The Seconds Flat Running Podcast

It's race week and we're bringing you race predictions, course tips, carb load principles, weather advice, and more! Enjoy Chicago Marathon weekend!

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T-minus 2 weeks to Chicago! Max Hoffman, who ran 2:22 last fall at CIM, joins the show for a discussion about his training block and favorite sessions. Plus, we unpack taper strategies for the final days of the cycle.

It's less than three weeks to the Chicago Marathon! Friend of the show Blake Pratt returns, and we do a DEEP DIVE into his training toward a sub 2:40 goal.

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We're inside one month to Chicago! This week we welcome Pegah Kamrani. Pegah shares her training, multi-year journey to the Chicago start line, and goals for race day. She's running big miles and has the guys from our previous two episodes in her sight!

You heard from Miles Bryan last week, now track from six to five weeks out to Chicago with his archrival, fellow 2:54 man Benjamin Byrd! Benjamin shares his past marathon experiences and goals, build, and strategy for the Windy City.

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We're back on the road to the Chicago Marathon for Season 2 of The Windy City Chronicles! It's 6 weeks to race day and we'll be welcoming a different guest each week as we unpack the training cycle and race day planning. This week it's Miles Bryan. Miles ran 2:54 at Chicago last year then followed up with a big half marathon personal best of 1:16 this spring. He shares insights from his Chicago experience, goals for 2025, and the details of his last week of training.

For many of us the long run serves a source of reflection on our place in the larger landscape of nature, humanity, creation, and existence. Author and teacher Mary Grace Mangano beautifully captures the spiritual essence of the long run in her article, "The Chapel of the Road," published last year in Plough Magazine. "The long run is a holy hour (or two, or three) that trains and shapes my heart," she writes. Earlier this week I had the pleasure of spending an hour with her discussing the shared, transcendent experience of the long run.

Mary Grace's 2024 article: https://www.plough.com/topics/faith/prayer/the-chapel-of-the-road

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In 2016 Noah Droddy rose from relative obscurity to the center of our national track and field consciousness when he qualified for the Olympic Trials 10K in Eugene. Noah was a blue collar, former Division III collegiate runner who graced Hayward Field with flowing locks, a throwback mustache, a free spirit, and genuine child-like enthusiasm for his newfound place on the national stage. He became a cult hero for thousands who toil at their craft, logging countless unseen miles with little hope for financial reward. Then he became one of America's best marathoners, clocking a 2:09 in 2020 at the Marathon Project.

Chris Glover loves running. And he loves connecting people through running. If you've been to a group run in Central Ohio you know Chris. If you've seen a man dressed like a superhero at a local race you know Chris. Earlier this week Chris and I sat down for a conversation about his running journey and current projects. Along the way we discuss ways to add joy to your running experience while also getting faster. His aim is simple, genuine, and exceptionally valuable: bringing runners together so we all get better together. And he's doing it with an infectious laugh and a servant's heart.

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With the U.S. Championships beginning this week in Eugene, and the World Championships in Tokyo quickly approaching, we're veering from our usual format for a look inside Japanese running culture, particularly the nation's unparalleled love for the marathon. The following is an updated and adapted version of an article I wrote leading up to the pandemic-delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympic Marathon. As you grind through long runs and workouts on the way to your next marathon, we hope you'll find inspiration in the shared experience of a nation obsessed with racing 26.2 miles.