The On Track & Field Podcast!

With the Paris Olympics in full effect, there's no better time to learn about the history of the Olympics and who better to enlighten us than Professor and author Dave Lunt. Professor Lunt wrote "Crown Games of Ancient Greece" which explores the origins of the Olympic Games and how the games have evolved over time.

The 2024 Paris Olympics kickoff this week...so who to better join us on our Olympic pre-view than NBC's Travis Miller??

What goes into preparing for the Road-to-Paris? 2024 Olympic 400m hurdler, Trevor Bassit, joins J.T. just a week before heading to the Paris Olympics and shares his insights and thoughts on the biggest track meet in the world.

Jess McClain joins JT and recaps her Olympic Trials experience and how she planned her own training leading up to it. Plus, her advice for younger runners who want to compete at the highest level.

Olympic gold medalist and 7x World Champion, Brittney Reese, joins JT on this week's podcast and talks all things long jump, coaching high school athletes and how she navigated being one the most decorated Olympic athletes ever.

Perhaps the most overlooked part of an athletes training is sleep and Dr. Shane Creado is an expert in the field. How much do you need, the best way to maximize it and how many hours after you wake up are you at your best...all covered in this week's 'cast.

Coach Abdon Campbell joins JT and talks about life growing up in Jamaica and how track and field is an everyday experience.

Improving stride length and stride frequency at the same time is the best way to improve speed and coach Karim Wahab is a master at it. How does he coach it? With wickets. Lots and lots of wickets.

What's the real science behind carb loading? What's the reason you cramp? How to eat for competition? Wendi Irlbeck is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified sports nutritionist who works with student-athletes around the world to better optimize their training and performance.

Coach Brian Kula, CEO of Kula Sports Performance, works with athletes of all levels from youth and club aged athletes, to professional track and NFL athletes. Brian and his team has recently introduced a digital training platform for athletes, parents and coaches to follow his training program.

Dr. Joel Brenner is a leading expert on youth sports including everything from overuse inquires, over training, lack of sleep, athlete burnout and the "professionalization" of youth sports.

Coaching at a community college has its challenges. So does setting a world record running 2:17.59 at an indoor marathon. CJ Albertson has overcome both. Now coaching at Clovis Community College, CJ shares his training philosophy and methods for getting in the best shape of his life and what prompted him to run 50 miles on a treadmill.

Ragin' Cajuns head coach, Tommy Badon, is one of the most sought after T&F presenters in the world specializing in sprint events and this week, takes time out of his busy schedule to talk training 'special endurance' athletes, training in the general phase, and shares some of his favorite workouts.

What does the 2019 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year, the 2020, 2022 and 2023 Big Ten Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year do to motivate her team, recruit top athletes year after year and connect with her athletes? This week's 'cast has it all with Michigan State's Lisa Breznau.

LSU's jumps coach, Todd Lane, joins J.T. on this week's podcast and shares his coaching philosophy including how much sprinting his jumpers do weekly, what high school coaches could do better to prepare athletes for college and what role he plays in the lives of his athletes.

What's it like living in Eugene and coaching at T&F's ultimate stadium? Former USA Olympian and 3x USTFCCCA Coach of the Year, Brian Blutreich, joins JT on this week's cast and talks about the ups and downs of living in the PNW. How he trains his athletes from the beginners to the world champions and the differences between coaching during the training phase vs the competition phas...

Coach Soles, head coach at Herriman (UT), has built championship caliber teams for more than a decade now. His coaching philosophy has lead to multiple state championships as well as at the National level. Doug sits with J.T. and talks all things XC and the current state of high school athletics.

What does the CEO of T&F and XC's largest association do exactly? How about a lot of everything. Sam Seemes heads the USTFCCCA daily and focuses on taking the sport to bigger and better places.

Gold medal winner, Noah Lyles, joins us for the 4th time and doesn't hold back. Noah talks 4x100 chemistry, trusting his coaches, his ideal 'fighting' weight and what his focus is now. (his left foot?)

Silver and Bronze medal World Champion, Trevor Bassitt returns to the 'cast and talks all things hurdles, off-season training, changing coaches and getting paid as a professional athlete.

A sprints specialist coach, Hakan Anderson has coached Swedish sprinters for over 40 years and has a unique take on how he uses overspeed and resistant training. When he uses it in his seasonal plan, the specific loads he puts under the athlete and why he prefers pulling sleds versus assisted sprinting.

J.T. and Steve take a look back at a few of the best moments of the On Track & Field podcast and what the future looks like.

Now in his 4th year as Duke's Director of T&F and XC, Coach Wilbourn has a long track record of developing athletes and getting them to focus on academics while competing at a high level athletically.

A master at managing the recruiting process, Coach Sullivan knows exactly what he wants from his recruits as well as what he expects from his coaching staff and shares his insights with JT on this week's 'cast.

Now in his 17th year as the head coach of the Rams, Brian Bedard knows all about building championship teams, culture and putting together a quality coaching staff.