The Running Public

As we come to the end of a fantastic 2022, we’re taking the opportunity to answer as many of your questions as possible! You all sent some pretty great ones this time around!

Possibly the best current example of a hybrid athlete, Katie went from a CrossFitter who didn’t run to world champion in the 24 hour World’s Toughest Mudder in just three years. Today she breaks down exactly how and why she trains the way she does does!

You can be successful runner using a low volume, medium volume, or high volume approach. So, why do so many coaches and athletes believe that higher volume training is superior?

Kris just completed one of the most outrageous years of racing, both in terms of how many races she ran and how many different types of races she excelled in. We gave up trying to guess how she pulls it off and just decided to ask her.

The weight room is, historically, the distance runner’s nemesis. You might not feel welcome. You probably don’t know where to begin. You might not know why runners should even lift. This episode is designed to educate you and put you at ease!

Ian is an Ultra runner and also the man behind the social media accounts of some of your favorite OCR and running podcasts. Plus, he has a pretty amazing story himself!

Recently, Parker Valby took 2nd place at NCAA cross country championships despite only running (allegedly) 3 times per week. That got our little brains thinking about the non traditional approaches to becoming a better runner!

The sport of running is in a historically great place, and we’ll take the next 90 minutes to tell you exactly why!

The title says it all! Be the best gift giver this year!

Chad has a wild story that takes him from broke and fighting addiction to finding sport and becoming an Age Group champ. Enjoy this one!

It’s been two years since we released our “Get to Know Your Hosts” and we have new listeners who don’t know us as well as the OG listeners do. Since Brakken is out sick, we’re rereleasing those two episodes as one double feature episode today. Brakken is part 1; Kirk is part 2. Enjoy, and we’ll be back to our regular scheduled programming on Friday!

Is it weak to use the treadmill when the weather is cold? Is it okay to do speed work indoors rather than outdoors? How often should I force myself outside this winter? Do high level runners use treadmills?

Story hour? Race recaps? Training and racing advice? YUP.

You had random questions you wanted answered; we answer them! Be warned, these have very little to do with Training!

Fall Ultras are here. Spring Ultras are right around the corner. The single most overlooked factor for a successful Ultra race? The people crewing it! This episode breaks down everything you need to know in order to set your runner up for success.

Ryan talking setbacks, training, racing mindset, mental toughness, and finding passion year after year? Sign us up!

You keep sending great questions so we just have to keep answering them! There are some great ones today, enjoy!

What sets pros apart? How do I train through crazy life stress? Can I train for an Ultra and a hybrid race simultaneously? For a mixed terrain race, how do I choose the right shoe? Why do Ultra runners drink Coke on course? All that plus more!

This isn’t an episode about workout paces or race paces. This is an episode about pacing your life-training balance and pacing your season’s progression!

Tyler is a 2:12:40 marathoner working full time and training in Kirk’s neck of the woods, up in Minnesota. Hear how a mid-pack college runner transformed himself into a monster marathoner. Plus, he has trail and ultra aspirations!

It’s about that time y’all! Off season is quickly approaching and it doesn’t have to be an intimidating time of year! We break down how to approach preparing for 2023.

When ESPN and NBC stopped producing live coverage for OCR they left behind a need for someone to fill that role. Recently, Jason Dupree has been the technician and producer for many of the live race streams. Today he sheds light on what occurs behind the scenes, the challenges independent production companies face on race day, and his vision for the future of live race coverage.

Far too often we prepare our bodies for the exact demands of our competition and then race day throws an unexpected wrench in our plans and we’re left in a world of misery on course. Here’s how to avoid that!

Ean Caskey is smashing all the Iowa masters running records. Seeing as we just talked about the aging athlete, we had to find out how!

Racing more than once in a day or a weekend is a very imposing but very doable task! Here’s how to approach it.

Rich Ryan is the fastest runner to go all in on hybrid races (running + strength stations). Why he chose to, what he does, how he does it, and how the Everyman athlete can do it!

Training motivation ebbs and flows and there is no shame in that! Today we chat through some tried and true strategies for getting out the door, then we spend some time talking about how to keep yourself accountable during a tough workout.

The boys break down Ultras, hydration pack use, downhill training blocks, running where predators lurk, and more!

We break down everything a runner or hybrid athlete needs in a home gym setup and give you budget and budget-less options!

Last week we told stories of our greatest running regrets. This week we do the opposite! These are some of our best running experiences.

Father Time is undefeated. What then do we do about it?

Our biggest regrets as runners, all rolled into one chit chat story sesh. Bad gear choices, races we’d love to redo, missed opportunities, and much more!

I’ll hit this workout later. I’ll start this training block on Monday. My diet starts after the weekend. I’ll start getting up for morning workouts once I catch up on sleep. False. Later = Never.

The recent winner of the Ouray 100 mile race swings through to discuss his transformation from wheelchair to OCR to Ultra distance monster!

The boys got rolling today on these listener questions! No surface level answers here, only deep dives! Ankle stability while descending, treadmills for recovery runs and downhill work, descending for flatlanders, y mucho mas!

Matt rejoins the show to discuss all thing pacing! His new book, On Pace, is designed to teach every runner how to run every race at their real limit. This is a perfect discussion to pair with last week’s Pacing episode!

What shoes, socks, underwear, shorts, shirts, rain jackets, hydration belts & packs, watches, sunglasses, and hats do we currently use? You asked; we answered!

Over half the year has gone by and do you know what has been jumping out at us? Improper pacing! From the weekend warriors to world champs, we’ve seen people lose races, miss PRs, or simply just stop enjoying their daily runs, all due to improper pacing!

Australian endurance athlete, hybrid racer, and all around wild man Chris Woolley swings in to talk training styles, mental health, and crazy vert weeks!

Justin Hamilton’s most recent episode sparked a lot of questions regarding training for an Ultra, so we’re answering them today! But first, a little soapbox action from Brakken about armchair coaches and threshold definitions ;)

Justin Hamilton joins us again to discuss how exactly he goes about preparing for, training for, and executing an Ultra distance race. We discuss how he prepares his legs for descending all day, night, and day again, his checklist for a successful Backyard Ultra (a ‘last man standing’ style of competition) and his advice for all those racing Ode to Laz this weekend!

Our last round of listener questions was on our birthday week in May, so let’s fire this thing up!!

Mrs Space Cadet is quite possibly the best social media follow for runners who are able to laugh at the absurdity of our daily struggles. Hear how she found running, what motivates her, and why we need to embrace the daily, hilarious struggle of being a non elite athlete!

Our beliefs and best practices of endurance training have changed and evolved over time, and they will continue to do so! But at this moment in time, this is the breakdown of our Six Golden Rules of endurance training.

Mike Stefano, co-host of Obstacle Running Adventures, delivers a fantastic conversation on running, mental health, and his experiences building his business around endurance racing.

This is a three-part episode. One, we share our initial review of the new Tectonic X “trail super shoes” from Hoka. Two, we discuss “when to race your own race and when to race someone else’s race.” Three, we dive deeper down the rabbit hole that Jon Albon opened last week about the usefulness of training in super shoes.

When we last talked to Jon, a little more than a year ago, he was coming off foot surgery and barely able to jog. Last weekend he won the prestigious Marathon du Mont Blanc; arguably the best accomplishment of his entire career. How did he get from there to here? Suppose you’ll have to push Play!

Mr McIntyre co-hosts a special Training Tuesday all about the training for Hyrox. Well, mostly about training for Hyrox with a small amount of Hunter tangents. Okay, a decent amount of Hyrox with a healthy amount of nonsense. Fine, it’s mostly chit chat, tangents, and nonsense, but there still is some Hyrox training GOLD in there along with a breakdown of his new Hyrox Masterclass training program.

After his basketball career ended, Tim took up running in order to lose weight. 1,636 days later and he still hasn’t missed a run!

Today we picked a few of your really good questions and took our time exploring them completely! Some highlights: Practicing ugly running, smart watch metrics worth paying attention to and distance vs time for Time Trials.