About this episode

The episode features a discussion on marathon training and a guest interview with Finn Crethar about his debut marathon experience.

Chris Armstrong and Zac Newman kick off Episode 312 of the Better With Running podcast by catching up on recent training blocks, including dropping volume to freshen up and tackling a strong Mona Fartlek entirely on feel. Zac dives into his full Sydney Marathon race-weekend experience. This #Teamrun2pb interview features Finn Crethar 23-year young gun, who debuted in the marathon running 2:38. We hear about his journey with run2pb, what promoted him to join and his intial meeting with his Coach James Hansen. Finn unpacks his build to Sydney Marathon and the experience of the day. The episode wraps up with the usual round of lighthearted rapid-fire questions covering everything from egg preferences and shoe rotations to weird encounters on the run, before closing out with a shout out to including a shoutout to Jess from Oat Running for smashing an 8-minute PB to run 3:43, and their continued support of the podcast, where they gift Finn the guest a pair of Oat Socks.

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Armstrong, Zac Newman

Guest: Finn Crethar

Topics covered

• marathon training
• race experience
• interview
• running community
• personal bests

Keywords

• Sydney Marathon
• Finn Crethar
• marathon debut
• running training
• personal best
• Oat Socks
• Teamrun2pb

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oat Running

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