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Stress!!
May 21, 2023

Stress!!

Sean and Meghan talk STRESS. They discuss how they deal with stress and how stress manifests in their lives. Sean discusses his training as both stress relief and an increased source of stress. Meghan and Sean discuss being introverted or …

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Race Planning and Preparation - where do I start???
May 7, 2023

Race Planning and Preparation - where do I start???

Sean and Meg sit down to talk about getting to and from races and how to prep and travel. Sean provides an initial race recap of Traprock 50k and intro to the race season. The discussions set out on how …

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Coach John Harris Talks Life, Injuries, & Mental Health
April 24, 2023

Coach John Harris Talks Life, Injuries, & Mental Health

Meghan and Sean welcome Coach John Harris to the podcast. John is a long time member of the ZenduranceNow crew. He is a Navy Veteran, coach, podcaster, cancer survivor, and all around solid human. We discuss trauma, endurance sports, exercise, …

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Under Pressure! Working through Performance Anxiety
April 10, 2023

Under Pressure! Working through Performance Anxiety

Before you start singing Queen and Bowie sit down with Sean and Meghan as they discuss pressure. Speaking from both personal experiences in life, racing, and in professional capacities they walk through some common manifestations of personal anxiety....

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Goals and Struggles with the ZenduranceNow Coaches
April 3, 2023

Goals and Struggles with the ZenduranceNow Coaches

Meghan, Sean, and Sam get together to discuss goals and struggles that they are going through. Amongst the chaos of their typical conversation Sean gets a little punchy but it’s counter balanced by Sam’s zen persona. Meg continues to try …

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What’s it like to be a GREAT Race Director with Vinny Capp
March 6, 2023

What’s it like to be a GREAT Race Director with Vinny Capp

Meghan and Sean sit down with Vinny Capp from Happily Running https://www.happilyrunning.com They discuss how Sean met Vinny and through his involvement with Laurel Highlands and putting on that race during the pandemic. Vinny has been involved in th...

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Join the Coaches Corner with Mindy Randall
Feb. 20, 2023

Join the Coaches Corner with Mindy Randall

Meghan and Sean welcome fellow coach Mindy Randall from Forward Motion Run Coaching. Mindy is a fellow endurance junkie and has crossed paths with Meghan over the past 6+ years. Sean and Mindy also discover that they are both training …

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Who’s Music is Best? Let the Battle Commence!
Feb. 6, 2023

Who’s Music is Best? Let the Battle Commence!

Meghan, Sean, and Sam each play songs that they love. The group talks about the songs and laughter commences. Playlist for you to decide for yourself: APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/zendurancenow-mix-vol-3/pl.u-76oNNdmIdre74 SPOTIF...

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Cults
Jan. 23, 2023

Cults

Meghan and Sean talk cults. The discussions center around fitness and diet related cults. They talk about their personal experiences with in and around these cults as a layers on the fitness world. Sean discusses some of his dietary changes …

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Squirrel! What? Oh yeah . . .
Jan. 9, 2023

Squirrel! What? Oh yeah . . .

Sometimes in the course of a podcast Meghan or Sean will get distracted and veer hard off topic. This episode is really no different. Meg and Sean catch up a little after his vacation. They then go and address some …

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Team ZenduranceNow Reunites
Dec. 26, 2022

Team ZenduranceNow Reunites

Join Coaches Meghan, Sean, and Sam as we talk about everything Grateful Dead, favorite movies, life and it's chaos, how Meghan finds her Zen, and yelling at our athletes (not really.) Sam seems to really enjoy poking Meghan and Sean …

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Recovery (for real!)
Dec. 18, 2022

Recovery (for real!)

Meghan starts with a quote from Cory Reese and his recent book, Stronger than the Dark. In a strange twist Sean is also reading a book, The Brave Athlete: Calm the F**k Down and Rise to the Occasion. We discuss …

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Mental Health Crisis - emergency episode*
Nov. 28, 2022

Mental Health Crisis - emergency episode*

*trigger warning* We talk about suicide and mental health in this podcast. We have a different podcast today. I was very shaken by two recent child suicide attempts in my circle. Also, as I signed on to record this podcast …

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Bikes But We Digress
Nov. 21, 2022

Bikes But We Digress

What is this? Sean is a Furry? Sean and Meghan talk about race volunteering and local race communities. Introducing your kids to the crazy world of endurance athletics. Sean volunteered as a trail marshal for Amy Rusiecki’s Mt Tom trail …

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Grit part 2
Nov. 6, 2022

Grit part 2

*Note from Sean: I incorrectly state that NH has no ultras outside of Ghost Train and that Ghost Train was the only NH 100 miler. However, Jigger Johnson 100 miler just announced itself. I am looking forward to hearing more …

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Sean’s Grindstone 100 mile Report, Winter Surfing, & Race Specificity
Oct. 24, 2022

Sean’s Grindstone 100 mile Report, Winter Surfing, & Race Specificity

Sean and Meghan chat about Sean's recent Grindstone 100 mile race and training specificity. Sean gives a solid recap of a great race including race logistics and mishaps. Meghan delves into her new love of winter surfing and why her …

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Keep on Swinging with Sarah Keddell & her incredible adventures in Africa, Pakistan, & Nepal
Oct. 10, 2022

Keep on Swinging with Sarah Keddell & her incredible adventures in Af…

Meghan and Sean sit down with the infamous Sarah Keddell. Sarah regales them with her tales of life on the trails and worldly adventures. Sarah explains to us her unconventional journey to and through endurance athletics from Army Medic to …

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Johnny Cash is a GOD
Sept. 26, 2022

Johnny Cash is a GOD

Meg and Sean just chat it up again. They talk for a little bit about getting the kids back to school and last year of the summer trips. Turns out Sean isn’t the biggest fan of camping. Meg got to …

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Catching Up! Meghan and Sean missed each other!
Sept. 12, 2022

Catching Up! Meghan and Sean missed each other!

Meghan and Sean have a catch up conversation. It’s been a little bit since Sean and Meg were able to converse. They dive right into old school phone sex and sex worker discussion. Seems pretty normal. Will Meghan run a …

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Having a Coach, What is it like? Sara Simmons tells us
Aug. 29, 2022

Having a Coach, What is it like? Sara Simmons tells us

Meghan and Sean get together and chat with Sara Simmons a long time ZenduranceNow athlete. Sara is coached by Sean and explains how that came about. She also delves into how her perceptions of her abilities has changed while being …

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Special Guest Dr. Joshua White
Aug. 15, 2022

Special Guest Dr. Joshua White

Meghan and Sean sit down and check in with friend and runner Joshua White. Josh is a ultra runner living in Vermont where he resides as a Chief Medical Officer in a local hospital. Josh discusses with us his practices …

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Mental Health and Endurance Sports
Aug. 1, 2022

Mental Health and Endurance Sports

Sean and Meghan talk mental health and fitness. This includes: the connection between mind and body and the stigma that exists around mental health and how this is changing as education becomes more prevalent. The importance of empathy and compassion...

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Weird Stories: Seen, Heard, and Experienced While Running Way Too Much
July 18, 2022

Weird Stories: Seen, Heard, and Experienced While Running Way Too Much

When you spend a lot of time outside weird things are bound to occur- right? At least this is what Sean and Meghan are telling themselves. Please join us for our listener submitted stories. We laugh a lot and there's …

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The Gang is All Here! Coach Sam Farnsworth is in the house!
July 4, 2022

The Gang is All Here! Coach Sam Farnsworth is in the house!

The whole gang is together for the first time on the podcast! Welcome to Sam Farnsworth the third ZenduranceNow coach. Sam joins us to talk about how he came into the endurance world and how we all came together as …

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