Woody Kincaid

In episode 133 we have a great show for you. Did you watch the USATF's? Did you see the men's 5k? I thought it was absolutely one of the most entertaining 5k races I have ever seen. Over the course of that race I went from thinking what is Woody Kincaid doing up there, to thinking Woody Kincaid is done to saying wow, what a gutsy race by Kincaid. I became a fan. We talked to Woody about the race, what he was thinking and how he feels about being top 3 but not getting a spot on the World's team. This was a great episode and I hope you enjoy it and share it. 1:30 How did you get started in running? 2:08 What was it about running that drew you in? 2:44 Did you have early success? 3:10 At what point did you realize you wanted to do it in college? 4:02 Did a lot of colleges have interest? 5:00 Did the option come from Colorado to run there? 5:35 When did you decide you wanted to run professionally? 6:35 What did you learn from going to Kenya? 8:00 Did Rob Conner introduce you to Jerry or how did that relationship start? 9:24 Talk about your 2-3 years of running as a professional and what it has been like? 12:00 You went into indoors, how did that season go? 12:48 Do you think that race at indoors helped get you focused? 13:41 How was your training leading up to outdoors? 14:47 Were you confident before USATF's? 15:32 The 5k at USATF's was one of my favorite races, what was the gameplan you had before the race? 17:45 In the first 600m you already gapped the field, did you know it was going out that fast? 18:58 At the mile marker when he starts talking to you what is going through your mind? 20:07 Did he put a crazy hard surge when you decided you were not going to take the lead? 21:18 When you clipped him was that when he pulled off to the side and almost stopped? 21:45 When you got to the lead what was your gameplan? 23:40 Pack catches you, I turned to my son and son and Woody is done, did you have concerns when they caught you? 25:13 With 500 meters to go you fall back to 5th did you think you were ok because you can kick well? 26:00 with 250 to go you fought your way back into it and I became a Woody fan 26:45 When you are racing you are thinking about winning, you probably are not thinking about the standard the whole time right? 27:30 You just miss the standard, what do you think about the current system of not allowing time to chase a standard? 29:03 So what is next for you? 29:42 Let's talk about the status of the sport, what do we need to do to fill the stands? 30:33 Have betting at the track? 30:50 What if the race had fone different, what if you finished not in the front? 32:00 I imagine this is going to help the contract negotiations? 33:03 You mentioned the Price of the Mile podcast, what happened with it?   Final Surge 5 questions in under a minute Favorite endurance/running book? - Running for my Life Current trainers you are wearing? - Pegasus 35 Favorite race? - 5k Favorite recovery meal or recovery drink? - Beet Juice Your favorite workout - Tempo with speed work Resources Woody on Instagram  5k race on NBC Sports