Distance Daddies

On this episode we welcome former All-American at Utah, World Mountain Champ, and professional track, road, and trail runner Grayson Murphy (@racin__grayson) . We discuss her later start into running when she walked on to the cross country team in college, learning the sport and training along the way, and becoming one of the most successful runners to combo the different types of running in the sport like track where she got 6th at the Olympic Trials and trails where she is a world champ. We also discuss her training, motivation, and culture differences between trail and track/road running plus much more! We end with the Daddy Duos of best Thanksgiving dishes. Check out her training log and planner which you can purchase off her website: racin-grayson.com

On this episode, we welcome 44 Louisiana state title winner, All-American at Furman, Team Boss member, and Professional Runner with Adidas, Gabbi Jennings (@the__gabs)! We talk about how she got into running growing up in Louisiana, having her dad as her coach, and emerging as a Louisiana legend before progressing that talent into running at Furman. We then talk about her pro career and training with Team Boss and end with the Daddy Duo of Most Awkward Situations and much more! An episode with a lot of laughs 

On today's episode we welcome 2x Olympian and professional runner with Nike, Kim Conley. We talk about her recent OTQ race at the Twin Cities Marathon where she and Eric actually both ran and were running together at times. We discuss how her training has changed as she moved up to the marathon distance, her exciting Olympic Trials race that she punched her ticket to the Olympics by hundredths of a second. We talk about her coaching and the Daddy Duo of best fall activities and more!

On today's episode we welcome All-American at Arkansas and professional runner with Hoka NAZ Elite, Krissy Gear! We start with her journey into running influenced by her running family, how running has changed her life, and how she went from using it as a means to just get into college to finding amazing success all the way to the national stage. We also discuss the process of joining NAZ Elite, the transition to professional running, and her great team. We finish up with some talk about her unstoppable dog, Oats, and the Daddy Duos of best Halloween/Scary movies and much more!

On this episode we welcome Jeff Merrill (@jedmerle) President of Portland Track (@pdxtrack) and founder and chief intern of Tracklandia (@tracklandia), a race streaming, broadcasting, and event coordinator for track races in Portland, Oregon. We discuss what Tracklandia is and all that it encompasses, how and why he started it with Andrew Wheating, and how it's changed. We also talk about their unique pay model compared to other track streaming services and their focus on making sure the athletes get paid first. We then get into how to make the sport more entertaining and capture an audience for years to come finishing up with our Daddy Duo of worst activities to leave your house for, unlike the meets that Tracklandia puts on and streams which everyone should go check it out and watch on tracklnd.com

We are joined by 2x Olympian Kara Goucher (@karagoucher) who has been involved in the sport since she was 6 years old and went from that first race with her Grandpa to a professional runner and now broadcaster for NBC. We discuss her career, how to help female runners struggling with the pressure to look a certain way to be faster, battling past negative thoughts and injuries to keep your drive, and making sure you maintain your true love and reasoning for running, not because you're running for somebody else. We also discuss her son's newfound love for the sport and her involvement with the Clean Sports Collective podcast, in the fight against doping in track and field and more!

We are joined by 3 time Falmouth Road Race Winner, Canadian National Record Holder in the 10k, and professional runner with On, Ben Flanagan (@ben_flanagan). We talk about the recent Falmouth win, goals moving forward with the new Worlds Qualification Standards, how the transition to On and the Very Nice Track Club has been and go in depth on professional running contracts. We also give our daddy duos of nice things and more!

We chat with Mary Johnson (@itsamarython) , a running and strength coach and founder of LiftRunPerform, her coaching website, where she coaches half and full marathoners to their goals just as she herself achieved by qualifying for Boston. She has been featured in numerous magazines such as Runner's World and Women's Running and is the mother of 2 children while still balancing her strength and running goals and business. We discuss how she got started in running and transitioned that to coaching strength and coaching running, how to incorporate strength training into your training plan, and how it is being a woman in a largely male dominated field like coaching

In this episode, we are joined by Steve Magness (@stevemagness), author of Peak Performance, The Science of Running, and most recently Do Hard Things. We delve into his book about what inspired it, how to apply the four pillars to running, and mental training. We also discuss other topics such as sports psychology, training science, pro coaches as university head coaches, and more!

In this episode, we are joined by Olympic runner Cam Levins who most recently placed 4th at the World Championships in the marathon. He discusses how the race went, his high mileage training, how he changed his approach after Tokyo to incorporate more strength training, and some of his favorite workouts. We also discuss some recent news in the running world like the Diamond League Monaco race, Karissa Schweizer's injury and more!

We interview Lauren Gregory (@lgeeeeezy), an All-American runner at the University of Arkansas, winner of the USATF Vertical Mountain Championships, and finalist in the 1500 meters at USA Outdoor Championships. We discuss how the native Coloradan got started in running from an early age and never stopped. She talks with us about her high school running career, her transition to mountain races and running at the University of Arkansas, and how she battled injuries while there to ultimately find balance and help propel her to even more success

Coach Ben Rosario (@coachbenrosario1 ) joins us to talk about how he founded the pro team, Hoka NAZ Elite, and grew it to what it is today. We also discuss his coaching philosophy and the group's culture, as well as, how the team has changed now that Alan Culpepper is the head coach, and how Ben started the Marathon Project during the pandemic

Our friend Maddie Riley, RD (@rd.2.go) joins us to talk about Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). She covers what it is, what are the symptoms, and how to recover from it and continue with your training. We also give an update on the World Athletics Championships which are in mid-swing

We go over our predictions for World Athletics Championships this weekend. We also Interview with Ku Stevens, the first Native American to run for Oregon this upcoming season and how he handled running without teammates or a coach to become a state champion.

Professional runner Eleanor Fulton (@Eleanor_Fulton) joins us to discuss her inspiring story as an unsponsored athlete running at the highest level on the national stage. Starting from her high school days to now, we talk about how she balances a full time job with training while still continuing to PR and race at big meets including the Olympic Trials and USATF National Championships. Mt. Rushmore of best running gear and some quick hitters at the end

This episode we talk about how your body adapts to training in the heat over the summer and how to train through it. We go over USAs now that those are done and how our predictions went and who is the best pro team after the new OAC team additions. Are the track streaming paywalls to watch races like USATF+ hurting or helping the sport? NBA Draft winners and losers and some World's predictions. Bloopers at the end from Brandon's mic technical difficulties

Our first episode! We cover a common running injury, IT band syndrome, how it occurs and how to treat it and keep running; predictions for USATF Outdoor Championships; and what do we consider elite for high school runners nowadays