Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport

so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.

And now your host, Tina Muir.

Hello, this is Tina Muir and I would like to welcome you to another edition of the

Run is Connect Run to the Top Podcast. I have only been a podcaster for just over three months now and each time

I record I can feel my confidence growing a little. I have already had the opportunity to meet so

many wonderful people and I make sure to take my time

researching my guests to give them thoughtful questions rather than just the same

old questions that they're going to get from most interviewers. I'm not going to lie. When I start

podcasting I am nervous. I am well aware that I am talking to someone who has given up

the most precious resource to share their knowledge with the Runners Connect community.

When I received the confirmation email about the interview with my guest today, I was

over the moon.

However, that excitement soon turned to panic as I realized just how influential this guest was within our running world.

I am pretty sure almost everyone listening has either read or at least heard of the book Born to Run. And when you hear that people like

Matthew McConaughey have read the book and they requested to play one of the main characters in the

upcoming film, it's hard to not be intimidated.

Chris McDougal is a legend within the running world.

However, from the moment I began talking to Chris for this interview,

I felt at ease.

He told me he was excited for the interview questions and at the end of the interview he stated he would have been happy to continue recording and talking.

Wow, what a confidence boost.

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