Beards and Dun get together again to continue their training series, this week they discuss interval training. Interval training has been a proven training method to increase cardiovascular endurance and Beards and Dun use their knowledge to break down what it is and how to utilize it as well as sharing stories of their own experiences with interval training.

Beards and Dun are back after a short summer hiatus. This week Beards and Dun kick off a multi-part series of training advice. Starting the series off with the long run. They get to the heart of the importance of long distance training and they both share stories and insights from their own personal experiences.

With Beards heading to the Grandma's Marathon this week to provide commentary for the race he and Dun review Beards' rise from the 1980 Olympic Trials, New York, Houston, Beppu, and London Marathons to his 33 year held course record at Grandma's Marathon in 1981.

On this week's episode Beards and Dun sit down with the one and only Patti Catalano Dillon. She once held the American records for the 8K, 15K, 10 mile, 20k, 30K 1/2 marathon and marathon (first American women to break 2:30) and the world records for the road 20k, 30k and 1/2 marathon. She ran 48 races in 52 weeks and won 44 of the races! She also won the Honolulu marathon 4 times, finished 2nd at the Boston Marathon 3 times, won the Newport Marathon 5 times (each in a new course record) and signed a pro contract with Nike in 1980. She was undoubtedly the "Queen of the Road".

This week Beards and Dun get the privilege to sit down and talk with the great Greg Meyer. Greg once held every American Road Racing record for the 8K, 10K, 15K, 10 mile, 20K, 25K, 30K and held the world record for the 10 mile and 25K. He is the winner of both the Chicago Marathon and the Boston Marathon. Greg is also the first runner to ever run both a sub 4 minute mile AND a sub 2:10 marathon.

This week on the podcast Beards and Dun revisit Dun's transition from running to cycling in the early 90's. From 24hr race events to endurance events such as RAAM (Race Across America), RAW (Race Across The West), the Hell And Back double crossing of South Dakota, and everything in-between, over the past 33 years Dun has cycled 226,266 miles (just shy of the 238,900 miles from the Earth to the Moon) in 5,291 rides, averaging 24.8 miles per ride!

On this episode of the podcast Beards and Dun sit down with the one and only Rod Dixon. From his start in running as a 4 year old, to initially making an "enemy" of Steve Prefontaine, helping to inspire a new generation as he was personally inspired by Sir Edmund Hillary, to helping shoe company's learn what the needs of runners are. The stories are pure gold. [Please forgive us for some unforeseen technical issues that lead to less than ideal recording qualities.]

This week Beards and Dun sit down to reflect on the training principles discussed with previous guest Joe Henderson. Dun breaks down Long Slow Distance (LSD), or Zone 2 training, and gets to the heart of productive training and overall good health.