s1/e43 Base-Building (& Off-Seasons) with Nick Klastava (@nklastava)
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
BUILD THAT BASE!!! Coach Nick Klastava (@nklastava) joins the podcast to talk all things "base-building" (and why it's SO important for you as a runner!)
- What is "Base-building"?
- Base-building vs. Volume-building
- Base-building vs. Race-specific training
- Workouts in a base-building phase
- Easy running rules: how & why?
- "Maintenance" & when to do maintenance in your schedule
- What is an "Off-season"?
- How to periodize your training to include base-building
Nick Klastava has been a runner on and off for almost 25 years, running in High School and College back in the early 2000's and then taking some time off and finding the sport again in a different more joyful, less pressure-filled way in 2009. Nick's journey has gone from a runner filled with mental blocks that plague all runners to becoming a runner filled with joy and belief in himself and not some numbers. He now helps runners as a USATF/RRCA certified coach at Lift Run Perform to help runners learn to truly believe in themselves, adapt their training to their hectic lives, and become the best runner possible while enjoying the process that is life along the way.
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nklastava
WEBSITE: https://liftrunperform.com/pages/about#nick
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm Elizabeth, a marathoner, running coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:08.2 | When I became a new runner at the age of 29, I had so many questions, but it felt like I was on my |
| 0:14.6 | own to figure all of the answers. So now I'm here to answer all your running questions to help make |
| 0:19.9 | you a better, smarter, |
| 0:22.0 | faster runner. |
| 0:23.4 | There's no question too simple and no topic too complex. |
| 0:26.8 | So let's get started. |
| 0:29.3 | My guest this week is Nick Clistava, RRCA and USATF certified running coach for Lyft Run perform. |
| 0:36.5 | Nick has been running for most of his life, |
| 0:38.8 | but he took a big break in between running in high school and college and then finding running |
| 0:42.8 | later in life. And his experience in doing that really informs our conversation well because |
| 0:49.0 | today we're talking about base building and what that is and kind of that naturally complements what might be termed an |
| 0:57.4 | off season and you're probably thinking what it what is an off season to everything there is a |
| 1:02.9 | season and running is no different it is just seasons upon seasons of running with different |
| 1:07.6 | goals and purposes in each season so if you've been wondering what base building is, |
| 1:15.5 | what an off season is, |
| 1:17.2 | this conversation is definitely for you. |
| 1:20.1 | Nick, welcome to the show. |
| 1:21.2 | I'm excited to have you here. |
| 1:22.9 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:24.4 | Of course, with all my guests, |
| 1:25.5 | I want to hear a bit about you as a runner before we |
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