The Running Public

Former NCAA D1 swimmer, current NYU med student, and recent Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifier off less than 50 miles per week!

The training, the current Pro scene, the race itself, and what Mile fitness allows you to do makes the Mile the best race distance!

Today’s topics: HRV, Strength Training, Extra Sleep vs Extra Training, 100M readiness, Strava Overtraining, and Backwards Walking. 

Kirk is back in the studio and we’re answering your most pressing running questions!

A nutrition coach and sports dietitian in addition to being a runner herself, Kylee specializes in endurance athletes struggling with complex GI issues, race fueling complexities, disordered 
eating, eating disorders, low energy availability, and REDS. 

Sound familiar? The RMR podcast did this exact topic this week. Rich didn’t listen to this, we didn’t listen to his, and we did not discuss our talking points with each other prior to recording! Mostly because Rich didn’t know we were doing this. Check his out if you haven’t already and see where we are in alignment and where we disagree!

They aren’t going anywhere any time soon, so is the running community better or worse for their presence??

Anytime, anywhere! These workouts are simply great for building overall fitness. 

Kirk loves float style intervals. Brakken loves to hate them. What exactly makes these workouts worth doing?

Ultra runner extraordinaire, Mark Dowdle, joins us to chat all things Backyard Ultras and Last Man Standing events.

If two 5 mile runs equal one 8 mile run, what does the 4x4x48 Challenge equal? And does a 15:00 5k runner hurt the same as a 15 minute two mile runner, assuming they are both at max effort?? What about time spent in zones?!? Let chaos ensue!

We choose your six best questions of the week to spend a little extra time analyzing and talking through!

The weather is finally shifting away from the summer heat and it is time to go find out exactly what kind of fitness you’ve build this year!

James brings a crazy resume to the podcast:

How should you actually feel during each stage of training? From Off Season and Base all the way through Competition, here is how our energy levels, soreness, and motivation changes throughout the cycles. 

When life dictates that you need some time away from full bore training, but you don’t really want or need a real offseason, it’s time for a Bridge Season!

Today we’re re-airing our interview with Rylan Schadegg. Rylan passed away last week and this is the best way we know of keeping his voice alive.

High mileage with less ‘Quality” workouts or low mileage with more Quality? Singles or Doubles? Base Building before starting Speed Work or doing it concurrently? Long Runs or Medium Runs?

Last week we discussed why a formula CAN’T accurately tell you how much hill work you should be doing. This week we discuss exactly what you SHOULD be doing in training!

A listener sent us a reel that gives a simple calculation for determining how much vertical gain every runner should be doing. Is it perfect? Just okay? Terrible?

We cover 8 great listener questions, ranging from speed work to marathon training!

Wrapping up our mini series, some aspects of running can be very overrated at times while being very underrated in certain circumstances. 

With all the recent drug bans being laid down in the running world, it’s time we talk about what performance enhancing drug use looks like in our sport.

You want to take your running seriously? These are the most underrated ways of improving!

We debate the most overrated tactics when it comes to getting faster!

Highlights include:

Spartan Racing, in the Pro Ranks, is dead and gone in North America. Athletes haven’t been paid in years, numbers have flatlined, and the opportunity to make a living as a Spartan Athlete is no longer a thing. So, today we remember peak Spartan Race. Not in sadness, but as a celebration of what once was!

Lead chiropractor and owner of Bottenfield Chiropractic Strength and Wellness, Dr Patrick has become Kirk’s go-to for injury rehab. 

US Track and Field Championships were this past weekend and oooooh baby were there some RACES!

Kris shows up to discuss racing, training, mindset and balance like only she can!

We know that you’re probably struggling to deal with the current heat wave, but we have good news: It gets better! Your body will adapt.

Jess moderates a non-serious debate between Kirk and BK regarding listener questions.

If you’re going to take running seriously, you’re going to be tracking some combination of pace, RPE, and heart rate (at the bare minimum). So, where should you start? What metric matters the most?

The questions are nicely polarized: roughly 80% nonsense and 20% running related.

We are generally our own worst enemy. Here’s how to avoid that trap while self coaching!

At what point does cross training stop being useful to your running?

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 & pen, and get ready for some great advice from a 3x Olympic Trials qualifier!

Marathon Training Ultra “time on feet” indoor vs outdoor workouts strength training racing weight

Kyle recently broke the World Record for most holes of golf played in 24 hours, covering over 90 miles en route!

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 ahead to prevent it from happening again!