170. Noah Droddy on Rapid Improvement and Engineering Your Next Performance Breakthrough

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Noah Droddy is a professional runner, 2-time Olympic Trials Qualifier, 2-time collegiate All-American, and a 2:11 marathoner. He is sponsored by Saucony and trains under Richard Hansen in Boulder, Colorado for the Roots Running Project. His sights are currently set on breaking the 2:10 marathon barrier, which he shares about in this podcast.

Noah's path to professional running was indirect, to say the least. He ran through high school and college but didn't take it too seriously. In fact, Noah attributes this casual approach to his decision to go all in on the sport.

Noah is also one of very few runners to turn pro after a Division 3 college career, making his trajectory even more impressive.

I caught up with him to ask about his current training and how he has been able to make such leaps in his performance. We cover many topics, including:

Work ethic to pursue your goals
Environmental factors that help your succeed
Evolving pressures of a pro runner

This is an inspiring episode and I hope you'll enjoy Noah’s energy and thoughtfulness as much as I did.

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0:00.0	Ready?
0:02.0	Say, go.
0:04.0	This is episode 170 with two time Olympic trials qualifier, runner-up at the 2016 U.S. 10-mile
0:11.6	championships and one of the few pro-runners to come out of a Division 3 college, Mr.
0:16.8	Noah Drotti. Welcome to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm your host Jason Fitzgerald in the episode you're
0:31.6	about to listen to features the work ethic, mindset, and
0:35.3	training ideas of one of the few runners in the country to ever run professionally
0:40.3	after being a Division 3 athlete. There are more lessons for improvement in this
0:44.8	episode than most, so grab your pen and get ready to take notes because No Adrati is an
0:50.0	incredible guest. I would like to first start by thanking you for making the
0:54.8	strength-running podcast consistently the number one or number two most popular
1:00.1	running podcast in the country. My job here is to bring you the thought leaders in the
1:05.5	running industry. The coaches, the sports psychologists, elite athletes, dieticians,
1:11.5	and physical therapists who can help you elevate your performances.
1:16.8	While you have to do the work, my goal is to show you the most strategic ways to work smarter
1:21.6	and more productively, so you can take your running to the next level.
1:26.6	Because if you better understand running, if you recognize knowledge as a competitive advantage, you'll make better decisions about your training, leading to more effective
1:36.5	running, fewer injuries, and faster races.
1:40.5	Don't miss all of our other resources that can help you bring your running to the next level.
1:46.2	We have a video channel at YouTube.com slash Strength Running, where I answer your running questions, show you effective strength and core routines, and talk through your
1:56.9	most pressing training issues.
1:59.6	And of course, our home base is Strengthrunning.com. For more than 10 years we've been helping
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