Marathoner Zachary Barker Shares His Story + An Inside Look At Chasing An Olympic Trials Standard

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Today on the podcast, I have a close friend who also is a very accomplished runner and an extremely amazing human being, Zachary Barker. Zach started his running days in middle school, where he developed a passion for the sport that led to running Division 1 in the NCAA in college. He now works full-time for the best-fueling company in the country, Maurten, while pursuing his dream of running an Olympic Trials Qualifying Time in the marathon.

In this conversation, Zach and I peel back the curtain on his training leading into the 2023 Houston Marathon. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about his build-up and all of the ins and outs of marathon training. I was especially fascinated by how he manages to run 120-mile weeks while maintaining a full-time job and really enjoyed hearing about some insane training like a 28-mile long run he did a few weeks back. We also go through his start in the sport and the lessons he's learned throughout his career in sport. Scattered throughout are some fun questions that keep the conversation light and fun, from the outlook on the 76ers to cooking for Gordon Ramsay. Needless to say, this conversation was a very fun and inspiring one!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Running Effect with Dominic Schleader.
0:06.6	I'm your host Dominic and I'm thrilled you've clicked on today's episode because it is a special one.
0:11.5	And before we hop right into it, just a few quick housekeeping notes.
0:15.5	I would greatly appreciate it if you hit the follow button on Spotify or Apple Podcast,
0:20.5	gave us a five-star review,
0:22.0	shared the show with a friend, and even shared it on social media. And if you do share it on
0:26.6	social media, tag me. My ad is at the running effect. That way, uh, you can spread the love of the
0:32.3	podcast and hopefully we can reach new people in the process and more importantly, inspire
0:36.9	people through them reaching
0:38.6	and discovering the podcast. Today I have a really fun podcast on tap. I have close friend who is
0:44.8	also a very accomplished runner and extremely amazing human being Zach Reed Barker. Zach started his
0:51.0	running days in middle school where he developed a passion for the sport that led to his running division one in the NCAA.
0:57.0	He now works full-time for, in my opinion, the best fueling company in the world, Morton.
1:02.5	And he's also pursuing his dream of running an Olympic trials, qualifying time in the marathon, which he's actually going after this upcoming weekend in Houston. So this conversation
1:12.7	was really fun because we got to kind of talk about and document his buildup to the Houston
1:17.4	Marathon. And for those who are like, what's this episode going to be about? I'll just say,
1:22.1	Zachary runs 110 to 120 mile weeks while running a full-time job. So so impressive and incredible and it was so
1:30.2	fun kind of diving into that. We also talk about his upbringing in the sport. He is a really
1:34.7	touching story about how he got into the sport of running and how it's influenced his current
1:39.9	work today and his current running today. Needless to say, this conversation is packed with wisdom,
1:45.3	and I walked away from the conversation, a better human being, and a little more knowledgeable
1:49.6	on what it takes to be a marathoner. So before we hop right into the episode, I would like to say
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