What is the Secret to a Sub 3:00 Marathon?- Doug Kurtis

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🗓️ 1 April 2015

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Have you ever met someone whose excitement and passion is so infectious that you cannot help but be in awe of them? How about someone who you struggle to even wrap your head around their incredible accomplishments? We all know those storytellers who have so many great stories to share, you could sit there for hours listening to them telling you their adventures.

My guest today is all three of those, and someone who could make even the biggest running hater love the sport.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Runners Connect, Run to the Top Podcast, where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport
0:07.0	so you can train smarter, stay healthy, and run faster now.
0:11.0	And now your host, Tina Muir.
0:15.0	Hello, this is Tina Muir and I would like to welcome you to another edition of the Runners Connect
0:20.5	run to the top podcast. Firstly, I would like to thank you for your feedback over the past few months about this podcast.
0:27.0	I'm continuing to gain confidence and I hope it keeps getting better every week.
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0:34.3	which you can do so through any of the podcast pages. For today for example it is
0:39.5	runners connect.net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connect. net N. That will have all the links and resources from today in addition to how you can contact me with any questions you may have.
0:50.0	Have you ever met someone whose excitement and passion is so
0:54.6	infectious but you cannot help but be in awe? How about someone who you struggle to
0:59.2	even wrap your head around their incredible accomplishments.
1:04.0	We all know those storytellers who have so many great stories to share.
1:07.7	You could just sit there for hours listening to them tell you about their adventures.
1:12.2	My guest today is Doug Curtis. Doug is the world record
1:15.9	holder for the most career sub 2-20 marathons at 76. He is the winner of 40
1:22.0	marathons including Detroit six times, Grandma's two times,
1:26.7	Bangkok three times and many more all over the world.
1:30.2	He is a five-time Olympic Trials qualifier.
1:33.0	He was inducted into the Roadrunners Club of America Hall of Fame in 1998.
1:39.0	He's run a total of 205 marathons of which 200 were under three hours. His best marathon time was 2.1334 and he ran a 21547 at age 42 to win the Boston Marathon Masters. He is the director of many
1:57.5	Michigan races including the Thanksgiving turkey trot and Corktown. He used to write for the Detroit Free Press and currently writes for Run
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