The SMH Lab (sports, music and mental health)

Coach Barker talks training for distance runners and also how to build a strong team culture that led to a national championship.

Brad talks to Derek Leininger about him starting Indiana Runner and his coaching and his admin and his writing a book. Also Derek gives all time lists of his favorite singers and runners.

2020 Olympic Trials marathoner Matt Blume

Justin Furstenfeld and his band Blue October have been consistently putting out hits on the charts for more than 15 years. Justin visits mainly with Neeka DeGraw about addiction and loss and mental health. He also sings the powerful song Fear live at the end of the interview as a dedication to Neeka and what she and her family are going through.

Anna Rohrer ran 9:55 for 3200 and 16:00 for 5k in high school. She went on to numerous all American races at Notre Dame and is now about to turn pro. We talk to her and her high school coach, Coach Kov, about how she became the best.

Chris Renzema is an up and coming Christian singer songwriter. He is on the Centricity label, who also has Lauren Daigle as one of their other clients. Chris discusses his new album and also the pandemic and its effects on the album, his tour, and his life.

Izaiah Steury grew up as a 5 year old shepherd in Ethiopia and then bounced around orphanages there before coming to Indiana. He is now one of the fastest distance runners in the nation. How did all of this happen? What a story!

Brad talks to Derek Leininger about him starting Indiana Runner and his coaching and his admin and his writing a book. Also Derek gives all time lists of his favorite singers and runners.

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Coach Chris Kovalewski from Mishawaka and Coach Chad Wetzel from South Bend Riley talk cross country training with Coach Peterson and Coach Fletcher. Kov coached the best runner in Indiana high school female distance running history in Anna Rohrer and Chad has coached numerous teams to the state meet even at a small school and with a small team with no feeder system.

Eric Kellison is one of the best coaches in Indiana history. He talks about how he was able to get his team to a state championship and also how he helped Aaron Fisher become one of the best runners in the nation.