Welcome to the Runners Connect. Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.

And now your host, Lucas Felton.

Hi everyone and welcome to this week's episode of Runners Connect Run to the Top

Podcasts. I'm your host Lucas Felton.

Many retired elite runners have found meaningful ways to give back to the sport to which they

gave so much of themselves. One such runner Rob D. Costella. Known as a fierce

competitor who never gave an inch to anyone, Rob raced marathon so hard that he

often needed several months afterward to fully recover and be ready to race again.

Rob trained in almost exactly the same way under the same coach for the best part of 15 years,

something most of us don't get the chance to do.

His training system is still a model for many Australian runners and coaches today.

However, these days, Rob is best known for his work with the Indigenous Marathon Project,

a program that trains indigenous Australians, or

Aborigines as we know them for races around Australia and ultimately the New York City

Marathon.

A few of the topics we discussed included, the training program that took Rob to World Championship

Medals and World Records in the Marathon, the practice of purposely going into hard workouts

tired so as to get more benefit out of a shorter workout and Rob's current work

with gluten and sugar-free foods and the Indigenous Marathon Project.

This is clearly a former champion who's desiring to give back to the country that supported him for so long.

As usual, any resources mentioned in this podcast can be found at runners connect.net

slash running interviews slash Rob D. Costella.

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