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Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

Club for All Runners: Road Runners Club of America with Jean Knaack

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog

Running, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.5936 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

For regular runners to children, to elite competitors, RRCA is behind the scenes making running accessible to all of us at all stages of our running lives.

RRCA provides support to over 40 programs through grants, serving over 23,000 children around the US via school-based running programs as well as offering two levels of coaching certification to help runners achieve their goals and much more.

 

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0:00.0

On today's Run to the Top Podcast.

0:05.0

A lot of running is psychological.

0:08.0

The coach might have a really solid understanding about the physiology

0:12.0

and that makes sense why you organize training programs the way you do.

0:17.0

Maybe your runner doesn't care so much about physiology but they really need the motivation.

0:22.0

They need that psychology piece of it.

0:25.0

Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning

0:30.8

from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport.

0:35.0

Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community.

0:41.0

Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood.

0:45.0

Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach, and host for the Run to the

0:52.0

top podcast. On today's podcast, our guest and host for the Run to the Top Podcast.

0:53.0

On today's podcast, our guest is Jean Knack,

0:56.0

Executive Director of RRCA Roadrunners Club of America.

1:00.0

The Roadrunners Club of America

1:02.0

is the oldest and largest national association of running

1:05.8

organizations in the country dedicated to growing the sport of running since 1958. The RRCA encourages and supports the development of community-based running clubs and events

1:19.0

that serve runners of all ages and abilities in pursuit of health and competition and strives toward

1:24.8

organized and active running clubs and events in every community.

1:28.7

Gene will be giving us more specifics on what RRCA is about and how it accomplices its goals of bringing running

1:35.7

to every community.

1:37.6

Before we begin our talk, let's pause for a brief word from one of our sponsors.

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