Today, The XC Podcasts takes a dive at the weird and growing world of Running Youtube. Alex Cyr chats with Josh Kozelj, a writer from Vancouver, Canada whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The CBC and Canadian magazine The Tyee. He's also run 14:37 for 5,000m. This week Kozelj wrote a story about the common joys, fears and challenges of the running Youtuber. In it, he interviewed Morgan McDonald, a professional runner for Under Armour who just started his own channel. The story comes out tomorrow on our website, but today Josh and Alex chat about why so many runners are getting into Youtube lately, despite the inherent vulnerability and distraction to training that comes with a popular channel.

Host: Alex Cyr

Guest: Josh Kozelj