10x National Champ Sara Hall on the Secrets to Running Longevity for Decades
Sara Hall has been competing at the highest level for nearly 30 years. She was the 2000 high school national cross country champion before earning 7-time All-America honors at Stanford University. Not...
18 Sep 202549min
How 'Coach of the Year' Sean Brosnan Revolutionized Newbury Park's Cross Country Team
Coach Sean Brosnan turned around a struggling Newbury Park high school cross country team that hadn't qualified for a State Championship in 25 years. Soon, they had won three consecutive National Cham...
11 Sep 202553min
The 7 Best Recovery Strategies (Learned From 15 Years of Coaching)
What are the most effective recovery strategies for runners? In this episode, Jason distills his 15+ years of coaching and 27 years of running experience into the most important lessons about the reco...
4 Sep 202529min
How to Improve the 3 Running Thresholds (Z2, LT, and VO2 Max), with Phil Batterson, PhD
Phil Batterson is a competitive runner, former running coach, and the founder of Critical Oxygen. Phil has a PhD in human bioenergetics and a love for all sorts of endurance sports, from rowing to tra...
28 Aug 20251h 19min
How to Create a Marathon Breakthrough: A Coaching Call on Massive Marathon Improvement
Dan joins us on the podcast today: a runner who recently improved his marathon from 3:38 to 3:08. In this conversation, Dan shares what he did to improve by a massive 30 minutes over 26.2 miles. But w...
21 Aug 20251h 10min
The Path to Going Pro: How Annie Rodenfels Went from D3 to Elite Runner
Andrea (Annie) Rodenfels is a 7x All-American in the steeplechase and 5,000m, national champion, Drake Relays 3,000m steeplechase champion, and 2x Olympic Trials qualifier. Annie is also one of the fe...
14 Aug 202551min
Inside the Science of Wearable Tech with Dr. Peter Tierney (Hardware, Metrics, & More)
When you get a new smart watch, heart rate monitor, or other type of wearable, do you know how it will help your running, specifically? Dr. Peter Tierney is a health and performance researcher, consul...
7 Aug 20251h 12min
Heat Training Q&A: How to Structure & Benefit from Heat Training
Runners are heat training more often with saunas, hot tubs, and hot weather runs. How much do we need to realize the full benefits of heat training? What are the best options and how do we structure i...
31 Jul 202527min
