97a | Inside a Run Coaching Call w/Luana: Luana's Road to Grandma's Marathon 2026 (Part 1 of 3) THE BUILD

Throughout this call I share my screen and give a real inside look at TrainingPeaks — the app I use to build and manage all of my athletes' training plans. We reference specific workouts and the training calendar directly, which you can only see if you're watching. Audio listeners will still get everything, but if you want the full picture head over to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/@weget2dothisYou've heard about run coaching calls before — way back in Episode 12 we did a fly-on-the-wall style call with athlete David. Well, we're doing it again, and this time we're taking it even further.This is Part 1 of a three-part series following my athlete Luana Ciccarelli through her full build, race week, and post-race recap for Grandma's Marathon 2026. What you're hearing is a real maintenance/pre-race coaching call — no script, no edits, just me and Luana five weeks out from race day.I'm Coach Jacob Oak of Oak Endurance — a Minneapolis-based endurance coaching company offering run coaching, strength training, and one-on-one athlete support. Luana has been an Oak Endurance athlete for about four years — working with me on both run coaching and strength — and this series is a real, unfiltered look at what that relationship and process actually looks like.Luana is 49 years old and Grandma's will be somewhere around her 19th or 20th marathon. She works a full-time desk job, she's a mom, she's been sober for 16 years, and she might be in the best shape of her running life right now.In this call we get into the physical stuff — training blocks, peak mileage, fueling, plantar fasciitis, and race pace strategy for a sub-4:15 goal. But we also go deep on the mental side of endurance sports: the psychology of control, what happens when your identity gets wrapped up in a race result, and how to actually build a healthy long-term relationship with running.Part 2 is race week. Part 3 is the full recap. Come back for all of it.This call is specific to Luana and her current training cycle. Every coaching call looks a little different depending on the athlete and their goals. Interested in working with me at Oak Endurance? Visit oakendurance.com :) *****If this episode brought you any comfort, perspective, or energy, we would be so grateful if you took a moment to support the show.Check out the new site: ⁠⁠⁠⁠weget2dothis.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Reviews go SUCH A LONG WAY and it would mean the world to us if you took a second out of your busy life to leave one :)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠: follow the show, tap the three dots near the podcast title, then tap rate show⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠: follow the show, scroll to the bottom to Ratings and Reviews, then leave stars or write a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠: subscribe and drop a comment on the episodeThank you for being here. Seriously. We get to do this.Follow us on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@weget2dothispod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us questions/comments at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out the video portion of our show at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@weget2dothis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For business information hit up the links below:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Kailee Acupuncture Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Oak Endurance WebsiteWe Get 2 Do This!