The Running Public

Episode 436: Mark Dickson

Mark didn’t find running until he was 38. He transformed himself from a chain smoking, overweight partier into a endurance machine at an age when most people have already let go of their athletic aspirations.

Training Tuesday Throwback: Terminology 101

We travel back in time to the 3rd Training Tuesday we ever recorded: Running Terminology 101! The audio quality was amateur hour, our delivery was a work in progress, but the content is just as useful now as it was 4 years ago! This re-release will give you all the definitions needed to navigate the world of running jargon.

Episode 434: Running Stories & Life Lessons!

Race stories, poop stories, embarrassing stories, and the lessons learned!

Training Tuesday: Our Worst Runs Ever

The top 5 worst runs of our entire life, described in full, excruciating detail!

Episode 432: Joyce Abdo

Medically prevented from working out for the first three decades of her life, Joyce finally found freedom through fitness well into her thirties. Join us for her story of perseverance, endurance, and mindset.

Training Tuesday: Variety is NOT the Spice of Your Training Life

When do we need bland, consistent training and when should we spice things up with variety and novelty?

Episode 430: Trending Athlete Situations

We pick out a 4 current situations our athletes are dealing with and discuss them in depth: Should I have pushed harder? When have I raced too much? Do I pull the plug on my training or push through this injury? Am I actually healthy enough the start training again?

Training Tuesday: What is Speed Work?

We all have slightly different ideas of what really constitutes Speed Work for distance runners. Let’s explore that!

Episode 428: Corey Bellemore

3:57 miler, proud Canadian, and World Record Holder in the Beer Mile, Corey joins us to explain how a kid from Windsor came to be the fastest individual ever to run one full mile while consuming four beers and how doing so changed his place in the run world.

Training Tuesday: Mobility Work For Runners

Warning: you will either agree with us today or you will be really upset! Stretching and mobility work are such touchy topics. Runners will happily debate high vs low mileage, threshold vs vO2max work, or Lydiard vs Daniels, but bring up mobility work and watch those smiles get turned upside down real quick! So, today is OUR take on what runners do and don’t need to worry about when it comes to flexibility, mobility, and range of motion. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!