The Running Public

We’ve noticed a trend of athletes practicing one stride and racing with a different stride once fatigue sets in. Let’s combat that together!

Random episode content? Yup. Great info about training and Kirk’s Bachelor days? Double yup.

Kirk raced. He learned some stuff. We tell you all about the stuff. Also, a discussion on incline intervals during race week!

Roles reverse as Kirk drops in for a running therapy sesh with the esteemed Dr Brakken Kraker!

It has been a while since some of you raced. Here’s our refresher on what to do and what not to do on race week!

Doc DeWindt welcomes Brakken and Running to his therapy couch in order to help them work on their relationship. They make some great progress in today’s session!

Cross training is the subject of so many of the messages we receive each month, and for good reason! Today we talk about the different types of cross training and how to use it for building fitness v…

From playing 11 years in Major League Baseball to going sub 23 hours at the Western States 100, Eric has lived a sporting life that few athletes can equal!

Kirk is sick. Brakken just had COVID. It feels like the entire world is either coming down with or just getting over something. How should we approach training while sick??

Shawn Roberts is a competitor through and through. From running the 800m and 1500m at Georgia Tech and then with the NJNY track team to the trails and mud of OCR, Shawn has been laser focused on winn…

Is there such thing as spending too much time in Base Building phase? Let’s dive in!

Kris has an unbelievable combination of maybe the best athletic range and the most unique life story of anyone we have ever had on this show (all apologies to Ryan Atkins and Stephen Menya). Good luc…

We’re cleaning out our closet! All your remaining questions from 2021 will be answered today! There are some good ones, some tough ones, and a zombie apocalypse question. We’ve got it all!

January is upon us and race schedules are being released. It is the time of year when many runners are faced with the dilemma of what races to sign up for and how to go about being fit for those race…

Brakken and Kirk break down and react to Spartan’s big Age Group and Elite Series announcement. This is about as close to a hot take episode as you’re going to get!

Kirk and Brakken recap their highs and lows from 2021 and then preview what is in store for 2022. Thanks for being here with us the entire time!

We’re back from our holiday break with a phenomenal entry in our Philosophy of Training series. Becca Jones is an Ultra runner, Ultra Coach, and co-race director of the Tennessee Mile and the Mid Sta…