Running Rogue

Our Boston Marathon weekend coverage continues with this special edition interview with Justyn Knight from the Reebok Boston Track Club. Justyn is a 2-time NCAA Champion from Syracuse. He ran the BAA 5K this morning and finished 3rd only 3 seconds back of winner Hagos Gebrhiwet. Justyn breaks down the race from his perspective and then shares stories from his running past, present and future. Plus, he gives really good advice for Boston Marathoners after my final question. Listen to the end for that! Thank you to Reebok for connecting Justyn to me for this interview. You can follow Justyn here: - Instagram: @justyn.knight, @reebokboston_tc - Twitter: @justyn_knight, @reebokbostonTC  

Live from Boston... I break it all down on how Marathon Monday will go down, including opening thoughts on how Boston racers might manage the potential weather. Listen in to get my predictions for the races as well as insights from the elite press conferences, including discussions I hold with almost all of the top Americans. Plus, follow along on Monday on Facebook live (www.facebook.com/roguerunning) as I do the live call from the Oofos pop-up at 344 Newbury Street, just a few blocks from the course.  

In this episode of the Human Performance Project mini-series, we are joined by very special guest and Olympic 1500m gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz (@mgcentro) who trains with the Bowerman Track Club.  For this episode, we talk about things to consider within diet and nutrition in order to optimize performance including discussion on Matthew's own approach to nutrition and how that is now evolving as he approaches 30 years old. From peeing on pH paper to see if you need more veggies to talking about macro nutrient balance and race weight, this episode has a bit of everything on this topic.  If you do have questions, please send those to chris@roguerunning.com.  

In this episode, I start with a few current events, recapping the World Cross Country Championships and Emily Sisson's recent 10K (and Olympic Qualifying Standard) at Stanford. Then at 26 minutes, we turn to an interview with Molly Dykstra, one of the coaches from our Rogue Training groups based in Dallas (www.roguetraining.run). Molly coaches a half marathon group for us there based out of the Mockingbird Run-On/JackRabbit store. Molly has big goals to earn her first Boston Qualifier, and in this interview, we talk about how she collapsed within sight of the finish line (and her goal) on her last attempt. Then, we talk about what she needs to do now in training to finally get it done. I think everyone with Boston goals will be able to relate to some part of Molly's story.  

We continue our series on Human Performance with this second episode in the series about the Model of Degeneration or how things can go wrong in your body. We start with a short preamble on the mind/body connection discussed in the last episode and then jump into this model which includes discussions on: - Diet, Digestion, and Elimination - Inflammation - Blood Sugar Dysregulation, Anemia, Blood Chemistry Changes - Neuro-Hormonal Dysregulation - Immune Dysregulation - Auto-Immune Processes - Cancer and Neurodegeneration For reference, here is a link to the book Elite Minds that I mention in the intro: https://www.amazon.com/Elite-Minds-Differently-Competitive-Maximize/dp/1259836169 Next week, look for episode #3 in the mini series where we will cover diet and nutrition and how those two things affect how you feel.  

Ryan Hall stopped by the Running Rogue podcast studio in February, and I am excited to release this interview with him on his new book: Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step. The book covers lessons from Ryan's career as an elite-level marathoner as well as his new passion in weight training. Ryan Hall needs no introduction, but he a two-time Olympian and the fastest ever US marathoner with a PR of 2:04:58 and also the current US half marathon record holder.  You can pre-order the book here and then purchase it after its release on April 16th. https://www.amazon.com/Run-Mile-Youre-Finding-Every/dp/0310354374 Details from the intro: - Event with Chris Lear at Rogue on April 4th: https://www.facebook.com/events/539074903282944/ - Boston Marathon meet-up opportunity: Sunday, April 14th from 2-3 pm at the Westin Copley, 7th floor, Empire Room.

I am excited to bring you this mid-week mini series over the next 4 weeks with prior show guests Dr. Noah Moos (episode 78) and Rogue Trail guru Jason Brooks (episodes 94 and 105). These episodes will post on Wednesdays in addition to my normal weekly episodes that come on Sundays. In this series, we discuss the beyond-training elements that might impact human performance such as stress, diet, sleep, systemic inflammation, and more. Dr. Moos is a chiropractor by training but practices many eastern medicine concepts in his Austin-based clinic HealthPlus ATX (www.healthplusaustin.com). Jason Brooks is our resident trail guru and leader for our Rogue Virtual (https://www.roguerunning.com/roguevirtual) one-to-one training programs. He is also an admitted nerd on these topics. Naturally, the idea for this series was born on a trail run between Jason and Dr. Moos, and we decided to bring their trail musings to you. Eventually, the idea is to form a spin-off podcast on this topic with the two of them. Here are the topics we will cover in the series: Episode 1: Stress and How It Affects Performance Episode 2: The Model of Degeneration and How Things go Wrong in Your Body Episode 3: Diet/Nutrition and Their Impact on How You Feel Episode 4: Adaptive Healthcare and Coaching. How You Learn and Adapt Your Life and Training Based on Episodes 1-3. 

In this episode, I start with a few current event topics including results from the NYC Half Marathon and an update on the Olympic qualifying process from USATF (via www.letsrun.com).  Then at 21 minutes in, I turn to an interview with Canadian elite athlete (and 2:32 marathoner) Sasha Gollish. She was in Austin for training to escape the cold winter of Toronto, so I got to join her for a few runs as well as get her in the podcast studio. After she listened to episode #110 (with Christie Aschwanden) and read the book Good to Go (on the science of recovery), Sasha invited me out for our first float pod experiences. We talk all about it to start the interview and then cover a range of topics from her approach to recovery to coaching to lessons from her engineering dissertation for running. Plus, we talk about her Oiselle partnership and everything they do to build community in our sport. You can follow Sasha's journey to make the Olympic Marathon team for Canada at www.sashagollish.com or via her instagram handle @sgollishruns.

In this episode, we bring Alex Hutchinson back on the show to do a deep dive into a smorgasbord of his recent Sweat Science articles. We cover everything from what makes the Nike 4% Vapor Fly shoes work (foam or the carbon fiber plate?) to what we can learn from elites on running form to how to fuel a cross-Antarctica ski expedition. Plus, we get Alex's predictions on Kipchoge vs. Farah coming up at the London Marathon! Alex has also been on episodes 48, 64, 81, and 110 of this show. You can also find all of Alex's Sweat Science articles here: https://www.outsideonline.com/1745511/alex-hutchinson Also check out Alex's book as well if you haven't already... Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. 

In this episode, I break down some running current events from the first half of March including Yomif Kejelcha's indoor mile world record, the Tokyo Marathon, the Road to Gold Olympic Marathon Trials test event in Atlanta, and the release of the new IAAF Olympic Standards for Tokyo 2020. There is a lot happening in the running world, and we aren't even to outdoor reason yet!