Episode 74 | Matt Futterman

the morning shakeout podcast

Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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"It takes a long time to write books, it takes a long time to run a marathon, it takes even longer to train for a marathon, but if you don't take any shortcuts, and you push yourself, and you do the things that you're afraid of, if you get comfortable with being uncomfortable, then that's where the magic can happen."Excited to welcome Matt Futterman, the deputy sports editor of The New York Times and author of the new book, Running To The Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed, to the podcast this week.Futterman is an avid runner himself—he’s run 23 marathons and has qualified for Boston—and we had a great conversation about his new book, which is largely about coach Bob Larsen and his quest to discover the training secrets that would lead American runners back to prominence on the world stage. We also talked about how he got into running and developed an interest in it, why track and running have fallen out of fervor with mainstream media and what he’s doing at The New York Times to help bring more attention to the sport, the appeal of the marathon and what it’s taught him about himself and life in general, the importance of being process-oriented and appreciating the journey, whether it’s running, work, of life, and so much more.This episode is brought to you by the Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon and Half Marathon, which takes place on March 1, 2020. Run, sip, and savor, as Napa Valley offers the ideal destination for a race-cation. Run down the Silverado Trail on scenic, net downhill courses, then celebrate your achievement at one of over 500 valley wineries, excellent restaurants, local breweries, or even on a hot air balloon. Sign up at napavalleymarathon.org and use code SHAKEOUT10 to save $10 on your registration before September 9, 2019.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-74-with-matt-futterman/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	It takes a long time to write books. It takes a long time to run a marathon. It takes even longer to train for a marathon.
0:07.0	But if you don't take any shortcuts and you push yourself and you do the things that you're afraid of, if you get comfortable with being kind of uncomfortable,
0:20.0	then that's where the magic can happen.
0:23.0	That's Matt Futterman and this is episode 74 of the morning shakeout
0:30.0	podcast. Hey what's up everybody at your host Mario Freoli and this week on the show I'm joined by
0:44.3	Matt Futterman he's the deputy sports editor of the New York Times and he's the author of the new book
0:48.8	Running to the Edge a band of misfits and the Guru who unlocked the secrets of speed.
0:54.3	Matt is an avid runner himself. He's run 23 marathons and is qualified for Boston and we had a great
0:59.5	conversation about his new book which is largely about coach Bob Larson and his quest to
1:03.9	discover the training secrets that would lead American runners back to
1:06.6	prominence on the world stage. We also talked about how Matt got into running and
1:10.5	developed an interest in it by track and running have fallen out of fervor
1:14.0	with the mainstream media and what he's doing at the New York Times to help bring more attention to the
1:18.3	sport. The appeal of the marathon and what's taught him about himself and life in general,
1:23.0	the importance of being process-oriented
1:25.0	and appreciating the journey, whether that's running, work, or life,
1:28.0	and so much more.
1:30.0	This is a good one, folks,
1:31.0	so I'm not going to waste any more time introducing it.
1:33.3	Let's dive right in with Matt Futterman.
1:45.0	Welcome to the Morning Shakeout Podcast.
1:49.0	It's great to be here.
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