The Running Public

Episode 35: Morgan Schulz

One year into her transition from D-1 Track star to OCR athlete, Morgan Schulz joins us for an unbelievable story of success, injury, heartbreak, and resolve. She has had incredibly high highs paired with agonizingly low lows through her first 23 years as an athlete, which has set her up for future dominance in the endurance world.

This entire episode is worth your time but from 70:00 to the end should be required listening for every endurance athlete - especially young women!

Training Tuesday #33: Skill Work

Running isn't as simple as just building a big engine. There are many accompanying skills that need to be developed in order to fully access your fitness during a competition. Ascending, descending, technical terrain, heat, altitude; these are all skills that need sharpening or developing in order to round out your game. When and how often should they be trained? Today we debate it all!

Episode 34: Mark Batres

The fastest runner in the sport of OCR today, Mark Batres has been training as a distance runner since he was 8. From child phenom to collegiate stud to 2:19 marathoner to US National OCR champ, Mark walks us through his journey as a runner. He is also a successful endurance coach and we get to pick his brain about training volume, racing weight, and interval work.

Training Tuesday #32: Preparing for OCR Stars

There is a lot of buzz around Hunter McIntyre's new virtual competition, OCR Stars, so we decided to walk you through everything you need in order to prepare for and dominate this competition! We analyze Hunter's tenancies as an athlete and coach in order to flesh out the details of what the events could look like. We then give you the training specifics needed to attack those specific type of events. Get listening and then get training!

Episode 33: Veejay Jones

The youngest, and arguably best, athlete in the sport of OCR takes us on his journey from 13 year old wunderkind to 21 year old phenom. Get to know the young man behind the legend!

Also, Brakken does his best to sabotage the episode by not knowing the start time and Matt Kempson makes a surprise guest appearance. 

Deload Weeks vs Tapering vs Peaking

These three terms are always talked about, sometimes understood, and rarely implemented correctly. Today we fix that! We break down what each term means, discuss why and when you would use it, then give you real examples of how to implement it correctly!

Episode 32: Continuing Our Q&A

Tuesday's Q&A episode only covered half of your questions so we are powering through today! This episode might have the most wide ranging topics we've ever covered. We start with different approaches for dealing with and sourcing sponsors, progress to a debate between OCRWC and Spartan World Championships, touch upon some training nitty-gritty, then finish up with our dream jobs and play F-M-K with Beni, Hunter, and Matt B Davis. Buckle up!

Training Tuesday#30: Listener Submitted Q&A

We had an overflowing inbox this week so it was time for a Q&A session! With virtual races coming up we have a lot a marathon strategy and pacing questions. From there we run the gauntlet from strength training and dynamic warm ups to HR zones, burn out vs fatigue, and of course a little bit of compromised running. Don't miss Kirk's bear attack story!

Episode 31: Hunter's All Stars

Hunter McIntyre swings by to announce the launch of his new Virtual Race Series: OCR All Stars. With 4 competitions and a minimum of $31,000 in prize money, this will be the biggest paying race of 2020 and it doesn't forget about the Age Groupers! We also chat about his athletic goals for 2021, his plans to run a 4:30 mile in the next few months (while weighing over 200 lbs), partying with the Backstreet Boys, and his life advice for everyone this year. 

Training Tuesday #29: Our Biggest Mistakes as Runners

Kirk and Brakken have a combined 45 years of Endurance Training between the two of them. That is a LOT of chances to screw up! Today they talk through the 6 biggest mistakes they've made in their running careers, from not testing things out until race day to trying to match their rivals in training. Some stories are funny, others are cautionary, but they all will help you avoid the biggest pitfalls runners tend to make!