Run to the Top Extra Kick Podcast | Answers to Your Running Questions

How can you increase your speed when you seem to be stuck at the same paces? Speed work, drills, strength, something else?

Coach Claire gives her answers in today's daily podcast

How should you approach your tune-up races, especially half marathons before a marathon?

Should you taper a bit the week before? What should you expect given you're in full training mode?

How long should your kids be running if they are interested in distance running? Is HM too far to train for and race?

Downhill races present their own set of challenges. When training for a long downhill race, what can you do to prepare?

How do you estimate how quickly you will improve to hit your goals?

In today's daily podcast, we get a question about how long it will take to break 3 hours in the marathon given current progression.

Finding your ideal race weight is important for runners who are trying to lose weight since there is such a thing as losing too much weight, which results in very poor training and racing.

So, how do find your ideal race weight and how long will it take you to get there?

If you're running a trail race, how often should you try to get on the trails to practice trail running?

If you don't have trails nearby, this can help you decide how often you need to make the effort to drive to a trail. If you do have trails nearby, you also want to make sure you're not sacrificing your speed by doing too many trail runs.

In today's podcast, we help you balance your road and off-road training.

Are you running good times for the half marathon but struggle to translate that speed and fitness to the marathon?

This is a common issue and in today's daily podcast we help you understand why this happens and how to fix it.

IT band issues are one of the most common injuries for runners. Here's how you can stop the pain and get healthy

What is the best method for increasing mileage? Should you follow the 10% rule, use down weeks, or is there another method to help you add miles without getting injured?

We share our tips with you in today's daily podcast