The Marathon Running Podcast

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McKale placed 30th at the Olympic Trials Marathon in February 2020 with a time of 2:38:20, and ran 2:34:36 at The Marathon Project in December 2020.  She is a mother, and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences as well as Registered Dietician, working full time as professor and researcher at Oklahoma State University.

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BEN’S STORY
Ben has been just about everything in the running industry; elite athlete, special events director for a big city marathon, running store owner, marketing director, elite athlete coordinator and of course…coach. His number one passion though, has always been the competitive side of the sport and he brings a healthy obsession for success to his role as coach/executive director of Northern Arizona Elite.

AS A COACH
Ben has coached everyone from third graders, to beginning adult runners to World Championship performers. His motivational skills and training knowledge have translated to success at every level. His work with the Big River Racing Team in Saint Louis produced three different Olympic Trials qualifiers; Shannon Leinert (800), Julie Lossos (Marathon) and Adam MacDowell (Marathon). He also led Canadian Stephanie Hood to top-11 finishes at the Boston (2:44:44) and Chicago (2:35:09) Marathons in 2008 as well as the Canadian Cross Country Title.

In his six+ years with Northern Arizona Elite, Ben’s athletes have won U.S. National Titles in cross country and on the roads at 10k, the half marathon, and the 25k, and a New Zealand National Title on the track. The team has been represented at the World Cross Country Championships in 2017 and 2019, the World Half Marathon Championships in 2014 and 2016 and at the World Track and Field Championships in 2015. His athletes have also competed at the European Athletics Championships, the Great Edinburgh International XC Meet, the NACAC Cross County Championships, the NACAC Track Championships, the Pan American Cup Cross Country Meet and the Pan American Games. In 2016, the team produced two sixth-place finishes at the Olympic Trials Marathon and two fourth-place finishes in the 10,000 meters at the Olympic Track and Field Trials. At the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials, four HOKA NAZ Elite athletes posted top 20 finishes, including three in the top eight in the women’s race led by Aliphine Tuliamuk–the Trials Champion. At World Marathon Majors, HOKA NAZ Elite athletes have recorded 8 top-10 finishes including a sixth at Boston in 2018 and in Chicago in 2019, and a seventh at New York City in 2018 and Boston in 2019. Other top marathon finishes include a win at the Grandma’s Marathon in 2018 and runner-up finishes at the USATF Marathon Championships in 2015 and 2018.

AS AN ATHLETE
Ben was a Division II All American at Truman State University, before landing a spot on the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project team in 2003. There he became the youngest qualifier for the 2004 Olympic Trials Marathon where he finished 37th. He returned to his hometown of Saint Louis in the summer of 2005 and that fall finished second at the U.S. Marathon Championships at the Twin Cities Marathon. He ended his career with personal bests of 4:03 in the mile and 2:18 in the marathon.

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Bob Seebohar is former Director of Sports Nutrition for the University of Florida, and Sport Dietitian for the US Olympic Committee. He traveled to the 2008 Olympic Games as a Sport Dietitian for the US Olympic Team and the personal Sport Dietitian/Exercise Physiologist for the Olympic Triathlon Team. 

Bob has a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science, a master's degree in Health and Exercise Science and a second master's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. He is a Registered Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and a High Performance Endurance Coach. Bob created the concepts of Nutrition Periodization™ and Metabolic Efficiency Training™ in the early 2000’s, and has worked with 15 different Olympians including Meb Keflezighi, and dozens of other professional athletes. He’s currently the owner of ENRG performance. 

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In episode 10 Christina tells how she gradually went from being a recreational runner in her 20's to finishing 23rd at the US Olympic Trials Marathon at age 38. She also talks about her work as a registered dietician, and gives some practical wisdom on nutrition for athletes.

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Follow McKale on Twitter @McKaleDavis where she shares her running and eating habits. 

McKale has been running marathons since 2011 when she was in grad school, but finally broke through the Olympic Trials qualifying mark in 2019, 10 months after the birth of her daughter. Since then she's continued to improve and set a new personal best of 2:34:36 at The Marathon Project in December, 2020. And she's not done yet. 

McKale is a registered dietician, PhD in nutritional sciences, and teaches at Oklahoma State University. In this interview we talk about her progression as a runner, what led to her breakthrough, and she also shares some practical advice on eating well.

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Find  Iain on Twitter and Instagram @BYUIain

Iain Hunter is an exercise science professor at Brigham Young University.  After finishing running for BYU as an 800m runner, he went on to graduate school at Oregon State University where he studied biomechanics with a focus on distance running performance.  He continued running during this time and after returning to BYU as a professor, he was coached by Ed Eyestone to become a marathoner.  In 2009, he won the St George Marathon.  He has set age group records there 4 times.  His research and interest in running mechanics related to performance led to opportunities to work with USA Track and Field as their biomechanist for distance running and steeplechase.  He has been part of the Team USA staff for three World Track and Field Championships.  His four children followed in his love of running with his two daughters currently running for BYU.

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John interprets some of the key components of Renato Canova's training methods: fast long runs, long intervals, fartleks, and overall training modulation. 

Find John Davis's blog articles and links to the books he's written here:

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Nate Jenkins is perhaps best known for his unexpected 7th place finish at the 2008 US Olympic Marathon Trials. But many runners have followed him for years as he's meticulously documented  his training and racing online -  nateruns.blogspot.com - where he also goes into tremendous detail explaining his training philosophy, provides sample training schedules, and gives all kinds of behind-the-scenes stories and reflections from the perspective of a professional runner.

In this episode Nate answers some questions that are mostly in response to things he has written on his blog. If you're not familiar with Nate, I would encourage you to browse his blog and get a sense of what he's all about, since we don't directly touch on his background in this interview. Also, you can listen to him speak in great detail about his college running career, his transition to professional running, and his epic Olympic Trials performance on the Morning Shakeout podcast, episode 108, from April 20, 2020.

Additionally, if you're interested in hiring Nate as a coach, visit lowellrunning.com

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David Nieman is a professor at Appalachian State University, and director of the Human Performance Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC. He is a pioneer in the research area of exercise and nutrition immunology. Dr. Nieman has received more than $10.9 million in research grants and published more than 370 peer-reviewed publications in journals and books. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the sports nutrition section of the journals Nutrients and Frontiers in Nutrition, and sits on 10 journal editorial boards including Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. His publications have been cited more than 41,000 times. He is the author of nine books on health, exercise science, and nutrition. Dr. Nieman served as vice-president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and two terms as president of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology. He has also run 58 marathons with a PR of 2:37. 

In this episode, Dr. Nieman answers a question I've been asking everyone - what is the best way for marathoners to approach the problem of limited glycogen stores and the challenge of adapting to higher fat utilization? He also talks about how to reduce inflammation, recover sooner after intense exercise, and dispels some myths about carbohydrates. 

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