Coach Bennett's Podcast

Episode 147. 5 Ways To Build More Endurance Endurance. You need it for just about anything great in life. And that absolutely includes running. Because running is one of the great things in life. That's why we're going to talk about some way to build more endurance so you can run and live more. Some of the ways are obvious. Which is why they get overlooked. And some are not so obvious. Which is why they also get overlooked. Well, none of them will get overlooked by you anymore... assuming you listen to this episode. Chears and thank you for listening to the show, Coach Bennett AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT HOW YOU CAN PRE-ORDER MY BOOK BELOW Send us a message My book This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. is now available for pre-order! USA readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. UK, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. ________________________________________________________________________ Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 146. Racing Better For so many racing your best only means running your fastest. Not only does that mentality limit the your chances for a successful race it also lowers your chances at running your fastest. So, we're going to talk about ways you can race better so you have your best chance at racing your best. And I'll have you know that I recorded this episode in a hotel room in London and we all know that episodes of Coach Bennett's Podcast recorded ion hotel rooms tend to be straight bangers. Cheers and thank you for listening, Coach Bennett 📣 TAP HERE FOR LINKS FOR US PRE-ORDERS FOR MY BOOK 📢 📣 TAP HERE FOR LINKS FOR UK, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, NEW ZEALAND PRE-ORDERS FOR MY BOOK 📢 Send us a message My book This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. is now available for pre-order! USA readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. UK, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. ________________________________________________________________________ Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 145. I WROTE A BOOK! Seriously. I did. I wrote a book! And I want you to read it. Because I'm really proud of it and I believe that it's a book that both runners and non-runners alike will enjoy and be better for having read it. It's called This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. It's dropping on September 1st, 2026 but it is available for pre-order now. This episode gives you some background on how this all came to be, why I wrote the book, what's in the book, who the book is for (hint: everyone), and allows me to once and for all finally say, I WROTE A BOOK! USA readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. UK, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. The book is available in many places. If you do not see your location represented in these links or when you search for the book on your favoroite bookstore sites please let me know. I'll be adding additional links for pre-order here and on all my social media sites as they become available. Cheers and thank you for listening (and reading), Coach Bennett Send us a message My book This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. is now available for pre-order! USA readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. UK, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE readers can pre-order my book by clicking this sentence. ________________________________________________________________________ Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 144. STOP There's a whole lot of stuff that runners do that they shouldn't do. The cool thing is that if runners stop doing things they shouldn't do they'll have more time to do the things that they should do. And if you can start doing the things you should do and stop doing the things you shouldn't do then you'll have a better time doing the things you want to do and you'll do those things better. Pretty sweet how it all works out. That's why I spend this episode going over a list of things that runners should stop doing. You should start listening to "STOP" right now. Cheers and thank you for listening. Coach Bennett Send us a message Quick little sneaky link here for the book I wrote that I haven't "officially" announced that I wrote yet just in case you want to PRE-ORDER it. Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! Or you can follow on Instagram: @coachbennett TikTok: @CoachBennett Check out Coach Bennett on Cameo fo...

Episode 143. New Starting Lines It's that time of year. (It's always that time of year.) We start to show up at starting lines. And not just any kind of starting lines. New starting lines. We start. We start over. We start again. And that means we need to make sure that we are ready for what's next. That's why I brought in a rock star for this episode. That's right. She's back! The one. The only. Coach Bennett the Greater aka Coach Bennett the Creator aka Show Up Society aka Tammie Bennett. She's back to share here wisdom and guidance and inspiration. So, if you're looking to cross a starting line then this episode is for you. Make sure you check out Coach Tammie and the Show Up Society here. Cheers and thank you for listening! Coach Bennett the Other Send us a message Quick little sneaky link here for the book I wrote that I haven't "officially" announced that I wrote yet just in case you want to PRE-ORDER it. Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! Or you can follow on Instagram: @coachbennett TikTok: @CoachBennett Check out Coach Bennett on Cameo fo...

Episode 142. What Makes A Run Successful? What makes a run successful? It's a great question, isn't it? I feel like most runners know what makes a run unsuccessful. And I feel like most runners all too quickly designate a run a total failure without really asking themselves what makes a run successful. That's why I also feel like so many runners miss out on so much success they earned from so many of their runs. I'm hoping that this episode will change that. So, settle in or go for a run or hike and listen to a whole bunch of questions I have for you. And if you can ask yourself these very same questions that I'm asking you I feel like you're going to earn a whole lot more success. I guess that would make this podcast episode a success. Cheers and thank you for listening, Coach Bennett Send us a message Quick little sneaky link here for the book I wrote that I haven't "officially" announced that I wrote yet just in case you want to PRE-ORDER it. Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! Or you can follow on Instagram: @coachbennett TikTok: @CoachBennett Check out Coach Bennett on Cameo fo...

Episode 141. 8 Ways To Get Better So, you want you get better at running or at something other than running? Well, you found the right podcast. Because after I talk about my birthday weekend in NYC I spend 35 minutes of this episode detailing eight different ways you can work on getting better. And guess what? You can get started on all of them immediately. I intentionally ended the title of this episode without specifically mentioning running. Because I feel that all of these tips can be used for something in your life besides running. It's up to you, as always, to decide how, where and when to use the advice. Cheers to you and thank you for listening. Coach Bennett Quick little sneaky link here for the book I wrote that I haven't "officially" announced that I wrote yet just in case you want to PRE-ORDER it. Here are links to a few of the places that coach bennett the greater took me on my birthday in nyc. McSorley's Old Ale House Strand Bookstore The Fat Black Pussycat Send us a message Quick little sneaky link here for the book I wrote that I haven't "officially" announced that I wrote yet just in case you want to PRE-ORDER it. Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more! Or you can follow on Instagram: @coachbennett TikTok: @CoachBennett Check out Coach Bennett on Cameo fo...

Episode 140. 5 Ways To Make Your Easy Runs Easier Your easy runs are your most important runs. Why? Well, because you're going to run more easy run minutes, meters and miles than any other minutes, meters or miles. And if you don't run your easy runs or don't run your easy runs the right way you'll never be able to run those speed runs and long runs as great as you could or should. That's why. And that's why I made this episode. Because if you can make your easy runs easier to run there is a better chance of you running them the right way and that means there is a better chance of you being able to run better speed runs and longs runs and if you run better easy runs and speed runs and long runs then you're going to be unstoppable. So, yeah, this is a great episode. Hope you love it. Cheers and thank you for listening. Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 139. Stress Less If you really want to perform your best then you're going to need to learn how to deal with, handle, mitigate, remove, lessen the negative stressors in your life. There are positive and negative stressors in your life. There always will be. (Hopefully, running is an example of a positive stressor.) And if you want to run your best, perform at your best, be your best then you need recover from those positive stressors in your life and remove or deal with the negative stressors in your life in a better and healthier way. Hoping this episode helps anyone that is dealing with stress in their lives. And everyone is dealing with stress in their lives. Cheers, Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 138. Longer Runs Let's talk about those longer runs you do. You know what runs I'm talking about. Sometimes they are known as our long runs and sometimes they're just our longer runs. No matter what we call them or how we describe them we can all do a better job on these longer runs. So, on this episode of Coach Bennett's Podcast we'll talk about how we can set ourselves up for success and make decisions and adjustments that will help and not hinder our efforts on our longer runs. Cheers, Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 137. Smart Stuff People Say About Running In a world that seems to be giving more and more screen time to really dumb opinions and asinine commentary about running (and just about everything else for that matter) I thought it might be a great idea to celebrate some smart stuff runners say. You can look at this episode as the companion show to Episode 136 which was entitled Dumb Stuff Runners Say. As much fun as the Dumb Stuff episode was to make I got to say that this was was even more fun to make! Hope you have as much fun listening to this episode as I did rambling and ranting through it. Cheers, Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 136. Dumb Stuff People Say About Running I hear all sorts of stuff. Some of it is inspiring. Some of it is motivational. Some of it is super smart. Some of it challenges my preconceived notions. Some of it is really... really... really dumb. Well, I figured that I could save you the time figuring out that some advice is asinine and sub-moronic by calling out that stupendously stupid advice on one of my podcast episodes. This means you'll have more time in your day to do cool things and learn about new subjects and expand your horizons. I'll just keep documenting the idiocy and dropping a podcast now and again telling you all about my latest collection of truly stupid pieces of advice and uneducated opinions I've come across. You're welcome. Cheers, Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 135. Easy Wins We're talking about easy wins so you can end a losing streak and start a winning one. That's why we're going to talk about how we can set ourselves up for success. And that's why we're talking about why we should acknowledge and celebrate those easy wins. And that's why we're going to talk about a few different easy wins that I believe will lead to more easy wins and more confidence and more starting lines being crossed. By the way, listening to this episode of Coach Bennett's Podcast is an easy win. So, thank you for listening... you winner. Cheers, Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 134. Do The Right Thing It shouldn't be surprising that doing the right thing consistently leads to good things happening consistently or at the very least you can be proud of what YOU did consistently. And this is true between the start and finish lines and beyond the start and finish lines. This episode is about the foundational pillars of what exactly "do the right thing" means for a runner or coach and how it can shape the running journey they are on. It's never not the right time for this conversation but sometimes it's more of the right time for this conversation. This is one of those times. Thank you for listening to and supporting the podcast. Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 133. Right Here. Right Now. You want to know where and when you can work on getting better? Right here and right now. That's the answer. And that's the only answer. You can't work on getting better yesterday. That starting line has left the station and it ain't coming back. And you sure can't work on getting better tomorrow. You'll be waiting forever for that starting line to show up. It's here and now that we get the work done. And it's the best time to do that work because it's the only time we get to work with. So we need to make the best of it. That's what this episode is all about. And we'll even break down what it really means to be optimistic, realistic and pessimistic with a little help from our always reliable assistant coach - the dictionary. Enjoy the episode. Cheers and thank you for listening to the show! Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 132. How To Start or Keep On Running (Using U2 Songs as Inspiration) You ever wonder how you or someone you care about could best start, start over, start running again or just keep on running? And did you ever wonder about those things but also wonder if there is a way to solely use song titles from the epic and legendary Irish band U2 to serve as chapter titles for that noble and righteous quest? You too??? Get it? I'll wait. Well, the wait is over! Because that's what this episode of Coach Bennett's Podcast is all about. And there's a bonus! That's right. So, enjoy the show and enjoy the mixtape and enjoy starting to run or starting over in this sport or starting to run again or just enjoy keeping on running. That last sentence seem grammatically suspect. Whatever. Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 131. Why I Didn't Break 4 I had a few big goals when I was running and racing competitively. One of those goals was breaking 4 minutes in the mile. Well, as you can probably surmise from the title of this episode... I didn't. But my failure to break 4 has led to this soon to be very successful episode of Coach Bennett's Podcast. That is assuming all of you listen to and share the episode with everyone you know. Anyway, in the episode I break down a whole bunch of reasons why I believe I came up short. I go over training mistakes, mindset issues, poor racing strategy and so much more. There were a lot of reasons why I didn't break 4. My hope is that this episode will help you have a better chance at achieving and accomplishing your running goals. So, sit back and enjoy the episode. Cheers and thank you for listening. Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 130. How To End The Year Running The end of the year is not the time that people start running. In fact, the end of the year os when most people stop running. Poor weather, less hours of sunlight, holiday obligations and travel, work and life stressors - it all adds up to less if any running getting done at all. That's why we have Episode #130! Because we're going to flip the script. We're not going to wait until the New Year to start running or start running again. This good old year we're in is good enough and so are we! So, listen up because this epsiode of Coach Bennett's Podcast is full of great running advice and tips you can use to make sure you end this year running. Cheers and thank you for listening.

Episode 129. Maybe Is A Power I headed out on my run today and it was drizzling. I though to myself that maybe I'll run 15 minutes... but maybe I'll run 20 minutes... and maybe I'll run 25 minutes. The power here resided in the word maybe. The ownership and the excitement and the honesty and the possibility was all birthed and made possible by that word maybe. This episode is about how you can make your running better by incorporating that word... maybe.. into your training and your running and your living, Thank you for listening! Cheers, Coach Bennett Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!

Episode 128. Winter Is Coming. Get Ready To Run It. Winter is coming. Just ask Jon Snow or really anyone from the Stark family. All my Game of Throne nerds are nodding their heads. The rest of you are confused. That's okay! Because this episode is actually about running. Running in winter to be specific. I start by telling you how to get into the groove. Yes, there will be a special nod to Madonna. And I'll talk about the importance of getting into gear and getting inspired and getting intelligent and getting inside and getting interesting and a whole lot more. So, get cozy. Grab a nice hot cup of something something. Maybe snuggle up with a blanket or quilt (shout out to Coach Tammie). Maybe put on some winter running apparel and hit the trails. It's up to you. Just make sure you hit play and listen to the podcast because it's a good one and it'll help you run a better winter. Cheers, Coach Bennett I know you all wanted Coach Tammie to host another episode. I get it. She rocks. But you do know she has her very own podcast, right? And be sure to check out Madonna rock Into The Groove at Live Aid here. Send us a message Be sure to send any and all questions and comments to the mailbag: Coach Bennett’s Podcast 9220 SW Barbur Blvd STE 119, #322 Portland, Oregon 97219 Be sure to check out the Two Coach Bennetts Merch Store for t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, pint glasses and more!