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01.27.2023

Not including proper progression in your strength routines is one of the biggest reasons you may still be getting injured despite performing injury prevention routines and why your progress may have stalled. In today’s episode, Coach Jeff is going to ...

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running episodes:

01.27.2023 The Biggest Mistake You’re Making With Your Strength Training Not including proper progression in your strength routines is one of the biggest reasons you may still be getting injured despite performing injury prevention routines and why your progress may have stalled. In today’s episode, Coach Jeff is going to ...
01.25.2023 Can metabolic profiling help you reach your running goals? Angelo Poli is a Transformation Specialist and the creator of the MetPro system, an advanced methodology that analyzes a person’s specific response to diet and activity, and adjusts based on their personal needs and goals. In this week’s episode, you’ll ...
01.20.2023 How Does Alcohol Affect Your Running? Many of us enjoy nothing more than a cold beer on a hot day or a strong drink after a long work shift. However, what impact, if any, does this have on our training and racing goals? Obviously, you’re not ...
01.18.2023 What’s behind this 33 year old runner's training woes? Nick ran cross country in high school, setting a 5k PR of 17:49 way back in 2005. But in 2012 he developed a severe case of achilles tendonitis which caused him to hang up the racing shoes for almost 10 ...
01.13.2023 How much faster can you get in a year? Do you have a goal time you’ve been eyeing but aren’t sure if and when it will be attainable? Or are you fairly new to running and wondering what to expect from your rate of improvement? This is a fairly ...
01.11.2023 Secrets to Winter Running Unlocked There’s no doubt that winter running can be some of the most difficult months of training, especially if you have a big race coming up in April or May and you have to be focused on getting in the work. ...
01.04.2023 Are You Focusing on the Wrong Metrics? Welcome to our coach chat this week and our first podcast of the new year. As we all try to get our 2023 started off on the right track, one of the first things we start to think about is ...
12.28.2022 What You Should Do During Workout Rest Intervals When it comes to executing workouts, understanding aspects like pace, distance, and duration might already be at the top of your mind. But how much thought have you given to the importance of the rest intervals in your workouts? Can ...
12.21.2022 Are Exogenous Ketones The Next Big Thing In Running Nutrition? What are your thoughts on exogenous ketones? Are you familiar? Are you wondering what they have to do with running? Well, in this episode you are in for a treat. Brian McMahon, runner and Chief Strategy Officer at deltaG - ...
12.14.2022 How to use strength training to run faster, longer, and injury-free We’ve put together some of the best interviews we’ve conducted over the past 6 years from masters coaches, researchers and high-performing athletes to help you better understand the benefits of strength training in any running program. In this interview… We’ll ...
12.07.2022 What to do when shorter distance results don’t translate to the marathon Do you have great results at shorter distances like the 5k and 10k, but can’t run equivalent times for longer races like the HM and Marathon? That’s the problem Aliisa Laurie has dealt with her last few marathons. Alissa has ...
11.30.2022 How To Train Your Gut For Race Day How many times have you been in a training run or race environment where issues like nausea, bloating, or cramping have interrupted performance? Or how often have you tried to experiment with the latest drink mixes, gels, and bars only ...
11.23.2022 5 Alternative Recovery Methods for Running Extending beyond normal sleep and nutrition routines, have you ever wondered about alternative recovery methods? Maybe you’ve had conversations with family and friends about Eastern Medicine, novel medical procedures, a new technology or something else along those lines and you’ve ...
11.16.2022 4 Insights I Gained From Running Retreats For those of you who have been fans of RunnersConnect for some time now, you know that some of our favorite events of the year are our running retreats. It’s truly amazing to get to spend 4-5 days with passionate ...
11.09.2022 How To Get Fitter, Stronger, and Run Your Best Past Age 40 What if you could actually run your best past age 40? And get fitter and stronger? We’ve put together some of the best interviews we’ve conducted over the past 10 years from masters coaches, researchers and record holders to help ...
11.02.2022 How we’d fix the training plan of an often-injured masters runner struggling to progress We are back with another edition of Training Plan rescue. The feedback from the previous episode has been great and Coach Jeff is excited to take a deep dive into a listener's training plan this week to see what we ...
10.26.2022 Everything You Need to Know About Amino Acids For Running Performance and Recovery What comes to mind when you think about “amino acids”? Are you incorporating them into your diet? Have you considered the performance and recovery benefits of amino acids for your running training? If not, you’ll want to tune in to ...
10.19.2022 Uptempo Talks - Why Do Runners Do That? #1 Do you ever notice fellow runners taking an interesting approach to a particular run or training block? Or using certain recovery tools or consuming certain drinks and foods in their quest to improve and reach peak performance? In any of ...
10.12.2022 What to eat before every type of run! What should I eat before I run? It’s an age-old question faced by many runners both new to the sport and those who have been training seriously and are looking to fine tune their training diet. Unfortunately, this isn’t a ...
10.05.2022 Marathon Tapering Essentials Roundup Did you know we’ve been publishing interviews with some of the leading scientists, coaches, athletes and experts in the running world since 2011! That means we’ve had more than a decade of experts to learn from and to help you ...
09.28.2022 Training Plan Rescue #1 We are excited to share with you the first rendition of our “training plan rescue” series where a listener sends us their busted training plan and our coaches rescue it. In this episode, our Head Coach Michael Hammond analyzes and ...
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. ...

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Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running episodes:

The Biggest Mistake You’re Making With Your Strength Training

Can metabolic profiling help you reach your running goals?

How Does Alcohol Affect Your Running?

What’s behind this 33 year old runner's training woes?

How much faster can you get in a year?

Secrets to Winter Running Unlocked

Are You Focusing on the Wrong Metrics?

What You Should Do During Workout Rest Intervals

Are Exogenous Ketones The Next Big Thing In Running Nutrition?

How to use strength training to run faster, longer, and injury-free

What to do when shorter distance results don’t translate to the marathon

How To Train Your Gut For Race Day

5 Alternative Recovery Methods for Running

4 Insights I Gained From Running Retreats

How To Get Fitter, Stronger, and Run Your Best Past Age 40

How we’d fix the training plan of an often-injured masters runner struggling to progress

Everything You Need to Know About Amino Acids For Running Performance and Recovery

Uptempo Talks - Why Do Runners Do That? #1

What to eat before every type of run!

Marathon Tapering Essentials Roundup

Training Plan Rescue #1

Transition Show - A new Host of the Run to the Top Podcast

Dream Destination Race or Disaster? Better Travel Racing with Angie and Trevor Spencer

Knee Pain From Running: How to Fix it Forever with Brodie Sharpe

Frustrated with Your Running Progress? How to Smash Your Plateau with Elisabeth Scott

How a Sprinkle of Sprinting Can Massively Improve Your Distance Running: Kieran Gillespie

How to Apply an Ancient Meditation Practice to Improve your Running Now: Nita Sweeney

Chris Chavez is Telling the Track and Field Stories That No One Else Will

Creatine: How a cheap weight lifting supplement can boost your running with Kelly Jones, RD

How To Conquer Your Fear of Trails and Run Wild: Anne George

Exactly How to Train for Your Best Fall Marathon Week by Week

Finally Fix Your Lower Back Pain: Dr Lauren LaPierre

Run Faster and Be Happier After Age 40: Shawanna White

The Plantar Fasciitis Doc on How To Keep Your Feet Healthy: Dr Angela Walk

The Flaws in Common Nutrition Advice For Endurance Athletes: Wade Lightheart

What it Really Takes To Run Longer Than You Ever Have Before: Robbie Balenger

When Listening to Your Body Is Wrong For Runners: Cortney Berling

Run Better in Less Time: How to Maximize Your Miles and Still Have a Life

Get Stronger, Faster, and Look Amazing As You Age: Dr Stacy Sims

The 3 Minute Solution For Faster, More Powerful Running: Dr Eoin Everard

Is Jogging Actually Cool Again? How Chris Heuisler is Taking Back the Jog

How to Stop a Painful Side Stitch from Sidelining You On the Run

Fortify Your Mind Like a Pro Runner with These Mental Strength Techniques: Steve Magness

Why You Are Not Losing Fat from Running: Angelo Poli Unlocks the Mystery of Metabolic Fitness

Perfect Pacing or Train Wreck? Don't Let a Pace Group Risk Your Race Time

Your New Coach is the Future of American Distance Running: Fiona O'Keeffe

220 Marathons And Counting: Linda Ambard Runs to Thrive After Her Husband Was Assassinated

The Powerful Performance Edge of a Plant-Based Diet for Runners

How Women Can (Finally) Even the Field In Running: Dr. Megan Roche

The Dreaded DNF: When You Should Quit a Race and How to Get Over It