For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

What does it mean to show up with joy even in the midst of the hardest seasons? Annie Kalter is a 15-time Boston Marathoner, a mom, a school culture professional, and a woman with an extraordinary story of resilience. After surviving a heart attack tha...

Hoping to make time for your goals even when you have a million obligations to manage? Allison Baca is a professional trail runner for HOKA. She juggles parenting a 3-year-old and working full time in finance while squeezing in training to compete in b...

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses eating disorders. Athletes face a lot of mental and physical pressure around fueling, so we need to break taboos. Kate Ringwood is a licensed therapist that specializes in eating disorders in athletes. Kate's per...

This runner took a scary setback and turned it into a message of hope. Dom Fusco is a health and wellness creator, coach, endurance athlete, and community builder based in Austin, Texas. After surviving a sudden cardiac arrest in 2023, Dom made it his ...

Royi Metser is the founder and CEO of Avelo, the company behind the world's first smart running shoe. Running changed Royi’s life in 2021 after a blood test was the kick in the butt he needed to make a change. Three days later he signed up for his firs...

Want to build your mental strength and confidence before your next race? Neal Palles is an ultrarunning coach and a psychotherapist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant. Through his private practice, Colorado Psychotherapy and Sport Performance,...

Boston is coming up next week, and to celebrate, we have a special bonus episode with you to give you the complete guide to the Boston Marathon experience with George Woodward. George Woodward is a father, data scientist, runner, and certified coach wh...

Family life in an athletic family can be a balancing act. Jenny Jurek is an avid runner and adventure seeker sharing her passion of the outdoors with her two young children and husband, Scott Jurek. After twenty years designing sustainable outdoor appa...

What does it take to build a passion-based activewear line? Caitlyn Miller is a 26 year old business owner and marathon runner. Caitlyn’s business, Expntl Athletics, specializes in activewear for distance runners. Listen to hear about: How social media...

Golfing might help your running more than you’d think. Scott Stallings is a 3x PGA Tour winner who earned the reputation as "The Fittest on Tour" due to his fitness-first lifestyle. In April, Scott will be participating in the 2025 Boston Marathon - hi...

Elite athletes deal with many of the same challenges that recreational runners do. Adam Vadeboncoeur’s been running for over 20 years but is now finding his stride in his mid 30’s. Over the past few years, he’s gained his first Team USA spot for 50km W...

The Marathon Project is back and bigger than ever. Ben Rosario spent two years as a member of the Hansons Brooks Distance Project, was the special events director for the GO! Saint Louis Marathon, founded the Northern Arizona Elite professional team, a...

In a world of diet culture, nutrition for running can feel complex and exhausting– but it shouldn’t be. Zoë Rom is a writer and journalist based in Carbondale, CO. Kylee Van Horn is the founder of sports nutrition business Flynutrition, which helps run...

Fueling your sports can be a lot simpler than you may think. Aaron Gouw and Gabe Multer co-founded Carbs Fuel, an emerging brand in the endurance sports nutrition space. Carbs Fuel believes that fueling shouldn’t be reserved to the affluent minority. T...

This chat with a coach will have you reworking your running goals to be even more impactful. Tucker Grose is an endurance athlete and coach who enjoys competing over a variety of distances and surfaces. In 2024 alone, he completed events from 800m on t...

Runners tend to overcomplicate nutrition, so let’s talk about both mindset and science. Claire Shorenstein (MS, RD, CSSD) is a board-certified Sports Dietitian working with teenage and adult athletes from the recreational to elite level. Her virtual pr...

Want a realistic look at how parents can spend meaningful time with their kids while also working toward running goals? Adam Merry is a professional dad and former pro runner living in Belfast, Maine. He loves the process of self-discovery and improvem...

For The Long Run’s podcast consultant is here to pull back the veil on everything from production to brand partnerships! Emily Holland is the co-founder of Wild Poppy Creative Consulting, working with creators and small business owners to maximize thei...

Ever thought about starting a run club or event of your own? Listen up! Alexandra Weissner is the co-founder of Brunch Running, a community-focused run club and event series based in Denver. With years of experience producing events like The bRUNch Run...

How do you stay motivated after a big setback or injury? Fiona O'Keeffe is a professional runner with the PUMA Elite team based in North Carolina. After graduating from Stanford in 2020, she made the move to the East Coast and found success on the road...

Get tips from a coach who’s run over 250 marathons and ultras on 5 continents! Ian Sharman is the founder of Sharman Ultra Coaching, a team of elite coaches. He got a marathon PR of 2:21 at age 43, and a half marathon PR of 1:03 at age 44. He's won ove...

This sprinter came from humble beginnings and is now one of the fastest people on Earth. Julien Alfred is a Saint Lucian sprinter and PUMA athlete who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics 100-meter event, setting a new national record of 10.7...

Print media is still alive, and it’s shaping running culture, too. Simon Freeman is a runner and co-founder of Like the Wind magazine, an indie running publication telling stories that inspire, motivate and move runners. He and his wife Julie also co-f...

Laura Jorgensen took a "short" break from her finance job that turned into a seven-year pro cycling career, earning over 50 podiums and a spot on the U.S. National Team. Along the way, she and her teammate-turned-cofounder Courteney Lowe built The Runn...

Raz says that running sucks, but we should do it anyway. Raziq Rauf is an NCTJ-trained journalist (writer) and USATF-certified running coach (runner). Raz interviews interesting people from the running world, and writes about their impact on running cu...