Coaching Runners Podcast

John O'Malley discusses how the 800m is different than XC, and the mentality needed to run the race well.

Visit CoacJayJohnson.com to learn more about the Mental Skills for High School Runners course…

Here from John O'Malley, Shannon Thompson, Kelly Christensen, and Sinclaire Johnson.

You can find the full video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr-510ZW1Ac&feature=youtu.be

More mental skills vi…

In this mini-episode Coach Jay explains what coaches should do when an athlete is ill. Hint: Lowering the volume, but expecting them to run workouts that replicate the demands of the race is the way …

This is an excerpt from Alex's presentation at the Boulder Running Camps 2020-21 Winter Virtual Camp. 

It's a fantastic presentation and both the athletes and coaches who were fortunate to learn from…

In this episode, Jay Johnson explains why he doesn't use the term speed work. He goes into detail about how he thinks coaches should use the term speed. It's his contention that the term 'race pace w…

Alex Lyons is a tremendous coach and I'm so happy he not only joined me on the podcast, but that's he's part of the Boulder Running Clinics 2020-21 Winter Webinar Series. 

Alex is the girl's coach at…

John O'Malley is the boy's cross country and track coach at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois. He is the only person to have coached two Footlocker national champions. On the track, his b…

Jonathan Dalby is the girl's and boy's coach at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. His teams have won multiple state titles in cross country and have made multiple NXN appearanc…

Kim O'Malley is a former high school coach - nine years in both California and Colorado - who is a content developer for Girls On The Run International. 

Kim is part of a panel discussion on burnout …

Jessie Magoto, the girl's cross country and track coach at Minster High School, in Minster, Ohio, is my guest on this episode. We discuss burnout in both coaching and teaching. Jessie explains how sh…

Jeff Messer, PhD, and Jay discuss how coaches and athletes can view training during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr. Messer references two papers and summaries them in this podcast.

Tony and Jay spend most of this episode focused on training, specifically discussing what distance coaches can adapt from the sprint world to improve performance.

If you listened to episode 005 with …

Three former guests on the podcast discuss a variety of topics, starting with a definition of the term “speed” and how that term fits into the training of distance runners. Specifically, Jeff Boelé a…

Note: Explicit content in this episode.

Tony Holler (@pntrack) is the head track coach at Plainfield North High School in the Chicago area. Tony Holler has coached track for 38 years, football for 28…

Scott Steffen is the boy’s and girl’s coach at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, IN.

His boys team won the state cross country championship in 2019. Indiana has a single classification ch…

Just a quick update to let you know that a new episode will be released every Monday. Most episodes will be interviews, but every so often Jay will do a Q&A.

Jay goes into a bit of detail about the 2…

Jessie Magoto is my guest on this week’s podcast. She is the girl's coach at Minster HS in Minster OH, a town of 3,000 people. Minster has won four state championships in a row in cross country and w…

Kim O’Malley is a Youth Development Specialist with 20 years of experience designing and delivering leadership curriculum in a wide range of settings. Kim has been a public high school teacher, head …

Alex Ostberg is currently entering his 5th year at Stanford University, where he has been an All-American in both cross country and track. This podcast is rooted in a presentation Alex did at the 201…