Run Faster Podcast
The Run Faster Podcast has a simple goal: to help runners run faster. Each week we give you simple information to run faster.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2018
Drew Ryun
This is easily one of my favorite episodes of the Run Faster podcast.
Drew Ryun, son of Jim Ryun, is a student of the sport and someone who I love talking track with. Drew and I meet through running …
Training Tips: 5k and 10k
This episode is a recording of a webinar I recently had the pleasure of doing for readers of my newsletter. While the focus of the webinar is on 5k and 10k training, many of the questions apply to al…
Noah Droddy
Noah Droddy is a thoughtful, serious and colorful character in US distance running. While most people know more about his race day looks - long hair, sunglasses, backwards hat and mustache - than his…
Zach Hancock
My favorite podcast thus far - which saying something as I love them all - due to the content and banter with one of my dear friends, Zach Hancock.
Zach was the primary editor for my Simple Marathon…
Carwyn Sharp, PhD
Dr. Carwyn Sharp is, in my opinion, one of the brightest minds in endurance sports. He is the Chief Science Officer at the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Carwyn contributed significa…
Mark Hansen - Part 2
A 7-minute PR in the half marathon since the last podcast! "You couldn't punch the smile off my face" is how Mark describes his post race excitement. In this podcast we talk about the eight weeks of …
Marathon Recovery
In this episode Jay explains his 4-week marathon recovery cycle and why it is essential to recover fully from a marathon to ensure that the next training cycle goes well.
Scott Bliss
Scott Bliss is a fantastic coach who has a great deal of success at Champlain Valley Union High School, in Vermont.
In this excerpt from his full-length interview from HighSchoolRunningCoach.com, he …
Mark Hansen
Mark Hansen is one of Jay's online clients, and like all of Jay's online clients, he's a busy adult who leads a hectic life. Mark ran competitively in high school, learning some good habits and some …
Dr. Richard Hansen - Part 2
Dr. Richard Hansen (@DrRichardHansen) joins us again and speaks on a variety of topics. Not only is he a world class chiropractor, but he's also the coach of the Roots Running Project, a group of eli…
John O'Malley
Coach John O'Malley is one of the best high school running coaches is in the country. He's had tremendous success as the boys cross country and track coach at Sandburg HS in Illinois. Not only has he…
Alia Gray
Alia Gray recently finished 10th in the women's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. She was one of only three competitors to run a PR at the event, as the starting temperature was 73º and the temperature …
Q&A with Jay - February 2016
In this Q&A I discuss when to ease back on general strength work leading up to a race, heart rate monitors and their role in training, when to do race pace specific work in half marathon training, an…
Cindy Kuzma
Cindy Kuzma is a runner and a writer. In the March 2016 edition of Runner's World she has two articles, including the "Injury-Prediction Calculator" article. It's an interesting article. Cindy and…
Amy Feit - Part 2
In this episode Jay and Amy discuss what she should do in her training now that she has identified that she can spend more time training. Simple question. Some of the answers will be obvious and som…
Mike Callor - Excerpts from High School Running Coach
Coach Callor has had success with both boys and girls teams, both in cross country and track. He has coached footlocker finalists and teams that have both made NXN and run well there.
High School Ru…
Jonathan Dalby - Excerpts from High School Running Coach
This episode of the podcast features excerpts from Jonathan Dalby's interview on High School Running Coach.
Coach Dalby talks about the social side of running and building a culture of running in the…
Charlie Kern - Excerpts from High School Running Coach
Charlie Kern is the boys track coach at York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois.
This podcast is a collection of excerpts from his full interview on High School Running Coach.
He talks about the face …
Q&A with Jay
In this Q&A Jay talks discusses how fast you should run your long run, what to focus on when you improve your form and what are some of the key concepts in his upcoming book Simple Marathon Training.…
Amy Feit
Amy Feit is a former 3:34 marathoner who is now a 3:03 marathoner (with Jay as her online coach).
Amy trains in harsh conditions in Minnesota, which she talks about on the podcast.
Amy has bought int…