Coaching Runners Podcast
The Coaching Runners Podcast helps coaches hone their craft via in-depth interviews with elite coaches and accomplished athletes, as well as sports scientists and strength and conditioning coaches. Jay Johnson hosts the show. Links and notes from each episode can be found at www.coachjayjohnson.com.
Episodes
John O'Malley discusses how the 800m is different than XC, and the mentality needed to run the race well.
Visit CoacJayJohnson.com to learn more about the Mental Skills for High School Runners course, which this excerpt is from.
Enjoy!
Here from John O'Malley, Shannon Thompson, Kelly Christensen, and Sinclaire Johnson.
You can find the full video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr-510ZW1Ac&feature=youtu.be
More mental skills videos at www.coachjayjohnson.com/mental_skills_HS
Here's what coaches and athletes are saying about the Mental Skills course: https://testimonial.to/mental-skills-for-high-school-runners/all
"I look forward to Jay's weekly emails because...
In this mini-episode Coach Jay explains what coaches should do when an athlete is ill. Hint: Lowering the volume, but expecting them to run workouts that replicate the demands of the race is the way to go.
Let's go!
In this mini-episode Coach Jay talks about how to use Tuesday meets to get kids ready to run fast at a Saturday invitation.
This is an excerpt from Alex's presentation at the Boulder Running Camps 2020-21 Winter Virtual Camp.
It's a fantastic presentation and both the athletes and coaches who were fortunate to learn from Alex.
If you're a coach and you want your athletes to learn from coaches like Alex have them (and their parents) visit BoulderRunningCamps.com and learn about our educational offerings. We offer more than just in-person camps and serio...
In this episode, Jay Johnson explains why he doesn't use the term speed work. He goes into detail about how he thinks coaches should use the term speed. It's his contention that the term 'race pace work' can often be used to assign training to athletes.
Check out Jay's other podcast, Running with Coach Jay, to hear his views on why this term is also problematic for adult runners.
Alex Lyons is a tremendous coach and I'm so happy he not only joined me on the podcast, but that's he's part of the Boulder Running Clinics 2020-21 Winter Webinar Series.
Alex is the girl's coach at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois. The girls have had tremendous success in both cros...
John O'Malley is the boy's cross country and track coach at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois. He is the only person to have coached two Footlocker national champions. On the track, his boys ran an average time of 7:44 in the 4 x 800m for seven consecutive years (averaging 1:56 per athlete).
John is part of a panel discussion on burnout as part of the Boulder Running Clinics Winter Webinar...
Jonathan Dalby is the girl's and boy's coach at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. His teams have won multiple state titles in cross country and have made multiple NXN appearances, including in 2017 when the boys were third and the girls were sixth.
Jonathan is part of a panel discussion on burnout as part of the Boulder Running Clinics Winter Webinar Series. This is a series of ...
Kim O'Malley is a former high school coach - nine years in both California and Colorado - who is a content developer for Girls On The Run International.
Kim is part of a panel discussion on burnout as part of the Boulder Running Clinics Winter Webinar Series. This is a series of 12 webinars, each roughly 90 minutes, that you can attend live or watch/listen to the recordings.
Jessie Magoto, the girl's cross country and track coach at Minster High School, in Minster, Ohio, is my guest on this episode. We discuss burnout in both coaching and teaching. Jessie explains how she keeps her energy high throughout the year.
Jessie is part of a panel discussion on burnout as part of the Boulder Running Clinics Winter Webinar Series. This is a series of 12 webinars, each roughly 90 minutes, that you can attend liv...
Jeff Messer, PhD, and Jay discuss how coaches and athletes can view training during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dr. Messer references two papers and summaries them in this podcast.
1. Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining the Impact of Exercise on Immunological Health Across the Lifespan. ...
Tony and Jay spend most of this episode focused on training, specifically discussing what distance coaches can adapt from the sprint world to improve performance.
If you listened to episode 005 with Tony you know he strongly recommends distance coaches use wickets (aka mini-hurdles) with their athletes. He tweaks that suggestion a bit and points out that it's very...
Three former guests on the podcast discuss a variety of topics, starting with a definition of the term “speed” and how that term fits into the training of distance runners. Specifically, Jeff Read more
Note: Explicit content in this episode.
Tony Holler (@pntrack) is the head track coach at Plainfield North High School in the Chicago area. Tony Holler has coached track for 38 years, football for 28, and basketball for 15. In June of 2019, Tony retired after his 38th year of teaching (Chemistry). He remains as the head track coach.
Holler’s teams have won three state championships. In 2018...
Scott Steffen is the boy’s and girl’s coach at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, IN.
His boys team won the state cross country championship in 2019. Indiana has a single classification championship and Concordia Lutheran has an enrollment of just over 700 students. His boys went on to finish 4th at the NXR in unquestionably one of the toughest regions....
Just a quick update to let you know that a new episode will be released every Monday. Most episodes will be interviews, but every so often Jay will do a Q&A.
Jay goes into a bit of detail about the 2020 Boulder Running Clinics, which is an example of the only ads that will be on the podcast - ventures that help Jay keep the podcast going.
Please join his email list by going to coachjayjohnson.com.
Jessie Magoto is my guest on this week’s podcast. She is the girl's coach at Minster HS in Minster OH, a town of 3,000 people. Minster has won four state championships in a row in cross country and won the track championship 2019. She has coached at Minster for 21 years. She coaches Sunni Olding who finished 10th and 5th at the Footlocker nationals.
In this podcast we talk about the importance of athleti...
Kim O’Malley is a Youth Development Specialist with 20 years of experience designing and delivering leadership curriculum in a wide range of settings. Kim has been a public high school teacher, head cross-country and track coach, an outdoor trip leader, a parent education Read more
Alex Ostberg is currently entering his 5th year at Stanford University, where he has been an All-American in both cross country and track. This podcast is rooted in a presentation Alex did at the 2019 Boulder Running Camps titled, "The Ten Things I Wish I Knew As A High School Runner." Alex is passionate about both the sport and helping high school athletes improve, which makes this podcast is a must-listen for high school coaches ...
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