The Running Shorts Podcast

Making Peace with Never

From miles to meaning. The long way back to me.

A love letter from God

I don’t know where to go from here

Working through my own personal crisis of meaning. Processing. Grieving. Making decisions I’m not prepared to make.  Some days I’m fine. Some days I want to go out, kick

The Norwegian Singles Method (Part 4)

If all models are useful, this one is so useful that it’s rendered the continuation of this podcast useless. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , em

Ethiopian training

In addition to their genetics, geographical location, lifestyle, and other cultural factors, the thing that makes Ethiopians run so fast might very well be their training

Moroccan training, the Kada way, and the world record (Hicham El Guerrouj, king of the mile)

Yes, talent factors into it but you don’t run 3:26.00 following a poor training plan. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com

Brad Hudson’s specific endurance training model

Brad is a Renato Canova disciple and one of Dathan Ritzenhein’s former coaches. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or fi

The Australian “complex” system of training

Simple….formulaic…year-round…progressive…all systems go…training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strav

John “HADD”, Lydiard, and the long, continuous, steady-state approach.

Following in Lydiard’s footsteps. John Walsh (aka HADD), heart rate training, and building the base of the pyramid. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedb

Strength Training for Distance Runners

Leaving no stone (or dumbbell) unturned in your training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

The path to excellence: Coach Joe Vigil’s philosophy of training

The pack is only as strong as the wolf and the wolf is only as strong as the pack. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or

The Oregon System

Bowerman, Dellinger, and the competitive runner’s guide to training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on St

The Stotan training methods of Percy Cerutty

Chop wood, read poetry, and run like an animal. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Pereira, Cabral, and the Portuguese training method

How Carlos Lopes won Portugal’s first gold medal at the Olympics (1984) and ran a WR 2:07:12 marathon a year later at age 38. To submit your thoughts, questions, or ove

Summer of Malmo

Doubling, running within yourself, running by feel, and maintaining your leg turnover. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.c

The Norwegian method for amateur runners (part 3, the marathon)

The sirpoc special block. How to adapt the original method to fit the marathon. Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/... Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

The ‘hour of power’ training method

Norm Green, Michael Musyoki, and the threshold model of training intensity distribution. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.

Train hard and kick ass (like 2-time Olympian Todd Williams did)

Todd’s Gate River Run 15K course record lasted 30 years. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Thoughts on Grand Slam Track

My fun solution to “the problem of track and field” if there is one. Post-recording thoughts: Points should also be awarded to a runner for leading (per lap). Al

The Japanese way of training

The Japanese are not afraid of mileage and they’re not afraid of going too slow. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or f