Matt Van Donsel w/ Coach Bobbi - The Anatomy of a Breakthrough Ultra Season
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Matt Van Donsel is a trail and ultra runner from Hopkins, Minnesota and a member of Performance Running Gym’s sponsored athlete team, Team PRG. Matt has been racing ultras since 2009, where he got his start in trail running on the rugged trails of Appalachia country in his previous home state of Virginia. Since then, he’s completed over 20 races at or beyond the marathon distance, including five 100 milers on some of the toughest trails in the US. Matt is coming off a breakthrough season, setting personal bests and finishing in the front of the back in distances ranging from 1 mile to 100 miles. We learn more in this episode about Matt’s unique athletic background as a team sport athlete, how and why he’s incorporated strength training religiously in his program from day one, and how he believes his non-traditional approach to ultramarathon training this year helped him accomplish some of his best performances to date. Also on the episode is Matt's coach, Coach Bobbi from PRG, to speak about the logic and execution of Matt's running program this year. Enjoy!
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