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

When most people are hitting their snooze buttons, runners are usually up getting in their training sessions before work.

While the morning is a great time to get in some quality work, fueling before you head out the door is important after a night of fasting. 

But what and how much should you eat for each type of training session - especially when you're short on time?

Coach Sinead breaks it down in today's daily podcast!

Hydration is vital to performance and overall health, but you already knew that.

So what's the deal with electrolytes?

Listen in as Coach Sinead explains what they are and how to keep your levels up while avoiding all the unnecessary additives and sweeteners of sports drinks.

One of the most confusing terms in the distance running lexicon is "junk miles". 

While the phrase clearly has some negative connotations, there's a lot of confusion as to what it actually means.

Listen in as Coach Sinead explains what junk miles are and why you avoid them for optimal performance and health!

Do you ever get to the final straightaway of a race and feel as though the clock speeds up with each step you take to reach the line?

If you wish you had a little more finishing speed (let's face it - most of us do), strides could be your answer.

Listen in as Coach Sinead discusses the benefits of strides as well as when and how to do them for the best results. 

Strength training is not only a great way to improve your running, but it can also help correct muscle weaknesses and prevent injury.

But when should you do strength training so that it helps your running and doesn't detract from it?

Listen in as Coach Sinead explains in today's daily podcast!

At RunnersConnect, we understand you're busy and you sometimes have to adjust training around other obligations.

That's why in today's daily podcast Coach Hayley will explain how best to split up a long run when life gets too busy to do it all at once. Listen in!

A lot of runners take vacations, run races at altitude, or visit family and friends at cities and towns located at substantial elevations above sea level.

If you are planning out your next trip to altitude, and wondering about how it is going to affect your running, you are in the right place.

Listen in as Coach Hayley explains how to adjust your training for elevation in today's daily podcast!

In today's daily podcast, Coach Hayley discusses how to reference heart rate zones to pace yourself to a new PR in your next half marathon or marathon. Listen in!

Caffeine has long been known to increase endurance, but when should you time your cup of joe (or perhaps your Run Gum) for optimal performance on workout and race days?

Coach Hayley explains in this daily podcast!

In today's podcast, Coach Hayley discusses how to adjust your training from the marathon to the ultramarathon and the three weekly workouts crucial to ultrarunning.