The Running Public

Training Tuesday: Building Resistance to Impact

Whether you’re moving from the roads to the trails, mountains to the track, or OCR to HYBRID, your legs need to be ready for the impact demands of your new terrain in order to fully use your existing fitness!

Episode 454: Q&A w/ a Special Guest

Kirk and a surprise guest co-host answer your burning questions!

Training Tuesday: 4 Listener Questions Answered

• How to approach training when your life schedule is atypical 
• Are you leaving performance on the table due to imperfect nutrition?
• How to execute Kirk’s favorite workout: Float Style Intervals
• When executing a Split Long Workout, is short rest or longer rest between workouts better?

Episode 452: TJ Schraufnagel - Part 2

Some people struggle to get things done. TJ is not one of them. What can we learn from someone who hasn’t missed a workout in years despite working full time , having three kids, and not being a natural runner?

Training Tuesday: Training Styles, Volume, and Extending from Half to full Marathon

Today we discuss how much volume is needed for an athlete to run-walk a marathon, how we would train for life if races ceased to exist, what we would do if we had one year to become the biggest monster possible, and what to do if your half marathon time is disproportionate to your marathon time. 

Episode 450: Your 3 Most Pressing Questions

How to return from injury. Are long hill intervals better than short ones? How to manage racing 5 out of 6 weekends in a row. And a bonus shoes question: Deka vs Hyrox shoe choice.

Training Tuesday: Back to Back Race Weekends

How to rest, recover, execute quality workouts, and hold onto fitness when racing multiple times in short succession!

Episode 448: Nick Ryker - Pt 3

Two years ago Nick Ryker was on the show discussing his battle with Ulcerative Colitis. He followed that up with his best ever season of training and racing. Now he returns having struggled with a relapse.  Today is another great conversation with a pretty awesome human!

Training Tuesday: Trials & How to Gauge Your Fitness

We start with a recap of what we learned during the US Olympic Trials then move to a conversation about what to do when you’re either unsure of your fitness or overconfident in you fitness.

Episode 446: Natasha Mansell Eyre

Natasha returns to discuss her recent foray into 24 hours of racing without doing long back to backs, why she runs 3:00+ per mile slower than 5k pace on her recovery runs, and how she navigated being anemic and struggling to absorb iron.