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S2E2: Mitch Ammons and the Stories Between the Miles

·1 hr 7 min·4 clips

“Running taught me patience.”

1. The Consistently Good Podcast episode centers on Mitch Ammons and his 2:14:48 marathon at CIM. 2. Jeff Cunningham hosts, Mitch Ammons is the guest, and Mitch matters because he runs fast while working 60-70 hours a week in Austin real estate. 3. The episode asks what changed between Mitch’s 2:16 marathon range and his 2:14:48 breakthrough. 4. Mitch says the key change was mileage, because he reached 100, 105, 110, and then three weeks above 120 miles. 5. He says eight weeks on the dot out, he hit 100 miles and then stayed consistently above 110 miles. 6. Mitch contrasts that build with earlier years when 100 miles a week felt like his absolute maximum. 7. He says the other major change was the way he handled floats during long-run workouts. 8. Mitch explains that he used to “milk the floats” so the fast reps would look better on social media. 9. He says the new approach made the floats matter more, because running 5:20s or 5:30s during recovery kept the workout continuous. 10. Jeff and Mitch point to CIM data showing a slowest 5k segment of 5:11 pace and a fastest 5k segment of 5:08 pace. 11. Mitch says the consistency mattered on a course with uphills, downhills, and flats. 12. He also says the workout average including intervals and floats was faster than marathon pace by about 5 to 10 seconds. 13. Mitch traces his long-term belief to Grandma’s in June 2019, when a 1:07:28 half marathon made him think he could run that effort twice. 14. He says that idea took about five years to become the CIM performance. 15. Mitch says running taught him patience, which mattered because he used to live on immediate dopamine as a drug addict. 16. He says that patience now carries into real estate, where nearly $2 million in contracts can fall apart in two weeks. 17. The conversation also covers his habit of running with friends from 6:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. while talking the entire time. 18. Jeff and Mitch describe a conversational, coach-athlete interview style with jokes about marriage, social media, and “networking.” 19. Listeners who like endurance training, marathon strategy, and Austin running culture would likely like this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a purely casual chat with no training detail would probably skip it.

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A steady look at pacing, belief, and the late miles.

Jeff Cunningham and Mitch Ammons keep the focus on the practical side of marathon racing: trusting the work, reading the opening miles, and knowing when to stay steady instead of folding.

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You want blunt marathon talk from someone who has done the workouts and banked the miles.

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