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The Microcosm Coaching Podcast helps endurance athletes—whether you're a road runner, trail runner, or training for your first marathon or 100-miler—get more out of their training with evidence-based advice, effort-based coaching, and expert mindset support. Hosted by professional coaches and athletes, each episode explores practical strategies for race prep, running recovery, mental performance, and sustainable training. If you want to build fitness, avoid burnout, and find more joy in running, you're in the right place.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
59 minutes
Episodes
192
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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Planning for Your First Ultra Q&A

Planning for Your First Ultra Q&A

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 03/17/2023:


This episode is all about planning for your first ultra, but veterans, don’t stop listening. There are tons of important takeaways that can be applied to ath…

01:04:18  |   Fri 17 Mar 2023
Beginners Q&A

Beginners Q&A

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 03/03/2023

This episode is all about beginner runners, but if you aren’t a beginner, don’t stop listening. There are tons of important takeaways that can be applied to at…

01:02:02  |   Fri 03 Mar 2023
The Big Thing Effect with Jeff Patterson, Author & Success Coach

The Big Thing Effect with Jeff Patterson, Author & Success Coach

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 02/24/2023  

We all have a really special guest this week, he’s written a new book called The Big Thing Effect: How to Transform Your Life Forever.  

This book will grab …

01:05:24  |   Fri 24 Feb 2023
Building Running Confidence

Building Running Confidence

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 02/10/2023:

Today’s call is all exploring the concept of building confidence through a running lens. In this call, we define confidence as our belief in our ability to ac…

00:57:10  |   Fri 10 Feb 2023
Mental Performance Tools

Mental Performance Tools

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 01/27/2023


Today’s call is all about developing your mental performance toolset! We hope that by providing these techniques you’ll be able to build out your mental perfo…

00:56:27  |   Fri 27 Jan 2023
The Never Enough Mentality

The Never Enough Mentality

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 01/20/2023

The “Never Enough” mentality and approach to work, life, relationships, and financial status is an ever present part of today’s culture. It shows up everywhere…

01:08:27  |   Fri 20 Jan 2023
When is it time to level up? Is work-life-training balance real? Plus a brief xtraining discussion.

When is it time to level up? Is work-life-training balance real? Plus a brief xtraining discussion.

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 01/13/2023

As many athletes on our team continue to get their race schedules ready for 2023, we wanted to start this year's calls off with the question, How does an athle…

01:01:21  |   Fri 13 Jan 2023
Exploring Purpose, Multiple A Races, Races That Don't Fit Your Skill Set & Difficult Adventures

Exploring Purpose, Multiple A Races, Races That Don't Fit Your Skill Set & Difficult Adventures

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 12/16/2022:

This week's call is split into two sections, the first encompasses a really interesting, and ongoing discussion with athlete, coach and chaplain Chris Morgan …

01:01:14  |   Fri 16 Dec 2022
Training Perspectives on The Menstrual Cycle & Birth Control + The Impacts of Low Level Activity Post Training

Training Perspectives on The Menstrual Cycle & Birth Control + The Impacts of Low Level Activity Post Training

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 12/09/2022:  

On this week's call, we go into a deep dive on the menstrual cycle and birth control and their impacts on training. We discuss how athletes who menstruate c…

00:56:10  |   Fri 09 Dec 2022
2022 Takeaways, Planning for 2023 and Winter Running Tips

2022 Takeaways, Planning for 2023 and Winter Running Tips

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 12/02/2022:

On this week's call, you will hear from coaches Sarah Strong and Kylee Van Horn on their takeaways from the 2022 season. What went well, what they’d like to i…

01:02:40  |   Fri 02 Dec 2022
The 2022 Gratitude Call

The 2022 Gratitude Call

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 11/18/2022:


On this week's call, you’ll hear expressions of gratitude and reflections on 2022 from our team of coaches and athletes. Gratitude is one of the values we ho…

00:58:29  |   Fri 18 Nov 2022
Coach 2022 Takeaways & Off Season Training

Coach 2022 Takeaways & Off Season Training

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 11/11/2022

On this week's call, we took a deep look into our coaches 2022 seasons, discussing their high and low points. We focused in on some of the specific takeaways e…

00:55:55  |   Fri 11 Nov 2022
Puerto Vallarta by UTMB Recap & Working Through Setbacks Pt. III

Puerto Vallarta by UTMB Recap & Working Through Setbacks Pt. III

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 11/04/2022  We had a great call this week, diving deeper into the topic of mental setbacks and dealing with prolonged injury and illness. We started the conversation off …

00:58:46  |   Fri 04 Nov 2022
Working Though Mental Setbacks Pt. II, Running Form, Athletic Greens

Working Though Mental Setbacks Pt. II, Running Form, Athletic Greens

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 10/21/2022

This week’s call consists of three parts. In the first part, we dive into the mental side of training setbacks. Coach Sarah Strong, our resident clinical socia…

00:58:00  |   Fri 21 Oct 2022
Responding to Training Setbacks Pt. I

Responding to Training Setbacks Pt. I

On this week's call we dive into How to Respond to Training Setbacks! As athletes, it’s important to accept the inevitability of facing training challenges in training. From overuse to serious injuri…

01:02:01  |   Fri 14 Oct 2022
Rapid, Not So Rapid Fire Friday! Travel w/ Nutrition, Protein During Long Races, Picking A Races, Aid Stations and Drop Bags, Think Beyond One Season!

Rapid, Not So Rapid Fire Friday! Travel w/ Nutrition, Protein During Long Races, Picking A Races, Aid Stations and Drop Bags, Think Beyond One Season!

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 09/30/2022:

On this week's edition of Rapid, not so Rapid Fire Friday, we get into a ton of questions from our team and listeners. We start off by talking about traveling…

01:00:46  |   Fri 30 Sep 2022
Hill Training 101: Your Guide to All Things Hills

Hill Training 101: Your Guide to All Things Hills

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 09/23/2022

The long steep hill is my greatest frenemy! Nothing makes me cringe more when I look at my plan and see something like 6 x 3 minute steep hills mod/hard, 20 mi…

01:01:06  |   Fri 23 Sep 2022
Rapid, not so Rapid Fire Friday! Treadmill Runs, Easy Running, Self-Supported Long-Runs, Mental Performance

Rapid, not so Rapid Fire Friday! Treadmill Runs, Easy Running, Self-Supported Long-Runs, Mental Performance

On this week's call we do a round-table Q&A session with Coaches Kristen Schindler, Drew Conner and Sarah Strong -- Our Conversation touches on air quality and treadmill runs, gear and planning for s…

00:59:04  |   Fri 16 Sep 2022
The ins and outs of Group Runs!

The ins and outs of Group Runs!

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 09/09/2022


All things group runs! The benefits, the pitfalls, group run doubles, comparison traps & advocating for your training!

00:56:39  |   Fri 09 Sep 2022
Coach TJ CCC Recap & Takeaways

Coach TJ CCC Recap & Takeaways

Microcosm Coaching Team Call 09/02/2022:


First, I apologize for the length of this call. I know it’s a bit longer than usual, but this was a big topic with many facets and nuances to touch on.

Ok, s…

01:07:47  |   Fri 02 Sep 2022
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