In this episode, I connect with listener Brooke Lubojasky to talk about her big goal of breaking 3 hours in the marathon. She ran her first marathon in over 5 hours but has progressed to a Boston Qual

Prompted by a listener email (thanks Kerianne!), I open up a little more about my running journey from 2022. I chose to do so through the lense of some of the insecurities that I have faced and still

It's a milestone episode for me - number 300 - which represents 6 years of podcasting consistency. For this one, I ring in the milestone and the end of 2022 with 9 reflections on the year from my pers

What do you ultimately want from this sport and how do you get there? Those are big questions that can be hard to answer because it is often hard to prioritize and focus on what matters the most. That

Thank you to Victoria from Florida for this episode topic suggestion. Solo vs. group training... which is better for you? Either can be great options depending on what is right for you. In this episod

Winter is coming, and it's just over a week away! For many of you, winter invites challenges to motivation and to the basic logistics of training safely. In this episode, I give you six tips to mainta

We like to complicate recovery by focusing on the latest whizz-bang tools and modalities that might be all the rage. Recovery, however, is actually very simple, and in most cases, absolutely free. In

2:23 vs 2:39? Which is a better result for a marathoner? It would be easy to say the faster time, but Des Linden might disagree. She ran 2:39 in 2018 to win Boston. She also ran 2:23 in 2011 to place

As a coach, I know at least two things for certain: 1. Everyone faces pre-race nerves and doubts regardless of your background and experience. 2. The pre-race nerves never go away, but you will become

Most of us measure ourselves in all of the wrong ways, and it leads to injury, overtraining, burnout, and under performance. In this episode, I give you 7 ways to re-frame how you measure success in o