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I ran into someone at a family get-together in the last few months,

and we started talking training

theories. He was a runner and has gotten back into running. And we just started talking about how

we were trained in high school and then college and then what's popular now. And it made me

want to talk about that with you.

Okay.

And that's what I want to do today.

I'm getting right into it because this is one of the episodes that could go along.

And we have that ability oftentimes in our...

But I want to talk about some of the most prevalent training styles used, what levels they're used at, why they're used, and what we think of them and who we think it's appropriate for.

Are you a good candidate to try this or that? Or when should you maybe think that I have out kicked this? And it's time for me to move on to the next thing.

I love it.

I absolutely love it.

I want to start with putting your coaching head on in regards to an athlete situation I came

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