Episode 42: Easy vs. Marathon Pace, Goal Setting, and More Q&A with Coach Mario Fraioli

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The best runners know when to get help and work together.

If you're a Lone Wolf, some things are inevitable:

Have a question? Prepare to spend hours going down the Google rabbit hole...
Feeling unmotivated? Sorry, you're on your own.
Not sure how to break through your plateau? Time to "try everything!"

But the runners who get the support, guidance, and camaraderie they need always seem to reach their goals.

Which one are you?

Today, my friend Mario Fraioli is joining me on the podcast to help me answer your toughest questions and give you the support needed to reach new levels of performance.

Mario and I competed against each other in college (he always beat me) while he was at Stonehill and I was at Connecticut College.

After graduation, he dove headfirst into the running industry. Some of his notable achievements:

Author of The Official Rock 'n Roll Guide to Marathon & Half Marathon Training
Senior Editor, Competitor Magazine
Founding Coach of Ekiden Coaching
Owner of personal bests ranging from 4:09 in the mile to 2:28 in the marathon
Coach to the 2012 Costa Rican Men's Olympic Marathon Team

Today, his main project is The Morning Shakeout, a weekly newsletter of commentary and thoughts on running, culture, writing, and media.

Despite his coaching, writing, and training duties, Mario made time to help members of the Strength Running community with their running questions.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.8	This is episode 42 with 228 Marathoner, coach, author, and publisher of the morning shakeout,
0:10.9	Mr. Mario Freoli. Welcome back to the show guys. I'm Jason and today I'm answering your running
0:28.7	questions with my friend and former collegiate cross-country competitor Mario Freoli.
0:34.3	You might recognize Mario is my guest from episode four of the podcast, where we talked a lot
0:39.2	about online coaching, the benefits, its limitations, and nuances of hiring a virtual coach.
0:47.0	Mario is someone that I love talking with because he has a different background than I do, and he often has new perspectives on running.
0:54.6	He was formerly a senior editor at Competitor magazine.
0:58.0	He's author of the book, The Official Rock and Roll Guide to Marathon and Half Marathon Training, and he coached the
1:05.0	2012 Costa Rican men's Olympic marathon team.
1:09.0	And today he's publisher of the Morning Shakeout,
1:12.0	which is a weekly newsletter for running nerds.
1:14.7	So if that's your thing, definitely check it out at the Morning Shakeout.com.
1:19.4	All right, I'm really excited about this.
1:20.9	Mario really knows his stuff and gave a ton of value to this
1:24.2	episode but before we dive into our Q&A let me thank our sponsor the ankle foot
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1:45.0	lower leg injuries, you know, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonopathy, shin splints,
1:50.9	or maybe even posterior tibial tendinitis.
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