Running Rogue

Did I dig deep enough? Can I go faster? How do I know when I've reached my limits?

These are all questions you may have asked yourself at one time or another. You might think that grit is a genetic t…

Who else is overwhelmed by the long list of things you need to do in order to achieve your goals? Sometimes, it feels like it's impossible to do it all from the running itself to strength training to…

Do you focus too much on half marathon or marathon training while neglecting your speed? If so, this episode is for you. In it, I talk about 5 misperceptions of training for the 5K or 10K distances. …

It's time to start training for fall races and you might be wondering how to take your training to the next level. If so, this episode is for you.

I start by talking about how to prime your body for …

It's time to change the narrative!!

As a coach, I consistently here similar, negative things from the runners I meet and coach, but mostly these are false narratives that get in the way of reaching t…

It is race week for my athlete and running influencer Nicole Winter (@nicolemruns). She is racing the Eugene Marathon this weekend and shooting for her first Boston qualifier. To celebrate race week,…

I am still coming off the high from Boston Marathon weekend, and as such, I had to get back to some of my podcasting roots with this recap episode. Fortunately, Kara Goucher was willing to join me to…

There is nothing worse than training for 4-5 months for a single race only to have the weather betray you on race day. Heat, cold, wind, and rain... any of those can derail a well-executed training c…

In this episode, I chat with Dave Spandorfer and Mike Burnstein who co-founded Janji in 2012. Janji produces great running apparel while also giving back to water projects around the world. My connec…

In this episode, I interview Des Linden on her soon-to-be released book Choosing to Run. It'll be out on April 4th. In the book, she shares details about her life and journey to the Boston Marathon w…

Nell Rojas has been the top American at the last two Boston marathoners and is set to line up there again in 3 weeks. Her path to the front of elite marathoning has not been a direct one, however, an…

Warning: This episode contains discussion of disordered eating and emotional and sexual abuse.

In this episode, I interview Kara Goucher on her just-released book The Longest Race. In the book, she s…

With this episode, we are back to a Q&A episode with Nicole Winter (@nicolemruns), answering questions about marathon training as she preps for a marathon later this spring. 

Some of the questions we…

In this episode, I interview fellow running podcaster Tina Muir to talk about RED-S or Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. RED-S which is a diagnosis for those experiencing symptoms of under-fueling…

There is nothing more that I want for you than for you to reach your greatest potential in this sport. Full stop. That's why I do this. Thus, in this episode, I give you 8 things to STOP doing in ord…

One of the main reasons I do this podcast is to help educate you on training fundamentals so that you can build your mastery of the sport. Part of that is developing your running intution to make the…

I am both excited and very proud as a brother and coach to welcome my sister - Lori Smiley - to the show. She started as a 5 hour marathoner and is now a proud owner of a Boston qualifier from Housto…

In this episode, I connect with listener Brooke Lubojasky to talk about her big goal of breaking 3 hours in the marathon. She ran her first marathon in over 5 hours but has progressed to a Boston Qua…

Prompted by a listener email (thanks Kerianne!), I open up a little more about my running journey from 2022. I chose to do so through the lense of some of the insecurities that I have faced and still…