Happy New Year! This year you will see us pursue a number of themes and January is our "Inspiration" series.
Our feature interview this week is one of our audience favorites for 2020. If you are in your mid forties and think your best years are behind you, think again. Today we're taking you on a journey with endurance sports writer, coach and elite runner, Matt Fitzgerald. Matt decided to live out a dream to train and race with a professional running team to see exactly how much potential he still had in his 46 year old body. He ran as a pro at the Chicago Marathon trying to beat a 9 year PR of 2:41.
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Interview with Matt Fitzgerald
Matt Fitzgerald @fitwriter has written more than 20 books on endurance sports. Among his books is his latest, The Comeback Quotient. In The Comeback Quotient, sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald shares the stories of top athletic comebacks, to give you inspiration and tools for your own comeback in sport or life.
2:39:30 redefining his sense of what is possible.
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Video of the Week:
Sara Hall runs second fastest American marathon time EVER at Marathon Project | NBC Sports
Sara Hall finished 2020 in style, setting her personal best in the marathon on her way to winning The Marathon Project in Chandler, AZ. Her record time of 2:20:32 is the 2nd fastest women’s marathon time in American history. It comes on the heels of her 2nd place finish at the London Marathon, where she also set a personal best just 11 weeks prior to shattering her own mark by 89 seconds at The Marathon Project.
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Happy New Year! Stay tuned, train informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!