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Greg Haapala

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Are you ready to layer up and brave the cold for some winter running? If so, here are some essential tips for running in the winter that will make your runs a whole lot easier, safer and help you adapt your schedule. We discuss…  Essential gear Tips for running on ice and snow Layering and what to wear Adapting your runs when a treadmill is needed.  Connect, Comment, Community Follow RunnersConnect on Instagram Join the Elite Treatment where you get first dibs on everything RTTT each month! Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community  RunnersConnect Facebook page GET EXPERT COACHING AT RUNNERSCONNECT! This week’s show brought to you by: LMNT When coaching endurance runners of all levels to be their best, I always emphasize the need for proper hydration with the right balance of electrolytes. Most athletes I’ve coached are surprised to learn that their sodium needs are actually much higher than they expected and it’s been hurting their performance.  Part of the reason athletes need much more sodium than they think is not just because they lose electrolytes through their sweat, but also because athletes tend to eat very healthy diets.  They’ve been told that salt is a bad thing in food and frequently don’t get enough for their lifestyle.  Much of the science of sodium is based on people who eat highly processed diets which also are very low in potassium. It could actually be the low potassium levels causing the issues that sodium has been blamed for!  What is clear is that both sodium and potassium at the proper levels are essential for high performance (and for life in general!).  That's why we partnered with LMNT to offer a free sample pack of their electrolyte mix. Head to drinklmnt.com/runnersconnect to get yours now. The Sample Pack includes 8 packets of LMNT (2 citrus, 2 raspberry, 2 orange, and 2 raw unflavored).

Are you ready to layer up and brave the cold for some winter running? If so, here are some essential tips for running in the winter that will make your runs a whole lot easier, safer and help you adapt your schedule. We discuss… <ul> <li>Essential gear</li> <li>Tips for running on ice and snow</li> <li>Layering and what to wear</li> <li>Adapting your runs when a treadmill is needed.</li> </ul> Connect, Comment, Community <a href="https://www.instagram.com/runnersconnect/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow RunnersConnect on Instagram</a> <a href="http://www.runnersconnect.net/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the Elite Treatment</a> where you get first dibs on everything RTTT each month! <a href="http://www.runnersconnect.net/fb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/onlinerunningcoach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RunnersConnect Facebook page</a> <a href="https://runnersconnect.net/training-plans/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GET EXPERT COACHING AT RUNNERSCONNECT!</a> This week’s show brought to you by: LMNT When coaching endurance runners of all levels to be their best, I always emphasize the need for proper hydration with the right balance of electrolytes. Most athletes I’ve coached are surprised to learn that their sodium needs are actually much higher than they expected and it’s been hurting their performance.  Part of the reason athletes need much more sodium than they think is not just because they lose electrolytes through their sweat, but also because athletes tend to eat very healthy diets.  They’ve been told that salt is a bad thing in food and frequently don’t get enough for their lifestyle.  Much of the science of sodium is based on people who eat highly processed diets which also are very low in potassium. It could actually be the low potassium levels causing the issues that sodium has been blamed for!  What is clear is that both sodium and potassium at the proper levels are essential for high performance (and for life in general!).  That's why we partnered with LMNT to offer a free sample pack of their electrolyte mix. Head to <a href="http://drinklmnt.com/runnersconnect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">drinklmnt.com/runnersconnect</a> to get yours now. The Sample Pack includes 8 packets of LMNT (2 citrus, 2 raspberry, 2 orange, and 2 raw unflavored).

Essential Tips for Winter Running with Greg Haapala

In this month's interview episode Tony and Eli consider themselves incredibly privileged to have on the Race Director of the first major American Marathon to take place since the pandemic, Greg Haapala of Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN.After sharing that he is a fellow member of the "One Marathon Club," stumping Tony on what NIRCA (which he helped to found) is, and letting us all know how Grandma's Marathon got its name, Greg shares the real nitty-gritty details of what it took to make Grandma's happen this year, starting with the smaller COVID-safe events Grandma's put on throughout the pandemic (under 300 runners in 14 hours anyone?) and building up to Grandma's weekend. From how they set their marathon weekend field-size and decided to open registration, to what it was like to wait for the state to loosen protocols enough for the race to be able to take place, to how protocols changed further in the final weeks before the race (and how responding to loosened state protocols isn't as easy as it may seem), Greg spills the behind-the-scenes tea on what it took for the Grandma's team to pull off the successful return of large-scale marathoning to the US.And at the end of this episode, it gets a little dusty in Eli's studio as he asks Greg the ECT Pod's evergreen closer. Wanna know whether Eli keeps it together enough to keep his curmudgeon card? You've gotta listen to find out!If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you don't ever want to miss an episode be sure to subscribe. If you have any questions, comments, guests you would like us to invite, or topics you would be interested in hearing us explore, please send us an email at earlycalltimepod@gmail.com.Thanks as always for listening, and we'll catch you bright and early on the next episode of Early Call Time!Facebook: @EarlyCallTimePodInstagram: @EarlyCallTimePodTwitter: @EarlyPod

In this month's interview episode Tony and Eli consider themselves incredibly privileged to have on the Race Director of the first major American Marathon to take place since the pandemic, Greg Haapala of <a href="https://grandmasmarathon.com/grandmas-marathon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grandma's Marathon</a> in Duluth, MN. After sharing that he is a fellow member of the "One Marathon Club," stumping Tony on what <a href="https://clubrunning.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NIRCA</a> (which he helped to found) is, and letting us all know how Grandma's Marathon got its name, Greg shares the real nitty-gritty details of what it took to make Grandma's happen this year, starting with the smaller COVID-safe events Grandma's put on throughout the pandemic (under 300 runners in 14 hours anyone?) and building up to Grandma's weekend. From how they set their marathon weekend field-size and decided to open registration, to what it was like to wait for the state to loosen protocols enough for the race to be able to take place, to how protocols changed further in the final weeks before the race (and how responding to loosened state protocols isn't as easy as it may seem), Greg spills the behind-the-scenes tea on what it took for the Grandma's team to pull off the successful return of large-scale marathoning to the US. And at the end of this episode, it gets a little dusty in Eli's studio as he asks Greg the ECT Pod's evergreen closer. Wanna know whether Eli keeps it together enough to keep his curmudgeon card? You've gotta listen to find out! If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/early-call-time/id1504936576" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1HDhO6f3t0CNUGIO29s4jZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts, and if you don't ever want to miss an episode be sure to subscribe. If you have any questions, comments, guests you would like us to invite, or topics you would be interested in hearing us explore, please send us an email at <a href="mailto:earlycalltimepod@gmail.com">earlycalltimepod@gmail.com</a>. Thanks as always for listening, and we'll catch you bright and early on the next episode of Early Call Time! Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EarlyCallTimePod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EarlyCallTimePod</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/earlycalltimepod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EarlyCallTimePod</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EarlyPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EarlyPod</a>