Life in Stride

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On this episode, the boys had on special guest Jess Donohue! Jess recently won the McKirdy Sub 3 race in her marathon debut in a time of 2:40! Her plan going into the race was to try and break 2:50, but she found herself running 6:00 miles and was able to hold on for an amazing performance! Jess has gone through many injuries, including 10 stress fractures in college! She has taken several breaks...

On this episode, the boys broke down their full 2025 Boston Marathon experience! We talked the race itself, expo, pre and post-race shenanigans and yes - we talked all about the viral video on our IG of friend of the pod Brad’s Wellesley kiss, LOL. Danny also briefly touched on his trip to NYC post-race and Strieg about his 1:08 half at the Kentucky Derby Festival half 5 days post-Boston. Enjoy! F...

On this episode, the boys had on coaching legend Ron Mann. Ron had an extremely succesful college coaching career at Northern Arizona University and the University of Louisville. He has coached 3 Boston Marathon Champions, including this year’s champion John Korir. John also won the 2024 Chicago Marathon. We talked about John’s build to this race and how Ron structures each marathon block. He also...

On this episode, the boys had our boy Johannes Motschmann back on the pod! Johannes has had an exciting month or so since we had him on last. He ran the Berlin Half, European Road Championships 10k, and Boston Marathon! Johannes had a tough experience at his first Boston Marathon. He was carrying some fatigue into the race and he felt it wasn’t going to be his day pretty quickly. He stayed in it a...

On this episode, the boys had Rory Linkletter on the podcast following his huge 2:07/6th place showing at the Boston Marathon. We got the full race breakdown as well as behind the scenes info on the Puma Fast R-3s, race day fueling, his training block leading in, and more! We can’t thank Rory enough for coming on our pod first post-race. He is always super fun to chat with and having him on a 3rd...

On this episode, the boys had on Victor Smang! Victor is a Swedish podcaster, content creator, runner and coach! He has a popular podcast called “Runners FM” that will be linked below. Victor started running at age 33, and at 39 has been able to get down to a sub-29 10k! We chatted about how he did this, why he uses heat training, and also lactate testing/training. Victor is very into data and ana...

On this episode, the boys talked about a bunch of random topics and were also joined by Seattle Brad halfway through the episode who is staying at Danny’s house. We had a brainstorm sesh about what costumes Danny and Scotty should wear during the Boston Marathon. We also debated what song would be best to play on repeat the entire race (Pink Pony Club?) The second half of the episode we got into s...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Haftu Knight. Haftu trains with Jeff Cunningham’s Bat City Team in Austin, TX and just dropped a NUCLEAR 2:09 marathon at McKirdy! He started the race aiming for 2:12 but his competitiveness took over and he decided to go with the lead pack! We got all the insight on Haftu’s training leading into the race and he also let us know what the future is loo...

On this episode, the boys had on Chris Sadler (Krispy Runs on IG) and we broke down his and Scotty’s pre-10 miler beef and how the race played out for them. They had an epic duel with some funny moments during the race. We also talked about our Boston Marathon pace and weekend plans (including our shakeout run!!!!) and also the status of our current training. All 4 of us are peaking for Bayshore M...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Adam Walker! As Danny P proclaims, Adam might be the fastest guy training in STL right now with PRs of 1:03 in the half and 2:17 in the marathon. Adam is only 25 and made massive fitness gains the last few years after finishing his collegiate career at St. Louis University. His secret is a training method you have likely heard of but it isn’t widely t...

On this episode, the boys broke down everything Boston. Getting into the race, booking the race weekend, the weekend and race itself, and even the after party! We couldn’t do this episode without the man who knows Boston Marathon weekend better than anyone we know, Mike Korfhage! This is Mike’s third time on the pod and he is always great. Scotty and Mike recorded from Scotty’s hot tub (lol). Chri...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Polly Cunes! Polly is a mom of 2 , teacher, and 2:44 marathon from Calgary, Canada! We were able to get her on the pod at the perfect time as she is running the McKirdy Marathon THIS WEEKEND! She is looking for a PR and had a great training cycle under coach Jeff Cunningham. We talked about Polly’s awesome marathon progression over the years. She has...

On this episode, the boys had on the man, the myth, Jake Barraclough. If you want to hear more of Jake’s background, check out our first episode with him! Jake just came off a 2:14 marathon in Tokyo! We recapped the race and also discussed his training leading up. Unfortunately he came off the race with a knee injury that he is still dealing with . We also asked Jake about his impressive rise on Y...

On this episode, the boys had on special guests Eric Floberg and Clark Morin! They were able to be in the same place to record this which was a lot of fun! Both of them will be racing the McKirdy Marathon near NYC next weekend. Clark is attempting a sub 2:25 and Eric a sub 2:30 marathon!!!! We discussed both of their builds, including getting into detail on their peak long run they just did togeth...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Michael Brizendine. Chris originally met Michael running at Bellarmine University, where they both ran in college. He now meets up with the boys for runs in the mornings and after telling his story on a run one day, we knew we had to share this on the pod. Michael grew up in Haiti. You may remember the horrific 2010 earthquake that killed around 300,0...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Kallup McCoy! This is our third time having Kallup on, if you haven’t heard his life story make sure you check out our first episode with him before you listen to this one. We started off recapping Kallup’s huge 2:36 Marathon PR at Indianapolis in November. The bulk of the episode though was discussing Kallup’s Transcon run he is about to start. He is...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Luke Hopkins! Luke Hopkins is a lot of things. On one side, you have the Ironman, natural pro bodybuilder, and BPN/Gymshark athlete. On the other side, you have the USC graduate majoring in Neuroscience, entrepreneur, content creator, and mental health advocate. Luke is an extremely impressive and motivated individual. We got to know a bit of his back...

On this episode, Cheston came back on the pod and we had the orginal Life In Stride hosts all together for a hilarious and insightful Q & A session. We got some great running-related questions from Instagram and answered all of them over the course of the episode. Cheston’s wife, Krista, also joined us for a bit which was fun! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions, we have a great time rec...

On this episode, it was just the boys! We recapped Danny’s 20k race and also talked about his video that went big of him twerking at the finish line, LOL. We also previewed Scotty and Chris’s 5k road race this Saturday! They are hoping to run in the low 15s. Spring racing season is finally underway so we also discussed our goals for Spring and full Spring racing schedules. Lots of banter along the...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest and 2:38 marathoner Dr. Kyle Bowling! Kyle is the founder and owner of Kentucky Sports Clinic in Louisville, KY and is well-known in the local running community as the go-to guy for running injuries! He also works on athletes for the University of Kentucky Track and Field team. In this conversation, we discussed Kyle’s top 3 ways to prevent injuries,...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Johannes Motschmann (aka MoJo). MoJo is a German 2:10 Marathoner and 1:01 half-marathoner. He runs professionally for Adidas and Coros. Johannes is currently training in Flagstaff, AZ as he prepares for the Boston Marathon! He just came off a lightning fast half at the Houston Half, setting a new PR of 1:01. We got the inside scoop on his training on...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Brady Holmer! If you haven’t listened to our first episode with Brady, make sure you check out episode 93! Brady is an expert on health and human performance. He is currently training to run sub 2:25 at the Boston Marathon! We started off talking about the recent slew of world records on the track and what the main contributors have been to a massive...

On this episode, the boys had on special guest Tim Rossi! Tim is currently the Head of Brand & Experiential Marketing at Bandit Running. Prior to Bandit, Tim worked at Nike for several years! He also co-founded the well-know NYC track club, Lost Boys. Tim is also an excellent runner, with a 2:31 PR on the notoriously tough NYC Marathon course. Tim and Chris planned to rip a sub-2:25 effort tog...

On this episode, the boys got the exclusive Wyatt Moss interview immediately following his 7 Continents, 7 Days, 7 Marathons challenge. We got the full story on the trip, including travel, sleep, race courses, food, and more! Wyatt also talked about what is next for him and also spoke about his long term goals a bit. It has been really fun for us to see Wyatt’s growth. Between his first podcast wi...