Carrie interviews ZAP Fitness coach Pete Rea! Pete talks about his top athletes at the 2018 Boston Marathon, coaching strategies, facilitating adult running camps, and much more.
Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com.
Pete Rea
Pete is the Elite Athlete Coach and Coordinator at the ZAP Fitness Team USA Training Center, and has been in that role since ZAP’s opening in 2002. Since ZAP has opened Rea has guided more than three dozen athletes to Olympic Trials berths in distances from the 1,500m to the marathon. In addition, under Rea’s tutelage, 5 ZAP men and one ZAP woman have qualified for the Senior World Cross Country Team, 2 have qualified for the IAAF World Track & Field Championships (2011 and 2014- marathon) and one (Tyler Pennel) was the winner of the 2014 USATF Marathon Championship and member of the World Half Marathon Team. Additionally 5 women and 2 men have been selected as part of Team USA Ekiden Relays in Korea and Japan and 3 ZAP athletes have earned berths on the North American Championship XC squad. The ZAP fitness men also won the 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2014 USATF National Club XC Championship. Rea ran for the University of Connecticut where he graduated in 1992 (Journalism / American Literature) as an All Big East Conference XC Selection. After college, while receiving his master’s degree, Rea ran for Team Nike South and began coaching local Atlanta high school athletes and open men and women. Rea’s training philosophy is based on a long term view toward success with each program being highly individualized. Rea’s athletes are extremely varied in their training based on background and what each body can handle in terms of overall volume and intensity. Rea is a senior columnist for New England Runner Magazine as well as a contributing editor for Active.com.
Carrie interviews Heidi Greenwood! Heidi discusses the supportive Oiselle running community, her favorite Generation UCAN recipes, navigating infant loss, and the Angel Baby Mile at the 2018 Fargo Marathon.
Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com.
Heidi Greenwood
Heidi is a Minnesota Native, 2016 US Marathon Trials Qualifier (2:42:08), and a 2008 NCAA Division II National Champion at 1500m. Heidi currently lived in Fargo, North Dakota and recently opened her own personal training business.
Carrie interviews Olympian and American record holder Deena Kastor! Deena talks about training for the 2018 Boston Marathon, her new book 'Let Your Mind Run,' and immersing her life in the sport.
Deena Kastor
Deena is the American record holder (2:19 London, 2006) and Olympic medalist in the marathon. At one time she's held American records in every distance from 5k to marathon. Deena is the new author of 'Let Your Mind Run', an instructional memoir. Deena lives and trains in Mammoth Lakes, California and is sponsored by Asics.
Carrie interviews 2-time Olympian Molly Huddle! Molly discusses switching between the track and the roads, training for the Boston Marathon, traveling with her husband and her hopes for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Show notes for this episode can be found at ctollerun.com.
Molly Huddle
Molly is a 2-time Olympian, competing at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. She holds the American record in the 10,000m, half marathon and road 5k. Molly lives and trains in Providence, Rhode Island and is sponsored by Saucony.