Run to the Top Extra Kick Podcast | Answers to Your Running Questions
Ever wish you could ask your running questions to our staff of expert coaches? How about listen in on questions your fellow runners have? Now you can with the RunnersConnect Extra Kick Podcast! Our coaches will give in-depth answers to your running questions 5 days per week. Get actionable lessons in our bite-sized podcast while you run, when you’re at the gym, and on your commute
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Running Through Pregnancy and Post Partum
What are the benefits of running while pregnant? How to plan your running during these times? How to get back in a running shape after childbirth in a safe and healthy way?
Fueling for a Relay
How do you fuel for a relay race when your legs are going to be hours apart? What are some other tips and tricks you can utilize to make sure you're at your best for all of your legs?
How To Do Strides
In today's episode, Coach Hayley discusses about the benefits of Strides. Why you need to run Strides? How and when to do them? Do you know Strides help prepare your body for a harder workout or a fa…
What to Do With Your Arms While Running
When you can make your arms move better, you can make your legs move better. In today's episode, Coach Claire shares some great tips on proper arm movement while running.
Learn how to move your arms …
How to return to running after a stress fracture
We outline a full plan for how to return to running after getting a stress fracture and discuss what phantom pains are.
Getting Ready For Summer Running
Planning to do your workout in summer? How should you adjust to adapt the heat? How to properly hydrate for hot weather running?
Tune in to find out!
Running in Windy Conditions
How much running into the wind is going to impact your running performance? What are some ways to mitigate the effects of headwind and tailwind on you while running? Find out in today's podcast from …
The Science of Soreness
Why do you get sore after a long run or a weight lifting session? How to build your muscle and strength without getting soreness? On the contrary, what does it mean if you don't get sore after a mara…
Periodization
What is periodization training? What are its four different cycles and how each cycle can prepare you for a race in the most effective manner? Find out in today's episode from Coach Laura.
Sitting is Hurting Your Running. Here's Help
How much do you sit every day? Does it affect your running performance? As a runner, is it possible to out-exercise all that sitting? Coach Claire clarifies in today's podcast!
Care Less To Run Faster
With runners typically have a tendency of overthinking and overanalyzing everything, why you need to stop complicating things and start caring less if you want to run faster? Coach Michael explains i…
Communicating With Your Coach
What are the important things in a good coach to athlete relationship? How to get the most out of your Coach?
Coach Laura shares three tips to enhance Coach-Athlete communication in today's daily po…
How to Run Slowly
How running slower makes you a faster runner? How exactly do you run slow? How slow is slow? Tune in to find out in today's podcast.
5 Habits of High Performance Runners
Coach Dylan talks about the high-performance habits of effective runners in today's daily podcast. Listen and incorporate these 5 healthy habits into your daily routine to achieve peak performance on…
Can Treadmill Running Really Mimic Outside
In today's podcast, Coach Claire talks about running on the treadmill. How can you be sure that you're getting the same workout as you would outside? Why running outside feels easier? How to make ind…
3 Ways to Increase Motivation
Do you dread going for a run? Coach Hayley talks about three ways to boost your running motivation in today's daily extrakick podcast episode.
Heart Rate Variability
What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)? How to use HRV data to optimize your running performance? What are the problems with wrist-based tracking monitors? Coach Claire explains in today's episode.
The hows and whys of running with your dog
Why you should take your dog for running with you? How to run with dogs? Are hard surfaces safe for them? Coach Hayley explains in today's Extrakick episode.
Boston Marathon Training Myths
What are the myths surrounding the Boston marathon training? How you can train smarter for it? Coach Claire clarifies in today's podcast episode.
5 Reasons Your Heart Rate Does Not Match Running Effort
In today's podcast, Coach Jeff talks about heart rate training. Can it work for everybody? Is there any correlation between heart rate training zone and running effort? Learn now!