Final Surge Podcast

Episode 134: Matt Baxter grew up running in New Zeland. He comes over to the states to run for Coach Smith and the NAU Lumberjacks and helped lead the team to 3 straight Cross Country titles. We talked about the mental game of not always having your best race and his transition to running as a professional for NAZ Elite. 1:15 How did you get started running in New Zeland? 1:51 what is high school running like in New Zeland high schools? 3:02 When did you make the transition to coming to the United States to run for NAU? 3:22 What was it like coming to Flagstaff and running at elevation? 4:40 Why did you decide to come to the States? 5:53 3 years and 3 national titles, was there one that was more special? 7:15 In 2017 you were second overall at Cross, but then at Indoors you didn't even qualify for nationals in the 5k, what happened? 10:05 When you are a high school runner you can have a bad race and still win a race, but when you are running at a high level it is different, what is it like mentally to get use