Run Into Your 70's with Gene Dykes / ENDURANCE

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

“My goals are to run faster on roads and longer on trails,” says Gene Dykes, the only living human to run a sub 3-hour marathon while being 70 years or older.

Spartan Up Endurance Series host, Johnny Waite, talks with Gene about how to train, the benefits of using a coach and when to hit the reset button. In this episode you’ll learn…

-Three benefits to using a running coach

-Don’t sprint! Why Gene and older runners should avoid sprinting

-Use a mentor to set stretch goals

-Is the old adage ‘you have 15 years of competitive running’ true?

Connect with Gene:

-Twitter: @TheUltraGeezer

-Instagram: @genewdykes

-Website: UltraGeezer

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CREDITS:

Producer: Ryan Warner

Hosts: Johnny Waite

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

Transcript

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0:00.0	So I hired my coach in just five months.
0:04.0	He dropped my time down to 309.
0:07.0	That got me third place at Boston.
0:09.0	And that's when I started thinking, you know, hey, I could, I'm really starting to get somewhere.
0:15.6	Welcome to the Spartan endurance series on Spartan Up Podcast with host Johnny Waite.
0:21.0	Hey Spartans, I'm Johnny Waite, one of the hosts of the Spartan Podcast and the host of the
0:25.0	endurance episodes of the Spartan Podcast.
0:27.4	We've got an incredible guest today.
0:29.2	Gene Dykes is 72 years old.
0:32.3	He has run the fastest marathon of anyone alive over the age of 70.
0:37.0	Sub three hours. So if you're somebody who's working on your marathon and three hours seems out of reach.
0:43.4	Gene ran that at 70 plus years old.
0:46.8	He has a website called Ultra Geiser.com
0:49.2	and he's here to talk to us about not just how to run fast marathons, how to have fun doing it.
0:53.6	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Gone Rogue High Protein Chips.
0:57.6	Visit Amazon or Gone Rogue Snacks.com and use the promo code Spartan 25% off.
1:04.0	Hey Spartans, I'm here today with Gene Dykes.
1:08.0	When I say here, I'm in Canada about jeans in Philadelphia.
1:11.0	And Gene is an extraordinary runner.
1:14.7	We're going to get into that.
1:16.3	But Gene, would I be correct in introducing you as one of the few people on the planet who's
1:21.0	run a sub-3-hour marathon after 70 years old?
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