Training Tuesday: How to Run Your Best Mile

Race stories, poop stories, embarrassing stories, and the lessons learned!

The top 5 worst runs of our entire life, described in full, excruciating detail!

Medically prevented from working out for the first three decades of her life, Joyce finally found freedom through fitness well into her thirties. Join us for her story of perseverance, endurance, and mindset.

When do we need bland, consistent training and when should we spice things up with variety and novelty?

We pick out a 4 current situations our athletes are dealing with and discuss them in depth: Should I have pushed harder? When have I raced too much? Do I pull the plug on my training or push through this injury? Am I actually healthy enough the start training again?

We all have slightly different ideas of what really constitutes Speed Work for distance runners. Let’s explore that!

3:57 miler, proud Canadian, and World Record Holder in the Beer Mile, Corey joins us to explain how a kid from Windsor came to be the fastest individual ever to run one full mile while consuming four beers and how doing so changed his place in the run world.

Warning: you will either agree with us today or you will be really upset! Stretching and mobility work are such touchy topics. Runners will happily debate high vs low mileage, threshold vs vO2max work, or Lydiard vs Daniels, but bring up mobility work and watch those smiles get turned upside down real quick! So, today is OUR take on what runners do and don’t need to worry about when it comes to flexibility, mobility, and range of motion. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

We had a great queue of listener questions this month, from footwear to focusing on time vs mileage. Enjoy!

Hybrid racing is the ultimate meeting ground for endurance and power athletes, but can they both train the same way? We break it down today!