7+ Ways Cross Training Will Make You A Better, Stronger, Runner- Alan Webb, Darren Brown & Lynda Huey

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🗓️ 15 July 2015

⏱️ 83 minutes

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I have been thinking for a while that it is time to change it up. I loved the idea of having panel of experts on at the same time, I just needed a topic that would allow it.

Recently on my personal blog, I wrote about why runners need to cross train, even if they are not injured, and it got me thinking about cross training more and more. Until recently I was scared to cross train, I thought I was too good to cross train, and I associated injury with cross training.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport
0:07.0	so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.
0:11.0	And now your host, Tina Muir.
0:15.0	Hello, this is Tina Muir.
0:17.0	I'd like to welcome you to a special edition of the Runners Connect Run to the Top
0:21.6	podcast. Firstly, I just want to thank those of you who subscribe
0:26.5	to the podcast. That means every Wednesday you can wake up knowing the latest
0:31.2	run to the top podcast is waiting for you. It also means a lot to me for all of you who have chosen to tune in today. I really want to thank you for listening. I'm very excited about today's interview. This was a first
0:45.1	for Ranners Connect and you're going to get so much out of it I'm sure. So I've been
0:50.0	thinking for a while of changing it up, having a panel of experts, I just needed a good topic that would allow it.
0:57.0	So on my blog recently, I wrote about cross training, and I've been thinking about it a lot recently as I've now incorporated it into my training.
1:06.0	Until recently I was too scared of it. I thought I was too good for it and I always associated it with injury. I just wasn't interested in it.
1:15.6	We hear experts telling us about the importance and we know even the women's World Cup
1:20.8	soccer champions they are all multi-sport athletes. So why are we not listening to this?
1:26.4	Well, if you're like me, your excuse is probably you love running, you know? You don't want to do other forms of exercise. But now I'm in the routine, I actually find I'm enjoying it and hopefully by the end of today's episode you will be prepared to give it a try if you don't incorporate
1:44.4	it already and you'll be able to see the results for yourself especially as today
1:49.8	we're going to talk about lots of different ways you can do it and how you will actually
1:53.6	become a stronger runner for it. So why is this a special edition? Well I have three
1:59.7	guests for you including one American record holder, two sub-4-minute milas, and one coach to Olympic
2:07.2	athletes.
2:08.2	So who are these guests?
2:10.4	Well, Alan Webb is the American National Record Holder in the Mile with his 346-91.
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