Adam Goucher is our fourth guest on the Run Faster Podcast. Adam won the 1993 Footlocker National Championship as a high school athlete, beating Meb Keflezighi. He attended the University of Colorado and ran for Coach Mark Wetmore. Adam finished third at the NCAA Championships his freshman year, then went on to win the meet as a senior, a season that is chronicled in the book Running with the Buffaloes.

Adam became an Olympian in 2000 and finished 13th in the finals of the 5,000m. Adam has run 8:12 for two-miles and 13:10 for 5,000m. Adam is co-author with Tim Catalono of the book Run the Edge. You may know Adam’s wife, Kara Goucher, a fixture on the American running scene for many years.