Final Surge Podcast

Welcome to episode 157 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome Amanda Brooks. Amanda is a coach, but you probably know here from her running blog Run To The Finish. Amanda is one of the most successful running bloggers of all time. We talk to her about her blog, about coaching athletes, how she is coping with the stay at home orders and we discuss her new book. :59 How are you holding up during these stay at home orders? 1:28 How did you get started in running? 2:40 Did that conversation about being awkward in running, did that not lead you to track or anything? 3:19 Did you have the flexibility issues when you ran your first half marathon? 4:14 What happened after your first race? 5:16 The next year how did you come up with a training plan? 6:06 How did the blog develop? 7:14 2007 Everyone was getting a blog, was Run To The Finish the first blog? 7:47 When did you start getting involved in coaching? 8:44 You went 5 years before you made the blog your career, how did you stay with it t