The Running Public

Training Tuesday: Listener Questions

Our most dreaded workouts, hill running for Easy Days, “super trainers”, and how much should you expect to improve?

Training Tuesday: Running Economy

What exactly is Running Economy and how do we improve it?

Episode 644: There Are Holes in Your Training Plan

We all have blind spots with our training. Here’s how to find yours and remedy them!

Training Tuesday: Mailbag!

You keep sending in questions so we’re going to keep answering them!

Episode 642: 6 Hours or Less of Training Per Week

If you are limited to lower volume training due to time constraints, this is what we would prioritize when preparing for longer races!

Training Tuesday: Train Low, Race High or Train High, Race High?

There was a big movement towards under fueling and under recovering during your race build and then resting up and peaking like crazy. Now, the in vogue route is to fuel

Training Tuesday: Make a Decision For Life!

You have to make a choice and stick with it for the rest of your running life: Plated or Unplated, Tights or Shorts, Music or Silence, High Rep or Low Rep lifting, Roads

Episode 639: Our Favorite Race Prep Workouts

You’re already in good shape and you decide to sign up for a race that is just a few weeks away. What should you do for your final few quality sessions? We give you our t

Training Tuesday: Answering Your Questions

Highlights include balancing strength training with running, fueling for a 90 minute race, barefoot & zero drop shoes, at what age can you determine whether or not you’re

Episode 637: Croix Sather

As a teen, Croix spent four days in a coma after being struck by a drunk driver. His family was told he would be a vegetable; if he survived. 40 years later, he is an ult

Training Tuesday: A Line in the Sand

We kick off with a Backyard Ultra chat, briefly talk about adjusting to time zones when traveling for races, and then Brakken gives himself a race ultimatum!

Episode 635: Our Running Education

We spent a combined 20 years dedicating ourselves to the track. Then, we spent 15 years training for Obstacle Course Racing, which in turn led us to the trails and mounta

Training Tuesday: Strength Training for Recovery

Can you use lifting in a way that maximizes hormone production yet minimizes the interference effect on your running? Yup!

Episode 634: Listener Submitted Q&A

Highlights include: How much did altitude training help us? What type of form work should runners do? Are recovery shoes/slides legit? How to strengthen core, and how to

Episode 633: Maj. Tim Gribble

Tim is a firefighter, Air National Guard officer, and endurance athlete. After surviving a near death medical emergency, and the subsequent year long recovery, he rebuilt

Training Tuesday: Speed Maintenance for Ultras - Part 2

This week’s Training Tuesday episode raised some questions from listeners regarding how to actually implement speed work while prepping for a long race, so we’re answerin

Training Tuesday: Can Footspeed & Ultra Endurance Coexist?

Can you prep for an Ultra with total confidence that your top end speed will still be waiting for you after the race?

Episode 630: Dr Sariya Saaybe

Dr. Sariya Saabye is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, bestselling author, and minimalist strategist known for her work helping high performers eliminate overwhelm. She is al

Episode 629: Brooke & Andrew Vigorito

The Vigorito family built a lifestyle based upon chasing their fitness goals and pushing their limits. Along the way, they started a race that allows others to do the sam

Training Tuesday: Q&A!

Plantar fasciitis, how to develop high schoolers, post-Ultra brain fog, trail shoes, prepping for a race with constant right turns, and more!