Life in Stride

lisrunning.com for coaching! On this episode, the boys had on special guest Ellis Cross! Ellis is a professional runner for Hoka and Team Makou based in the UK. His rise to the professional ranks started in 2022 when he made national news after defeating Mo Farah in a road 10k as a club runner, having to pay entry to the race and not even starting with the elite field! Now, Ellis is a proven profe...

For coaching, visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode the boys had on special guest Mark Dowdle! Mark is one of the best backyard ultra runners in the US. He is one of the favorites to win the BPN Last Man Standing this Spring and has already been selected for Team USA at Big's Backyard Ultra this fall. Mark quit his job to go all in on ultra-running. We talked about that decision and what is h...

For coaching and merch, visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys recapped the Houston Marathon with our friends who also ran, Sam Meredith and Chris Sadler! Scotty, Sam, and Chris Sadler all had epic days, finishing within 40 seconds of each other and finding each other around mile 23 of the race! Chris (Strieg) struggled the back half and explains what he thinks happened in his race on th...

For coaching visit lisrunning.com! On this episode, the boys had on the man, the myth, Rory Linkletter! Rory is our most recurring guest with FIVE APPEARANCES now and hopefully many more to come. As always, Rory is a great interview and this episode is more of that. We talked about Rory's training going into this race, how the race played out in the lead pack, and also how Rory is viewing the...

For coaching visit lisrunning.com! On this episode, the boys had the legend Zouhair Talbi back on the pod after his epic win at the Houston Marathon on Sunday! He ran 2:05, broke the course record, and became the third fastest American all-time on a record eligible course! Zouhair broke down the full race for us, including a very tight battle he had with second place until late in the race! We als...

For coaching visit lisrunning.com! On this episode, the boys had on special guests Mica & Adam Wood! Adam just had a huge breakthrough race at CIM, running 2:16 after dealing with some health complications prior that he talks about on this episode. Mica ran 2:31 in her debut marathon at the Marathon Project paced by Adam, an OTQ time in her first one! She talked about her current training situ...

Visit lisrunning.com for coaching! On this episode, the boys had on special guest Drew Hunter! Drew is well-known for running a sub -4 mile in high school and then signing a pro contract with Adidas instead of running in college! About 10 years have passed and Drew is still thriving as a high-level pro athlete. Drew has had a lot of change over the last couple years. He is now being coached by his...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys had special guest Zouhair Talbi back on the pod to preview his race at the Houston Marathon this weekend! Zouhair is in great shape and is hoping to run under 2:06 in Houston. He has a strong pacing team and the conditions are looking favorable! We touched on his 2:07 effort at the Chicago Marathon in October where he had stomach issue...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys primarily focused on the upcoming Houston Marathon! Scotty & Chris are both hoping to come home with big PRs after very good builds leading into the race. We talked about our race plans and builds, and also touched on the pro races a bit too. Of course - there was some banter as well, such as what Spongebob character each of us wou...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys had on special guest Skylar Stidam! Skylar is from just across the river in New Albany, IN and just finished up his career at Indiana University, where he was a Big 10 Champion on the track, made NCAA Champs on the track, and set the school record in the 10k. Skylar is now a medical student at IU and is still racing on the roads and on...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, Chris and Scotty did a lunch time banter episode! We talked about some stories from Christmas (Scotty got pretty sick but is doing better now!), we did New Years resolutions, and we talked about how we like to structure marathon blocks. We also went a bit off topic (per usual) and talked Star Wars/Lord of the Rings, podcast studio pros and cons...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys had on the legend Jacob Cohen - you may know him as the 5k guy. Jacob has blown up on socials lately for running 5ks in hilarious locations - such as on top of his fridge, his washing machine, a Chinese buffet, David Dobrik's bed, and more! We got the background as to why this challenge started, and some funny behind-the-scenes sto...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys had on special guest Kellen Matthews-Thompson (known online as Kellen Runs Philly!). Kellen has an amazing story going from addicted and homeless to father, husband, 2:36 marathoner, and recovery advocate. His message and content has inspired thousands. Thank you Kellen for being vulnerable to help others and sharing your story with us...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys recapped their 2025s! We talked personal life, running, Life In Stride, and more! Danny brought several questions for us to reflect on our year. This is a great episode to get to know us a bit better. We talked biggest personal and running breakthroughs, biggest L of 2025, what impacted us the most in 2025, most memorable podcast guest...

Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! On this episode, the boys had a classic banter episode. We talked running shoe rotation, a new supplement we like, swaggiest runner we know, and more! We also went way off topic and when Scotty made a game for us, we talked about Lord of the Rings, kissy faces, and more. Very fun episode! Enjoy! FOLLOW US ON STRAVA Chris https://www.strava.com/athletes/29985667...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Jimmy Whelan! Jimmy was originally an elite cyclist, making his way up to the World Tour and riding in some of cycling's most iconic races (including the Giro d'Italia!). With pro cycling unfortunately comes a lot of crashes too - and Jimmy had a few bad ones. After his last one, he decided enough was enough and went all in on triathlon instea...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Molly Born! Molly just won CIM/US Marathon Championships in her DEBUT marathon! Not only that - she ran an amazing time (2:24) putting her right in the mix of the top American female marathoners already. Molly made a hard move between 30 and 35k, but it almost ended in disaster! Her legs were running out of gas late and she even fell with 100m to go i...

On this episode, the boys had Joey Whelan back on the pod after his epic run at CIM! He did what he said he would do and went for the win, going solo from pretty much the start of the race! He had a gap of over 80 seconds at one point from the chase group. He made it to about 800m to go when he was passed but held on for 2nd place and a huge 3 minute PR, running 2:09! He broke down the entire race...

On this episode, the boys had our good friend Jacob Thomson back on! Jacob just came off a nice run at CIM, running a PR of 2:10 for 6th place, his first marathon PR in a couple years! Jacob had a great training block and changed a couple things up as well - he gave us a lot of the workouts he did and some extra 1% things he did as well. We also chatted Under Armour shoes, some doping news, etc. E...

On this episode, the boys bantered about a whole host of things! We started off chatting about our thoughts on CIM - largely focused on our friend Jacob Thomson's great result and also friend of the pod Joey Whelan's runner-up finish! We also gave updates on our own training and talked some race strategy for each of our respective races coming up. Lots of fun/funny stories along the way! E...

On this episode, we had both Jake (Ran to Japan) and Ben (Ben Is Running) on the pod to break down the Valencia Marathon from this past weekend! Chris and Ben gave their thoughts on some of the elite performances for the first 15-20 minutes and then had Jake come on the back half of the episode! Jake walked us through his build a bit and told us what happened during the race. He is in good spirits...

On this episode, the boys did some banter! Strieg makes a big announcement, Danny introduces his new rival, and the boys talk winter training tips. We also talked about our training currently and what we think our halfway splits will be at Houston & Mesa Marathons. This was a fun one, enjoy! Need a coach? Visit lisrunning.com ! FOLLOW US ON STRAVA Chris https://www.strava.com/athletes/29985667...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Ethan Shuley! Ethan is a native of Kentucky and actually crossed paths with Chris in high school briefly! Ethan was a multiple-time state champion in cross-country and track in KY before running at BYU. After dealing with constant injury at BYU, Ethan left the team after one year and for the most part, quit running entirely. After graduating, he moved...

On this episode, Chris previews Valencia Marathon, USA Cross-Country Champs, and CIM! It is going to be a very fun weekend of racing! Valencia is pretty stacked on both sides. John Korir was a very exciting late addition to the men's field. Can him and Sisay Lemma push each other to the world record of 2:00:35 set by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023? The women's field is also stacked with 3 women und...

On this episode, the boys had Dr. Bill Evans back on the pod! We had several topics we wanted to discuss that we didn't get to on episode 1 with him, and he just ran his first marathon, so we had to get him back on! Dr. E crushed his marathon, running 2:37 with a negative split on a hilly course. He talked about what he liked about his training and also what he would change about it. We also talke...