One of my goals with Strength Running is to prevent you from making the same mistakes that I've made in my own running career. Because I've made almost all of them!

Some of my "favorite" mistakes have been:

• Running my easy days too hard
• Not doing any dynamic warm up exercises before each run
• Inconsistently completing my strength exercises
• Relying too much on intensity and brutal workouts to "prove" my fitness

Now, my coaching philosophy is more balanced. There's less pressure on any one individual workout and more on the total body of work completed during a training cycle.

And today on the podcast, I want to show you what that looks like in practice.

Brian is in his mid-40's and started running about five years ago. He's run a variety of races but only one marathon. A big reason why is that he's had a lot of injuries from knee pain, glute problems, and IT Band Syndrome.

We're discussing:

• How Brian typically prepares for the marathon
• His background in other sports
• The steps he can take to prioritize healthy, pain-free running
• Marathon training fundamentals

Show Links & Resources:

• Injury prevention for runners ecourse
• Elite runners on recovery and staying healthy
• Sub 3 hour marathon training
• How to run your fastest marathon

Thanks Brian for sharing your running life with us!

Thanks PATH Projects

PATH Projects made this episode of the podcast possible. They're an online-only retailer of high-quality running gear and apparel that I'm falling in love with (and they're giving away three $75 gift cards!).

Currently, I'm wearing the Sykes 5″ Shorts (see them in action in this video), the Pyrinees hooded sweatshirt, and the Torch base liner. Their gear is unique, stylish, and a premium quality that feels great to wear. And because there's no retail markup, PATH is quite affordable.

They're using new technical fabrics and innovations to create award-winning apparel for endurance athletes. In fact, their Brim shorts and Tahoe base liner won Runner's World's 2018 Gear of the Year award. And the Pyrinees hoodie was named one of the best six sweatshirts for running in the cold by Gear Patrol.

Check out their full lineup of shorts, tops, hats, and base liners on their site - and don't forget to enter to win one of three $75 gift cards at PathProjects.com.