Re-Run with Laura Schmitt

the morning shakeout podcast

Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

I’ll be re-running a couple of my favorite episodes from years past in the feed this week and next and we’ll start by kicking it back to Episode 100 with Laura Schmitt, which was recorded in February of 2020 right before the world shut down. It’s one of my favorite conversations that I’ve ever had for the podcast and I’m excited to rerelease it. Laura was the longtime cross country and track coach at Redwood High School in Larkspur, California, where she was at the helm for 35 years and led some of the best teams and athletes in the state. She’s also a wife, a mom, and now a grandmother since we had this conversation over two years ago—not to mention an entrepreneur who founded a play-based preschool that’s still going strong today as well as the first treadmill studio on the West Coast. In short: she’s an incredible woman and someone I respect and admire immensely. In this conversation, we talked about running, community, coaching, family, parenting, and entrepreneurship—all things Laura knows a lot about and has had a lot of success in over the years.

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0:00.0	Coaching, I would argue, is the least about the workout.
0:12.4	In fact, if you're a coach, you should have phenomenal workouts.
0:16.6	You should have a progression that takes a child and adult anyone.
0:20.6	In four years, of course, they're going to get better.
0:23.5	You just have to write it out properly.
0:25.0	It's written in every book.
0:26.0	You can pick up any book, anyone can be a give workout person.
0:31.0	What isn't easy, unless it is, is knowing how to connect with a person to get the most out
0:38.4	of them so that they feel good about themselves.
0:41.1	You have to be very careful about how you connect with people.
0:44.9	We as coaches have power for sure.
0:49.1	The people we are coaching can be vulnerable, so you have to make sure you're not taking
0:53.7	advantage of that or crossing the line.
0:55.9	It's your job.
0:56.9	It's not the athlete's job.
0:57.9	As close as the athlete comes to you, you have to know where it needs to stop, where the
1:03.7	line is, and a mature coach knows how to do that.
1:25.9	Hey, what's up, everyone?
1:27.8	I'm your host, Mario Freyoli, and I'm taking a bit of a break from recording new episodes
1:32.5	the rest of this month, and we'll be rerunning a couple of my favorites from years past.
1:37.8	We'll be back with episode four of Common Ground with me in Dene Doremi, The Last Week
1:42.8	of May, and a fresh conversation with a new guest, The First Week of June.
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