
The Running Public
Two endurance athletes and coaches sit down to talk all things running! We bring you high level running knowledge and present it at a practical level.
Latest episodes

Apr 23, 2025 • 1h 11min
Training Tuesday: The Best Trail & Mountain Workouts
Can you just do classic track workouts on the trails? Sure. But sometimes you need something specifically designed for your off road racing needs!

Apr 20, 2025 • 1h 42min
The Best WORST Bang For Your Buck Workouts
On Tuesday we covered the workouts that give you solid fitness benefits with very little recovery costs. Today we are taking the opposite stance: workouts that are crazy costly but have the potential for big improvements to your fitness and/or confidence!

Apr 16, 2025 • 1h 8min
Training Tuesday: The Best “Bang for Your Buck” Workouts
Minimum recovery costs; maximum fitness gain. These are the workouts we find to be most repeatable, manageable, and enjoyable! We choose multiple options each for Speed, Threshold, and Tempo sessions.

Apr 11, 2025 • 1h 47min
Episode 515: Play to Your Strengths
Running is hard! Are you playing to your strengths as a runner or just banging your head against the wall?

Apr 8, 2025 • 58min
Training Tuesday: Back From Vacation
Kirk was in California crushing marathon workouts and big mountain runs. Brakken was in Sweden… cross training?

Apr 5, 2025 • 1h 45min
Episode 513: Scott Frey - Cerebral Performance
Scott H. Frey, Ph.D., Ed.M., is an award-winning scientist, mentor, and lifelong endurance athlete. For the past 30 years, he led a research program that focused on understanding the relationship between the brain and human performance and is now applying his methods to endurance athletes around the world.
Visit cerebralperformance.com to learn more.

Mar 29, 2025 • 1h 28min
Episode 512: Michael Wardian
Professional runner and Guinness World Record holder Michael Wardian talks goals, recent runs and races, and his work with World Vision on a clean water initiative.

Mar 20, 2025 • 25min
Training Tuesday: Get to Know Your Stride
When pace, gps or hr fails you during a race, having a metronome stride you can fall back on to ensure that you are pacing correctly is a huge advantage!

Mar 17, 2025 • 1h 51min
Episode 510: Sean Roach
Sean is the founder and owner of Emergence Physical Therapy Strength and Running Performance Center in Redmond, Oregon, an ultra runner, and a holder of multiple Master’s power lifting records.

Mar 12, 2025 • 57min
Training Tuesday: Lessons From Intervals
Workout One: 12x 1000m w/ 1:00 float recovery.
Workout Two: 10x 200m w/ 150m jog recovery.
Both workouts didn’t quite go as planned and adjustments had to be made during. What do you take away from a workout that goes awry?
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