The Running Public

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Training Tuesday: How to Build a Training Plan (for Brakken) May 14, 2025

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Last week we decided that Brakken needs to suck it, sign up for a race, and start training seriously. Today, we build him a 16 week training plan designed to address all the deficiencies he’s developed over the past few years of half-assed training.

Training Tuesday: BK is Overseas and Just Really Needs to Race May 07, 2025

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After completing just 2 races in the past year, it is time for Brakken to sign up, show up, and get back to racing!

Episode 521: Rich Ryan May 02, 2025

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For the past 25 years, Rich has never stopped pursuing his goal of becoming the best runner and athlete possible. Why has he now, at the age of 39, seemingly reached new heights of fitness?

Training Tuesday: The Best Long Runs (for most people) Apr 30, 2025

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The Long Run is a staple of life for many distance runners. It is also pretty demanding on the body. Here are our favorite “bang for your buck” options!

Episode 519: Darla O’Connor Pt 2 Apr 25, 2025

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Darla returns to talk injuries, rehab, holding on to fitness through cross training, and refusing to ever give back or back down.

Training Tuesday: The Best Trail & Mountain Workouts Apr 23, 2025

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Can you just do classic track workouts on the trails? Sure. But sometimes you need something specifically designed for your off road racing needs!

Episode 517: The Best WORST Bang For Your Buck Workouts Apr 20, 2025

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On Tuesday we covered the workouts that give you solid fitness benefits with very little recovery costs. Today we are taking the opposite stance: workouts that are crazy costly but have the potential for big improvements to your fitness and/or confidence!

Training Tuesday: The Best “Bang for Your Buck” Workouts Apr 16, 2025

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Minimum recovery costs; maximum fitness gain. These are the workouts we find to be most repeatable, manageable, and enjoyable! We choose multiple options each for Speed, Threshold, and Tempo sessions.

Episode 515: Play to Your Strengths Apr 11, 2025

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Running is hard! Are you playing to your strengths as a runner or just banging your head against the wall?

Training Tuesday: Back From Vacation Apr 08, 2025

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Kirk was in California crushing marathon workouts and big mountain runs. Brakken was in Sweden… cross training?