Lessons On Excellence & Human Flourishing Within Running & Life From Accomplished Coach, Athlete, And NYC Times Best Selling Author Steve Magness

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today's conversation on the podcast is one that I've been wanting to have for many years now.

I have the privilege of sitting down with and learning from Steve Magness.

I was first impacted by Steve's work in 7th grade and have been a loyal follower ever since, consistently being impacted by his work.

Steve is an acclaimed author, performance coach, and former collegiate track and cross-country coach who has written four books, The Science of Running, Peak Performance, Do Hard Things, and his newest release coming this February, Win the Inside Game.

All told, his books have sold over three-quarters of a million copies, been named national and international best sellers, and have been translated into 25 languages. Steve’s academic career exploring exercise physiology and then mental performance has shaped his all-encompassing outlook on performance.

Steve’s writing has appeared in Outside, Runner’s World, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health, in addition to many others. Steve received his undergraduate degree from the University of Houston and a graduate degree from George Mason.

Steve has a PR of 4:01 in the mile in High School, which at the time was the seventh fastest high school mile in US history. He was also a part of the fastest HS Distance Medley Relay team in 2003. Steve ran for Rice and Houston during his collegiate career, nearly making nationals as a senior at Houston.

Steve was the head track coach at the University of Houston from 2014-2020 after working for Nike as a coach and adviser to their professional runners. (He worked with gold and silver medalists from the 2011 World Champs and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.)

Prior to coaching in college and professionally, Magness worked at Klein Oak HS. He currently lives in Houston, Texas.

Steve has a terrific newsletter on health, well-being and performance. He is also a great follow on Twitter and Instagram.

In today's conversation, we dive into Steve's background in sport, his coaching and writing, insights on excellence both in and out of sport, his newest book, and so much more.

This conversation was truly stellar and I hope you'll make the time to be blessed by it.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I remember Michael Lewis. The first question, I'm nervous as hell. And Michael Lewis turns to me,
0:05.1	first question he asked me, he says, Steve, I'm reading your bio, and there's one line at the very
0:10.5	end that I want to ask you about. And in my bio, it says something like, once upon his time,
0:15.8	like Steve ran a 401 mile in high school. And he says, Steve, do you think you'd be here on the stage if instead of
0:22.9	401 that said 359? And I think he was on to something. I don't think I would have. Because I think if I
0:31.5	would have been a little bit faster, it wouldn't have pushed me to like explore and understand
0:36.2	things. It certainly wouldn't have pushed me into coaching. And it wouldn't have pushed me to like explore and understand things. It certainly wouldn't have
0:38.3	pushed me into coaching. And it wouldn't have pushed me into understanding the psychology or
0:43.2	mental side of performance through my own struggles. That was Steve Magnus today on the
0:51.3	Running Effect podcast. And I'm your host, Dominic Schleader. I'm absolutely
0:54.7	elated. You clicked on this episode because it's a conversation as I talk about in the first few
0:59.4	minutes of it that I've been wanting to have for long before I even started the podcast. So it's
1:04.4	an utter privilege and pleasure to welcome Steve on to the podcast today. His quick backstory,
1:09.7	if you're not familiar with him, he's an acclaimed
1:11.4	author, performance coach, and former collegiate tracking cross-country coach who has written
1:16.2	four books, The Science of Running, Peak Performance, Do Hard Things, and his newest release
1:20.4	comes out this February, win the inside game, which I've left a link to in the show notes.
1:24.7	I personally cannot wait to read that. All told, his books have
1:27.6	sold over three quarters of a million copies and have been named national and international
1:32.0	bestsellers being translated into over 25 languages. My life, as I talk about in this conversation,
1:38.0	has thoroughly been benefited from these books. And so it was an utter privilege to sit down with
1:42.7	Steve and talk about his writing process,
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