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The Running Public
Two endurance athletes and coaches sit down to talk all things running! We bring you high level running knowledge and present it at a practical level.
Episodes
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How to Self Coach Effectively
We are generally our own worst enemy. Here’s how to avoid that trap while self coaching!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Cross Training vs “Real Training”
At what point does cross training stop being useful to your running?
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Episode 537: Tyler Jermann Drops Knowledge!
Last week Tyler slid into Kirk’s DMs with some friendly training advice. This week we invited him on to chat it through on air. So sit back, grab your notebook…
The Running PublicEpisode 536: 4th of July Q&A
Marathon Training Ultra “time on feet” indoor vs outdoor workouts strength training racing weight
The Running PublicEpisode 535: Kyle Cokinos - The Longest Day of Golf
Kyle recently broke the World Record for most holes of golf played in 24 hours, covering over 90 miles en route!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Analyzing a DNF
Unfortunately, most of us will drop out of a race eventually. Here is how to review the race & the preceding training, draw accurate conclusions, and plan…
The Running PublicEpisode 533: Q&A
The audience came through with some excellent questions this month, including questions about Tapers, Lifting, Hyrox, OCR, Pacing, and Body Weight.
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Marathon Race Week
Kirk is making his marathon debut this weekend. We discuss the exact details of his taper, race week sleep and dietary plans, race morning routine and warm up…
The Running PublicEpisode 531: Chris Johnson
Father, teacher, Ninja Warrior, and endurance athlete. Chris epitomizes the “non pro” athlete who is chasing performance with the same dedication and intensity…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Nail Your Next Race
Last week we talked about avoiding common race blunders. Today, we lay the blueprint for actively succeeding on race day!
The Running PublicEpisode 529: Backpacking Project
Glenn Cassidy and Edwin Leahy of Saint Benedict’s Prep School join us to discuss the 55 mile hike on the Appalachian Trail which all freshman embark on as a…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Avoiding Common Race Mistakes
From pre-race anxiety and cramming in too much last minute work to starting out too fast, we cover the most common ways people screw up their races!
The Running PublicEpisode 527: Current Trends in Running
Some might be considered “hot” takes, others are decidedly lukewarm. But these are the trends we’re noticing (and not always loving) in running right now!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Overtraining
Don’t skip past this one just because you aren’t running 100 mile weeks! Overtraining can happen to anyone, regardless of training volume. Here are the signs…
The Running PublicEpisode 525: May Q&A
Your questions have been stacking up so we’re diving into them today! Highlights include: Supershoes Marathon Prep When to “retire” Why warm ups matter!…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Handling the Heat
The heat and humidity has arrived. How should we go about accounting for this in training?
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How to Build a Training Plan (for Brakken)
Last week we decided that Brakken needs to suck it, sign up for a race, and start training seriously. Today, we build him a 16 week training plan designed to…
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Training Tuesday: BK is Overseas and Just Really Needs to Race
After completing just 2 races in the past year, it is time for Brakken to sign up, show up, and get back to racing!
The Running PublicEpisode 521: Rich Ryan
For the past 25 years, Rich has never stopped pursuing his goal of becoming the best runner and athlete possible. Why has he now, at the age of 39, seemingly…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: The Best Long Runs (for most people)
The Long Run is a staple of life for many distance runners. It is also pretty demanding on the body. Here are our favorite “bang for your buck” options!
The Running PublicEpisode 519: Darla O’Connor Pt 2
Darla returns to talk injuries, rehab, holding on to fitness through cross training, and refusing to ever give back or back down.
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: The Best Trail & Mountain Workouts
Can you just do classic track workouts on the trails? Sure. But sometimes you need something specifically designed for your off road racing needs!
The Running PublicEpisode 517: The Best WORST Bang For Your Buck Workouts
On Tuesday we covered the workouts that give you solid fitness benefits with very little recovery costs. Today we are taking the opposite stance: workouts that…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: The Best “Bang for Your Buck” Workouts
Minimum recovery costs; maximum fitness gain. These are the workouts we find to be most repeatable, manageable, and enjoyable! We choose multiple options each…
The Running PublicEpisode 515: Play to Your Strengths
Running is hard! Are you playing to your strengths as a runner or just banging your head against the wall?
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Back From Vacation
Kirk was in California crushing marathon workouts and big mountain runs. Brakken was in Sweden… cross training?
The Running PublicEpisode 513: Scott Frey - Cerebral Performance
Scott H. Frey, Ph.D., Ed.M., is an award-winning scientist, mentor, and lifelong endurance athlete. For the past 30 years, he led a research program that…
The Running PublicEpisode 512: Michael Wardian
Professional runner and Guinness World Record holder Michael Wardian talks goals, recent runs and races, and his work with World Vision on a clean water…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Get to Know Your Stride
When pace, gps or hr fails you during a race, having a metronome stride you can fall back on to ensure that you are pacing correctly is a huge advantage!
The Running PublicEpisode 510: Sean Roach
Sean is the founder and owner of Emergence Physical Therapy Strength and Running Performance Center in Redmond, Oregon, an ultra runner, and a holder of…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Lessons From Intervals
Workout One: 12x 1000m w/ 1:00 float recovery. Workout Two: 10x 200m w/ 150m jog recovery. Both workouts didn’t quite go as planned and adjustments had to be…
The Running PublicEpisode 508: Non-Running AMA (mostly)
Life and personal questions, generated randomly, answered by us? Sounds like Long Run material!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Don’t Let Training Get in the Way of Racing!
“I probably shouldn’t do this cool local race because it doesn’t fit in with the training block I’m currently in.” Sound familiar? Let’s chat it out!
The Running PublicEpisode 506: Derek Rubis Pt 2
You asked and we delivered! Three years after our last chat with Derek about his journey with running and his battle with colon cancer, he rejoins the show to…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: A Conversation About Training & Goals
We take some time to talk through racing goals and pick each other’s brains about the training needed to accomplish them!
The Running PublicEpisode 504: Matt Fitzgerald - Chasing Mastery
Matt joins us to talk about: After three years of dealing with Long COVID, going from zero miles per week to racing a 100k Adapting his training to accommodate…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About Mileage
Far too many runners choose their training volume based on what others are doing. This is how we think about the appropriate volume to train at!
The Running PublicEpisode 502: Reminders Part Two
We continue from where we left off last week with Kirk taking the lead on his most impactful takeaways from our early episodes.
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About “Early Season Races”
How we approach them, our strategy, our training adjustments, and our expectations.
The Running PublicEpisode 500: Five Years of Reminders
We have had the opportunity to listen to so many incredible individuals impart knowledge, wisdom, and warnings over the past 500 episodes. Today we recap some…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: 8 Mini Topics
Our current practices for injury prevention. How to implement hill work and at what grade of steepness. How Lactate Threshold HR and pace change over time…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About “Strength Training”
Why should runners lift? What is really considered strength training when it comes to endurance running? How often do we think a runner should lift? Do we…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About “Choosing a Running Shoe”
This isn’t us telling you what shoes to get. We’re not telling you what shoes we think are “good”. There is really no such thing as a “good” or “bad” shoe…
The Running PublicEpisode 497: Cam Bostock
Cam is a renowned endurance athlete, through hiker, and all around outdoor adventurer. In 2024, between completing the Pacific Crest Trail and several other…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About “Off Season / Base Building”
This is episode three in a series of Training Tuesdays explaining our rationale behind the way we think about and execute various pieces of our training…
The Running PublicEpisode 495: Ian Floyd - Pt 2
Ian completed two of the tougher 100 mile races in the US this past year, despite never running a race longer than 65 miles prior. Today we chat about…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About “Speed Development”
This is episode two in a series of Training Tuesdays explaining our rationale behind the way we think about and execute various pieces of our training. Today…
The Running PublicEpisode 493: Setting Our 2025 Goals
We lay out our training and racing goals & aspirations for the coming season!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: How We Think About “Warming Up”
We’re kicking off a series of Training Tuesday episodes explaining our rationale behind the way we think about and execute various pieces of our training…
The Running PublicEpisode 491: Our 2024 Year In Review
One of us did a lot of running and racing. The other did a lot of rehabbing and dreaming about racing. We both learned a ton.
The Running PublicEpisode 490: Austin Smeenk
The world record holder in the 400m and 800m, Austin competed at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, winning a gold and a bronze medal in Paris…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Mini Q&A
We discuss our recent training, team racing strategy, fueling during stage racing, and our reactions to the training principles David Roche implemented during…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Is Your Running Relationship a Healthy One?
How often should you look forward to your runs? How often should you feel good during a run? How should running (or missing a run) affect your daily life? Does…
The Running PublicEpisode 487: No Context Social Media Clips
Ian Hosek combs through the social media clips from our 2024 episodes and questions us about things we’ve said that he disagrees with!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Listener Questions
Traditional lifting vs CrossFit for runners Speed first vs Endurance first for a new runner How early to wake up before races and long runs Workout…
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: OCR Training > Traditional Run Training?
If you aren’t an elite runner, is OCR style training your best way to improve your running?
The Running PublicEpisode 484: Betsy Mueller
When Betsy was diagnosed with MS she had two choices: give in, or go all in!
The Running PublicTraining Tuesday: Different Ways to Stack Volume
So you want to significantly raise your training volume but you can’t safely run any more than you already are. What are your options for doing this in an…
The Running PublicEpisode 482: Your Questions Answered!
How do I know if I need to work on speed or stamina? Should I give my coach another chance? Should I use the track for intervals? And more!