Coach Bennett's Podcast

Episode 26:  What I Learned From Running 2000 Days In A Row This one was... well, 2000 days in the making. What started as an attempt to get more consistent has become something I'm really proud of and at the same time something that I'm okay with ending... if it ever becomes just a streak. This episode is all about what I've learned over the last 5 1/2 years running every... single...

Bonus Episode:  Super Special NXN Episode! NXN (NIKE Cross Nationals) is my favorite race. Period. It's my favorite. NXN is the US high school XC nationals championships. The 22 best girls teams and 50 best individuals meet in Portland, Oregon to all take the same starting line and race for the glory. The 22 best boys teams and 50 best individuals meet in Portland, Oregon to all take the same...

Episode 25. Grateful  Running. Thank you for listening to this episode. Feels good to say thank you. Feels good to hear it too. And this episode is all about thankfulness and gratitude. Thankfulness and gratitude for running. Runners. Runs. The community around the sport. The culture. The lessons and opportunities. Grateful and thankful for so much. And I think being grateful and thankful is a sup...

Ep. 24  - Fantastic Tips For Better Winter Running Not one. Not two. Nay! Five fantastic tips are heading your way! And these five fantastic tips are all about better Winter running. So join Coach Bennett as he shares a few ways you can help make this a Winter you run through and not just get through. This terrific episode (I'm biased but it's true) also has a Mindset Minute with coach t...

Episode 23. Mindset Matters: All About Racing   Do we have a special episode for you? Oh baby yes! We've got Mindset Coach Extraordinaire tammie bennett (she loves lower case letters) of The Show Up Society. We asked for questions last week and you responded with so many questions we literally had to delay this episode because it took too long to record and edit and upload.  That's my wa...

Episode 22.  Could You Be A Runnerd? This episode was inspired by a Coach Bennett's Newsletter from September 2023 that was inspired by an Instagram post I wrote in 2015.  And after feedback from the readers of the newsletter asking for more information about runnerdism I finally caved and... well... here we are. This episode will not only define what a Runnerd   actually is but will also cel...

Episode 21: Answering Your Mailbag Questions You've asked for it. I've hinted at it. Well, it's finally here! The mailbag has been ripped open and we're going to read some letters! Let's go! I read 14 letters... and that means I didn't get through all of them... not even close. But that also means that we get to do this again and again and again. So, without any furth...

Ep. 20:  How To Set Up A Training Week When do you run a Recovery Run? When do you run a Speed Run? What about a Long Run? Why do you run them when you run them? Is it always the same week after week? Why? Well, get ready to find out because Coach Bennett is going to break... it... down. You'll get a list of things to think about before you set up your weekly schedule and then you'll get...

Episode 19 - Just Some Great Running Advice This episode just has some great running advice. Hence the name of the episode. This isn't an exhaustive list... it's just some great running advice. I've got more. This is just some of what I got. I can't give you everything on episode 19. You wouldn't come back for episode 20 and I want you back. And that's not all this ep...

Ep. 18 Race Day.  Coach Bennett guides you through the 24 hours BEFORE your race. You'll learn how Coach Bennett set up his athletes for the best chance to be successful once they crossed the starting line by making sure everything they did during the day leading up to that starting... set them up top be successful. It's about alarm clocks and dinner plans. It's about reservations a...

Ep. 17:   What You Need To Start This is episode is for everyone . Because this episode is about what you need to start, start over, or start running again. And I bet you'll be surprised that it's less than you thought and that you have more of what you need than you think. This is a good one... so get ready to be inspired and motivated and excited. We've also got another Mindset Mi...

Episode 16: How Being A Better Teammate Makes You A Better Runner. They can be your greatest source of strength or your greatest weakness. Teammates. And if you want to be the best you can be out there on the roads and trails and track and off them as well... then you need to be the best teammate you can be to others and to yourself. Coach Bennett breaks down why becoming a better teammate leads t...

Episode 15:  Bad Advice For Runners Who would have thought that Coach Bennett had so much awful advice? Well, he does! And he can't wait to share some of it with you. The key here is that Coach is going to let you know ahead of time that's terrible advice and tell you why. That way you can learn from all this miserable advice what not to do! You may even learn what to do! Bonus! This is...

014. Mindset Matters! This is a big episode for Coach Bennett's Podcast because, well, mindset matters but also because we have our FIRST GUEST! That's right! Coach tammie bennett (she loves lower case letters) is the first guest EVER on Coach Bennett's Podcast. Coach tammie is a certified mindset coach, educator and host of the show up society podcast. On this episode, coach tammie...

013. I Make The Case For You To Race Coach Bennett presents his case for YOU to race in this super fun episode... Episode 13. Sit back or run forward or maybe even drive or ride along as Coach shares point after point as to why he believes racing is for everyone (and that includes YOU). Then you get to decide the verdict. Coach also talks about Jaws because, well, Jaws is one of the most awesome m...

012. Let Your Effort Lead Your Run On this episode of Coach Bennett's Podcast it's almost all about effort. Because there is actually more than just effort that's talked about! The Coach Bennett Jersey Shore Running Tour is in full effect, the phrase "home is where the heart is" is broken down, there's even a hint that wings and pizza will be spoken about (be prepared...

011. The Speed Run. Ready... set... GO! It's time to talk about the speed run! That's right. It's scary. It's fast. It's wild. It's challenging. It's exciting. It's fartlek, long intervals, hills, tempo runs, and short intervals. It's all the Speed Run! And the speed run is about more than just the speed run. It's about the warm up and the stretchi...

010. The Recovery Run.  It's also known as the easy run. And it's the most important run of them all. Why? Maybe it's because it's the run you do more than any other. Maybe it's because if you can nail the recovery run you will have a better chance at nailing all the other kinds of runs. Maybe it's because of what the dictionary defines as recovery. Maybe you just nee...

009. The Long Run. Those three words inspire a whole host of different feelings for different people.  And that's why Episode 9 is dedicated to... The Long Run. What is a long run? Why do we do long runs? How can we make them better... less boring... greater fun...  and more challenging? I hope you're not expecting me to answer all those questions here! That's what the podcast is fo...

008. Embrace your weaknesses. That's right! Get in close and give all those weaknesses of yours a great big squeezy hug. Don't ignore those weaknesses of yours. Don't pretend they don't exist. And don't put them in a corner with baby because nobody puts baby in a corner.  And if you can embrace your weaknesses you can own them, you can know them, you can learn about them, ...

007. Every run has a purpose. In fact, every run has many purposes! Join Coach Bennett as he talks about one of the fundamental pillars of his coaching philosophy. And you better believe that this episode is about running... and this episode is not about running. The episode kicks off with a discussion on how to run (or not run) in hot and humid or dangerous conditions. The mail bag is opened. And...

006. Can you get better at running while you're not running? Absolutely yes! Don't believe me? Listen to this episode because I share a whole bunch of ways you can do just that! And this episode has so much more:  - Coach Bennett talks about his weekend at the US Track & Field Championships - How getting better at some of the essentials of life can lead you to better runs - What does...

005. How To Start Join Coach Bennett for a fantastic episode about how to start... running... but you know that this podcast is about running and this podcast is not about running.  By the end of  Episode 5 you'll have learned: *What the real purpose of a first run is *Why measuring success as many ways as you can is such an essential ingredient to every great running journey *How celebration...

004. Maybe You Can't Means Maybe You Can Join Coach Bennett on this great episode and learn: *A little bit about the Oregon weather... it's more exciting than it sounds. Okay, exciting may be too strong a word. *The epic and epically long 80's and 90's mixtape playlists Coach has created. *The books and tv show that are currently being imbibed by Coach. *Why every great goal or...

003. You know what sucks? Perfect sucks. Join Coach  for episode 3 and learn... - Why is Coach Bennett recording this podcast in a bathroom... in a hotel room... in Naperville,  Illinois - What Wildwood Running PDX is all about and some of the great work they are doing for the young girls in the sport of XC and T&F and the coaches that guide them - Some of the things you need to think about in...