02 - Olympic Trials Marathoner's Recovery Routine - Austin O'Brien

Science of Sports Recovery

Olympic Trials Marathoner's Recovery Routine - Austin O'BrienSummary: Austin O'Brien didn't see his elite level of success until after college in two thousand sixteen, he got the idea to try and qualify for the Olympic trials marathon and in 2020, that dream became a reality when he competed in the Olympic trials this February after qualifying in November in 2019. Austin has been running 100+ miles per week for months on end, and he takes his recovery routine very seriously. We talk about how he fits his recovery into his busy schedule, sleep and one more unique practice he does as part of his recovery routine that is unique to him. (transcript below) Austin O'Brien's Information: email: [e-mail] twitter: https://twitter.com/aob_33 (https://twitter.com/aob_33) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aob_33/ (https://www.instagram.com/aob_33/) Jase Kraft's Information: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jaecheese (https://instagram.com/jaecheese) Website: https://scienceofsportsrecovery.com/ (https://scienceofsportsrecovery.com) Email:https://my.captivate.fm/[e-mail] ( [e-mail] ) Transcript: Jase Kraft: [00:00:00] Austin O'Brien didn't see his elite level of success until after college in two thousand sixteen, he got the idea to try and qualify for the Olympic trials marathon and in 2020, that dream became a reality when he competed in the Olympic trials this February after qualifying in November in 2019. Austin has been running one hundred plus miles per week for months on end, and he takes his recovery routine very seriously. We talk about how he fits his recovery into his busy schedule, sleep and one more unique practice. He does a part of his recovery routine that is unique to him. So let's get into it. Jase Kraft: [00:00:53] You're listening to the Science of Sports Recovery podcast. Each week, we explore how to recover more efficiently from training so you can work out harder and realize your full potential. This is the Science of Sports Recovery podcast. Jase Kraft: [00:01:21] Hey, Austin, it's great to have you on the show. Austin O’Brien: [00:01:24] Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. Jase Kraft: [00:01:26] Yeah, well, I know our listeners are excited to get into your recover routine being one hundred miles a week running. That's very impressive. But before we get started, I want to put out a fun fact, because sometimes it's hard to compare apples to apples, to apples to oranges in the sport world. Jase Kraft: [00:01:48] So for those of you that don't know, according to run, repeat that, Austin, just making the marathon trials, the Olympic trials, puts him in the top point, zero six percent of all marathon runners. And in comparison to football, that would be like a high school senior graduating high school. Playing football has a point zero nine percent chance of making it to the NFL. So, Austin, you if you are a football player, you would essentially be good enough to be in the NFL. So you are definitely in elite company. And I just wanted to put that out there because that makes a little bit more sense to people, so. Like many elite athletes who start young. When was that for, for you, when did you start running? Austin O’Brien: [00:02:44] Yeah, well, so my mom was always a runner growing up, so it was always just something I saw her do. But I actually initially went out for cross-country when I was in middle school, seventh grade, I was I started to really develop a love for basketball and I was totally obsessed. So my thought in seventh grade was, hey, I don't really care so much about football, so why don't I go for cross-country and get really get really fit, get in shape for basketball season, because that's my main sport right now it. Lo and behold, I started running really well, running fast, got better every single race and ended up winning the state cross-country...