Coach Bennett's Podcast
Coach Bennett brings the motivation and inspiration and a seemingly endless supply of useful and useless knowledge. This podcast is about running... and this podcast is not about running.
Episodes
155 episodes
Telling the Story of a Run Using 80's Song Titles
Episode 153. Telling the Story of a Run Using 80's Song TitlesWhat can I say? I love 80's music. I love telling stories. And I love running. Seems like the perfect combination to give myself the excuse to mix them all up together ...
Showing Up Counts With Lilia Martinez
Every runner has a starting line that didn't look like a starting line. For Lilia Martinez, hers looked like a dance floor. Ballet first, then tap, then jazz, the thing that finally stuck because it gave her room to move without a script. Runni...
INTRODUCING: The After Dark Tour Series, Embracing The Starting Line With Emily Abbate
INTRODUCING: The After Dark Tour Series, Embracing The Starting Line With Emily AbbateEvery run is a new version of you. That's the thing nobody tells you when you're standing there in your first pair of running shoes, wondering ...
Come Back
Episode 150. Come BackIt's not about being away. It's about coming back. Could be about coming back to running or the team or racing or coming back to record another podcast after a few weeks away. This episode is all about making...
Lessons From The Road
Episode 149. Lessons From The RoadI've been on the road a lot lately. I was in Berlin. I was in Washington, DC. I was in Boston. I was in London. I was in Copenhagen. I was in Amsterdam. I was in New Jersey. I'm in Chicago. And I'...
Running Isn't Complicated. Runners Are.
Episode 148. Running Isn't Complicated. Runners Are. Sure, running may seem complicated. But, it's not. Don't let the internet and social media fool you. Running is a simple sport. It's the runners that make it complicated. A...
5 Ways To Build More Endurance
Episode 147. 5 Ways To Build More EnduranceEndurance. You need it for just about anything great in life. And that absolutely includes running. Because running is one of the great things in life. That's why we're going to talk abou...
Racing Better
Episode 146. Racing Better For so many racing your best only means running your fastest. Not only does that mentality limit the your chances for a successful race it also lowers your chances at running your fastest. So, we're...
I WROTE A BOOK!
Episode 145. I WROTE A BOOK!Seriously. I did. I wrote a book! And I want you to read it. Because I'm really proud of it and I believe that it's a book that both runners and non-runners alike will enjoy and be better for having rea...
STOP
Episode 144. STOPThere's a whole lot of stuff that runners do that they shouldn't do. The cool thing is that if runners stop doing things they shouldn't do they'll have more time to do the things that they should do. And if you ca...
New Starting Lines
Episode 143. New Starting LinesIt's that time of year. (It's always that time of year.) We start to show up at starting lines. And not just any kind of starting lines. New starting lines. We start. We start over. We start again. A...
What Makes A Run Successful?
Episode 142. What Makes A Run Successful? What makes a run successful? It's a great question, isn't it? I feel like most runners know what makes a run unsuccessful. And I feel like most runners all too quickly designate a run...
8 Ways To Get Better
Episode 141. 8 Ways To Get BetterSo, you want you get better at running or at something other than running? Well, you found the right podcast. Because after I talk about my birthday weekend in NYC I spend 35 minutes of this episod...
5 Ways To Make Your Easy Runs Easier
Episode 140. 5 Ways To Make Your Easy Runs EasierYour easy runs are your most important runs. Why? Well, because you're going to run more easy run minutes, meters and miles than any other minutes, meters or...
Stress Less
Episode 139. Stress LessIf you really want to perform your best then you're going to need to learn how to deal with, handle, mitigate, remove, lessen the negative stressors in your life. There are positive and negative stressors i...
Longer Runs
Episode 138. Longer RunsLet's talk about those longer runs you do. You know what runs I'm talking about. Sometimes they are known as our long runs and sometimes they're just our longer runs. No matter what we call them or how we d...
Smart Stuff People Say About Running
Episode 137. Smart Stuff People Say About RunningIn a world that seems to be giving more and more screen time to really dumb opinions and asinine commentary about running (and just about everything else for that matter) I thought ...
Dumb Stuff People Say About Running
Episode 136. Dumb Stuff People Say About RunningI hear all sorts of stuff. Some of it is inspiring. Some of it is motivational. Some of it is super smart. Some of it challenges my preconceived notions. Some of it is really... real...
Easy Wins
Episode 135. Easy WinsWe're talking about easy wins so you can end a losing streak and start a winning one. That's why we're going to talk about how we can set ourselves up for success. And that's why we're talking about why we sh...
Do The Right Thing
Episode 134. Do The Right ThingIt shouldn't be surprising that doing the right thing consistently leads to good things happening consistently or at the very least you can be proud of what YOU did consistently. And this is true bet...
Right Here. Right Now.
Episode 133. Right Here. Right Now.You want to know where and when you can work on getting better? Right here and right now. That's the answer. And that's the only answer. You can't work on getting better yesterday. That starting ...
How To Start or Keep On Running (Using U2 Songs as Inspiration)
Episode 132. How To Start or Keep On Running (Using U2 Songs as Inspiration) You ever wonder how you or someone you care about could best start, start over, start running again or just keep on running? And did you ever wonder...
Why I Didn't Break 4
Episode 131. Why I Didn't Break 4I had a few big goals when I was running and racing competitively. One of those goals was breaking 4 minutes in the mile. Well, as you can probably surmise from the title of this episode... I didn'...