2:09 Marathoner Jacob Thomson on Getting Faster While Running a Business | Mileage Pod

May 8, 2026

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Follow Jacob's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jacobthomson4360 Listen to the Out & Back podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7jMJDqzsoZALVCWwop4igv Sign up for the Supwell app for the best deals on running shoes and gear, training insights and/or to offload your shoes so your spouse lets you buy more shoes: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/supwell/id6753905424 (along with DAILY motivation, the most supportive hobby jogger community, best buy, sell and trade shoe marketplace and an exclusive 10% off discount code on hobby jogger gear) I'm so happy to welcome our newest partner SAYSKY to the Supwell family. Use code SUPWELL15 for 15% off https://saysky.us/ Try my favorite running socks: Courier Socks https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=114016&awinaffid=2830876 Code SUPWELL15 for 15% off Follow the Courier IG https://www.instagram.com/couriersocks/ If you're going to pick up shoes or gear mentioned, use my Running Warehouse link to support the channel: https://www.runningwarehouse.com/search-mens.html&from=supwell Jacob Thomson is a 2:09 Marathoner, co-host of the Out & Back podcast and YouTuber. He recently ran a PR at the Boston Marathon and has a coaching business in full swing. We talked all things running with him. 00:00 Intro 04:00 Jacob Thomson Joins the Pod 04:13 JT’s Under Armour Sponsorship 16:44 Jacob's YouTube Grind 20:05 Jacob's Training for Boston 27:45 Shoutout Connor Blalock 30:30 Life and Running in Flagstaff 34:37 Tempos in Marathon Training 37:35 Kilometer Corner 46:15 Racing for Position vs Racing for a PR 57:08 Korir vs Sawe 1:01:01 Jacob's Takes on the Majors 1:04:49 What’s next for JT 1:14:20 Jacob's Take on Periodization 1:25:30 The Running Circle of Life 1:30:00 JT’s coaching Thanks for watching! Here's how you can support the channel. 1. Join my app to take your training to the next level. Buy/sell/trade running shoes and swap training and shoe advice with fellow hobby joggers: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/supwell/id6753905424 2. Buy your new shoes, running gear and fuel through my Running Warehouse link. I also have a discount code on the app above that gets you 20% off apparel and 10% off fuel and discount https://www.runningwarehouse.com/?from=supwell 3. Get matched with the best running shoe for you at https://runningshoematcher.com (I built the running shoe database and matching logic. It's pretty cool and actually works) 4. Buy a hobby jogger hat and other cool Supwell Certified drip at https://hobbyjogger.com 5. Follow the Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supwellrunning/