We are joined by the amazing Tommy Lewis @tommyrunpt off the back of running the @vietnamtrailmarathon in Moc Chau. Tommy is a personal trainer and coach that has been producing amazing running based content for the past few years. He has a deep level of experience coaching ultra athletes with a focus on strength and conditioning as a core part of an overall training plan, something runners are typically very bad at doing.
We cover:
Background how Tommy and Scott know each other
How he has turned his passion into his career
His impressions of Vietnam so far
Importance of strength and conditioning for runners
Tommy’s beliefs around nutrition and veganism for athletes. How to maintain macros inc protein
Supplementation, Creatine “every man and his grandma should be taking it”
Injury prevention through S&C
Racing - how often and how to prioritise
Check out Tommy on Instagram and his podcast and coaching That’s Runnable and on all podcast channels.