Matthew Futterman On The Secrets of Speed & Endurance

The Rich Roll Podcast · Jul 22, 2019 · 2h 12m

What is the secret to running impossibly fast? Or distances longer than previously imagined?

Beginning in the 1960's, an unknown farm boy turned coach named Bob Larsen launched a decades-long quest to find the ‘secret sauce' of speed and endurance that would eventually revolutionize the sport and catapult American running onto the national stage.

This is the story of how Larsen took turned a rag-tag group of also-ran junior college athletes called the Jamul Toads into cult-favorite national champions. Later, he would apply his secret training regimen to athletes like Meb Keflezighi and Deena…