A Conversation With The New Assistant Coach Of The Bowerman Track Club: Alex Ostberg

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is the newly announced assistant coach of the Bowerman Track Club, Alex Ostberg.

For some background, Alex Ostberg is a seven-time All-American who holds PRs of 3:58 in the Mile, 7:49 in the 3k, and 13:18 in the 5k. He has a Bachelor's Degree in human biology, a minor in psychology, and a master's in public health. Alex graduated from Stanford before getting his masters from the University of North Carolina.

Alex recently accepted a position as an Assistant Coach at Nike's Bowerman Track Club.

In today's conversation, Alex recaps his journey to get to this point, the mentors who have propelled him to this position, his ambitions with the team, how he got the job, and so much more!

Listen to this conversation to be inspired by Alex's journey and all he's done to get to this opportunity.

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1:17.6	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the running effect podcast. I'm a host
1:25.0	Dominic today on the podcast, back on the podcast
1:27.6	for like his 14-15 time, is my good friend mentor and the newest coach of the Bowerman
1:34.1	track club, Alex Osberg. Alex, as he goes into in this conversation, recently accepted a position
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