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#375 Alex Ostberg - How Charles Hicks Structures Marathon Builds, Supplements Every Runner Should Take, Key Marathon Workouts

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Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! BERLIN SHAKEOUT RUN: Friday, Sept 25 4PM Common Pace Running Store Hermannstraße 37, 12049 Berlin-Bezirk Neukölln, Germany On this episode, the boys had special guest Alex Ostberg on the podcast! Alex is an assistant coach to Jerry Schumacher at Oregon Track Club/Swoosh TC! He is also a high level runner himself, with a 13:18 5k PB. Alex coaches at the highest level at a very young age. We talked about his career trajectory and how someone might get into coaching that has a desire to. Alex gave us some awesome behind the scenes of the pros he works with - including Charles Hicks who had an awesome Boston Marathon. We also talked supplements runners should take, key marathon workouts, structuring a build, and more! Enjoy! FOLLOW ALEX IG: https://www.instagram.com/aostberg97/?hl=en FOLLOW US ON STRAVA Chris https://www.strava.com/athletes/29985667 Scotty https://www.strava.com/athletes/98633526 Danny https://www.strava.com/athletes/23504210 CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lifeinstridepodcast/ QALO QRNT SMART RING 10% OFF ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠qalo.com/lifeinstride⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SWIFTWICK SOCKS https://swiftwick.com/ 15% off code: LIFEINSTRIDE KEN COMBS RUNNING STORE https://www.kencombsrunningstore.com/ 10% off code: LIFEINSTRIDE MASON CONSTRUCTION https://www.masonconstructionanddev.com/ INSTA360 Affiliate code: INRSGUOCSXX FLOSSPOINT: https://flosspoint.com/ LIS10 for 10% off! CARBS FUEL carbsfuel.com 15% off: LIS15 SWITCHBACK ELECTROLYTES https://goswitchback.co?sca_ref=6278891.uVBEGmtjbbUlcGPZ 15% Off Code: OTQBOYZ CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/@LifeInStridePodcast?si=icd7XfQ4HMmuBRyX SAYSKY Visit https://saysky.us/ and use code STRIDE15 for 15% off!

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