The Running Shorts Podcast

A love letter from God

Working through my own personal crisis of meaning. Processing. Grieving. Making decisions I’m not prepared to make.  Some days I’m fine. Some days I want to go out, kicking and screaming. Meanwhile, where is God in all of this? I haven’t given up hope.  Contact: run12795@gmail.com

If all models are useful, this one is so useful that it’s rendered the continuation of this podcast useless. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava. Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/... Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/... Part 3: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

In addition to their genetics, geographical location, lifestyle, and other cultural factors, the thing that makes Ethiopians run so fast might very well be their training. Or at the very least, it doesn’t seem to hurt them very much. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Yes, talent factors into it but you don’t run 3:26.00 following a poor training plan. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Brad is a Renato Canova disciple and one of Dathan Ritzenhein’s former coaches. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Simple….formulaic…year-round…progressive…all systems go…training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Following in Lydiard’s footsteps. John Walsh (aka HADD), heart rate training, and building the base of the pyramid. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Leaving no stone (or dumbbell) unturned in your training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

The pack is only as strong as the wolf and the wolf is only as strong as the pack. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Bowerman, Dellinger, and the competitive runner’s guide to training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Chop wood, read poetry, and run like an animal. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

How Carlos Lopes won Portugal’s first gold medal at the Olympics (1984) and ran a WR 2:07:12 marathon a year later at age 38. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Doubling, running within yourself, running by feel, and maintaining your leg turnover. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

The sirpoc special block. How to adapt the original method to fit the marathon. Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/... Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/... To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Norm Green, Michael Musyoki, and the threshold model of training intensity distribution. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Todd’s Gate River Run 15K course record lasted 30 years. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

My fun solution to “the problem of track and field” if there is one. Post-recording thoughts: Points should also be awarded to a runner for leading (per lap). Alternatively, we eliminate points altogether, and do something like tennis does, best of 5 sets (races). Might not be spectator friendly, but watching the same field go at it (and using different tactics) 5 days in a row on TV would be inte...

The Japanese are not afraid of mileage and they’re not afraid of going too slow. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Add me to the growing number of amateur runners who have thrived under this method. After just 9 months of this training, I’ve gone from 19:30 to 17:03, and that 17:03 was my first race as a 40 year old. Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/... To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

How Paula maximized her potential in the marathon. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Honoring Kelvin Kiptum’s memory one year after the crash. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

High volume, multi-pace, interval based training. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Training for injury prone runners. If you are a broken down runner or someone that is always getting hurt, this method might be for you. To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.

Will Klecker, Bor, or Mantz break the 18 year-old American record at the Houston Half this year? To submit your thoughts, questions, or overall feedback , email run12795@gmail.com or find me on Strava.