Persistance Pays Off - How Brogan Austin became the surprise US Marathon Champion
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Unheralded runner Austin Brogan ran down Matt Llano in the final 200 meters of the 2018 US Marathon Championship.
Hear how he clawed his way back over the last few miles and the story of those suspenseful final meters. Plus, learn about the training that has allowed Austin to PR from the mile to the marathon.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Nothing that I do is really that hard. |
| 0:09.0 | You know, I go to work and I sit at my desk and I'm there for 8 to 9 hours a day now and then I go for a run maybe an hour or something after work. |
| 0:19.3 | If you break up those individual components by themselves. |
| 0:23.2 | They're really not that hard. |
| 0:25.8 | Welcome to the Run to the Top podcast |
| 0:28.0 | from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning |
| 0:30.9 | from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie K Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier, coach, and host for the Run to the Top podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | A relatively unknown runner, Brogan Austin, |
| 0:58.0 | overcame Patiano in the last two minutes of the race in an epic finish to win the California |
| 1:05.1 | International Marathon, also this year's US Olympic Marathon Championship. |
| 1:10.0 | Matt Yano held a healthy and unchallenged lead for most of the race, but things changed and the surprise finish involved a major catch-up by Brogan. |
| 1:21.0 | Let's hear more of this exciting story from Brogan Austin himself |
| 1:25.7 | after a brief message from our sponsors. |
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