s5e/22 Juggling Miles, Work, and Life? Here’s the Recovery Talk You Need with Dr. Logan Sherman
The Running Explained Podcast
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4.6 • 534 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This week, I’m joined by a runner who brings a ton of insight and real-world experience to the table: Dr. Logan Sherman, sports chiropractor, marathon champion, and chairman of the BMW Dallas Marathon.
We get into a topic that doesn’t get nearly enough airtime in performance circles: SLEEP. Not just “get more of it,” but why it matters, what it actually does for your body, how to use it as a training tool (not just a recovery tool), and how your wearable data might be telling you more (or less) than you think.
Logan shares his journey from being an overweight middle schooler nicknamed "Jelly Roll" to becoming a sub-elite marathoner and 2015 Dallas Marathon champion, and how his relationship with running, racing, and recovery has evolved through different seasons of life.
We talk about:
Why sleep is foundational for performance, recovery, and injury prevention
How to adjust your training when your sleep is trash (without panicking)
What HRV and breath rate can tell you about your recovery
Using data without obsessing over it (yes, even when your Whoop says you're 50% recovered on race morning)
The emotional side of race day, sleep anxiety, and learning to let go of perfection
And why it’s okay if your fueling sometimes looks like mac & cheese off your kid’s plate
If you’ve ever struggled with balancing sleep, life, and training, Logan's perspective is one you're going to appreciate!
Research & production assistance by Sophie van Leeuwen
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends. Welcome back to another episode of the Running Explained podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:08.3 | Coach Elizabeth, and this week we are talking about one of the most underrated performance |
| 0:13.1 | tools that you have in your training toolbox, sleep. I know. Not just about getting enough sleep, |
| 0:20.6 | but what it's actually doing for your body, |
| 0:23.5 | your recovery, and your ability to handle all of the work that you are putting in. |
| 0:28.4 | My guest this week to talk about all of these things is Dr. Logan Sherman, |
| 0:33.5 | sports chiropractor, former sub-elite marathoner, and chairman of the BMW Dallas Marathon. |
| 0:39.2 | He is someone who not just coaches and works with runners. He, of course, is a runner, and he gets what |
| 0:45.3 | it's like to balance super high-level training with recovery, work, family, and life, and how to |
| 0:51.8 | make it work for the season of life that you're currently in. |
| 0:56.6 | So in this conversation, we talk about what quality sleep actually means. |
| 1:00.7 | So quality versus quantity, how to use your wearable data to help you get enough sleep without |
| 1:06.4 | losing your mind in the process, why your sleep might be trash when you're in a super heavy period |
| 1:12.4 | of training and actually what that can tell you about what's going on inside your body. |
| 1:16.9 | And how to reframe those off days when you aren't getting enough sleep or you have to |
| 1:22.2 | modify your training to stop blaming yourself and training in a way that actually helps you |
| 1:26.7 | keep getting better. |
| 1:33.8 | So it's all the real talk, all the how to apply this to real world situations type of episode and helps you understand how important sleep actually is, but how to make it work for you. |
| 1:40.7 | Let's dive in. |
| 1:42.4 | Dr. Logan Sherman, welcome to the show. I'm so excited to have you here. |
| 1:45.8 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:47.6 | So tell us, Dr. Logan Sherman, who are you? |
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