Episode 48:   Personal Bests - I'm on Team PB's... you may be Team PR's. That's fine. In no way will that diminish your extreme enjoyment of this episode. In fact, I bet you consider this one of the all time best Coach Bennett's Podcast shows. Why? Well, because this topic is awesome! That's why! Personal bests are all about people at their best. Sure, that may mean fastest. That may mean farthest. That may mean highest. But it also means so much more. This episode starts with a discussion...

Episode 47:  Easy Runs - Why do I say what I say to you on an easy run? Why do I tell you to start easy? Why do I tell you to blame me for running slow? Why do I bring up effort before pace? What do I think about pace on an easy run? Why do I make you do system checks for your form and your breathing and your mindset? How do I coach the middle of an easy run? What about the end? Well, these are all great questions! How about I answer them and a few more? Let's do it! Go ahead and head out...

Episode 46:   Stop That! Start This. - We do so many things that slow us down or set us back. And we don't do so many things that would set us up to move ahead. So, let's stop that all that nonsense. And let's start this a better way. We'll go over golden oldies like sleep and hydration. We'll get (not so) new age with mindset and better risk taking. We'll hit a classic like idiotic training and so much more. Hope you enjoy... no... more than that... I hope you love this episode. Cheers...

Episode 45:  Questions For YOU! - That's right! We're flipping the script. I'm asking the questions and you are answering them. So, get ready to use that big brain of yours and ponder some sticklers and stumpers. This is a really fun episode. At least I think it is. And it's also some great training for your runs. A run should be a great conversation between your mind and body after all. And great conversations are often made up of questions and stories. This run will demand both... from...

Episode 44:   Running Isn't Complicated The episode is really called Running Isn't Complicated... Runners Are. But I figured brevity would be the best course to take here. The goal of episode 44 is pretty simple... some would say... wait for it... uncomplicated. So much of running is not complicated. It's a simple activity. But runners are indeed complicated. And if there is one thing that complicated people do really well is overcomplicate the things around them. That's okay! Because we...

Episode 43 -  Mindset Matters: Goals You wanted more Mindset Matters! Ask and ye shall receive. That's right! The one and only mindset coach extraordinaire tammie bennett (lower case letters per her demand/request) is back for another episode of Mindset Matters. This time we talk GOALS. Big goals. Small goals. Short term goals. Long term goals. New goals. Old goals. We talk about all of them. And believe me when I tell you that there is no one better to talk GOALS with than coach tammie of...

Episode 42:  Behind The Line: If You Can't Do The Run You Want To Do... Do The Run You Can Do This is episode takes you behind the line - If You Can't Do The Run You Want To Do... Do The Run You Can Do - and gives you the background to one of Coach Bennett's most popular phrases. Find out the foundation to the line and how it helped shape Bennett as an athlete and then as a coach. Behind The Line will be a reoccurring episode so be sure to reach out and ask for your favorite line to be...

Episode 41:   Being Hurt This episode is inspired by so many of you asking me what has inspired the way I talk about and handle injuries.  Well, we're going to need to run down one of my memory lanes. This episode begins with a story about my junior year in high school and my first serious injury that just happened to happen when I was first getting serious about running. The lessons from those 6 months when I was a (very cute... dare I say, adorable) sixteen year old are still being...

Episode 40:   Answering Your (Mostly About) Running Questions Well, I put together 14... maybe it's 15... could actually be 13 of the most popular questions that get sent my way and I answer them (as best as I can) on this episode.  Questions like do I need to run a marathon, how many days should I run, how do I start running, and why do you have that mustache? You know... the questions I get asked the most. So, sit back or start your run or get walking because this is a great episode. And...

Episode 39:   How To Make Adjustments So You Run Better Coaching isn't about writing a training plan. It's about making adjustments to the training plan. And this episode is all about those adjustments that sometimes need to be made. This is an important episode because so many athletes believe making adjustments to a run, training plan, or workout schedule is a sign of weakness or lack of commitment. That's just silly balderdash! So listen up because this episode is going to give you the...

Episode 38: How To Make Your Running Suck Sometimes its just easier to tell someone what not to do than it is to tell them what to do. And for this episode that's what we're doing. Well, unless you want your running to suck. Then we are actually telling you what to do. This was a fun one to make and covers a lot of different aspects of running. So, settle in and get ready to make your running better by not doing things that will make your running suck! (0:00) Intro (4:00) U2 concert in Las...

Episode 37: Recover Like A Badass Great running is dependent on great recovery so it makes sense to talk about how you can recover like a badass. And if you can recover like a badass you will be increasing the possibility of running like one! So, listen up! Because it's time to learn how to recover better... and therefore run better. By the way, recovering like a badass is about more than recovering from running. But you knew that already, right?  (0:00) Introduction (2:30) Start with...

Episode 36:  Getting Comfortable Being Comfortable Yes, you read it correctly. Sure, you probably hear about how important it is to learn how to get comfortable being uncomfortable. But you know what's even more important? Getting comfortable being comfortable. It's not only more important it's also harder! You read that correctly too! It's easier to get people to run too hard than easy enough. It's harder to get people to run easy! And that's because it's just so hard for so many of us to...

EP 35:  Mistakes I've Made So You Don't Have To I don't believe that you need to fall down to know that it hurts. I don't believe that you need to make a mistake to learn from one. I believe that we can learn from each others mistakes and stumbles and falls. That's why I'm sharing a whole bunch of my mistakes in the hope that doing so will keep you from making the same gaffes. Some of these mistakes are seemingly obvious ones. Well, the obvious mistakes are obvious because they happen the...

Episode 34: Become Your Own Best Coach You really want to become a better runner? Work on becoming a better coach! Become your own best coach. Do that and you'll run better, smarter, happier and with more joy. You'll also give yourself the best chance to run faster and further. In this episode I'll tell just how you can start to work on becoming a better coach to and for yourself. And if I do my job really well this all ends with you eventually demoting me and promoting you. That's the goal...

Episode 33:  How To Run With Low Motivation. It's that time of year. Motivation can wane. Inspiration can dim. How do I know it's that time of year? Because those things happen during any and every time of year. That's why we're talking low motivation! And there is a lot to talk about. So, settle in and get cozy because this is a topic that everyone can benefit from. The Rundown of the Episode (0:00) Introduction (1:44) Snow Storm Memories (6:25) Why This Topic? (9:35) First, talk to...

Episode 32:  How To Get Over Bad Runs And Races Bad runs. They happen. Bad races. They happen too. It's just part of the deal. If you cross enough starting lines you're going to have a few crap runs and races. But even though everyone has a clunker of a run or a dumpster fire of a race we still struggle to deal with them and move on from them. Well, this episode is all about how to deal with and handle and get over and move on and learn from and take advantage bad runs and bad races....

Episode 31:  Play Running We play basketball. We play football. We play tennis and play field hockey. We play cricket and we play volleyball. Why don't we play running? We used to. When we were kids we did. What happened? Well, a lot of things happened. Can we go back to playing running? Yes! Will playing running help us run, run more and run better? Yes and yes and yes! How? You got to listen to this episode of Coach Bennett's Podcast to find out. (0:00) Welcome & Introduction to...

Episode 30.     Start Your New Year Running! This is an episode for anyone and everyone. Coach Bennett goes over the most essential aspects of starting the New Year (or any other time of year) running and running better. Introduction (0:00) Running Is Supposed to Be Fun  (5:28) Be Patient (11:22) Goals... So Many Goals (14:50) Flexibility Leads To Consistency (19:58) Diversity in Training (24:10) Fast Is Fun (26:25) Test Yourself (30:38) Strength Training Makes You Stronger (35:10) Feel...

Episode 29: I Look Back At My 2023. It's a great time of year to look back at the year that was. So, I'm looking back at my 2023 and that's inspiring me to look ahead to 2024. I talk about what I did that I'm proud of as well as what I should have and could have done better in 2023 and hopefully will do better in 2024. I tell you what the best books I read were and the best movies I watched. I ramble and I roll. Through it all I hope that you have fun listening to the review and more...

Episode 28.   Fun Workouts That Are Really Hard. NERDS! Get excited because this one is a doozy! And by doozy I mean that this episode is straight fun. I'm going to tell you about 5 workouts that are super fun and really hard... or is it really fun and super hard? Maybe it's both. Whatever. Doesn't matter. What matters is that this episode will give you 5 workouts that you can use to mix up your training, challenge yourself, have a good time, and brag to your running buddies about after you...

Episode 27 - Simple Strength Work For Runners That Works You asked. I'm delivering. You wanted to hear about some basic strength training that you can do to help you run better... help you become a better runner... help you be a stronger athlete while you run.  We talk planks, we talk flamingos and pretzel rods and bicycles and fire hydrants and a bunch more simple exercises you can do to help you achieve what you want to achieve. Yes, those weird names are just nicknames I use for the...

Episode 26:   2000 Days In A Row: What I Learned This one was... well, 2000 days in the making. What started as an attempt to get more consistent has become something I'm really proud of and at the same time something that I'm okay with ending... if it ever becomes just a streak. This episode is all about what I've learned over the last 5 1/2 years running every... single.. day. Hope you enjoy the episode and maybe even get inspired to go for a run yourself. Cheers and thank you for...

Bonus Episode:  Super Special NXN Episode! NXN (NIKE Cross Nationals) is my favorite race. Period. It's my favorite. NXN is the US high school XC nationals championships. The 22 best girls teams and 50 best individuals meet in Portland, Oregon to all take the same starting line and race for the glory. The 22 best boys teams and 50 best individuals meet in Portland, Oregon to all take the same starting line and race for the glory. Two starting lines. Two races. But so much more than that...