#504: How an Olympic Marathoner Trains, Eats, Recovers, and Stays Mentally Strong

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The marathon race is one of sport's most physically demanding events. To not just complete a marathon to but to compete in the race at its highest levels takes an incredible amount of dedication to training, recovery, diet, and mindset. My guest today gives us a firsthand look at what that kind of dedication and strategy look like. His name is Jared Ward, and he placed 6th in the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 8th in this year's Boston Marathon. But Jared is more than just a runner -- he's also a coach, a statistics professor at BYU, a husband, and a father of four. Today I talk to Jared about he balances all those aspects of his life, even as he trains for the 2020 Olympics, and about exactly how he eats, recovers, and programs his workouts. We also discuss how he deals with nerves before big races and stays in a positive mindset while he runs them. We end our conversation with Jared's advice for amateur runners. Get the show notes at aom.is/olympicmarathon.

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0:00.0	The Marathon Race is one of sports most physically demanding events.
0:14.3	They're not just complete a marathon, but to compete in the race at its highest levels
0:17.5	takes an incredible amount of dedication to training, recovery, diet and mindset.
0:21.7	My guest day gives us a first-hand look at what that kind of dedication and strategy
0:24.8	look like.
0:25.8	His name is Jared Ward and he placed sixth in the marathon at the 2016 Rio Olympics
0:29.8	and eighth in this year's Boston Marathon.
0:32.0	But Jared is more than just a runner.
0:33.5	He's also a coach, a statistics professor at BYU, a husband and a father of four.
0:37.7	They had talked to Jared about how he balances all those aspects of his life, even as he
0:40.9	trains for the 2020 Olympics, and about exactly how he eats, recovers and programs his workouts.
0:46.1	We also discuss how he deals with nerves before a big race and stays in a positive mindset
0:50.0	while he runs them.
0:51.0	And we enter a conversation with Jared's advice for amateur runners.
0:53.8	After the show's over, check out our show notes at aam.is slash Olympic marathon.
0:57.7	Jared joins me now via clearcast.io.
1:04.7	All right, Jared Ward, welcome to the show.
1:12.7	Hey, Brad, thanks for having me on.
1:15.0	So you're an Olympic marathon runner.
1:16.8	What was your path like getting there?
1:18.6	Was running something you became interested in at an early age?
1:21.6	Man, I think every runner has a story of how they got to where they got to.
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