Episode 73 | Ask Mario Anything

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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"My relationship with running and myself was not in a good place—I was in a pretty low place. I didn't have a lot of great relationships in my life, I placed all this importance on running that soured my relationship with it. So that was definitely the lowest moment but it also gave me the most perspective and it's informed my perspective now—as an athlete, I've been able to stay healthy for the past 10+ years, I have a much better relationship with eating, food, my body image. But I've been able to use that experience in my coaching and in my writing to help other people who are dealing with similar things. So that lowest low, while I wouldn't wish it upon anyone, has also given me a perspective that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise."Trying something new on the podcast this week: Ask Me Anything! (OK, this is hardly a novel idea, but it’s a new format for me to explore.) In this episode, I'm on the receiving end of the mic with my assistant editor, Jeffrey Stern—who you will learn a little more about in the intro—and answered a wide range of reader and listener questions, including: Are there things you miss and/or don't miss about working for a national publication versus carving out your space in the sport? How do you know when running is a good thing for you versus consuming too much of your time or attention? Do you foresee some form of mountain/ultra/trail running becoming an Olympic sport within the next 50 years? What have been some of the most insightful or significant takeaways from interviewing the running community? What's the best way for a road marathoner to incorporate trail running into his or her schedule? How did you get into running, what have been some highs and lows along the way, and what’s next for you? What is the difference between a threshold, tempo, and critical velocity run and how do I incorporate these into my training?And many more! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions and apologies for all the ones I wasn't able to answer in this episode. What did you think of this format? Drop me a line on Twitter (@mariofraioli) and share your thoughts: good, bad, or indifferent, I welcome them all!Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-73-ask-mario-anything/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	My relationship with running and myself was just not in a good place. I was in a pretty low place. I didn't have a lot of great relationships in my life.
0:07.0	I placed all this importance on running that soured my relationship with it. So that was definitely the
0:17.2	lowest moment but it also gave me the most perspective and it's informed my
0:20.9	perspective now as an athlete as I said I've been able to stay healthy for the past 10 plus years
0:26.0	I have a much better relationship with eating food my body image but I've been able to use that experience in my coaching and in my writing to help other people who are dealing with similar things.
0:40.4	So that lowest low, while I wouldn't wish it upon anyone, has also given me a perspective
0:48.9	that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise. So I'm glad we didn't get like 20 minutes into it before I realized we hadn't hit the record button but
1:06.7	Take two here for AMA ask me anything this is ask Mario anything. I'm your host, Mario Freoli,
1:13.2	and we are trying something new here this week.
1:15.7	A couple weeks back in the morning Shakeout newsletter
1:18.6	and on Instagram I put out a call for questions.
1:22.0	I am gonna be on the receiving end of the mic. call for
1:25.0	questions. I am going to be on the receiving end of the mic for this one. I'm sitting here with Jeff Stern, who is my assistant editor for the morning shakeout.
1:29.0	He has been handling the social accounts, Instagram and Twitter for the morning
1:33.8	Shakeout recently and reposting some stuff to the website just generally
1:37.2	helped me out with my editorial needs and he's going to be reading these
1:40.9	questions to me that all of you have submitted so first I'd like to
1:44.9	welcome you Jeff to the morning Shakeout podcast thanks for joining me
1:47.9	thanks for having me Mario and I've known you for a couple years now you're
1:51.9	originally from Marin County where I live.
1:54.8	Now live in Santa Barbara. You've been running for a couple years, racing, all kinds of distances.
2:00.6	Did some ultra stuff last year. You're from the Dipsie Race mania time recently you just set a nice personal best at the
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