Matt McDonald finished 10th at the 2020 US Olympic Trials Marathon with a time of 2:12:19, and has a PR of 2:11:20 (Chicago 2019). He runs for the Atlanta Track Club Elite, and has been working full time in research since completing his doctorate in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech.

Matt talks about how his training and racing has progressed since graduating from Princeton, and tells his story of running the Olympic Trials. We also have a pretty detailed discussion on fueling for and during marathons, and Matt lends his expertise to explain things at the cellular level.

We end our conversation talking about upcoming races. Matt will be competing at the Michigan Pro Half Marathon on Wednesday Oct 28, and at The Marathon Project in Chandler, AZ on December 20th - which will be an elite-only race capped at 50 men and 50 women and will include many of the top finishers from the Olympic Trials. 

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