s4/e01 Characteristics of Elite Distance Runners
The Running Explained Podcast
Running Explained
4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to 2024! In this first episode of the year, Coach Elisabeth breaks down what makes an "elite" runner elite: their genetics, training, and more!
-What is "elite"? A tiered framework for understanding athletic performance
-Genetic predispositions: maybe they're born with it!
-Why it's not just about good genes
-The training: how much? What type?
-And more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Running Explain podcast. I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm a marathoner, coach, and answer seeker. |
| 0:07.3 | When I first started running at the age of 29, I had so many questions and what felt like nowhere to turn to for answers. |
| 0:14.1 | And now I'm here to answer all your running questions about anything that you might want to know. |
| 0:18.2 | If you're a new runner or you've been doing this for a long time, |
| 0:21.0 | there's always something more to learn about running. So let's get started. Well, well, well, here we are |
| 0:28.5 | 2024. Hey guys, welcome back to the show. First episode of the year, season four, episode one. |
| 0:36.3 | I am thrilled to have you here today, this year, |
| 0:41.3 | and ready to dive in. Got a great topic for you today. One of the ones you talk about for |
| 0:47.2 | quite some time, but before we get started, as always a little housekeeping to let you know about. |
| 0:53.7 | The Run Club app, the official |
| 0:55.6 | training app of Running Explained, is launching next Monday, January 15th, and I'm very excited about it. |
| 1:01.7 | You'll be able to learn more about it on my Instagram at Running Explained on the website, |
| 1:06.2 | runningexplained.co. The long and short of it is, it's an app that has all currently available training, like running |
| 1:13.7 | training plans, the ones you're all familiar with, know, and love that have previously and are |
| 1:19.0 | still going to be available as individual PDF downloads, but in the app will be available |
| 1:23.6 | to you all at the same time so you can customize, swap, switch between, pick the best |
| 1:30.5 | combination of programs for your schedule in the monthly plan, as well as being able to layer |
| 1:36.6 | on strength programs that are going to be complementary to your current phase of training. |
| 1:42.7 | There's also going to be resources and explanations and a whole |
| 1:47.3 | bunch of other stuff. And there's not, there's another level to this. So there's going to be |
| 1:50.8 | the regular app. It's all in the same app. There's going to be the regular level plan access. |
| 1:55.1 | And there's going to be a premium option. And that includes a monthly group coaching called led |
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