Episode 582: James McKirdy – Founder and Coach of McKirdy Trained
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
I’m so glad you’re here today for another episode in our coaching series, brought to you by V.O2. Today’s guest is James McKirdy, the founder of McKirdy Trained, one of the largest coaching businesses in the United States. James has built an incredible coaching collective made up of compassionate and knowledgeable coaches, each with years of experience working with athletes of all types and abilities.
In this episode, we talk about a really exciting project James has been involved with—the McKirdy Micro Marathon. If you haven’t heard of it, this was a short-loop race held last October, designed to help fast runners run even faster. The event was a massive success and gained a lot of attention. One of James’s athletes, McKenna Myler, who placed seventh at the Olympic Trials, actually secured her trials qualifier there. Callie Thackery also ran a personal best of 2:21. It was an exciting and innovative event that really made waves in the running community.
James also works with incredible athletes like Tebello Ramakongana, who placed seventh at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tebello’s marathon personal best is 2:07, and he has a half marathon PR of 1:00:17—truly impressive times. James shares a bit about working with athletes like Tebello and how they’ve shaped their journeys toward success.
One of the things we dive into is James’s work with athletes who come to Flagstaff to train and his professional program that they’ve developed there. The Flagstaff environment is known for its high-altitude training, and James’s program has helped many athletes reach their potential.
You can learn more about James’s coaching at mckirdytrained.com, and if you’re looking for coaching support, they offer a wealth of expertise to athletes of all levels.
I hope you enjoy this conversation with James McKirdy as much as I did! It’s always a pleasure to chat with someone who’s so passionate about coaching and supporting athletes at every stage of their journey. Enjoy the episode!
What we talked about:
5:00- Growing his coaching business
9:35- What makes a good coach
14:00- Fun coaching questions
18:00- His own running injuries
26:00- Developing his professional training group
39:00- His coaching clientelle
43:30- The Olympics Trials marathon standard
52:00- The micromarathon that James and Heather hosted
1:10:00- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
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Cobra Kai
Kristin Hannah books
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:19.4 | Hey everybody. Welcome to All Have Another Podcast with Lindsay Hine. |
| 0:24.9 | I'm your host, Lindsay. |
| 0:26.3 | Thanks for being here today. |
| 0:28.1 | This is another episode of our coaching series brought to you by V.O2. |
| 0:34.2 | And today on the podcast, we have James McCurdy joining the show. |
| 0:38.3 | James is the founder of McCurdy trained. |
| 0:41.1 | Easily one of the, if not the largest coaching businesses here in the United States. |
| 0:47.3 | Their coaching collective is comprised of compassionate and knowledgeable coaches who have years of experience working with all types of athletes. |
| 0:54.0 | One of the cool things that James was a part of was the McCurdy organization. knowledgeable coaches who have years of experience working with all types of athletes. |
| 0:59.5 | One of the cool things that James was a part of was the McCurdy Micromarathon. |
| 1:06.3 | I don't know if you all remember that, but this was a short loop course last October that was designed to help fast runners run faster. |
| 1:09.6 | And it was a huge hit, huge success. |
| 1:12.5 | American runner McKenna Myler, who placed seventh, I believe, at the Olympic trials, |
| 1:18.8 | actually got her trials qualifier there. |
| 1:21.4 | Callie Thackeray, I believe ran a 221. |
| 1:25.5 | And the event was a huge success. |
| 1:29.2 | One of his athletes, Tebello Ramacone Ghana, apologies if I didn't pronounce that correctly, |
| 1:36.4 | placed seventh. |
| 1:37.7 | Tebello placed seventh at the Paris Olympics in 2024. |
| 1:41.7 | He is a marathon personal best of 207 and a half marathon personal best of 60 minutes, |
| 1:51.1 | 17 seconds. One of the things we talk about in this episode is James's relationship with |
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