Head Coach and Executive Director of the Hoka Northern Arizona Elite Team, aka Hoka NAZ Elite, Ben Rosario helps us understand how the pros train. You might be surprised that there are many things they do that you can too...
We often see photos of people, especially outside the USA, running with poles. Running with poles can be more efficient – using both legs and arms to help you uphills. Have you ever considered running with poles or not sure how to...
Runner, coach, certified nutritionist and author Matt Fitzgerald teams up with the coach of the Hoka Northern Arizona Elite team, Ben Rosario, to help us understand how the pros run. In their new book, they help...
We’ve all heard the saying, “Ultra running is 90% mental and the rest is in your head”. Addie Bracy a sports and performance phychologist rejoins The Nation to dive deep into this oft-times neglected part of our training...
Hillary Allen was on the top of her sport, Skyrunning, when she fell 150 feet off an exposed ridge, breaking two ribs, fracturing her back, ruptuing a ligament in her foot and breaking both wrists. She joins The Nation to discuss the mindset of...
Dr. Megan Roche helps us all, men and women, understand the physiological differences that women have and how it might be an advantage. Dr. Roche is an MD and current PhD candidate at Standford University working on epidemiology, focused...
In our second monthly installment of Training Principles, we attack the subject of consistency. Joining us on this episode are some amazing coaches and consistent runners. We chose some running and coaching couples for this episode:...
Are you looking to begin running? Are you having trouble with consistent running? Are you wanting to take your running to a new level? This episode will help. Adam Kimble recommended the James Clear Book, Atomic Habits...
In 2022, we will be doing a monthly episode focused on Training Principles. In this episode, we start with the principle of Quality Training. We have invited four experts to give their take on quality training: Sally McRae: strength training =...
Patrick Reagan has twenty years of running experience and had been coaching endurance athletes for ten years. But in 2021 he found himself in a funk that he couldn’t figure out. In this episode, Patrick explains that his...