How to return from injury. Are long hill intervals better than short ones? How to manage racing 5 out of 6 weekends in a row. And a bonus shoes question: Deka vs Hyrox shoe choice.

How to rest, recover, execute quality workouts, and hold onto fitness when racing multiple times in short succession!

Two years ago Nick Ryker was on the show discussing his battle with Ulcerative Colitis. He followed that up with his best ever season of training and racing. Now he returns having struggled with a relapse.  Today is another great conversation with a pretty awesome human!

We start with a recap of what we learned during the US Olympic Trials then move to a conversation about what to do when you’re either unsure of your fitness or overconfident in you fitness.

Natasha returns to discuss her recent foray into 24 hours of racing without doing long back to backs, why she runs 3:00+ per mile slower than 5k pace on her recovery runs, and how she navigated being anemic and struggling to absorb iron.

Mr. Kirk DeWindt got out on the roads and ripped a quick half marathon this past weekend. He had a less than ideal lead in, so what can we learn from this? Also, a brief Olympic Trials chat.

Yes, we Global Running Day was a few weeks ago, but we already had an episode in the chamber for that day so deal with it! Jen Eddins at Peanut Butter Runner compiled a great list of questions for any runner to answer on this day of days, so we took the opportunity to ask them of each other on air!

We believe you should be watching professional and collegiate running! We not only lay out our case, we also give you our Starter Pack of races on YouTube that will get you hooked on the sport!

We take a deeper look at 6 listener questions + 1 question from Kirk himself! Todays topics include pacing a longer race, heat adjusted paces, anemia in runners, and cross training specifics (amount, type, intensity).

It’s been a minute since we recommend the gear we are currently using! Today we cover trail shoes, socks, shorts, shirt, hats, and watches.