Welcome to episode 153 of the Final Surge Podcast. Last week we had on a couple of experts to talk about the US Olympics Marathon Trial. On the men’s side, despite a strong Chicago Marathon, Jake Riley did not get much attention. Many casual marathon observers did not even know the name. Jake had to… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 152: US Marathon Trials
Welcome to episode 152 of the Final Surge Podcast. This episode is all about the upcoming USA Men and Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials. In the first half of this episode, I have Mario Fraioli joining me to talk about the men’s race. Then in the second half, Erin Strout of Women’s Running joins me to… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast 151: Hollie Sick FueledbyLOLZ
Welcome to episode 151 of the Final Surge Podcast. We welcome in Hollie Sick who runs the popular blog Fueled By Lolz. Hollie is a collegiate swimmer turned runner and has worked in a running store for the last six years. We talk about several topics including the new World Athletic ruling on race shoes…. [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 150: Jonathan Marcus
Episode 150: Welcome to episode 150 of the Final Surge Podcast where coach and podcast host Jonathan Marcus joins us to talk about speed. In episode 145 we had Tony Holler on to talk about Feed The Cats and developing speed. Today Jonathan Marcus joins us to discuss how exactly to implement that for endurance… [Read More]
Episode 149: Marc Bloom
Welcome to episode 149 of the Final Surge Podcast. In this episode, we welcome Marc Bloom to the show to talk about his new book Amazing Racers. Anyone who follows high school running knows that Fayetteville-Manlius is an amazing story. Their girl’s team won the Nike National XC Championship 11 of the first 12 years… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 148: Steve Pallidino Running with Power
Episode 148: We welcome back 2:16 marathoner turned coach Steve Palladino. Steve coaches using the Stryd Power Meter. We talk to Steve about what power is when it comes to running, how it differs from other training guides and what has changed in the power world in the last two years. 1:37 What is running… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 146: Morgan Pearson
Episode 146: Professional triathlete Morgan Pearson was one of the founding members of the Tinman Elite club and joins us to talk about the founding of the group. We also discuss his transition to becoming a professional triathlete and his win at this past week’s Club Cross Championship. 1:02 Morgan’s background and how it lead… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Espisode 145: Tony Holler
Welcome to episode 145 of the Final Surge Podcast. Today we welcome hall of fame sprint coach Tony Holler. Tony is an extremely popular coach known for his program Feed The Cats. He has been coaching for close to 40 years and we talk to Tony about how what he does with sprinters can translate… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Eposide 144: Jay Johnson
Welcome to episode 144 of the Final Surge podcast. We welcome back the founder of the Boulder Running Clinics Jay Johnson to talk about his clinics and the state of high school distance running. What are the most successful programs doing and how are people incorporating things like speed more into their programs. I have… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 143: Dathan Ritzenhein
Episode 143: Dathan Ritzenhein joins us to talk about the recent Chicago and NYC Marathons. Along with his own running, he is also coaching and his athletes include Olympic hopeful Parker Stinson. We talk Olympic marathon trials and shoe tech. 1:00 What happened so you needed to pull out of the Chicago Marathon? 4:28 We… [Read More]
Sync Workouts from COROS Watches
With the latest update to the COROS app, you can now sync workouts recorded on your COROS watch directly to Final Surge. If you have the latest version of the COROS iOS or Android app installed, here is how you can enable the direct sync: From the main icon menu across the bottom of the… [Read More]
Beta Platform Updates: Workout Quick Delete
Our newest update to the Beta platform allows coaches and athletes to quickly delete workouts from their calendar by simply dragging them to the left or right, outside of the scrollable calendar area. Watch the tutorial video below to see this new feature in action: In addition to the Workout Quick Delete, we have fixed… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 142: Mario Fraioli
Episode 142: This week we welcome Mario Fraioli to the podcast we talk about the recent Chicago and NYC marathons, the sub 1:59 marathon and what this all tells us about the upcoming Olympic Trials. We also discuss the shoes. How much do they help and what should be the limits. Please share the podcast… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 141: Brad Lindeberg
Welcome to episode 141 of the Final Surge Podcast where today we welcome marathon and ultra runner Brad Lindeberg. Brad is getting to run New York City this weekend as part of his 50 marathon or longer races in 50 states and how having a personal coach has helped him achieve new goals. 1:17 How… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 140: Coach Isaias Ramirez
Welcome to episode 140 of the Final Surge Podcast. Corcoran High in California has a very successful running program. Coach Isaias Ramirez is the unlikely leader of the program. With no running background, Coach Ramirez leaned on other coaches to help develop his winning philosophy. In the last year, he has implemented something he learned… [Read More]
Final Surge Podcast Episode 139: Mark Sortino
Episode 139: Today we welcome back triathlon coach Mark Sortino to the podcast. Mark joined us on Episode 39 and now he joins us again 100 episodes later. Mark runs Team MPI and we talk to him about his coaching organization, some coaching continuing education sessions that he has coming up and what to expect… [Read More]
