Category: The Science of Running

Read the full post on The Science of Running. Racing is a skill. How do we get comfortable in a pack? Running from the front, or perhaps stuck in the back? How…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. “We believe that being elite is not about how talented you are. It is about how tough you are,” wrote Urban Meyer in…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. At the 1960 Olympic games, a 60-something-year-old man, rail thin, with a full head of white hair, took to the practice track adjacent…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. We often hold up elite performers as some sort of superhuman. Impervious to the doubts and insecurities that the rest of us face….

Read the full post on The Science of Running. How do you handle pain, fatigue, and discomfort? Do you look for a hole to step into or do you work your way…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. What game are you playing? We all may think we are all running the same race. A 1,500m race in high school is…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. One piece of advice I always give coaches is: Always have somewhere to go. The younger your athletes, the more important this is….

Read the full post on The Science of Running. “He’s a headcase!” We’ve all heard it as coaches. Maybe we’ve even said it. In this episode, Jon and Steve discuss why this…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. We are all an experiment of 1! We often talk about individualization in coaching. In this episode, we talk about the contrast between…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. If running is going bad do you feel crushed? In this episode, we discuss the importance of letting go, of diversifying your sense…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. How does your viewpoint impact your coaching? In this episode, we discuss how sometimes we get comfortable employing the same style of training,…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. Often, in racing we play it safe. We don’t take the risk. We focus on times instead of competing. In this episode, we…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. In this episode, we take on an important but difficult topic: the differences between coaching men and women. In this episode, we cover…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. Training is messy. Progress is not linear. In this episode, we get real. We talk about the messiness of training. How do we…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. In the 1960’s Percy Cerutty made the claim that 1/3 of your training should be non-running. Does this hold up or not as…

Read the full post on The Science of Running. What workouts give you the biggest bang for your buck? In this episode, we go through the best workouts for the mid-distance, track…