028 - 800m Mentality with John O'Malley

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028 - 800m Mentality with John O'Malley

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Mar 13, 2023

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John O'Malley discusses how the 800m is different than XC, and the mentality needed to run the race well. Visit CoacJayJohnson.com to learn more about the Mental Skills for High School Runners course, which this excerpt is from. Enjoy!

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Mar 13, 2023

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The Coaching Runners Podcast helps coaches hone their craft via in-depth interviews with elite coaches and accomplished athletes, as well as sports scientists and strength and conditioning coaches. Jay Johnson hosts the show. Links and notes from each episode can be found at www.coachjayjohnson.com.

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Welcome to the Coaching Runners Podcast: Welcome to the Coaching Runners Podcast, hosted by Jay Johnson. The goal of the podcast is to help high school coaches broaden their knowledge of the craft of coaching and help them take their programs to the next level. Jay interviews... by Coaching Runners Podcast
7 min listen
001 - Chris Lear: What a pleasure it was to interview my friend Chris Lear for the first episode of the Coaching Runners podcast. Chris is known primarily as the author of and . Most people don't know that Chris broke 4:10 for the full mile as a high school athlete,... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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008 - Dr. Rebecca Breslow: Dr. Rebecca Breslow is a Sports Medicine physician in Boston, Massachusetts. She has specific interests in running and road race medicine, non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, sports injury prevention, fitness and exercise. ... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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005 - Tony Holler: Tony Holler is the boy's track coach at Plainfield North H.S. (IL). In 2018 Coach Holler's team swept the sprints - 4x100m, 4x200m, 100m, 200m - at the IHSA State Meet, setting two state records. He’s been coaching high school athletes for... by Coaching Runners Podcast
149 min listen
003 - Jeff Boele: Jeff has a unique background as a coach, in that he was a distance runner in high school and college. He moved to Boulder, Colorado, to train, and found himself coaching the jumps at Lyons High School, just north of Boulder. He took the challenge of... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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009 - Alex Ostberg: Alex Ostberg is currently entering his 5th year at Stanford University, where he has been an All-American in both cross country and track. This podcast is rooted in a presentation Alex did at the 2019 Boulder Running Camps titled, "The Ten Things I... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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004 - Jeff Messer: Dr. Jeff Messer serves as department chair for the Exercise Science Department at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona. Dr. Messer also serves as a volunteer assistant coach for boys' cross-country and track-&-field at Desert Vista High School,... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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007 - Tonya McDonough: Tonya McDonough is the girls cross country and distance coach at Iowa City Liberty High School in Iowa City, Iowa. This conversation focuses on summer training for high school girls, specifically Tonya’s three juniors who want to make a jump... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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002 - John O'Malley: John is the only person to have coached two Footlocker Champions (Lukas Verzbicus and Dylan Jacobs). He’s also had tremendous success coaching 800m runners: 26 boys have run under 1:58 and 9 under 1:54 under his guidance. This interview with John... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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006 - Howard Russ: Howard Russ just completed his 11th season as men’s and women’s head coach for Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. In 2018, Russ’s girls won their first OHSAA Division One state championship, and Russ had his first... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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011 - Jessie Magoto: Jessie Magoto is my guest on this week’s podcast. She is the girl's coach at Minster HS in Minster OH, a town of 3,000 people. Minster has won four state championships in a row in cross country and won the track championship 2019. She has coached at... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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014 - Tony Holler - Part 1 of 2: Note: Explicit content in this episode. Tony Holler (@pntrack) is the head track coach at Plainfield North High School in the Chicago area. Tony Holler has coached track for 38 years, football for 28, and basketball for 15. In June of 2019, Tony... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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012 - Jay Johnson - New Format: Just a quick update to let you know that a new episode will be released every Monday. Most episodes will be interviews, but every so often Jay will do a Q&A. Jay goes into a bit of detail about the 2020 Boulder Running Clinics, which is an example... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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013 - Scott Steffen: Scott Steffen is the boy’s and girl’s coach at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, IN. His boys team won the state cross country championship in 2019. Indiana has a single classification championship and Concordia Lutheran has an... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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019 - Kim O'Malley - Burnout in Coaching: Kim O'Malley is a former high school coach - nine years in both California and Colorado - who is a content developer for . Kim is part of a panel discussion on burnout as part of the Boulder Running Clinics Winter Webinar Series. This is a... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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010 - Kim O'Malley: Kim O’Malley is a Youth Development Specialist with 20 years of experience designing and delivering leadership curriculum in a wide range of settings. Kim has been a public high school teacher, head cross-country and track coach, an outdoor trip... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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017 - Special Covid-19 episode with Jeff Messer, PhD: Jeff Messer, PhD, and Jay discuss how coaches and athletes can view training during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Messer references two papers and summaries them in this podcast. 1. Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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015 - John O'Malley, Dr. Jeff Messer and Jeff Boelé: Three former guests on the podcast discuss a variety of topics, starting with a definition of the term “speed” and how that term fits into the training of distance runners. Specifically, Jeff Boelé and John O’Malley discuss acceleration... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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020 - Jonathan Dalby - Burnout in Coaching: Jonathan Dalby is the girl's and boy's coach at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. His teams have won multiple state titles in cross country and have made multiple NXN appearances, including in 2017 when the boys were third and... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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028 - 800m Mentality with John O'Malley: John O'Malley discusses how the 800m is different than XC, and the mentality needed to run the race well. Visit CoacJayJohnson.com to learn more about the Mental Skills for High School Runners course, which this excerpt is from. Enjoy! by Coaching Runners Podcast
11 min listen
016 - Tony Holler - Part 2: Tony and Jay spend most of this episode focused on training, specifically discussing what distance coaches can adapt from the sprint world to improve performance. If you listened to episode 005 with Tony you know he strongly recommends distance... by Coaching Runners Podcast
89 min listen
021 - John O'Malley - Burnout in Coaching: John O'Malley is the boy's cross country and track coach at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois. He is the only person to have coached two Footlocker national champions. On the track, his boys ran an average time of 7:44 in the 4 x 800m for... by Coaching Runners Podcast
58 min listen
024 - Alex Lyons - What Makes a Great Teammate: This is an excerpt from Alex's presentation at the . It's a fantastic presentation and both the athletes and coaches who were fortunate to learn from Alex. If you're a coach and you want your athletes to learn from coaches like Alex have them... by Coaching Runners Podcast
65 min listen
023 - Speed Work: What does it mean?: In this episode, Jay Johnson explains why he doesn't use the term speed work. He goes into detail about how he thinks coaches should use the term speed. It's his contention that the term 'race pace work' can often be used to assign training to... by Coaching Runners Podcast
42 min listen
025 - The best way to use Tuesday meets: Consider taking the meet seriously so kids are ready for the next invitational by Coaching Runners Podcast
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026 - What should you do when an athlete is ill?: In this mini-episode Coach Jay explains what coaches should do when an athlete is ill. Hint: Lowering the volume, but expecting them to run workouts that replicate the demands of the race is the way to go. Let's go! by Coaching Runners Podcast
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022 - Alex Lyons: Alex Lyons is a tremendous coach and I'm so happy he not only joined me on the podcast, but that's he's part of the . Alex is the girl's coach at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois. The girls have had tremendous success in both... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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027 - Mental Skills for 1600m: Here from John O'Malley, Shannon Thompson, Kelly Christensen, and Sinclaire Johnson. You can find the full video on YouTube: More mental skills videos at Here's what coaches and athletes are saying about the Mental Skills course:... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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017 - Special Covid-19 episode with Jeff Messer, PhD: Jeff Messer, PhD, and Jay discuss how coaches and athletes can view training during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Messer references two papers and summaries them in this podcast. 1. Debunking the Myth of Exercise-Induced Immune Suppression: Redefining... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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010 - Kim O'Malley: Kim O’Malley is a Youth Development Specialist with 20 years of experience designing and delivering leadership curriculum in a wide range of settings. Kim has been a public high school teacher, head cross-country and track coach, an outdoor trip... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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007 - Tonya McDonough: Tonya McDonough is the girls cross country and distance coach at Iowa City Liberty High School in Iowa City, Iowa. This conversation focuses on summer training for high school girls, specifically Tonya’s three juniors who want to make a jump... by Coaching Runners Podcast
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028 - 800m Mentality with John O'Malley

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