Life in Stride

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had Zouhair back on the podcast after his epic run at the Boston Marathon on Monday! He ran the fastest time ever by an American, running 2:03 to place 5th overall. We got the full weekend recap from Zouhair on this episode! He had a bit of a busy weekend doing events/panels but felt great going into the race. It was really fun he...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, Chris and Scotty recapped the professional field races at the Boston Marathon! The men's field saw John Korir go back-to-back in a historically fast time of 2:01, while Sharon Lokedi also defended her title in 2:18 with lightning fast splits over the last 5 miles of the race. We chatted about how the races played out and then focused a...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had Sam Griffiths on the podcast! Sam is a content creator based in the UK and has an inspiring story about how he got into running! Just a few years ago, Sam was struggling with weight and health issues, and found himself in a rock bottom situation. At that time, Sam made two huge decisions: to travel the world and to start runni...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had professional marathoner Ryan Ford on the podcast! Ryan is currently running for the On Athletics Club in Boulder, CO under Dathan Ritzenhein. In college he started off at small Division I UT-Martin, what a come up he has had! We discussed Ryan’s professional career to date on this episode. He started off primarily focused on t...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had on special guests Lauren and James Osborne! The Osborne's own The Exchange Running Collective in Nashville - an amazing running store and community hub for the Nashville running scene! Lauren and James both ran the BPN G1M Backyard Ultra last weekend! It was interesting to hear about their experience doing this as a marrie...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had the legend Mike Korfhage on to talk all things Boston Marathon. This is going to be Mike's 13th consecutive Boston Marathon! He knows how to make the most out of your Boston Marathon weekend experience. We discussed several pre-race topics such as what the best day to get there is, going to the expo, the pre-race Church se...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, I did a recap of the events from the weekend! The big one everyone was watching was the BPN G1M Last Man Standing! It was an epic race where Mark Dowdle came out on top over last year’s co-champ Kendall Fallas. I recapped the race on this episode! I also chatted about a few other topics from over the weekend, including Australian Outdoor T...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had special guest Chris Chavez on the podcast! Chris is the founder of Citius Mag, one of the biggest running media outlets in the world! We got the full origin story + what’s next for them on this episode. Chris also gave us the breakdown of his journey to sub-3 marathon! We get a lot of messages asking about how to get to a sub-...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had some banter mainly focused on the Boston Marathon! Chris gave some heel healing updates and some quick post-race thoughts on McKirdy while Scotty also talked about his tough race at the 10 Miler last weekend! For Boston Marathon - we chatted Chris and Danny’s approach to PR at Boston, if fun running is okay or frowned upon at...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had on special guest Aaron Bienenfeld! Aaron is one of Germany’s best distance runners and is currently training with Jon Green’s group in Flagstaff as he prepares for his first marathon. Aaron just came off a result he was a bit disappointed with at “The TEN” in California. We talked through that result  a bit and also dug into s...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, I did a solo recap of running news from the past week while also talking a bit about my own training! I gave an update on my heel injury and talked about how I plan to pace the Boston Marathon now. Some of the big news of the last week was Conner Mantz dropping out of the Boston Marathon! His post said he wasn't ready to go - is he inj...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, we had special guest Thomas Nobbs on the podcast! Thomas just came off a huge PR at McKirdy Marathon last weekend, where he ran 2:09 to become the 4th fastest Canadian all-time! Even more impressive- he ran the last 35k completely solo. Thomas actually ran at University of Washington for a bit before finishing up at University of British C...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had on the legend Jess Donohue after her epic 2:34 marathon at McKirdy last weekend! We first had Jess on after she won the McKirdy Breaking 3 race last year in her debut marathon. 1 year later, she returned in the McKirdy OTQ race and earned her place in the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon for 2028! We got the full race recap on thi...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had one of the top journalists in running, Jonathan Gault, on the podcast! Jonathan has been a journalist for LetsRun for over 10 years now. He is one of the biggest experts in the sport! We started off the pod hearing a bit about his career journey and how he got started at LetsRun. We also got into some current event topics in r...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this solo episode, I gave a full breakdown of the McKirdy Micro OTQ Marathon weekend! Unfortunately, the race ended in a DNF in one of the most brutal ways possible, but I have some positive takeaways about my fitness level. At the end of the episode, I also discussed some recent running news including Berlin Half, Shelby Houlihan 10k record attempt, Al...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys took questions from Instagram and answered them on this pod! We love doing these episodes, you all always send thoughtful questions and some funny ones too. We hit on a lot of great topics here! We chatted our running mentors, how Danny built a running community in St. Louis, running gear including what watches we think are the be...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had our good friend Corbin Harris back on the podcast! Corbin is one of the best runners in the Kentucky road running scene right now, with PRs of 2:21 in the marathon, 66 minutes in the half, 31:20 in the 10k, and 14:53 in the 5k! Corbin recently ran the Marathon Project in December, rolling with the OTQ group for a lot of the ra...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, Chris chatted with Ben Felton and Felix Waldek before the Berlin Half this Sunday! Felix is one of our OG Life in Stride athletes and is hosting Ben at his house in Berlin for the weekend! Felix knows the course well and was able to give an excellent course preview. We also talked about his training and pace plan for Berlin Half as he gear...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys started off with a recap of Scotty's 10k race last weekend! He had a solid race overall and some fun stories to share from race morning. We talked about his last move to shake off some competition late in the race, his rivalry with our good friend and LIS coach Stauderman, and more! Chris gave some final thoughts on McKirdy Ma...

Visit lisrunning.com for run coaching! On this episode, I did a recap of some recent pro running news and also previewed my McKirdy Marathon this weekend a bit! Some of the biggest news was last week where Clayton Young announced his signing with Brooks. I broke down why I think he signed with Brooks and if it will be a good fit. On this topic, I went through Connor Mantz and Clayton's recent...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had on special guest and ultra-running legend Zach Bitter! Zach has claimed world records at the 100 mile and 12 hour events. We heard more about his prolific career on this podcast and how he trains for huge efforts like this. Zach wasn't always a high-carb runner. In fact, in one of his record attempts he only took about 40g...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had some banter. We chatted about Scotty and Danny's mid-week workouts: Scotty had a nice 12 x 800 sesh with the boys (video on Youtube) and Danny ran some 2k repeats at altitude in Colorado! Strieg is one week out from his sub-2:20 attempt at McKirdy next weekend; we got his pre-race thoughts and also the Puma Fast R3 review...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode we had special guest Jon Green on the pod! Jon is one of the top distance running coaches in the country, working with athletes like Rory Linkletter, Philly Bowden, and several other pros. We had him on at a great time as Rory just ran an excellent race at the NYC Half. We got Jon's reaction to the race and a bit of Boston preview as we...

Visit lisrunning.com for coaching! On this episode, we had the man, the myth, Johannes Motschmann back on the pod! Johannes is deep in marathon training right now, primarily based at home in Germany. He decided to keep his Spring pretty local, staying in his hometown and planning all of his races in Germany. He plans to race Berlin Half soon and then race the German Marathon Championships in Hanno...

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, Chris recapped an exciting weekend of racing! NYC Half had a stacked field, highlighted by Grant Fisher's debut in the half-marathon. Grant had a disappointing but not tragic debut, and Helen Obiri showed she is in great shape going into London Marathon this Spring! I also talked about NCAA Indoors, where there was more Jane Hedengren...