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Matt Fitzgerald - The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel

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Trail Runner Nation

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2014

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

With over 20 books written for the endurance athlete, Matt Fitzgerald is one of the sport's leading authors.  Some of his other best sellers are:

  • Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance
  • Iron War-Dave Scott, Mark Allen, & the Greatest Race Ever Run
  • The Runner's Body: How the Latest Exercise Science Can Help You Run Stronger, Longer, and Faster

Matt talks to us about his book, "Run-The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel".  Some topics include:

  • Should a dose of suffering be included in your training?
  • The Black Box of ingredients that you open on race day
  • How to learn to train your body by listening to it

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode brought to you by Tailwind Nutrition.

0:09.4

We have Anne Trason on the line, and Anne, as you know, was a great running resume.

0:16.3

She also has the Ask Anne column in Ultra Running Magazine.

0:20.5

Scott, what else does she have?

0:21.8

She's coaching now, does she?

0:23.8

Yes.

0:25.0

And she can be reached at Anne Trason at gmail.com if you're interested in having Anne Trason coach you.

0:32.0

If you had a tip for somebody, what would it be regarding trail running?

0:37.4

I figure out a given touch with your nutrition.

0:41.4

It's, uh, we can only pretty much digest about that most rare 50 calories an hour.

0:48.6

So figure out what books for you and you're experimenting on the trail.

0:53.4

Before you don't experiment on the race.

0:56.4

What works, what works for you out there, Anne?

0:58.4

Oh, over the miles that you've run.

1:00.4

You don't want to know, well luckily now, because I'm a dinosaur, but in the day I was a total junk food net.

1:06.4

So now I do the jowls.

1:11.4

So, yeah, so I'm a little bit on the, you know, retro.

1:17.4

So I'm curious you say junk food.

1:19.4

I mean, you're, we're talking, you know, when you were dominating at Western states.

1:24.4

What were you eating during that 100 mile race?

1:26.4

You were eating junk food?

1:27.4

What kind of junk food?

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