the morning shakeout podcast

I recently sat down with my good friend and frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind , for our second quarterly conversation of 2026, which you can listen to wherever you get the morning shakeout podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #49 of LtW, which is out now. (You can buy a copy or subscribe here .)...

Matt Taylor is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Tracksmith. He recently stepped down from the CEO role, which he held since 2014, to return his focus to what drew him to the brand in the first place: its creative expression. I recently sat down with Matt in Boston to trace the full arc of his journey, from a cold letter left at a hotel for IMG founder Mark McCormack, to embedding himse...

Raziq Rauf is the author of the forthcoming book,  This is Running , and he also writes the popular newsletter,  Running Sucks . Raz’ book, and his work in general, celebrates running as a sport, activity, and culture, and digs into the people, events, trends, and technology that push it forward. I sat down with Raz in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles before the 2026 L.A. Marathon and...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our first quarterly conversation of 2026, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #48 of  LtW , which is out now. (You can bu...

I recently sat down with runner and writer Devin Kelly to discuss his new novel, Pilgrims , and also talk about his process, his use of repetition throughout the book, and the parallels that exist between what he feels when he writes and what he feels when he runs. We also got into how he used the novel to explore his obsessions, the importance of committing to a daily practice, what's exciting hi...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our final quarterly conversation of 2025, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #47 of  LtW , which comes out this week. (Y...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our third quarterly conversation of 2025, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #46 of  LtW , which comes out this week. (Y...

This week on the podcast I sit down with my right-hand man Chris Douglas to discuss the history of the morning shakeout email newsletter, which just celebrated its 500th issue. It's been published every Tuesday since November 17, 2015. This episode is brought to you by: — Tracksmith, New Balance, Precision Fuel & Hydration, and Final Surge. All of these brands have missions I believe in and pr...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our second quarterly conversation of 2025, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #45 of  LtW , which comes out this week. (...

This week on the podcast I sit down with my right-hand man Chris Douglas and answer reader and listener questions about dream podcast guests, training ideas I have and haven’t changed my mind about, the impact of AI on coaching, best mindset practices for training and racing, and a lot more. There’s even a good rant from me on running while sick/injured that I hope folks will appreciate and take t...

Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm , Fire , A Death in Belmont , War , Tribe , Freedom , and In My Time of Dying , as well as an award-winning journalist, documentary filmmaker, and, perhaps most impressively, highly accomplished distance runner. A collegiate athlete at Wesleyan University in the early 1980s, Junger has run 3:55 for 1500 meters and 2:...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our first quarterly conversation of 2025, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #44 of  LtW , which comes out this...

Ben Rosario has worn a lot of hats in the sport and industry of running: professional athlete and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier, co-founder of the Big River Running Company, race director, elite athlete coordinator, marketing director, author, and, most recently, founder, head coach, and director of HOKA Northern Arizona Elite. In December of 2024 Ben stepped away from his involv...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our final quarterly conversation of 2024, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #43 of  LtW , which comes out this...

Vincent Bouillard was the surprise winner (to some, anyway!) of the 2024 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, the most prestigious ultramarathon trail race in the world. The 31-year-old Frenchman, who works in product engineering and innovation at HOKA, broke the tape in 19 hours, 54 minutes, and 23 seconds, the third-fastest time in the 21-year history of the 105-mile race. In this conversation, which was...

This week on the podcast I sat down with my right-hand man Chris Douglas and answered reader and listener questions about the updated Boston Marathon qualifying standards, balancing gym sessions with running workouts, how to better manage long runs when you're an older athlete, what is exciting me most in running at the moment, advice for aspiring coaches, and a lot more. This episode is brought t...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our third quarterly conversation of 2024, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #42 of  LtW , which comes out this...

This latest episode is my quarterly conversation with Like the Wind magazine co-founder and editor Simon Freeman. We recorded the episode back in April and I put it out yesterday. Ordinarily it coincides with the release of a new issue of LtW, in which an excerpt of the conversation usually appears, but the latest edition of the magazine is “by women, about women, for everyone,” so Simon and I sat...

I recently sat down with my good friend and  frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine,  Like The Wind , for our first quarterly conversation of 2024, which you can listen to wherever you get  the morning shakeout  podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #39 of  LtW , which comes out this...

This week's conversation with Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows is a follow-up to Episode 226 , which was released back in August. In this one, we discuss how Jennifer spent her sabbatical over the summer and what she experienced visiting various run crews around the country (and even a couple internationally). She told me about what she hoped to get out of the trip, the feelings of culture, connection...

I recently sat down with my good friend and frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman , the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind , for the fourth and final installment (for this year, anyway) of our yet-to-be named quarterly conversation, which you can listen to wherever you get the morning shakeout podcast. An excerpt of this exchange can be found in Issue #...

This week, I sat down with my right-hand man Chris Douglas and answered questions about the Olympic Trials Marathon start-time controversy, things I’ve changed my mind on, the importance of the weekly long run, time versus distance-based training prescriptions, and a lot more. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions and apologies for all the ones I wasn’t able to answer in this episode. Got...

This week's episode of the podcast with Megan Young , Performance Coach with the Seattle Sounders professional soccer club. Megan is a rockstar with 15 years of experience working in collegiate athletics, and men’s and women’s professional soccer. She’s the 2023 National Strength and Conditioning Association Professional Coach of the Year and a voracious learner with numerous degrees and certifica...

This week's episode of the podcast is with Stuart McMillan, widely regarded as one of the best sprint coaches in the world. Stu has worked with both professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports with a focus on power and speed development. He’s personally coached over 70 Olympians at nine Olympic Games, over 30 of whom have won Olympic medals. In addition to his hands-on work with athle...

This week I had an awesome conversation with Don Swartz, who coaches my wife’s Masters swimming program at North Bay Aquatics in Marin County, California, and is someone I respect, admire, and try to emulate in my own life. Don was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2013, he coached several swimmers to Olympic, World Championship and Pan-American teams in the e...