006. Can you get better at running while you're not running? Absolutely yes! Don't believe me? Listen to this episode because I share a whole bunch of ways you can do just that! And this episode has so much more:

 - Coach Bennett talks about his weekend at the US Track & Field Championships

- How getting better at some of the essentials of life can lead you to better runs

- What does Cast Away (yeah, the great Tom Hanks movie) have to do with better running?

- Skateboarding, water skiing and Jaws 3 all make it into Episode 6 too somehow

- Will there be time for the mail bag this episode? You'll have to listen to find out

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005. How To Start

Join Coach Bennett for a fantastic episode about how to start... running... but you know that this podcast is about running and this podcast is not about running.  By the end of  Episode 5 you'll have learned:

*What the real purpose of a first run is

*Why measuring success as many ways as you can is such an essential ingredient to every great running journey

*How celebration plays such an important role to an athletes success

*Why mixing things up keeps the runner fresh and keeps their running from going stale

*How being both a student and fan of the sport can help you truly enjoy the sport

And so much more!

The mailbag (find the address below)  is overflowing with letters and questions so we roll through some of those too. There are a few rambles here and there but we always get where we need to be.

Cheers and thank you for listening!

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004. Maybe You Can't Means Maybe You Can

Join Coach Bennett on this great episode and learn:

*A little bit about the Oregon weather... it's more exciting than it sounds. Okay, exciting may be too strong a word.

*The epic and epically long 80's and 90's mixtape playlists Coach has created.

*The books and tv show that are currently being imbibed by Coach.

*Why every great goal or journey needs an element of maybe I can't and more importantly why maybe I can't also means maybe I can. And those are some great odds you should always be willing to take.

*And so much more!

Enjoy the episode and thank you for listening!

Cheers,

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Maybe You Can't... Means Maybe You Can  - from Coach Bennett's Newsletter

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003. You know what sucks? Perfect sucks. Join Coach  for episode 3 and learn...

- Why is Coach Bennett recording this podcast in a bathroom... in a hotel room... in Naperville,  Illinois

- What Wildwood Running PDX is all about and some of the great work they are doing for the young girls in the sport of XC and T&F and the coaches that guide them

- Some of the things you need to think about in order to know whether you are ready to sign up for a half marathon

- Why perfect does indeed suck

-And so much more!

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The City of Naperville

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002. Welcome to the starting line... on this episode Coach Bennett talks about

- what took so long for this podcast to become a reality.
      Hint: He stood nervously on starting line for a long, long, long time
- the allergy capital that is Eugene, Oregon
- how to butter up pancakes
- why being nervous can be a great reminder of something great
 - why being uncomfortable is an important part of life
- the benefits of writing about yourself
- what the purpose of a first run is and how to do one the right way
- and so much more

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Welcome to Coach Bennett's Podcast! This is the starting line... beginning... the genesis... the alpha... the first episode. Actually it's episode 0.

Listen in as Coach Bennett talks about what this podcast is going to be. 

Get ready to laugh, cry (in a good way), be inspired and motivated and have an all-around good time. 

As always, this is about running and this is not about running. 

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