Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

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Running podcast to motivate and help runners of every level, speed, and age run their best. Claire Bartholic interviews running influencers, scientists, psychologists, nutritionists, and everyday runners with inspiring stories.

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09.21.2022

We have bittersweet news to share. This is the last episode hosted by Claire Bartholic! In this special, transition episode of the Run to the Top Podcast, Claire Bartholic bids farewell to listeners and welcomes new Host Finn Melanson. You ...

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09.21.2022 Transition Show - A new Host of the Run to the Top Podcast We have bittersweet news to share. This is the last episode hosted by Claire Bartholic! In this special, transition episode of the Run to the Top Podcast, Claire Bartholic bids farewell to listeners and welcomes new Host Finn Melanson. You ...
09.14.2022 Dream Destination Race or Disaster? Better Travel Racing with Angie and Trevor Spencer Planning a destination race in a far away place has lots of challenges. International travel is even more stressful since there are so many details that you will have to figure out before you even set foot on the plane. ...
09.07.2022 Knee Pain From Running: How to Fix it Forever with Brodie Sharpe If you’ve been a runner long enough, some well meaning person will eventually ask you about your knees. Running is actually good for your knees, but if you’re the one who’s got knee pain on the run, that’s not particularly ...
08.31.2022 Frustrated with Your Running Progress? How to Smash Your Plateau with Elisabeth Scott Have you hit a plateau in your running? Despite doing all the right things, or most of the right things that you are supposed to be doing, you just seem stuck. Maybe it’s because you're getting older and you think ...
08.24.2022 How a Sprinkle of Sprinting Can Massively Improve Your Distance Running: Kieran Gillespie All runners are not the same. Distance runners and sprinters really seem to be engaging in an entirely different sport. Tiny and lean elite marathoners are a stark contrast to muscular, powerful sprinters. Training for these events is vastly different ...
08.17.2022 How to Apply an Ancient Meditation Practice to Improve your Running Now: Nita Sweeney As good as running is for our bodies, it’s probably equally good, if not even more so, for our brains. The mental health benefits of aerobic exercise have been proven over and over again in scientific studies. On today’s Run ...
08.10.2022 Chris Chavez is Telling the Track and Field Stories That No One Else Will Running is a massive participation sport. About 50 million Americans (or 15 percent of the U.S. population) participate in some form of running, according to a 2020 report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. Yet very few elite runners ...
08.03.2022 Creatine: How a cheap weight lifting supplement can boost your running with Kelly Jones, RD What if I told you that there is something out there that can help you build lean muscle, boost endurance, reduce fatigue, help you perform better, help slow down the aging process, with virtually no downsides? Not only that, it’s ...
07.27.2022 How To Conquer Your Fear of Trails and Run Wild: Anne George Trail running can be intimidating to lots of people. What if you get lost, break your ankle, or see a snake? I’m not sure that you’re safer running in the city with weirdos and speeding BMWs, but I think it’s ...
07.20.2022 Exactly How to Train for Your Best Fall Marathon Week by Week It’s the middle of summer and for fall marathoners, it’s time to get into your marathon build up. On today’s Run to the Top Podcast, I’m going to go over exactly what you should be doing for the next 12-14 ...
07.13.2022 Finally Fix Your Lower Back Pain: Dr Lauren LaPierre According to the Centers for Disease Control, 25% of Americans have experienced back pain in the last three months. Up to 80% of all adults have felt it at some point in their lifetime. There are lots of reasons for ...
07.06.2022 Run Faster and Be Happier After Age 40: Shawanna White To be a serious athlete, it’s pretty much a given that you need to be, well, serious. Serious about your training, what you eat, how you recover. You need to choose your races wisely. You need to say no to ...
06.29.2022 The Plantar Fasciitis Doc on How To Keep Your Feet Healthy: Dr Angela Walk Plantar fasciitis sidelines countless numbers of runners each year, with a stabbing pain in every step. The good news is there is treatment and prevention which can make your feet less susceptible to this debilitating injury. And the best protocols ...
06.22.2022 The Flaws in Common Nutrition Advice For Endurance Athletes: Wade Lightheart Our bodies are amazing and they are surprisingly individual. One person could eat loaves of Wonder Bread with negligible effects to blood sugar while another person’s levels would skyrocket. Science doesn’t quite understand why there are such dramatic differences, but ...
06.15.2022 What it Really Takes To Run Longer Than You Ever Have Before: Robbie Balenger There are not many ultrarunners who have run farther than Robbie Balenger. Robbie’s been making headlines for the past few years with his massive athletic feats. Just this past spring, Robbie decided to see if he could run longer than ...
06.08.2022 When Listening to Your Body Is Wrong For Runners: Cortney Berling Fueling your running is not as simple as eating when you are hungry or not eating when you are not hungry. Registered Dietician Cortney Berling of EatWellRunBetter.com explains how to actually eat for running performance or weight loss. We talk ...
06.01.2022 Run Better in Less Time: How to Maximize Your Miles and Still Have a Life If you have a busy life outside of running, and let’s face it, we all do, this can be a real challenge. And let me tell you a little secret--all that time might actually be unnecessary! On today’s Run to ...
05.25.2022 Get Stronger, Faster, and Look Amazing As You Age: Dr Stacy Sims Getting older doesn’t mean getting slower, as long as you make critical changes to your training and how you fuel. Dr Stacy Sims, the revolutionary exercise and nutrition scientist who wrote Roar unlocks what female athletes need to do before, ...
05.18.2022 The 3 Minute Solution For Faster, More Powerful Running: Dr Eoin Everard Do you ever feel like you are missing out on key training elements that could actually help you get faster and stronger? If you are stuck in a plateau or a cycle of injury, there are some changes that can ...
05.11.2022 Is Jogging Actually Cool Again? How Chris Heuisler is Taking Back the Jog Running can be intimidating to a lot of people. But jogging? It can open a world of fun fitness to almost everyone. Chris Heuisler of the Knob Creek Jogging Club talks about how a simple word shift transformed the lives ...
05.04.2022 How to Stop a Painful Side Stitch from Sidelining You On the Run Side stitches affect up to 70% of all runners. If you’ve ever suffered from a sharp, shooting pain in your side in the middle of your run, you know how awful it is. On today’s Run to the Top Podcast, ...
04.27.2022 Fortify Your Mind Like a Pro Runner with These Mental Strength Techniques: Steve Magness Do you train your brain as hard as you train your body? World-renowned expert on performance, Olympic-level coach, author and podcast host Steve Magness is our special guest on the Run to the Top and he can teach us how. ...
04.20.2022 Why You Are Not Losing Fat from Running: Angelo Poli Unlocks the Mystery of Metabolic Fitness Are you stuck in a metabolic plateau? We run, eat less, maybe lose some weight, plateau, run more, eat less. The weight stays the same (or goes up!), but the belly or the thighs or the arms even get softer. ...
04.13.2022 Perfect Pacing or Train Wreck? Don't Let a Pace Group Risk Your Race Time The beauty of following a pace group is that you don’t have to race alone. You’ll not only have a more experienced runner leading you to your dream finish time, but likely, you’ll have a whole group of people trying ...
04.06.2022 Your New Coach is the Future of American Distance Running: Fiona O'Keeffe Last January in Houston, Fiona O’Keefe crossed the finish line in 1:07:42, making her half marathon debut the fastest ever by an American woman. At age 23, this young runner has an incredibly bright future. Fiona specializes in the 10k ...
03.30.2022 220 Marathons And Counting: Linda Ambard Runs to Thrive After Her Husband Was Assassinated After her husband was killed in Afghanistan and the terrorist bombs at the Boston Marathon went off in front of her, Linda Ambard vowed not to let terrorism take any more from her. As of this year, Linda has run ...
03.23.2022 The Powerful Performance Edge of a Plant-Based Diet for Runners Plant-based athletes are everywhere these days. But can a plant-based diet really be a performance booster for your running? What are the pros and cons of a plant based diet for runners? On today’s Run to the Top Podcast, we’ll ...
03.16.2022 How Women Can (Finally) Even the Field In Running: Dr. Megan Roche For the first time in history, just over 50% of all races are run by women. While women are leading in the number of participants, research on women in sport is still stubbornly behind the guys’. We know that women ...
03.09.2022 The Dreaded DNF: When You Should Quit a Race and How to Get Over It Have you ever gotten a DNF? Sometimes quitting in the middle of a race is undoubtedly the right thing to do. Other times, you will be full of regret when you do. Either way, it will sting for a while. ...
03.02.2022 Essential Recovery Techniques to Run Faster All Year Round: Sara Manderscheid Recovery can be a tricky balance for a runner. In order to train well, we sometimes have to train tired and under-recovered. But if we dig ourselves too deep into a hole of stressful training, it might be something that ...
02.25.2022 Are These Myths about Running Cadence Increasing Your Injury Risk? If you’ve been running for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of the term “running cadence”. You may have even tried to improve yours. However, is it possible you’re falling victim to one of the many myths about running ...
02.23.2022 Use These Strategies to Maximize Your Running Nutrition with NO Extra Work From what to eat before runs to how much macros and calories we need to properly fuel and recover without gaining weight, running nutrition can often seem complicated and difficult to follow. Sports dietitian Kylee Van Horn doesn’t believe it ...
02.18.2022 Can You Trust Your Running Watch? How much do you rely on the data from your running watch? Do you analyze all the data it gives you after every run? In this Run to the Top episode, we’re going to take an in-depth look at how ...
02.16.2022 How to Train Your Mind to Maximize Your Running Performance How often do you train for the mental challenges of running? Do you spend just as much time working on your mental prep as you do your physical preparation? You’re not alone if you’ve never even thought of how training ...
02.11.2022 You Need Fatigue: Find the Balance Between Good Training and Overdoing It Many times, when you go out for a run, you feel better than when you left. A good run can leave you feeling energized and ready to tackle just about anything. But then there are those runs that leave you ...
02.09.2022 How Hill Running Builds Faster, More Powerful Legs with David Roche Do hills intimidate you? Or do you love tackling all the ups and downs? Learn how to run hills more effortlessly, how to incorporate them into your training, and what workouts you can do on hills to build more powerful ...
02.04.2022 How to Optimally Plan Your Tune-up Races There are several strategies for scheduling and executing tune up races and when done right, they can enhance your fitness and boost your confidence for the big day. But, if they’re not done right, they can add extra risk, like ...
02.02.2022 How Small Mindset Shifts can Help You Achieve Your Dream Goals Sometimes the hardest part about having an audacious goal is getting started. How do you get from point A to point B when it seems so far away? How do you keep yourself motivated along the way? We invited Aisha ...
01.28.2022 4 Secret Strategies to Get Really Good at Running How do you advance from being a good runner to a really good runner? You’re not a beginner runner any more and you are ready to take it to the next level and stretch to your potential. On today’s Run ...
01.26.2022 The Evolution of Women’s Running with Danielle Friedman It wasn’t too long ago that running, or really any exercise at all, for women was considered “unladylike”. Luckily, that’s changed, but there still exists a complicated relationship between a woman's body, exercise, and how it’s viewed around the world. ...
01.21.2022 Should You Run When Sick? When not to run and how to modify your training With it being cold and flu season (and still in the midst of a pandemic), how should you adjust your running if you get sick? Do you need to stop completely, merely adjust your hard training days, or something more? ...
01.19.2022 Making Running More Inclusive: Interview with India Cook India Cook is a mentor on the board of advisors of the Coaches of Color Initiative, founded by Matt Fitzgerald’s 80/20 Endurance Team with the goal of improving diversity in endurance sports. India and I go into the details of ...
01.14.2022 Workouts to Race Your First or Best 5k Whether you're training for your first 5k or looking for those last few workout secrets to help you blast a new PR, this episode is for you. Coach Claire will help you… Understand the specific physiological demands of the 5k ...
01.12.2022 Achieving Your Potential and Wellness as an Older Runner with Running Legend Amby Burfoot Unlike runners in their 20s and 30s, older runners are often walking that tightrope between performance, potential and overall health and wellness. Running is still a battle to perform your best, but we’re also running for our health and overall ...
01.07.2022 Are you ready to actually achieve your goals? The 5 stages of behavior change As New Year’s resolutions start to face their first test after the first easy week, were you doomed to fail from the start? Behavioral scientists suggest that true behavior change comes in 5 stages. So, are or were you in ...
01.05.2022 Is Running Good and Bad for Your Heart? We’ve all heard stories about runners who’ve collapsed during a race from a heart issue. The question is, are these instances a statistically anomaly or does training hard actually increase our risk of heart issues? Dr. Erin Michos, Associate Professor ...
12.31.2021 How to Plan an Optimal Year of Training and Racing It’s the start of the new year and of course that means reflection and goal planning. So, on today’s Run to the Top, I’m going to go over how to plan the optimal year of training and why it’s critical ...
12.29.2021 Essential Tips for Winter Running with Greg Haapala Are you ready to layer up and brave the cold for some winter running? If so, here are some essential tips for running in the winter that will make your runs a whole lot easier, safer and help you adapt ...
12.17.2021 Master the Art of Running Fast Downhill Without Trashing Your Legs The lure of downhill racing is pretty seductive. Courses promising fast times and scenic views are becoming more and more popular, especially for runners looking for the extra edge to finish in a personal record or to score a Boston ...
12.15.2021 Accountability: The “secret” trick to staying motivated (and how to find yours) Staying motivated is something that every runner has to deal with. Whether you’re constantly lacking motivation or it only comes up once in a blue moon, one of the secrets to powering through these times is accountability. So, how do ...

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