Episode 434: Running Stories & Life Lessons!

We take a deeper look at 6 listener questions + 1 question from Kirk himself! Todays topics include pacing a longer race, heat adjusted paces, anemia in runners, and cross training specifics (amount, type, intensity).

It’s been a minute since we recommend the gear we are currently using! Today we cover trail shoes, socks, shorts, shirt, hats, and watches.

Today we tackle our most pressing listener questions, but we’re slipping in a lie from time to time! It will sound like a real answer, it will make logical sense, and the other host won’t know when it is coming. See if you can spot the lie before one of us does!

The summer heat and humidity has officially arrived. Kirk bombed a workout this week and chances are you will, too! How should we approach our running during this season?

Mark didn’t find running until he was 38. He transformed himself from a chain smoking, overweight partier into a endurance machine at an age when most people have already let go of their athletic aspirations.

We travel back in time to the 3rd Training Tuesday we ever recorded: Running Terminology 101! The audio quality was amateur hour, our delivery was a work in progress, but the content is just as useful now as it was 4 years ago! This re-release will give you all the definitions needed to navigate the world of running jargon.

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?