Mark Coogan: They're Not Just Runners; They're People - R4R 344
The Running for Real Podcast
Tina Muir
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Mark Coogan is an Olympian, earned silver in the marathon at the Pan-American Games, and was ranked top 10 in the U.S. from the mile to the marathon. As a coach, he’s produced Olympic and champion runners, including Abbey D’Agostino, who embodied sportsmanship and courage at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In his new book, Personal Best: Coach Coogan’s Strategies for the Mile to the Marathon, he shares his formula for achieving your running goals. The key lies in establishing balance between your running and the rest of your life.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running. |
| 0:14.1 | Together, we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps |
| 0:21.6 | us become better people. |
| 0:23.6 | Whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run while the rest of the world still sleeps, |
| 0:27.8 | or befriending the strangers next to you at the start line of a race, we are here to connect |
| 0:32.7 | with others who see running as the common thread that weaves our lives together. Come join me, |
| 0:38.0 | Tina Muir, as I talk with people from all walks of life, united by a love of running. |
| 0:47.3 | Hello my friends, welcome to episode 344 of the Running for Real Podcast. Thank you for joining me |
| 0:53.2 | today. I'm excited that you are here and excited to introduce you to a guest who I probably |
| 0:59.7 | should have had on a longer time ago. We've been friends for many years now. He is the coach |
| 1:05.5 | at Team New Balance Boston. He sent three athletes to the 2021 Olympics and was also on the 1996 |
| 1:13.1 | Olympic marathon team himself. He used to coach at Dartmouth and won the silver medal in the |
| 1:18.7 | marathon at the 1995 Pan American Games. There's so much more I could give you in terms of his |
| 1:24.7 | credentials for things that he has done, but I am excited to have him here today to talk about |
| 1:30.6 | his book, which is called Personal Best Running, Coach Cougan Strategies for Marl to the marathon, |
| 1:35.2 | because obviously he not only was successful himself but has been a very successful coach, |
| 1:41.2 | and Mark has been a friend for many years as I mentioned, so we also can go beyond just the general |
| 1:46.3 | chit chat and you get to hear a bit more of an intimate conversation between two friends. I think |
| 1:51.6 | you're really going to enjoy this episode. We talk a lot about training. This is more of a tips advice, |
| 1:58.4 | kind of learning about your running episode compared to the episodes that we typically do, |
| 2:03.1 | which are a little more on the personal side of things. So without any further ado, let's get to |
| 2:08.0 | this episode with Mark Cougan. Thank you to AG1 from Athletic Greens for sponsoring the running |
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