- Meet Alex and Chole Muneferuing, both previous collegiate runners and now he coaches Track and Field and Cross Country at Texas State University. [0:23]
- Is being a “dumb” runner beneficial for long distances? [3:14]
- Running a long distance without carbs and being fat adapted. [4:04]
- Coaches adapt their training based on certain distances and how every person is different.[4:31]
- What is the difference between overtraining between overreaching? [5:50]
- How should coaches train a team? Should everyone train the same or based on the individual athlete. [9:13]
- What do colleges get to spend their money on for the athletes to measure each Athlete? [11:31]
- Training with different levels of altitudes or using devices to change the partial pressure of the atmospheric oxygen. [17:00]
- Training mask is not beneficial training tools for affecting oxygen levels rather changing the oxygen level. [19:18]
- Coming into Texas State as a new coach and making it farther than the university has in a while by changing the culture.. [21:13]
- Does running times really dictate if you can be a college athlete? [24:05]
- Changing the coaches changes the team’s dynamics and adapting to the athletes pre-recruited. [25:00]
- The athletes have to trust their coach, new or old. [29:37]
- How does Alex individualize the training schedules for the different distance runners from 800m to 10K? [31:27]
- How much should you run? Depending on your level of running, you might run 20-80 miles a week. That will increase over yearly changes[34:53]
- There is a lot of stress on a freshman in college, so coaches should realize you have to hold the athlete back some. “Less is more”.[37:35]
- Everyone wants to see results now… That’s the culture of our modern life… [39:14]
- On season and off seasons training for runners. [40:20]
- Too many people don’t want to take a break from their training… Rest and recovery is key to better athleticism.. [47:00]
- We have many tools to use for training like watches, heart rate monitors, etc. , but you should learn your body, which takes years of training. [50:50]
- Practicing the idea of mastering of your own body. [55:30]
- Internal Stress-o-meeter to become aware of how you feel and when you should train. [56:57]
- The stress of a coach is rewarding but also there is a lot of work coaches put in behind the scenes. [58:36]
- Is coaching track and cross country an easy job? [59:26]
- How much training/research do you need to put in to become a better coach? [1:02:58]
- What every person/parent/athletes should know is to believe in yourself. [1:09:05]
Links/Products Mentioned:
- Heart Rate Monitors
- Oura ring
- Fat calipers
- Alter G Treadmill
- Hypoxic generator
- Hypoxic tents
- Powerlung
- Garmin Watch (Lindsey wears)
People Mentioned:
- Zach Bitters
- Zach Bitters (@zachbitter)
- Texas State Cross Country
- Texas State Track and Field
- Bruce Lee - "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
- Alex Muntefering
2 thoughts on “Show Notes Ep 4 – Alex & Chloe – Running and Coaching, Track and Cross Country”
Hey guys, just listened to this episode while on the bike in the gym tonight (i’m a bit behind on episodes!) and I was amazed when you guys were talking about high school and college students’ weekly run mileages, wow I had no idea that students would do such high mileage, even for 10km training! High school up to 45 miles/week and up to 90-100 miles/week in college, is that kind of mileage pretty standard? Out of interest Lindsey, what kind of mileage do you tend to do in a week/month (obviously it’ll depend what you’re training for at the time)?
Hi ! Thanks for the questions. High school and college athletes are so different and there are so many different programs so it all depends. Most of our high school kids that are freshman start on very low mileage and then we build them up to around 40, but like I said, there are all different types if coaching styles and philosophies out there. As for me, I usually average around 30-40 a week. I like to train for the shorter stuff and don’t think my body does as well on a high mileage plan. Whenever I am training for a half, I might get up to 50 during peak week.. but I actually don’t think I have gone over that. I prefer to hover around the 30 range for most of the year!