Ask the Coach Q&A (Fall Edition)
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Coach Angie Spencer and Coach Erin Smith answer questions about running two marathons in the Fall, tune-up races, Fartlek runs, hill training when you live in a flat area, hip pain, IT band pain, sore legs, and more!
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 Smith has run everything from a 5ks to 100 milers as well as timed events and multi-day stage races. She is a RRCA Certified Running Coach and school teacher. Erin loves trail running, yoga, and helping runners with big goals.
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| 0:50.7 | at icebug.com look for the arcus to rb9x icebug.com. Look for the Arcus 2, RB9X, icebug.com. |
| 1:18.1 | Hey, hey, welcome to the Marathon Training Academy podcast, where it's all about equipping long-distance runners. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:19.8 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:28.3 | In this episode, Coach Angie and Coach Aaron Smith answer questions about training for two marathons in the fall, building in tune-up races into your plan, |
| 1:34.0 | how to do hill training when you live in a flat area, dealing with hip pain, IT band pain, |
| 1:39.2 | motivation when you don't feel like running, and more. Hey, and don't forget, as an academy member, |
| 1:44.7 | you can get all of our back podcast episodes, training plans, and courses. Find out how to join when you visit Marathon Training Academy.com. Props to everyone out there who finished the Berlin Marathon |
| 1:50.4 | over the weekend. Sounded like it was a hot day. Congrats to Bill, one of our longtime |
| 1:55.5 | community members on earning his sixth star. And our friends James and Susie, who finished the skating marathon on |
| 2:02.9 | Saturday and then the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. And we got this nice note from a coaching client. |
| 2:09.9 | He says, I had the best training cycle I've ever had thanks to Coach Carey's guidance. I was looking |
| 2:14.8 | forward to my first sub four in my second marathon and possibly even a |
| 2:19.0 | stretch goal. I realized in the first 5K that it was not to be as my heart rate spiked up to 180 |
| 2:24.1 | in the first two minutes and never really recovered. On a day when we witnessed so much carnage in |
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