Marine Corps Marathon 2014. Photo credit: Elvert Barnes, Flickr Creative Commons.
In this episode we recap the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C., one of my favorite marathons to date. This is definitely a marathon I’d like to repeat!
One of the things that stands out about MCM is the exceptional organization and communication.
The Marine Corps motto is “Semper Fidelis” (always faithful) and they were definitely faithful to carry out an exceptional marathon experience. Continue Reading →
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon 2014
By Henry Howard
Yesterday I completed marathon number six, the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon. It’s actually the third time I’ve run 26.2 at the Monumental. But, hey, it’s a wonderful race and only 60 miles from my house, so it figures to be a constant for me.
This blog post isn’t intended to rave about the Monumental (but I could) or replace Angie Spencer as a coach (which I could not). Instead, I wanted to share the top six things I’ve learned since completing my first marathon, roughly two years ago today. Continue Reading →
Vinnie Tortorich is a Hollywood personal trainer and author of the book Fitness Confidential.
He has been a fitness trainer for over 30 years. Many of you will know him for advocating a no sugar no grains lifestyle. You can hear him on the Angriest Trainer Podcast found in iTunes and at vinnietortorich.com
We brought Vinnie back on the show to talk about weight loss, clean eating, and answer questions sent in by Academy members.
I know you will love this interview! Continue Reading →
That unicorn for amateur runners, the four-hour marathon, eluded me by 70
seconds in my first road race. That was spring 2009, the Martian Marathon in Dearborn, Mich..
Two and a half years later, I attempted to break four hours again in the
2011 Detroit Free Press Marathon. Missed
it by almost three minutes.
Lots of factors contributed to these near misses: rookie marathon training
mistakes, going out too fast, not fueling properly, cramps. But I want to
focus on, and celebrate, one factor that is so simple but took me several
marathons to do anything about.
Shoelaces. Continue Reading →
Molly Sheridan was told “she was too old” to run. Since then, she’s completed 50 ultras, including a 138-mile run in the Himalayans that no woman had previously finished.
By Henry Howard
A friend called Molly Sheridan, inviting her to run the Marine Corps Marathon, her first attempt at 26.2 miles. It would be fun, the friend advised.
At the time, Sheridan was 48, had a full-time job and was raising three kids. She had a lot on her plate. What she didn’t have was an athletic background. Growing up in California, she swam at the beach and as an adult did some running/walking 5Ks but nothing serious.
She told her friend, “No, it sounds awful. What is that? Twenty miles or something?” Sheridan recalls, adding that she said “no” about 10 times. Then something happened that would change her life. “I was haunted all night, tossing and turning, punching my pillow. Then I thought what have I been doing for exercise?”
And, thus, the quest began. “The first mile out the door was awful. I thought I was going to have a heart attack,” the Las Vegas resident says. Continue Reading →
Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2014
photo credit: Gregory Regalado; flicker creative commons
In this podcast episode and blog post I recap one of the world’s largest and most exciting marathons. Let me take you on a personally guided tour of this amazing race. Continue Reading →
Angie and I recently had the privilege of meeting Jan Seely the co-director of the Illinois Marathon and co-owner of Marathon and Beyond Magazine.
We interviewed Jan on podcast episode 103. Marathon and Beyond is a bi-monthly magazine tailored specifically for marathoners and ultra runners. We were featured in their digital newsletter.
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photo credit: Nik’s Facebook page
Nikolas Toocheck (age 11) is the youngest runner to complete a marathon on all seven continents.
He was inspired to start running when he witnessed his dad, Daniel Toocheck, cross the finish line at the NYC Marathon.
After completing a half marathon Nik noticed how much energy he still had left so he asked his parents if he could try running a full marathon.
Then he had the idea to run a marathon on all seven continents.
After checking with sports medicine doctors and pediatricians Nik’s parents decided to help him pursue his seven continent goal.
In September of 2014 he completed this goal setting a World Record at age 11 and raising over $40,000 for Operation Warm an organization that provides new coats to underprivileged children. Continue Reading →
Lindsey Hein is a mom, wife, employee and coach — and still finds time to run, including a second Boston Marathon finish.
By Henry Howard
The past year has been full of momentous occasions for Lindsey Hein.
The long-distance runner from Indianapolis learned she had the BRCA 2 gene mutation in July 2013, the day before her first half Ironman. The gene increases a woman’s risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
Hein was determined to finish the race, which she did. It turned out to be her “find your strong moment.”
She opted to have a prophylactic double mastectomy in October 2013, with reconstruction in January 2014.
Three months after her surgery, Hein finished the Boston Marathon. Again. Continue Reading →
You might have come here looking for the post “Runner Academy is Plagiarizing Our Content”. You can find it here.
Matt Johnson has offered the following apology.
I take responsibility for my actions. While I did not steal your content word for word I did structure it too similar. I modeled too much of what you did
and did add a substantial portion of my own spin to it. I could have done
better. Everyone deserves better. I let myself get too caught up in winning
and competition and I made some poor decisions. -Matt Johnson
While the evidence does show that Matt copied some of our content word for word, I am willing to accept this apology, and be done with this whole ordeal.
My hope is that we never have to deal with this again and can get back to helping people reach their running potential.
I appreciate all the support MTA has received over the last two days. You guys are awesome!
Happy Running,
Trevor
It has been brought to my attention that another running coach, Matt Johnson of Runner Academy, has plagiarized and stolen content from MTA.
You may have seen the Runner Academy podcast in iTunes sometimes recommended next to ours. When Matt Johnson first came along I thought it was strange that his podcast imitated ours so closely.
The most obvious semblance is the use of “Academy” in his name but that’s not where the imitation stops. When his show first began, the format mimicked ours with welcoming new members and shout outs in the beginning, then the feature segment, and a quick tip at the end.
Coach Jeff Gaudette at runnersconnect.net has dealt with Matt Johnson plagiarizing his strength training course. You can read about it here: Runner Academy Stealing and Plagiarizing from RunnersConnect and Why it Matters to You. Both Coach Jeff and I have confronted Matt Johnson about this but he totally denies any wrong doing.
In this post I will document examples of how Matt has stolen our training content and conclude with some thoughts about why I have decided to make this public. Continue Reading →
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I envision myself running my whole life but I’d never really thought about how the “mechanics” of aging would affect my running.
Hopefully by digging into this topic now those of us who are younger can be mentally prepared and able to gracefully adjust to the natural slow-down that comes with age.
This should also be a help and encouragement to those runners who are noticing an age related slow-down in their running.
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