The Seconds Flat Running Podcast

Happy new year! We're wrapping 2024 with a conversation about what we learned this year and our favorite things in running & culture. Thanks for listening in 2024! Send us your questions, comments, & episode ideas for 2025: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com columbusrunning.com

We celebrate Max's BIG personal best and Travis shares the raw emotions of his race experience in our CIM race recap episode. Thanks for sharing the training & racing journeys with us this fall! Columbus 10K $5 discount code: TravisGsentme25 www.columbusrunning.com Have a question, comment, or show idea? Email us: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com

It's race week! We're discussing taper plans, race strategy, fueling, and more. Plus, we have a listener question on training paces, and a recap of recent action at Valencia and Fukuoka. If you're racing CIM check out Mile 135 for more details on course strategy! It's your last chance to email secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com with race predictions and/or questions for our panel. Email to win shoes or...

We're two weeks out from CIM & the guys are recapping their last big training weeks! Join the conversation and email us your training questions and/or race predictions to: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com YouTube links to the exercises described by Dr. Phil in episode 191: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V1NKta2znwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKl5UoiG5c

We're back for a training update from the boys on their road to CIM. Max piles up the mileage and the frequent flyer miles, Travis experiments with new long run workouts and airs his running pet peeves, and Doctor Phil offers great insights into strength and mobility protocols for hip flexor issues. Send us your training questions for the panel: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com. We'll be randomly draw...

We're on the road to CIM! Magic Max Hoffman, a man with long-term OTQ aspirations, joins the show, as he and Travis prep for California International Marathon. We'll follow their training and racing through marathon day on 12/8/24. Thanks to New Balance for partnering with us for this series! Send in your questions for the panel for a chance to win a pair of shoes or shorts courtesy of New Balance...

In Chicago, Phil spent four hours grooming with otters at the aquarium and Josh's "bathroom routine was bangin'," but how did the Doctor and the Bad Boy race? We hear about their taper week, marathon, and training reflections in the final installment of our Chicago Marathon series. Thanks to Columbus Running Company and OOFOS for making the Windy City Chronicles possible!

Josh and the Bad Boy return to take you through their last big week of training. It was a roller coaster ride of illness, rolled ankles, and a hurricane. Special guest Miles Bryan joins us as well. He shares his sub-3 Chicago training and racing plan. We conclude the episode with a series of questions/answers about tapering, fueling, and race execution. Good luck to the boys in Chicago!

The Bad Boy and The Doctor are back for a big episode loaded with training week updates and listener questions about how many times per week the guys run fast sessions (and why) and their nutrition program. To close out, Dr. Phil introduces his new training question segment, "The Doctor is In," asking about best practices for the final long runs. Send your questions to secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com...

Josh goes to altitude in Arizona while Phil trains through the South Carolina summer heat. Hear the latest on their training for Chicago as we reach 6 weeks from race day. Also, our panel considers a listener question about using heart rate in marathon training / racing. Send your questions to secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com to enter our OOFOS road to Chicago giveaway! columbusrunning.com

Dr. Phil and Josh "Bad Boy of Buffalo" Behuniak are on the road to the Chicago Marathon. We are documenting their journey in a five-part series. Join us for training insights, racing strategy, and details on an OOFOS giveaway. Welcome to the Windy City Chronicles! columbusrunning.com Have a question, comment, or show idea? Email us: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com

Thanks to a listener question we are discussing which categories of workouts we prioritize at different phases of a marathon training cycle. But first, we consider which Olympic races had the most significance for the future of distance running, and we introduce our new upcoming training series. columbusrunning.com secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com

Welcome to Part 9 of The Road to L.A. ‘84, our multi-episode retrospective on the 40th anniversary of a seminal moment in a golden era of marathoning. In this episode our journey reaches its climax — the 1984 Olympic marathons. 40 years later, here’s the story of the most awaited 26.2 mile foot races in Olympic history…

Welcome to part 8 of The Road to L.A. '84, our multi-episode retrospective on the 40th anniversary of a seminal moment in a golden era of marathoning. We're telling the behind-the-scenes account of the athletes, the training, and the build-up races. This week we rewind to the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Olympia, Washington -- the precursor to the first ever Women's Olympic Maratho...

Welcome to Part Seven of The Road to L.A. '84, our multi-episode retrospective on the 4oth anniversary of a seminal moment in a golden era of marathoning. We're telling the behind-the-scenes account of the athletes, the training, and the build-up races. Last year we shared the stories of the biggest races of 1983: Rotterdam, Boston, the Helsinki World Championships, and New York. We examined the t...

Should I run a half marathon in marathon prep? What pace should I use for "speed work" in marathon training? Are long runs or threshold sessions more important for half marathon training? Who is the biggest lock for American gold at the Paris Olympics? Split shorts or half tights? We discuss these questions and more! columbusrunning.com

This week it is a joy to celebrate Father's Day with you as I present an article I wrote for PACE Magazine on Father's Day 2021. It's a love letter to our sport, my father, my grandfather, and all those with whom I've been lucky enough to share miles through the years. "My father was the best man I ever knew...He combined strength and courage with gentleness, tenderness, and great unselfishness......

Hayward Field. Pre's Trail. The birthplace of Nike. From Bill Dellinger to Galen Rupp. And Andrew Wheating to Matthew Centrowitz. The men of the University of Oregon have a rich tradition, perhaps greater than any other team in the country. Current mid-distance star Elliott Cook is a fitting torch bearer for the Duck legacy. Originally from Dublin, Ohio, Elliott moved to the Pacific Northwest for...

Earlier this year Abby Nichols represented the United States at the World Cross Country Championships -- an unlikely outcome for someone who once quit her track team within the first week of practice. But Abby came back, dedicated herself to the sport won Ohio titles in track and cross country, and continued her ascent with Big Ten, and, later, Pac 12 championships. Now she's aiming for our sport'...

From her humble start as a high school sprinter, Emily Richards rose to the top of NCAA mid-distance running with nine national championships and set the Division III record for 800 meters. Now she's chasing Olympic dreams and is the first guest in our series chronicling the journeys of local stars on their way to the upcoming Eugene Olympic Trials. But beyond her on track accomplishments, you'll...

Mary Oliver asked, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” As runners we feverishly answer that we plan to race fearlessly, testing the limits of human performance. We challenge our aching muscles and foggy brains across distances so far as to be considered maniacal by the average, sane, non-endurance athlete. We traverse trails, ford rivers, and climb precipices...

Stephanie Bruce's story reads like a love letter to running. Through trials and triumphs, grief and growth, she has leaned into the sport and followed her own course. She's a three-time U.S. champion and an invaluable voice on transparency and vulnerability while juggling her responsibilities of motherhood and her career. Steph joins us this week to share her story and also to celebrate Mother's D...

After a discussion about the London Marathon and the future of adidas racing shoes, we analyze using workouts with prescribed recovery paces. What are they? Why should we use them? Why are they uncommon in many traditional training plans? How do we best execute float segments? What are example sessions? We'll address all these questions are more! Questions, comments, or show ideas? Email us: secon...

Coach Chris Lundstrom of Minnesota Distance Elite shepherded multiple athletes to the US Olympic Marathon Team Trials in Orlando this February. Among his success stories: Annie Frisbee finished in the top 10 and Dakotah Lindwurm placed on the podium, earning a spot on our Olympic team for Paris. Chris ran collegiately at Stanford and later competed in three Olympic trials marathons. Also, he holds...

Phil raced the 2024 Tobacco Road Half Marathon, and he's giving you insights on what to expect from the course, logistics, organization, competition, and more if you put this fun race on the American Tobacco Trail on your future race calendar. Also, beginning at 21 minutes, we unpack the details of our warm up and cool down protocols, and debate the topic of long cool downs as a method for reachin...