# Pushing Limits at the Marine Corps Marathon with Jamal Olatunde

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-run-shattered-podcast-7493625/pushing-limits-at-the-marine-corps-marathon-with-jamal-olatunde
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-run-shattered-podcast-7493625/pushing-limits-at-the-marine-corps-marathon-with-jamal-olatunde.md
Podcast: [The Run, Shattered Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-run-shattered-podcast-7493625)
Published: 2026-02-07T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shattered-runner1/episodes/Pushing-Limits-at-the-Marine-Corps-Marathon-with-Jamal-Olatunde-e3d5nj3
Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/1091f2098/podcast/play/113482787/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-4%2F415466472-44100-2-b4fc23c701da.m4a
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-run-shattered-podcast-7493625/episodes/pushing-limits-at-the-marine-corps-marathon-with-jamal-olatunde
Duration seconds: 2586

## Resource

In today's episode, Jamal Olatunde shares his go-to training and racing mental skills he used at for the Marine Corps Marathon in 2025. Jamal talks about learning from failures, the importance of having a flexible mindset throughout training, and embracing race day energy. All of which he used to shatter his race. Jamal grew up playing football, baseball and running shorter distances in track, and I couldn't fathom running anything over 800m. In college, he walked on to the West Point football team but didn't have much of a career there. After graduating, running strength training, and recreational sports became part of staying fit. It took him about eight years before I ran my first race - the Austin Half Marathon in 2019, and from there, he averaged about one race a year before making the leap into a full marathon - the Atlantic City Marathon in 2022. BIG thank you to Jamal for taking time to share his experience and the mental skills that work for him so we can all shatter our next race! CONNECT WITH US: If you'd like to share your own experience using mental skills during a recent marathon or ultra, please reach out to Sierra on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or through ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email: ShatteredPerformance@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Sierra on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ShatteredRunner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Jamal on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @RunningStateUniversity ⁠⁠ Listen to Jamal's podcast The Retired Athlete Mentality Podcast

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-run-shattered-podcast-7493625/episodes/pushing-limits-at-the-marine-corps-marathon-with-jamal-olatunde/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-run-shattered-podcast-7493625/pushing-limits-at-the-marine-corps-marathon-with-jamal-olatunde.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.