Rust Belt Running

This week Andrew and Matt discuss a new unwelcome journey for Matt. He's switching to training for the 9-9-9 challenge at a Guardians game, and it involves plenty of Busch NA Beer.

Sometimes in running, things come up and derail your training. Family, life, work, injury... you name it. If you're focused simply on a 16 week training block, things may seem bleak. But if you focus on consistency even when training is over, you can rest more easily and bounce back more quickly. We talk through Andrew's current issues on this most recent episode.

She's been with us thrice, and this time was just as fun as the previous ones. Tina Ryee is instrumental in bringing the USATF Women's 6k Championships to Canton, Ohio. And we couldn't be more excited to sit and talk with her about her journey in health, and making this race a reality including some of the biggest stars in women's athletics.

For the first time ever, we are the three coaches of Rust Belt Running recording together. We welcome Matt with open arms and discuss all things running this week. From PLX Adult Track Night, to EagleUp and wolf tattoos, to training for a single mile race. We pack a lot into an hour here, and are very excited for what is next. Be sure to go to rustbeltrunning.com to check out our offerings in run coaching and a link to our merch store. We want to stay ad and subscription free, and we greatly appreciate your support!

This past weekend, all three of us joined the Wolfpack to take on the 8 man relay at EagleUp 100. While we didn't get to sit with everyone, we all had a great time, and got to talk to some awesome people along the way. Friendship, miles, and beers are weekends like this are all about, and we were successful in all of that.

Well this is new. New member of the team, Coach Matt Martin, joins Andrew to talk about recovering from race day. How long should you take? What should you look for when you come back? There's a bunch to unpack, and Matt's first episode packs a punch and gives us a ton of off-season information.

This week the boys really go off on people who can use turn lanes effectively. Seriously guys, it's not that hard. Andrew sets a new personal best in the half by shocking the world and showing up to Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. Also... we welcome a new coach to the team. The man, the myth the legend M......

Sometimes we don't get the results we trained for. It can be a difficult prospect facing that, feeling like you wasted weeks and months, but there is a healthier approach. This week we discuss this after Andrew's performance at the Glass City Half Marathon.

What else is there to say about this one? We recap the festivities of our trip to Boston for the Marathon.

This is a banner episode, our last without a Boston Marathoner. This week Adam let’s us in on his training, and what he expects from himself on the journey from Hopkington to Boston. We also take some time to predict the professional podiums.

After covid derailed her bid at finishing six stars in 2020, Erica Gennaro finally got there in March. With completing London in 2022 and then Tokyo in 2023 Erica achieved those elusive stars to complete the Abott World Marathon Majors. We've been there on much of her journey, and we are so glad she shared her experience with us.

This week the boys cover a range of topics. They recap their fun night out on St Patrick's day, where they may have done Irish car bombs. Andrew gets real hot on people running while they're sick. And then we discuss baseball. It is really awesome that the boys predicted based on the previous playoff format and not the current 3 wild card team format, but whatever. We get to see Shohei Ohtani on the 16th of April.

With Adam traveling for Boston, the boys dig back on some of their experience with traveling for other races. They give some of their advice with dealing with a new city, strangers, and groups of people during a race weekend. Staying focused on your race, yet enjoying the city you are in. Traveling for races is meant for making memories in a cool city, not just on race day.

This week the boys take some time to sit down and check in on each other. Boston is closing in, so it's time to see how Adam's training is going. Andrew talks about working through a bit of a wall and bummer running week he had, and how he bounced back.

This week the boys talk about how they have learned to run easy runs... well... easy! Incorporating easy runs into your training is essential to hitting big goals. But it isn't always as easy as it sounds. We got some advice for that. Also, we go through the benefits of learning this craft.

This week the boys sit down to discuss dress rehearsal long runs. How do we approach mimicking race day, and why is it important? Then they totally dovetailed, unintentionally, into a long discussion on various nutrition needs. This episode is packed with great information for the finals weeks and months leading to spring goal races.

This week, we sit down with Mark Freeman to discuss the Ideal Time Inventory. This is a practice that goes beyond scheduling, and allows you to see where you may be devoting more time than you should be. Finding time for running and working out can be difficult. Making time for family and friends and rest can be difficult. This exercise with Mark is so simple and eye opening, and he's just an awesome dude to talk to for an hour.

January is over, and before we know it our spring races will be upon us. This week we sit down and take some time to go over the first month of the year. Coaching has been awesome. Training has been great! Andrew's health... surprise surprise.

This week the boys sit down and talk about one of their favorite activities... SLEEP! It is one of the keys for solid training with any RBR athlete, and we offer some advice, science, and where to bend the rules on getting good sleep.

This week we sit down with the Race Director from the Glass City Marathon in Toledo, Ohio, Clint McCormick. Clint takes us through the journey of racing in the 90s, taking a head position for "the Club" and GCM, and then guiding a race through a pandemic. Glass City was one of the first bigger events to take place in 2021, and they pulled it off when other races were moving to the fall. Clint also has helped the race become the Road Runners Club of America Marathon National Championship for 2023.