Episode 55: How Tyler Andrews is Chasing the 50K World Record

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tyler Andrews

was a competitive Division III runner - but certainly not a multiple All-American or other kind of standout performer.

But that never stopped him from chasing big goals.

After graduating from Tufts University, Tyler kept training and improving. He's since qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials and currently holds the world record for the fastest half marathon ever run on a treadmill (63:38).

Now he has his sights set on another world record: the 50K ultramarathon distance.

And this Friday, he'll be making that WR attempt in California at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays. After 125 laps on the track, we'll know if he was ready to topple the 30-year record of 2:43:38.

In this far-ranging conversation, Tyler and I discuss a host of issues:

The geeky nitty gritty of his training - most at 9,000+ feet altitude in Quito, Ecuador
His pacing and fueling approach for a track 50k
More philosophically, why is he attempting to break this record?
And a lot more...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.7	This is episode 55 with Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier, world record holder for the fastest
0:10.4	half marathon ever run on a treadmill and the 2014 Vermont City marathon champion
0:16.8	Mr. Tyler Andrews. All right, runners, welcome back to the Strength Running Podcast. I'm your host,
0:30.8	Jason Fitzgerald, and we have an interesting show for you today. I'm talking with
0:35.0	Tyler Andrews about his upcoming attempt at the 50K world record. He's trying to beat
0:41.4	24338 for 31 miles this coming Friday on April 13th.
0:47.6	Tyler's going to be going after this 30 year old record at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays at Lapliah Stadium in California.
0:55.0	Go ahead and check out more about the day's events, this particular race,
0:59.0	and go into even more detail on Tyler's Training
1:02.0	because he's publishing his training log at Strive Trips.org
1:06.4	slash 50k. And before we dive in let me plug our sponsor Inside Tracker for all the great work that they do helping athletes identify
1:16.0	over training and physiological deficiencies through their blood testing service.
1:21.8	If you're in a hard training cycle right now or you're
1:24.4	getting ready for a PR attempt, determining your biological weaknesses is a
1:29.3	no-brainer. Go to inside Tracker.com and use code strength running at checkout to save 10% on any test.
1:37.0	Okay everyone, we're ready to hear from Tyler.
1:40.0	Enjoy this episode because we are going deep on his workouts, mileage, long runs, and all kinds
1:46.3	of running geekery that I think you're going to love.
1:49.4	Without further ado, please welcome Mr. Tyler Andrews. All right, Tyler, let's do this.
1:54.0	Welcome to the show.
1:55.0	Thanks, thanks so much for having me here.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jason Fitzgerald, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jason Fitzgerald and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.