Julian Florez On Coaching & Pacing Josh Kerr & Insights From Working With The Brooks Beasts

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast is Julian Florez, Assistant Coach of the Brooks Beasts Track Club.

Coach Florez began running at the age of thirteen, eventually becoming a first-generation student-athlete at Adams State University, where he was part of a NCAA DII national championship team. He then competed for University of New Mexico, earning All-American honors.

After graduating, he moved up in distance, eventually qualifying for and participating in the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials. Coach Florez also works as an artist, using the world around him to inspire his work with line and color.

This man does it all. Coach, pace, support, and everything in-between.

I loved this conversation with one of the up-and-coming coaches in the sport. Julian is a great guy who is full of wisdom and exuberance.

Tune into today's conversation to hear what it takes to truly be world class and the behind the scenes of one of the best track clubs in the world.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Running Effect podcast with Dominic Schleader.
0:07.3	I'm your host Dominic. I will try to keep today's intro short. I have the privilege of speaking with coach Julian Flores. Coach Julian Flores is an assistant coach at the Brooks Bees.
0:17.1	He's also, I would call him a professional pacer. He paces a lot of the workouts for both
0:21.5	the men and women's team, including Josh Kerr, World Champion. So I guess I could call him a world champion
0:26.6	pacer. Julian's story goes way back in the sport, and I thoroughly enjoyed hearing it. His journey,
0:32.0	both as an athlete and now as a coach and all he's doing to elevate the Brooks Bees track club. If you do enjoy today's conversation, please consider giving us a follow and a five-star
0:40.8	review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
0:42.6	You can also watch today's podcast on a new YouTube channel, The Running Effect Podcast.
0:47.2	I've also left a link to that channel in the show notes to make it easier for you guys.
0:51.1	With all of those notes aside, I hope you all enjoy my conversation with the man the myth, the legend, coach Julian Flores.
1:00.2	Julian Flores, welcome to the Running Effect podcast. How are you doing this morning?
1:04.0	I'm doing great. Glad to be here. If I'm not mistaken, we're recording this on a Wednesday.
1:08.6	Wednesday is the chill day for the beast. Is that
1:11.0	correct? That is correct. Wednesday is our day off mainly for the athletes, but for the staff,
1:16.2	we're still working. We're grinding away. What does that day look like for you? Is it catching up
1:20.6	on emails? Is it talking through training with Danny? What does that look like generally for you?
1:24.9	Absolutely. Catching up on emails, doing a lot of admin, a lot of behind the scenes work.
1:29.3	That's typically what's going to fulfill on Monday, or excuse me, a Wednesday.
1:33.3	For you, I'm curious, we'll get into your running journey here shortly, but you still
1:38.3	logging the miles and if so, do you use an opportunity like Wednesday where it's less work
1:42.3	to put in some more miles than normal.
1:49.7	Yeah, I guess my role with the beast, it's pretty versatile. I wear a few different hats.
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