The Running Explained Podcast

The only constant is change, and while running may seem like your rock in the ever-flowing river of life, your relationship with running WILL change over the course of not only your life, but the seasons of life you find yourself in. Tina Muir, Founder of Running for Real, mom, podcaster, and former professional runner and international runner for Great Britain & Northern Ireland joins the show to talk about the many ways we can form a relationship with running, and what we should be striving for at the end of the dayTina’s experience an a professional runner and what her relationship was like with the sport when it was her jobThe strange challenges and pressures professional runners face when running is how your jobNot every season of life is going to be the season where you’re training hard and setting PRsRunning as a mom & not getting caught in the comparison trap“You can’t quantify your way to a guaranteed outcome”Branching out and finding joy in ALL the things, not just chasing timesThis episode is sponsored by InsideTracker! For a limited time, get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store; visit insidetracker.com/runningexplained today! Created by leading scientists in aging, genetics, and biometrics, InsideTracker analyzes your blood, DNA, and fitness tracking data to identify where you’re optimized—and where you’re not. You’ll get a daily Action Plan with personalized guidance on the right exercise, nutrition, and supplementation for your body. Add InnerAge 2.0 to any plan to calculate your true biological age, and see how you’re aging from the inside out!Tina is the founder and CEO of Running For Real. Tina is a mother of two and former international runner for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Tina hosts the Running For Real Podcast, which has amassed over 6 million downloads. The Running For Real Podcast is a collective of conversations about running, the climate emergency, and social justice. Tina also hosts a second, NPR style podcast with Knox Robinson called Running Realized, noted as "The 'Invisibilia' of running" by Women's Running. Tina has worked with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and been featured in The Guardian, The Telegraph, People Magazine, Outside, SELF, and Women’s Health.

What is Overtraining Syndrome? Psychologist and researcher Jill Colangelo, ALM (@jillcolangelopsych) joins the show this week to talk about this extremely important issue that endurance runners are at risk of when training stress and recovery are out of balance, dangerously so. Learn about Overtraining Syndrome, including... What is Overtraining Syndrome (OTS)? What are some of the signs and symptoms? The recovery timeline for OTS Risk factors for OTS Is exercise addiction real? What happens when we misuse exercise "No, you are not the exception" OTS versus Overreaching Why can some people handle such a high training volume while others cannot? The relationship between mental health and training volume by hours per week 🕶️🦩This episode is sponsored by GOODR SUNGLASSES! Get FREE SHIPPING on your next order of sunglasses & support the show using code RUNEXP at www.goodr.com! 🕶️ Jill Colangelo is a writer and researcher who studies the relationship between mental health and ultra-endurance sport. She is actively involved with new research in this area with the University of Bern and writing mental health-focused articles at Triathlete Magazine.  www.jillcolangelo.com Jill Colangelo on YouTube Jill Colangelo on Instagram Jill Colangelo on Triathlete.com

“Biohacking” practices have proliferated in the last 20 years, marketed as ways to optimize your body, health, and performance… but is biohacking something you should really be focusing on? Dr. Adrian Chavez calls himself an “anti-hacker” and joins the show to talk about biohacking, marketing, and why you should focus on nailing the foundations instead of pouring money into biohacks. A brief history of biohacking A spectrum of biohacks: from legit in certain situations to legit dangerous in others Marketing/follow the money: is someone creating a problem & selling you the solution? Belief systems vs. the search for “truth” Nutritional/diet trends High-profile adherents of certain biohacks & dietary trends Understanding the foundational principles: nutrition, hydration, sleep This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker! For a limited time, get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store; visit insidetracker.com/runningexplained today! Created by leading scientists in aging, genetics, and biometrics, InsideTracker analyzes your blood, DNA, and fitness tracking data to identify where you’re optimized—and where you’re not. You’ll get a daily Action Plan with personalized guidance on the right exercise, nutrition, and supplementation for your body. Add InnerAge 2.0 to any plan to calculate your true biological age, and see how you’re aging from the inside out! -- Dr. Adrian Chavez has a PhD in Nutrition; his mission is to help people improve their well-being and prevent or reverse chronic diseases using science-based nutrition and lifestyle strategies. He is an expert in the gut/brain connection and hosts the Your Nutrition Prescription podcast. The Nutrition Science Podcast --

Let's talk about it. Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions you can experience, and running is an integral part of many runners' mental health management. Ultrarunner & coach Will Frantz joins the show for a raw conversation about depression, running, mental health, feeling good, feeling bad, working with clients who are struggling with their mental health, neurotransmitters, nutrition, and more! Depression sucks! Tiny habits Setting yourself up for success "Motivation" & consistency Rough patches in races & in life What coaches can do to help during the rough patches Learning to be flexible Neurotransmitters 101 Simple nutritional support for brain health and more! Will Frantz is a personal trainer, ultrarunning coach, and nutrition coach. You can find him on his podcast, "Eat Well, Sleep Great, Run Far" sharing information on training, nutrition, and more!  Eat Well, Sleep Great, Run Far Podcast: https://anchor.fm/eatsleeprun Trail and Ultra Running Nutrition FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/trailultranutrition Website: https://willfrantz.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/will.c.frantz/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@will.c.frantz

Trying to run BACK TO BACK marathons (or other races?) Sports Dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith joins the show to help you understand how to handle running two big endurance events two days, two weeks, or two months in a row! Understanding the most important things about running back-to-back races: when is it a good idea, when is it a bad idea? Discussing the types of training that might be required The basic principles of optimizing recovery between races General training guidelines between two races Stevie Lyn's experience advising Shalane Flanagan on her bloodwork in 2021 when Shalane ran 6 marathons in 42 days Carb-loading before and between races How to start recovering as soon as you cross the finish line Discussing how some athletes are genetically gifted when it comes to durability, resilience, and recovery -- This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker! For a limited time, get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store; visit insidetracker.com/runningexplained today! Created by leading scientists in aging, genetics, and biometrics, InsideTracker analyzes your blood, DNA, and fitness tracking data to identify where you’re optimized—and where you’re not. You’ll get a daily Action Plan with personalized guidance on the right exercise, nutrition, and supplementation for your body. Add InnerAge 2.0 to any plan to calculate your true biological age, and see how you’re aging from the inside out! -- Stevie Lyn Smith has ten years of experience in providing nutrition education and counseling in a variety of clinical settings and with athletes of all levels. Growing up as a three-season athlete and playing lacrosse at the collegiate level, being active has always been a passion. After retiring from team sports, she has since completed ten full ironman distance triathlons, numerous half-iron distance triathlons, and marathons, along with many other endurance events including the ultra-marathon distance. As an avid endurance and team sport athlete, she knows the importance of eating to support a healthy lifestyle both on and off the field. When working with groups and clients one-on-one she provides an evidenced-based and practical approach using her education and experience to empower individuals to improve their physical and mental well-being. While Stevie Lyn is a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics, she also has worked with many other populations providing medical nutrition therapy. Being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease later in her athletic career, she feels strongly about helping others to continue to stay active and healthy while managing chronic autoimmune disease.

Coach Elisabeth recaps the Chicago Marathon! Hear about the course, the experience, and the weekend itself! The course The crowds The weekend experience On-course support Tips & tricks The pros & cons to running a race like this! 🕶️🦩This episode is sponsored by GOODR SUNGLASSES! Get FREE SHIPPING on your next order of sunglasses & support the show using code RUNEXP at www.goodr.com! 🕶️

Every runner will need to take time off at some point, whether a normal post-race recovery period, several weeks or months to deal with an injury or illness, or months+ (hello, baby!) for a variety of reasons. That's life! Don't freak out! How do you take time off, stage a comeback, and keep believing in yourself the whole way through? Kim Clark (@trackclubbabe) joins the show to talk about how to keep the faith and set yourself up for long-term success. Normalizing recovery! Taking recovery time is a NORMAL part of the training process What happens if you take a few days or a week off? When bigger interruptions happen How to deal with the emotions of being "less fit" than you were? Giving yourself permission to run as slow as you need to How do you keep believing that your fitness will return? Kim discovered a love for running 10 years ago and loves to share the ups & downs of her journey on her instagram @trackclubbabe, while encouraging others to dream big. Her first marathon was a 6:08 and her fastest a 3:11-- and she shares all the training strategies for any runner to improve their running too! Kim & her husband Tyler (@tunderface, a 4:10 to a 2:18 marathoner) have created training programs made for any level of runner to find big improvement. Their program FAST FALL, a 12 week speed training program, was created off of what helped Kim to finally find her running breakthrough & has helped so many runners reach their big potential too.

PLANTAR FASCIITIS is one of the more common, and more stubborn, running-related injuries. Dr. Duane Scott, DPT, PhD, OCS (@sparkhealthyrunner) joins the show to share his 20+ years of PT wisdom about Plantar Fasciitis! What is Plantar Fasciitis & what does it feel like? WHY is Plantar Fasciitis a more common running injury? What is fascia and what causes PF? Treatment: orthotics? Yay or nay? Carbon plate shoes Why PF takes so long to actually resolve Exercises to help resolve Plantar Fasciitis Passive versus active treatment Prevention strategies for Plantar Fasciitis Plantar Fasciitis FREE E-book: https://learn.sparkhealthyrunner.com/footpain/buy -- This episode is sponsored by InsideTracker! For a limited time, get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store; visit insidetracker.com/runningexplained today! Created by leading scientists in aging, genetics, and biometrics, InsideTracker analyzes your blood, DNA, and fitness tracking data to identify where you’re optimized—and where you’re not. You’ll get a daily Action Plan with personalized guidance on the right exercise, nutrition, and supplementation for your body. Add InnerAge 2.0 to any plan to calculate your true biological age, and see how you’re aging from the inside out! Dr. Duane Scotti, DPT, PhD, OCS is a running physical therapist, run coach, host of the Healthy Runner podcast, and founder of Spark Healthy Runner and has been a leader in the rehab and running community for 20+ years.  He is truly living his passion educating the running community that they don’t need to stop running to get over a running injury. Through his signature 1:1 coaching program, weekly videos, and podcast episodes, he empowers runners to get stronger, run faster, and enjoy lifelong injury-free running. Through strength and run-specific training you can build your body to have a strong mind, strong body, and just keep running!

Does it sometimes feel like runners speak a different language? What does all this lingo mean? Coach Claire Bartholic (@theplantedrunner) joins the show this season to talk through some common running vocab and abbreviations so we're all on the same page! What is a "workout"? Why aren't all runs workouts? Threshold, tempo, & speed PR vs PB Race-specific vocab Gear vocab and more! Claire Bartholic started running in her mid-30s simply to get in shape for her high school reunion. It wasn’t about getting faster or racing; it was, to be honest, mainly about vanity.But something changed in her as the miles slowly added up. The reunion came and went and she kept running. Already plant-based, she finished her first marathon at age 38 in a respectable 4:02 and was immediately hooked. She became a student of the marathon. With dedicated coaching and training, she successfully lowered her marathon PR to 2:58, remarkably without injury, and entirely plant-based. Claire is a multiple-time Boston Marathon qualifier, state Master’s Marathon Champion, and a competitive Master’s athlete. Claire’s greater passion is helping others achieve their dreams. As a coach, she shares the tools and techniques she has learned to help athletes reach goals they never thought possible. As a coach, she has led hundreds of athletes to the best performances of their lives through science-backed training, plant-based nutrition, and proven mindset programs. She is a ASAF certified running coach and a NESTA certified Sports Nutrition Specialist. Claire is also the host of one of the most popular running podcasts in the world, The Planted Runner Podcast. Thousands of runners listen to Claire interview the best in the sport each week as well as learn actionable lessons to become a better runner each episode!

WHAT and HOW MUCH to eat as a runner? Sports Dietitian Cortney Berling (@eatwell.runbetter) joins the show to discuss the "Athlete Plates" tool for runners and how to figure out your nutritional needs from day to day! FIND THE PLATES HERE What are the Athlete Plates? Easy/Rest Days Moderate Days Heavy Days WHEN you need the different days Why running messes with sensations of hunger & fullness Learning to eat intuitively as an athlete The role of fat & fiber Liquid calories Marketing & nutrition and more! 🕶️🦩This episode is sponsored by GOODR SUNGLASSES! Get 15% off (my favorite) running sunglasses in the world & support the show using code RUNEXP at www.goodr.com! 🕶️ Cortney Berling is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, running coach, momma of 2, and military spouse! She ran cross country and track at The University of Cincinnati. Running has always been a significant part of her life, but years of underfueling left her sidelined with injury and eventually led to infertility.  Cortney is on a mission to help runners heal their relationship with food, fuel their training right, and run their best race while living their best life! She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from The University of Cincinnati, completed her Dietetic Internship at The Cleveland Clinic, and obtained her Master’s of Public Health from Liberty University. When she's not busy coaching clients you can find her playing with her kids, exploring the Japanese culture, hiking, and paddle boarding!