This week we have a special double feature episode with 2 of America’s best marathoners.
Dot McMahan
Our
first part features Dot McMahan, a member the Hansons-Brooks Distance
Project with 2 top-10 finishes at the Olympic Trials marathon to her
credit . She is also a mother with a 5-year-old daughter.
Primarily an 800-meter runner in high school and college, Dot has
since achieved a great deal of success in 1/2-marathons and marathons.
Some of the key points included:
Dot’s training as she has progressed in age and distanceHow motherhood has affected her runningDealing with and recovering from injuries
Ryan Vail
The
second part features Ryan Vail, who is fast becoming one of the best
marathoners that the U.S. has to offer, as evidenced by his recent 10th
place finish at the London Marathon in a personal best time of 2:10:57.
A 2009 graduate of Oklahoma State University, Ryan is one of the few
Americans who has made the marathon his priority event from early in his
professional career.
A few things that Ryan and I discussed included:
The importance of sticking with a training system in order to give it time to workThe seemingly extreme amounts of running volume that he does in training and how he stays healthyThe fact that Ryan trains alone and how he makes that into an asset for himselfLearning from 2 of America’s Best Marathoners: A Double Interview with Dot McMahan and Ryan Vail