Cross-Training Masterclass: Coach Megan Flanagan on How to Add Other Sports to Your Running
The Strength Running Podcast
Jason Fitzgerald
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Megan Flanagan is a former collegiate athlete and writer for Outside Magazine, a certified running coach and personal trainer, and a Spartan Elite podium athlete. She has a bachelor's in Psychology & Nutrition, a master's in Public Health, and has finished four 100-mile races. Megan is a multi-faceted athlete and works with a variety of runners in her coaching practice.
In this conversation, we're bringing our combined experiences with cross-training to you:
- how to add cross-training
- why you should add it
- what forms of exercise are best
- the types of exercise to avoid if you want to stay healthy
- when to schedule cross-training in your schedule
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| 0:00.0 | Ready, set, go! |
| 0:04.4 | This is episode 426 with Running Coach, Strength Coach, former writer for Outside Magazine, |
| 0:11.6 | and collegiate track athlete, Megan Flanagan. |
| 0:25.1 | Welcome to the Strength Running podcast. |
| 0:29.1 | We surround you with the same experts as pro runners, so keep listening to hear running coaches, physical therapists, strength experts, dietitians, sports psychologists |
| 0:35.0 | and other thought leaders give you the best guidance possible to take |
| 0:39.1 | your running to the next level. I'm your host, coach Jason Fitzgerald. I'm a former cross-country |
| 0:44.0 | and track athlete for Connecticut College. I've been coaching runners since 2010, and I'm a former |
| 0:49.4 | columnist for Trail Runner magazine. You can learn more about me and Strength Running at Strengthrunning.com. |
| 0:56.0 | This podcast is only possible with the support of some amazing partners. If you enjoy the show, |
| 1:01.4 | please support us and our partners so I can keep publishing episodes. |
| 1:05.6 | Thank you Previnex for offering 15% off your first purchase at Prevenex.com with code Jason 15. And a big announcement. |
| 1:15.2 | Previnex is now offering international shipping. So if you live in the UK, Canada, Australia, |
| 1:20.5 | or anywhere around the world, you can try Prevenex as well. They are a unique and different |
| 1:25.8 | supplement company that holds itself to standards that the |
| 1:28.7 | rest of the industry doesn't. Their latest product is muscle health plus, a unique combination |
| 1:34.6 | of amino acids, creatine, and ingredients that aid protein synthesis and the absorption of amino acids. |
| 1:41.9 | So this is your anti-sorness supplement, helping you prevent muscle damage, |
| 1:45.9 | muscle loss, and helping you recover faster after hard workouts. Just perfect for anybody over 40. |
| 1:52.8 | Now Previnex adheres to the highest of standards. Their ingredients are clinically proven to do |
| 1:57.9 | what they say they're going to do. So yes, Muscle Health Plus does have ingredients that are clinically proven to do what they say they're going to do. So yes, muscle health plus does have |
| 2:02.0 | ingredients that are clinically proven to improve protein synthesis in the absorption of amino acids, |
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