Episode 577: Evan Schwartz – Head Coach and Founder of The Track Club & Marathon Specialist
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of our coaching series, sponsored by V.O2, we sit down with Evan Schwartz, head coach of the Track Club in Boulder, Colorado. Evan is an accomplished coach with a wealth of experience in the running industry. He worked in content planning, production, and distribution at Stride before transitioning into coaching, eventually founding his own group called The Track Club, which has been growing steadily in Boulder.
Evan’s coaching roster includes athletes like Emma Kertesz, who you may remember from her recent Bayshore Marathon victory and Laura Thweatt, so you get a sense of how much he’s involved with the running community. He’s had athletes achieve incredible feats, including appearances at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, the 2024 BAA 5K Pro Field, the 2023 BAA Half Marathon Pro Field, and the 2023 Chicago Marathon Pro Field.
In addition to his coaching career, Evan is an accomplished runner himself. His marathon PR is 2:18:19 and he has a half marathon PR of 67:28.
Evan is a USATF-certified marathon specialist coach, and you can learn more about his coaching approach and services at evanschwartzcoaching.com.
What we talked about:
5:00- How The Track Club got started
11:10- His career before coaching full time
16:00- The business side of The Track Club
20:15- His own coach and how he has influenced Evan’s coaching career
24:10- High mileage training plans
28:30- His favorite cross training and heat training methods
38:50- Words of encouragement that he gives athletes on race day
47:00- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
Book recommendations:
A Tale for the Time Being
Other Coaching Series Episodes:
High school coaching series:
Robyn McGillis and Marie Markham – Episode 479
Connect with Lindsey:
Support our sponsors:
Go to vdoto2.com and use the code “CoachLindsey” for 20% off your subscription
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| 0:55.8 | We've got another episode for our coaching series sponsored by V-D-O-2. And today we're talking |
| 1:03.0 | with coach Evan Schwartz. He is the head coach of the track club in Boulder, Colorado. My friend |
| 1:10.5 | and relay co-host Laura Th, is coached by Evan. |
| 1:14.8 | You've also heard from another athlete coached by Evan on this podcast, Emma Cortez. We talked to |
| 1:20.4 | her after she won the Bayshore Marathon this spring. Evan has a long history of work in the running industry. He previously worked |
| 1:29.7 | with content planning, production, and distribution at Stride. And slowly but shortly, he |
| 1:35.9 | started taking on coaching clients and founded the track club, which is a growing group in Boulder, Colorado. |
| 1:45.3 | He's going to tell you all about it in this episode. |
| 1:47.7 | He's an accomplishment runner himself. |
| 1:49.9 | He has a marathon PR of 218, 19, half marathon of 6728. |
| 1:56.6 | And he still runs, but he uses his passion for running to coach. |
| 2:00.5 | He's had athletes appear at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, the 2024 BAA 5K Pro Field, |
| 2:08.8 | the 23 BAA half marathon pro field, and the 2023 Chicago Marathon Pro Field. |
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