How to Run Every Day for More Than 40 Years With Scott Ludwig
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Some of us are lucky if we are able to run 5 days a week. Others even more fortunate may have been able to put together a streak of months or maybe even a couple years. Streaks are hard to maintain because so many things can get in the way; injuries, life, extreme weather…
On today's episode we interview Scott Ludwig who has run every day since November of 1978. Now that's a lot of miles and a lot of years!
Scott has stories about the big races like the Boston Marathon, the Western States 100, the Peachtree 5K and the Badwater 135 and the little, hidden races around much of the country. Chances are, over the 40 years of pounding the pavement, he's run a bunch of them. He currently lives in a town that is part of the filming of The Walking Dead and directs a race that has evolved from that connection.
This man is definitely a runner with a personality and a commitment to running! He has written several books on running and his recent book, Running Out of Gas is a fun collection of his experiences running around the country. Scott will entertain you and educate you on many of the races you may be considering in your running bucket list and perhaps some you may never have heard of.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | The only one you can impress with your running is yourself. |
| 0:08.0 | There's no one else to impress. |
| 0:10.0 | No one else is impressed by your numbers, your times. |
| 0:13.0 | If you're talking to an honor, they don't even understand what you're saying anyway. |
| 0:17.0 | But, you know, I've always said how far you run, how fast you run, it's all the matter of perspective. |
| 0:22.0 | If it impresses you then it's |
| 0:24.0 | impressive. Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast from Runners Connect, where |
| 0:29.8 | it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier Coach and host for the Run to the |
| 0:52.3 | top podcast. On today's episode we interview |
| 0:55.5 | Scott Ludwig who has run every day since November of 1978. Some of you listeners were still gleams in your father's eyes. |
| 1:06.0 | That's a lot of miles and a lot of years. |
| 1:08.0 | Scott has stories about the big races like the Boston Marathon, |
| 1:12.0 | the Western States 100, the Peach Tree 5K and the Bad Water 135, |
| 1:17.6 | and also the little hidden races around much of the country. Chances are, over the 40 years of pounding the pavement he's |
| 1:24.4 | run a bunch of them. He also lives in a town that is part of the filming of the |
| 1:28.7 | Walking Dead and directs a race that has evolved from that connection. |
| 1:33.8 | This man is definitely a runner with a personality |
| 1:36.8 | and a commitment to running. |
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