Ask the Coach Q&A (2025 Edition)
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Coach Angie and Coach Erin answer question about heart rate training, running in the heat, warm up drills, hydration, electrolyte sources, strength training, anxiety before long runs, finding time to train, and more! Thank you to everyone who send in a question!
Coach Angie Spencer has run 70 marathons and ultras, including a marathon in every US state. She is a RRCA and USATF Certified Running Coach and Registered Nurse. Angie loves books and dark chocolate.
Coach Erin Palos is a Certified Running Coach and professional photographer. When she began her running journey it was all she could do to run a mile but she now she is a Boston qualifier, 12X marathoner, ultra runner and Half Ironman finisher. Erin lives in LA and loves to run with her huskies!
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| 0:00.0 | We're so excited to have KOROS as a podcast sponsor. I've run with the KOROS watch for six years, |
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| 0:48.1 | Oh, oh, oh. |
| 1:09.1 | Oh, oh. Welcome to the Marathon Training Academy Podcast, the people's podcast, where it's all about helping you, the listener, conquer the distance, and take your running to the next level. |
| 1:09.9 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:10.8 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:15.6 | In this episode, we bring you our yearly Ask the Coach Q&A. |
| 1:18.1 | We're joined by Coach Aaron Paulos on our team. |
| 1:21.4 | We're going to get in all kinds of great topics like training in the heat, |
| 1:26.3 | electrolytes, hydration, heart rate training, strength training, finding time to run, |
| 1:28.4 | how to deal with nerves and find the motivation when you don't have it. Lots of great questions sent in by you, our listeners. And don't |
| 1:32.9 | forget as an academy member, you get access to all our training plans or want to work one-on-one |
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