81: Matt Fitzgerald - Life is a Marathon

C Tolle Run

Running, Health & Fitness, Sports, Fitness

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🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Carrie interviews coach, nutritionist, and author Matt Fitzgerald! Matt talks about running after 40, speed work, and his experience of running eight marathons in eight weeks.

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Matt Fitzgerald

Matt is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It? Matt’s writing also appears regularly in national magazines and on major websites including Women’s Running and competitor.com. His online training plans have helped thousands of athletes of all experience and ability levels achieve their goals. Certified by the International Society of Sports Nutrition, Matt has consulted for numerous sports nutrition companies and he is the creator of the Diet Quality Score (DQS) smartphone app. A lifelong athlete, he speaks frequently at events throughout the United States and internationally.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast. Today I'm
0:11.7	interviewing Matt Fitzgerald. Matt is an endurance coach, nutritionist, and author. He is a great
0:17.8	ambassador for our sport. In this episode, we talk about life as a master's athlete, all of his favorites, why he lives,
0:25.1	breathe, and eats this sport, and the experience of running eight marathons and eight weeks.
0:30.4	I could have talked to him all day.
0:32.2	Let's get after it.
0:36.1	I appreciate you being on our show.
0:38.6	Yeah, I know.
0:39.3	I'm honored.
0:40.4	I know you've had a murderer's row of previous guests, so to be one of them is pretty cool.
0:45.8	Oh, we've had some fun.
0:47.1	I mean, it's nice that, you know, I'm still pretty good friends with a lot of the athletes that I've competed against or been able to train with.
0:53.5	And, you know, now just, I guess, you know, as I get older and things and learn more about the sport and not just about how to run fast myself, it's just fun to meet all the different people and their passion. Like a lot of things that when I was writing your questions, I'm like, I wonder why you love the run too. I mean, you do so much around running. I mean, you live, breathe, and eat it, just like I do. Yeah. That's why I love these podcasts, because we actually get to know that about someone. Right. Yep. I get it. Yeah. So let's just kind of, you know, start right in. I mean, you've done a lot of these podcasts before,
1:27.7	and so, and I've heard some of them, and it's been fun to listen to you, but I just kind of want
1:32.8	to know, like, why, why it is that you love this sport so much. Let's just kind of hear your
1:37.4	background a little bit. Sure. I trace it back to my father. I am fond of saying the first mile I ever ran was the last
1:47.2	mile at the 1983 Boston Marathon. And if that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will.
1:54.0	But I think, you know, it's really true, though, when you get started in that way, it just becomes
1:59.7	it's in your blood and that was so long
2:03.2	ago now but you know i'm still so passionate for running i you know maybe god forbid at some point in the
2:10.1	future you know the enthusiasm will dry up but you know i don't feel like i'm anywhere near that
2:16.6	point yet it's just just, you know,
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