The Marathon Show

Come explore the expo and run the race with Joe. Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton reflects on the 2012 Olympics, a woman battles back from a stroke, meet actor Sean Astin, find out if someone really drank Bio Freeze, hear from many people from the audience, Jeff Galloway gives advice, plus much, much more

Don Kern has completed marathon adventures that most people can only dream of.  His story of running races around the world is remarkable and he's achieved records for his accomplishment.  It's an amazing story running, determination and endurance.  You'll enjoy this very much.

At the beginning of each College football season we go around the U.S. and chat about 10-12 College football teams then talk about a marathon not far from that campus. This year we've added some new teams, tossed out some old ones and we've found funny and unusual facts about football and races. It's a special show that will please the football fans in the audience. Will we stop in Texas this year? Does Auburn earn some love? What nontraditional school will we talk about? All that plus a race that provides you showers at the finish line.

Imagine you won the big lottery. What would you do differently from a running perspective? The audience has a lot of ideas and some of them are halarious. We talk about the dreams and imagination of the audience if they were to win the lottery, plus we talk about each person that wrote in. It's a fun show today. A light topic that will make you laugh and dream a little bit, plus Joe talks about Big Sur, a raccoon and you'll hear an old favorite song

The men's and women's marathon at the Olympics generated a great deal of commentary. We opened up a phone line and let the audience call in to express their views on the races. You'll hear a wide range of comments and observations. We're also joined by the runDisney team who comes on to talk about the 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon. This will be the 20th anniversary race and they have some big plans for a spectacular event.

If you've ever wondered if you're running form can improve your performance you'll want to hear from Danny Dreyer.  Danny founded Chi Running 12 years ago.  Chi Running has been a huge difference maker with runners around the world.  You'll learn about the importance of balance, core strength and gravity.   Leah Thorvilson, 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier, comes on after Danny to talk about what she saw in the Olympic women's marathon.  Leah will also talk about her recent result in a 50 mile race where she clocked the 4th fastest women's time in American history.

The 2012 San Francisco Marathon was a perfect event. Magnificent weather, natural beauty, fantastic race organization and great people. Joe takes you out to the expo, then runs all 26.2 miles and talks about the course, the people and his experiences. Along the way you'll hear about running on the Golden Gate bridge, a Tour de France type crash where runners all went down, an amazing cancer runner/patient, Joe gets chased by a homeless person, a beautiful finish along the Bay and much, much more. 

Richard Diaz returns to The Marathon Show. On a recent show, Richard untangled VO2 max and explained it so all could understand. Now he's on the show to talk about how to effectively use your HR monitor to drive your training, the importance of running form and how to improve your form and he offers a couple tips on common mistakes. Richard has evaluated and coached thousands of runners and now he brings his advice and experience to the audience.

A controversy we all agree on? Is that possible? An argument broke out about the Boston Marathon. A few runners feel only Boston Qualifiers should get in, but during the debate it got personal. Joe commented about it on Facebook which led to over 300 responses. Joe reads from over 20 of the responses and talks about interesting and funny facts about each person. Along the way you'll hear about the debate, movie critiques, Joe running a marathon with Ellen DeGeneres, moving The Marathon Show to NPR, and many more running topics, plus an appropriate closing song.

  We took calls from the audience and produced them into this show.  You'll hear about Grandma's, how to deal with a post race let down, a runner who lost weight and now challenges for BQ, what it's like to run in Florida in the summer and one very happy Rock 'n' Roll runner.  All this, plus a special visit by the marketing manager for the San Francisco marathon who drops a surprise on the audience for 2013.  

  If you've wondered how you can put yourself on a path to a better performance you need to understand VO2 max. This topic makes most people glaze over, but Joe talks with Richard Diaz who puts it into practical terms. You'll hear a story about someone who finally goes sub 4:00 hours, professional athletes, how you can improve your training, the role of a heart rate monitor and much, much more.  

Patricia Greenberg is a best selling cookbook author, host of a television series, a media superstar, a certified personal trainer and a marathon runner.  She's on the show to talk about what she learned in her own athletic performance test, food things she reads that maker her crazy, advice to "eat this, not that," and what she hears people say about food.  It's a wide ranging discussion and very fun.  

The 3 panelists on this Chat Show have one thing in common - they are all new listeners to the show. We talk about each person's shoe journey. What worked and what hasn't? We'll also talk about a big race they have circled on their calendar and what they do to have fun during a race? All this, plus the 5K and lots of fun chat. Join in an listen as Susan Vogt, James Winston and Joe Bezousek come on to share their experiences, their insights and their adventures.

The Utah Valley Marathon is one of the most beautiful course in America. Set in the mountains above Provo, UT, Joe will take you all 26.2 miles down the hill to help celebrate the Marathon Maniac reunion race. Along the way you'll hear from many old and new friends with amazing stories. Someone celebrates their 100th marathon, another runner rides his bicycle across the U.S. to races, new friends from Iceland, the Main Maniacs and more. On the race course Joe uses a dead skunk for smelling salts, interviews cars stuck in traffic, talks about some movies, learns about running at altitude and does his best to describe the mountains, plus much, much more.

A beautiful city, great race organization and a perfect day. Listen in as Joe takes you to the expo and out on the race course for the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll marathon and half marathon. You'll hear dueling fight songs from Michigan and Notre Dame, learn about people that run every Rock 'n' Roll event, listen as Joe tries to run down Ryan Hall in the race, Joe gets busted by the race etiquette police, plus much much more.