This week's session is all about the benefits of fartleks!

In this episode we talk all about self defense for runners. Mike or“Icy mike” as he is known on his YouTube channel “HARD2HURT” is a self-defense instructor, former police officer, swat operator, blood hound handler, and has been a police trainer to hundreds of officers. Mike answers our questions about what we can do to prevent being attacked, how to better be prepared when attacked, as well as what to do when attacked. He also dives into telling us about self defense weapons that are efficient, and other safety tips.

Icy Mike can be found on instagram @icymikep

His YouTube Channel is Hard2Hurt

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This week's tip of the week was all about the benefits of relaxing

In this episode we do a race review or race recap of the Keys100 ultra marathon relay which we completed this May, 2021 with our 6 member co-ed team called “We Got the Runs”. This event is a 100-mile point-to-point running race from the island of Key Largo to the southernmost point in Key West for individuals or teams. Our team members all made wonderful memories and learned a lot of lessons along the way. If you enjoy race recaps or if you are considering part-taking in a relay, this episode is for you.

In the episode we also briefly touch base with Bob Becker, the race organizer. (if you want to hear more about him, we interviewed him in episode 34).

The website to the event is www.keys100.com

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In this week's 5 minute Friday we talk all about our running form!

In this episode we asked Australian physiotherapist and host of the number 1 running podcast, Brodie Sharpe, about running form! Is there such a thing as the “perfect running form”? And although the answer was obvious (and let’s face it, the goal of our running form analysis is simply to prevent injury and to run economically so that we can run safely and fast) - as always with Brodie, we learned quite a bit. Listen in if you want to learn about the different phases of our running strides, what happens in each of them, and what things should be taken into consideration when looking at our running form, and what some definite must-correct things are we might do, and how to go about them.

Brodie can be found on instagram @runsmarterseries

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In this week's 5 minute Friday we talk all about your metabolic response to heat.

In this week's 5 minute Friday we talk all about how to figure our realistic expectations.