The Running Shorts Podcast

40 Episodes
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By: Jonathan Mederos

Running news, commentary, and training talk.

The Stotan training methods of Percy Cerutty
06/25/2025

Chop wood, read poetry, and run like an animal.

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Pereira, Cabral, and the Portuguese training method
06/11/2025

How Carlos Lopes won Portugal’s first gold medal at the Olympics (1984) and ran a WR 2:07:12 marathon a year later at age 38.

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Summer of Malmo
05/28/2025

Doubling, running within yourself, running by feel, and maintaining your leg turnover.

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The Norwegian method for amateur runners (part 3, the marathon)
05/13/2025

The sirpoc special block. How to adapt the original method to fit the marathon.

Part 1:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

Part 2:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

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The ‘hour of power’ training method
05/09/2025

Norm Green, Michael Musyoki, and the threshold model of training intensity distribution.

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The ‘hour of power’ training method
05/09/2025

Norm Green, Michael Musyoki, and the threshold model of training intensity distribution.


Train hard and kick ass (like 2-time Olympian Todd Williams did)
04/25/2025

Todd’s Gate River Run 15K course record lasted 30 years.

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Thoughts on Grand Slam Track
04/11/2025

My fun solution to “the problem of track and field” if there is one.

Post-recording thoughts:

Points should also be awarded to a runner for leading (per lap).

Alternatively, we eliminate points altogether, and do something like tennis does, best of 5 sets (races). Might not be spectator friendly, but watching the same field go at it (and using different tactics) 5 days in a row on TV would be interesting. Kinda what happens at the Olympics where drama unfolds over an entire week.

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The Japanese way of training
04/04/2025

The Japanese are not afraid of mileage and they’re not afraid of going too slow.

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The Norwegian method for amateur runners (part 2)
03/21/2025

Add me to the growing number of amateur runners who have thrived under this method. After just 9 months of this training, I’ve gone from 19:30 to 17:03, and that 17:03 was my first race as a 40 year old.

Part 1:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

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Paula Radcliffe’s training
03/07/2025

How Paula maximized her potential in the marathon.

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The training that led to the current WR in the men’s marathon (2:00:35)
02/22/2025

Honoring Kelvin Kiptum’s memory one year after the crash.

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Igloi Training
02/07/2025

High volume, multi-pace, interval based training.

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The power of cross training (e.g. Parker Valby and Keely Hodgkinson)
01/17/2025

Training for injury prone runners. If you are a broken down runner or someone that is always getting hurt, this method might be for you.

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The rise and fall of Ryan Hall, Terrance Mahon’s coaching, and the training that produced 59:43/2:04:58*
01/03/2025

Will Klecker, Bor, or Mantz break the 18 year-old American record at the Houston Half this year?

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Where does my passion for training come from?
12/20/2024

I have a feeling this episode won’t age very well but I wanted to be as open and as vulnerable as possible with where I’m at in life right now and with this thing that has all but dominated my life outside of fear (fear of abandonment, fear of being alone, fear of pain, and fear of living in a meaningless or sinister universe).

In short, I continue to run because I’m still competing against my younger self.

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The training methods of Ed Eyestone, the CEO of USA distance running
12/06/2024

Eyestone’s own training in the 80s/90s, BYU XC training, and the post-collegiate marathon training of Connor Mantz and Clayton Young.

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Tinman and Critical Velocity Training
11/22/2024

Keep the ball rolling. Tom Schwartz trains the ATP system year-round and emphasizes muscle fiber recruitment.

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How to determine your easy pace
11/08/2024

Perceived effort may not be the best way to determine your easy pace. The tendency for most people is to go too fast on easy runs. But in my case, I was going too slow.

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The Hansons Method
10/24/2024

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Linking speed and endurance (How Dave Moorcroft set a 5000m world record in 1982)
10/18/2024

Moorcroft is the last non-African to set a WR in the 5000m. His coach, John Anderson, passed away earlier this year.

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The Galloway training method you’ve never heard of and which may surprise you
10/04/2024

The original Galloway method of training was very different from its modern day run-walk variant.

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Run eat sleep (Frank Shorter’s path to greatness)
09/27/2024

You don’t run 26 miles at 5 minute pace on good looks and a secret recipe. Or a thick mustache.

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Altitude Training 101
09/20/2024

A general overview of the science and practical tips.

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Pete Pfitzinger’s Advanced Marathoning
09/13/2024

A 2-time Olympian turned coach, to the masses.

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John Cook and Scott Razco training (How Alan Webb ran a 3:46 mile before super shoes)
09/06/2024

Monster workouts, strength exercises, and lots and lots of drills

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Daily Progression Runs and Ron Clarke
08/30/2024

Before he set 17 world records, Ron Clarke quit running competitively because he didn’t enjoy interval training.

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Strength is speed (Meb’s training under coach Bob Larsen)
08/23/2024

Another way to apply threshold training

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Time trialing versus championship racing, Hassan versus Viren, well done Ed Eyestone, & more analysis out of Paris
08/16/2024

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How runners trained 100 years ago, including the great Paavo Nurmi
08/09/2024

The Flying Finn won 5 gold medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics and it would have been 6 golds if the Finnish selectors had not blocked him from entering the 10,000m (his favorite distance).

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The Women's 10000m final in Paris is a must watch but will we ever see a performance like the one Almaz Ayana put together in Rio?
08/02/2024

Previewing the Olympic Women’s 10,000m Final in Paris.

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The TB Bucs with their 9 wins and 8 losses last season (tied for the 13th best W/L record in the NFL) would be the defending Olympic champs
07/26/2024

Running will never be a mainstream sport as long as it views the Olympics as its pinnacle and as long as we don’t make changes to how the sport is managed in non-Olympic years.

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Speed-oriented training (Justin Rinaldi and the Fast8 Track Club)
07/19/2024

World class 800m/1500m training. Even for non-elite runners or non-middle distance runners, this system improves speed reserve.

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I’ve learned a few things over the last 6 weeks (heart rate training, road vs treadmill, and rate of improvement )
07/12/2024

Heart rate training has been a game changer so far.

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Come back after you’ve run 80mpw and then we’ll talk (Mark Wetmore’s training)
07/05/2024

The University of Colorado is saying goodbye to a legend this year.

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Olympic Trials talk and the future of running
06/28/2024

How I would restructure things at the elite level from a fan’s perspective.

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The Low Mileage Approach
06/21/2024

The low mileage, high quality approach has its own sphere of influence, from elite middle distance runners to 3-day a week training plans developed by The Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training (FIRST).

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The Easy Interval Method (EIM)
06/14/2024

Also known as the Verhuel method, this type of training comes from the Netherlands. How to run fast every day and still recover. Read Klaas Lok’s book to get an even deeper understanding:

https://www.easyintervalmethod...

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The Norwegian Method for Amateur Runners
06/07/2024

All the benefits of sub-threshold without the doubles and the X-factor sessions.

LetsRun thread:

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/...

Strava group:

https://strava.app.link/OioUsZ...

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Dealing with physical decline, an unfulfilled dream, and increasing levels of doubt
05/31/2024

Recap of my 2 mile race over Memorial Day weekend. Am I washed up or is there still hope?

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