The Just Athletics Podcast

By Chris Johnson & Dave Frank

It's Easier if You Don't Struggle

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February 04, 2021 Episode 54 - Scott Christensen
We are rocking 2021 so far with amazing guests. This week we bring on one of the best coaches in the country in Scott Christensen of Stillwater High School in Minnesota.

Scott is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, where he majored in
Biology for for his undergrad and went on to study Physiology and earn his masters degree at the University of Nebraska.

Scott wears many hats in the running world. As a coach at Stillwater HS in Minnesota his teams have won with 10 State team titles in track & field and cross country and have had many individual champs, including seven in the “almost a mile” race, the 1600m. His 1997 team was ranked number one in the Harrier's national rankings. He has had three of his athletes go on to become sub-four minute milers. He is also very involved in coaches education as one of the foremost instructors for USATF, USTFCCCA, and the IAAF. Scott has also served at the international level as a coach for TEAM USA for the 2003 Junior World Cross Country Champions and for the 2008 Senior team at the World Cross Country Championships. To continue stacking on to the many achievements, he is also a published author having written numerous numerous articles , online training courses, and two books. He is one of the most sought out clinicians in the sports of cross country and track & field.

Scott as an athlete was the captain of both his high school and college teams and has a lifetime PR of 2:30:24 in the marathon.

We will have to have Scott back, as we just barely scratched the knowledge that this amazing coach has. Thanks so much Scott!
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1h 22min
January 28, 2021 Episode 53 – Jeff Johnson + Surprise Guest
We have an all-timer for our millions of listeners. We bring on an incredibly influential and successful personality in our great sport. Jeff Johnson is famously known as Nike’s first employee and is a big player in the company’s rise to the giant brand it is today. He went to Los Altos HS in California …
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1h 20min
January 21, 2021 Episode 52 – “Prefontaine”/”Without Limits” Movie Breakdown
We decided to kick off our 2021 campaign with something a little different. We bring on two guests who were involved in the 1998 dueling biopics about Steve Prefontaine to discuss and compare the two films. Jeff Atkinson joins us. Jeff both had a part, a speaking line no less, in the movie “Without Limits” …
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1h 27min
November 19, 2020 Episode 51 – Courtney Frerichs
After last week’s glitch in the Matrix, Chris and Dave return for one of the best shows ever with an incredible guest. Want to be inspired? Check out this episode with American Record Holder Courtney Frerichs. We delve into Courtney’s incredible rise from being a 2:24 800m runner in high school to one of the …
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1h 8min
November 12, 2020 Episode 50 – Multiverse Episode
We jump to another dimension with two mystery guests and dive into their backgrounds as athletes and coaches. We won’t ruin the surprise, so check out this long and fun episode. Subscribe to the show on iTunes or Stitcher or Spotify to get future episodes and please follow us on Twitter @just_athletics and like us …
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1h 36min
November 05, 2020 Episode 49 – Eric Dettman
This week’s episode of the Just Athletics podcast we bring on one of the best young High School coaches in the country and a coach who has a little bit of experience being part of a successful program at arguably the greatest high school program of all-time at York High School. Eric Dettman is the …
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1h 23min
October 30, 2020 Episode 48 – Daniel Caulfield
We got a big episode here, both in length and impact. We bring it back to having an active coach on and someone who we heard speak a week ago and just had to get on the pod. Daniel Caulfield blew us away on the Portland Coaches Social and he repeated that again on this …
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1h 38min
October 22, 2020 Episode 47 – Ben Blankenship
The guest this week is an athlete known for his fierce competitiveness on the track, but the pod allows us to see another side of Mr. Ben Blankenship. Ben competes for the Oregon Track Club Elite team in Eugene, OR, where he is coached by Mark Rowland. He grew up in Minnesota and ran at …
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1h 1min
October 15, 2020 Episode 46 – Kinsey Middleton
We have another amazing guest this week, another athlete currently focusing on the longer stuff, this time the marathon. Kinsey Middleton, formerly Gomez, was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene, ID. She was a seven-time State Champion at Coeur d’Alene High School, coached by Cathy Compton. Actually missed Foot Locker Nationals by just one place …
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59min
October 08, 2020 Episode 45 – David Laney
After a week off, we are back with an exciting guest who gives us some insight into the Ultra/Trail world and beyond. David Laney had humble beginnings in the sport of running at Central Catholic High School, where co-host of the show Dave Frank was his coach. David never made his high school’s varsity team …
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1h 3min

FAQs about The Just Athletics Podcast:

How many episodes does The Just Athletics Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.