Juli Benson - Olympian and elite running coach | EP#230

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Juli Benson is a 1996 US Olympian in the 1500 m turned elite running coach, with among other accomplishments coaching Jenny Simpson to her 1500m World Championship victory. In this episode she describes her coaching philosophy, and also discusses the lack of female endurance coaches, in particular at the highest level. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Juli's coaching philosophy and influences -Periodisation -The balance of volume and intensity -Strength and conditioning -Nutrition, and navigating disordered eating -The lack of female endurance coaches, in particular at the elite level, and what to do about it SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts230/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Juli's website Running episode archive on That Triathlon Show RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	I believe that it's important to, you know,
0:03.1	gradually get an athlete to the point where they can run a lot,
0:07.8	you know, and that doesn't mean that I believe in high mileage for every athlete,
0:13.0	but I do believe it's important to get each athlete to the point where they can run a lot and run often.
0:22.3	That Traathlon Show, 230.
0:44.3	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:47.7	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I'm joined by Coach Julie Benson.
0:53.0	Julie is a 1996 US Olympian from the 1500 meters and after
0:58.5	her active professional running career she turned to coaching. She has coached many elite runners
1:04.3	with among other accomplishments coaching Jenny Simpson to her 1500meter world championship victory.
1:12.0	In this interview, Julie talks about her coaching philosophy,
1:16.1	and we also go into discussing the lack of female endurance coaches,
1:21.1	in particular at the highest level among the elite athletes.
1:25.4	We'll get right into this discussion after thanking our sponsors.
1:29.9	First, we have precision hydration.
1:32.3	Precision hydration has developed a sweat test which consists of 10 simple questions
1:37.6	in sort of like a multiple choice answer where you can just think about some certain
1:42.8	characteristics that relate to your sweat.
1:46.3	You'll figure it out what I mean when you go and take that test because if I'm not making it
1:52.2	very clear.
1:53.2	But the interesting thing about this test is that it has been validated against actual
1:57.7	sweat measurements with medical grade equipment that precision hydration use
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