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Alex Beach shares his incredible journey from a college football lineman to a competitive marathon runner, offering insights on training and heat acclimatization.

Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, the boys had special guest Alex Beach on the pod! Alex has one of the most impressive marathon improvement stories out there, going from a college football lineman at nearly 300 pounds, running 4:30 in his first marathon in 2023, and now running a 2:24 marathon at Boston this year. Alex is a really motivated guy. He has learned a lot about training over the years and told us what has worked so well for him. He runs big miles and takes advantage of training in the heat! This episode was actually very timely because he gave some solid heat training advice. Enjoy! FOLLOW ALEX: https://www.instagram.com/alexbeachi/?hl=en FOLLOW US ON STRAVA Chris https://www.strava.com/athletes/29985667 Scotty https://www.strava.com/athletes/98633526 Danny https://www.strava.com/athletes/23504210 CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lifeinstridepodcast/ QALO QRNT SMART RING 10% OFF ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠qalo.com/lifeinstride⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SWIFTWICK SOCKS https://swiftwick.com/ 15% off code: LIFEINSTRIDE KEN COMBS RUNNING STORE…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris, Scotty, Danny

Guest: Alex Beach

Topics covered

• marathon training
• heat training
• running improvement
• athlete transformation
• sports coaching

Keywords

• marathon
• running
• heat training
• athlete
• sports coaching
• improvement
• training tips

Sponsors

QALO, Swiftwick, Ken Combs Running Store, Carbs Fuel, Switchback Electrolytes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: lisrunning.com, Instagram, Mason Construction

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