coaches say they think many hig

Welcome to episode 43 of the Final Surge Podcast today we talk to professional runner Craig Lutz about how he got his start in running and talk to him about his high school running camps. Please remember to subscribe if you have not done so yet, rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter @FinalSurge. You are a very successful professional runner, you had a great college career at the University of Texas, but when did it all start for you, when did you first start really running? Your high school career was extremely successful. You had a top 4 finish at Footlocker and you won the individual title at Nike Cross Nationals, when did you start thinking of running in college? What type of mileage did you run in high school? What was the thought process when you graduated UT to go in the professional running route instead of using the business degree? You seem to be using that business degree now with your newer Lutz running camp in Flagstaff, can you tell us about the camp? Is Lutz Running still doing c

Welcome to Episode 42 of the Final Surge Podcast. This week we continue what we started last week with our popular 'best of show'. This week we focus on episodes 21-40 and bring you the best highlights from each podcast. We hope you enjoy it. If you want to catch any of the full episodes head over to FinalSurge.com/podcast and listen to any episode. Follow Final Surge on Twitter Follow Final Surge on Facebook  

Welcome to Episode 41 of the Final Surge Podcast. This week we have something different for you. With 40 episodes recorded, we have talked to some of the greatest living US coaches and endurance athletes around. Every week we add many new listeners to the podcast so we wanted to give you a best of show. We have gone through the first 20 episodes of the podcast and pulled out some of the best highlights from each podcast. This is part one that focuses on Episodes 1-20. We hope you enjoy it. If you want to catch any of the full episodes head over to FinalSurge.com/podcast and listen to any episode. Follow Final Surge on Twitter Follow Final Surge on Facebook  

Welcome to episode 40 of the final surge podcast where we talk to Jonathan Marcus, the coach of High Performance West about the subject of coaching. Many of you may know Jonathan as the co-host of Magness and Marcus On Coaching Podcast. We talk about his podcast, and he dives deep into subjects like training and racing strategy as well the word coach means to him. How did you get your start in running? At what point in high school did you decide to stop the other sports and focus on running? How did you get into coaching and then form your group High Performance West?  Are you looking for only elite athletes or would you accept anyone, even a local 5k runner, if they were serious enough? You and Steve Magness, who was our guest in Episode 18 of our podcast, you two have a podcast called “On Coaching,” why did you start a podcast on coaching?  When you think coach, what is the first thing you think about and how has that changed since becoming a coach compared to when you were running? You have coached at ever

Welcome to episode 39 of the Final Surge Podcast where we talk to head coach and co-founder of TeamMPI, Mark Sortino. Mark is a Level III Triathlon coach and has been published in publications such as US Triathlon Magazine, Triathlete Magazine and was a featured coach in Endurance Films TriMinds series. TeamMPI has triathlon plans available on Final Surge from all events from sprint through Ironman.  How did you get your start in endurance athletics? How did you make the transition into triathlons? That lead to you forming TeamMPI, can you tell us about your group? How many coaches do you currently have on staff at TeamMPI? You mentioned you are using Final Surge in your training, how are you using it? We want to start out with some basic training and triathlon questions for those who are looking to do their first multisport event. For someone who is looking to get started with triathlons, maybe they are someone who has done a lot of running or swimming, what do you see as the most common mistakes made? You h

In episode 38 of the Final Surge Podcast we are joined by Denny Krahe who is a coach and best known for his running podcast called Diz Runs. Denny has almost 400 episodes of his podcast and releases three a week. We will talk to him about his first ultra run he did recently, his coaching and his new upcoming book Be Ready on Race Day. How did you get your start with running? You made the transition from not being a runner until after college to coaching. How did that transition happen? At what point in this journey did the DizRuns podcast start? What are some of the best stories that you remember from your podcast? Recently you made the jump to ultras and did your first ultra trail run, what was that like? You have done a lot of marathons, but here you get to 26.2, and you had another 10k to go. How did it feel at the 26.2 mark? What were the big differences in your training leading up to the ultra? What about fueling, how did your fueling change running the ultra vs. what you were used to in marathons? What

Welcome to episode 37 of the Final Surge podcast where we talk with coach Nate Helming. Nate has been featured in such publications such as Competitor magazine and is the founder of The Run Experience. I recommend you check out his videos on Youtube at The Run Experience. Today we will discuss running injuries, hips, footstrike, nose breathing and more.  How did you get your start in endurance sports? Did you do track and cross country in high school or was it just something you did on the side? What did you do after high school, did you do these sports in college? You now run The Run Experience and specialize in movement and keeping runners injury free. Did you study Exercise Science in college? Depending on the survey you want to believe, 65-80 percent of runners and triathletes get injured every year, why do you think the injury rate is so high? You mentioned thorough dynamic warm up, what does that look like for you? You mentioned range of motion; one argument is you only need as much flexibility or range

Welcome to episode 36 of the Final Surge Podcast where we talk to former Syracuse Orangeman, and current NAZ Elite Runner Marty Hehir about his first year as a professional runner. We talk about his career at Syracuse, how he found out he would be running in the Olympic trials just 2-days before the race and how his training has changed since going pro. Marty helped lead Syracuse to the National Title in cross country with his ninth place individual finish at the 2015 Championships.  We like to start out by introducing the listeners with our guests by asking how you got your start in running? What made you want to run at Syracuse, I’m guessing not for the weather? While I don’t think he is under appreciated any longer, for a while I think Chris Fox was probably one of the best college distance coaches that few knew. What was it like running for him? When you were thinking about going to school at Syracuse was it something you were thinking about going to school to become a professional runner, or were you a r

Welcome to episode 35 of the final surge podcast where we welcome Coach Greg McMillan to the show.  If you get any tidbits or learn anything useful from this podcast please head over to iTunes and share a review. Today we are going to discuss How Greg got involved in coaching, we will break down his world famous running calculator app and answer some common questions that coaches and athletes have about it and we will talk a lot about his training from 800 to marathon. Greg’s calculator is now built into Final Surge as one of the calculator options, and when you match that with his training plans there are now over 100 McMillan customized plans available at Final Surge. How did you get started in running when you were younger? Can you give us the history of how you got started in coaching? You started with exercise science. There is the science of coaching and the art of coaching. What is something you learned early, maybe in a classroom, that didn’t translate to real world coaching? Who were your big coachin