The Seconds Flat Running Podcast

We're two weeks out from CIM & the guys are recapping their last big training weeks!

Join the conversation and email us your training questions and/or race predictions to: [email protected]

YouTube links to the exercises described by Dr. Phil in episode 191:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V1NKta2znwU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKl5UoiG5c

We're back for a training update from the boys on their road to CIM. Max piles up the mileage and the frequent flyer miles, Travis experiments with new long run workouts and airs his running pet peeves, and Doctor Phil offers great insights into strength and mobility protocols for hip flexor issues.

Send us your training questions for the panel: [email protected]. We'll be randomly drawing winners for shoe and apparel giveaways from our partners at New Balance and Columbus Running Company!

We're on the road to CIM! Magic Max Hoffman, a man with long-term OTQ aspirations, joins the show, as he and Travis prep for California International Marathon. We'll follow their training and racing through marathon day on 12/8/24.

Thanks to New Balance for partnering with us for this series! Send in your questions for the panel for a chance to win a pair of shoes or shorts courtesy of New Balance.

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In Chicago, Phil spent four hours grooming with otters at the aquarium and Josh's "bathroom routine was bangin'," but how did the Doctor and the Bad Boy race? We hear about their taper week, marathon, and training reflections in the final installment of our Chicago Marathon series.

Thanks to Columbus Running Company and OOFOS for making the Windy City Chronicles possible!

Josh and the Bad Boy return to take you through their last big week of training. It was a roller coaster ride of illness, rolled ankles, and a hurricane. Special guest Miles Bryan joins us as well. He shares his sub-3 Chicago training and racing plan. We conclude the episode with a series of questions/answers about tapering, fueling, and race execution. Good luck to the boys in Chicago!

The Bad Boy and The Doctor are back for a big episode loaded with training week updates and listener questions about how many times per week the guys run fast sessions (and why) and their nutrition program. To close out, Dr. Phil introduces his new training question segment, "The Doctor is In," asking about best practices for the final long runs.

Send your questions to [email protected] to enter our OOFOS road to Chicago giveaway

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Josh goes to altitude in Arizona while Phil trains through the South Carolina summer heat. Hear the latest on their training for Chicago as we reach 6 weeks from race day. Also, our panel considers a listener question about using heart rate in marathon training / racing.

Send your questions to [email protected] to enter our OOFOS road to Chicago giveaway!

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Dr. Phil and Josh "Bad Boy of Buffalo" Behuniak are on the road to the Chicago Marathon. We are documenting their journey in a five-part series. Join us for training insights, racing strategy, and details on an OOFOS giveaway. Welcome to the Windy City Chronicles!

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Thanks to a listener question we are discussing which categories of workouts we prioritize at different phases of a marathon training cycle. But first, we consider which Olympic races had the most significance for the future of distance running, and we introduce our new upcoming training series.

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Welcome to Part 9 of The Road to L.A. ‘84, our multi-episode retrospective on the 40th anniversary of a seminal moment in a golden era of marathoning. In this episode our journey reaches its climax — the 1984 Olympic marathons. 40 years later, here’s the story of the most awaited 26.2 mile foot races in Olympic history…