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Hosted by multi-certified run coaches and fitness professionals, Amanda Katz and Nick Klastava, The Running Explained Podcast provides actionable insights, expert tips and motivating advice to help you become the best runner you can be. The podcast takes a science-backed approach to running and fitness, offering practical strategies for athletes at all stages of their journey. Whether you're struggling with injury, wondering how to fuel your long runs or trying to nail your race day strategy, the podcast covers expert interviews, listener questions and more.
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- 1 weeks ago47 min
Sara Hall on Marathon Recovery, For The Love Of The Grind, and Racing Past 40
Pro marathoner Sara Hall joins Coach Nick and Coach Amanda one week after the Chicago Marathon to talk marathon recovery, motherhood, and her memoir, For the Love of the Grind.After 21 years as a pro and 23 marathons, Sara's recovery plan is refreshingly unsexy: eat a lot, sleep a lot, and spend time with the people who showed up for you. She explains why how you fuel the whole build matters more than any post-race gadget, how she plans to bounce back at CIM in December, and what racing without ego looks like in her 40s.We also dig into life alongside American record holder Ryan Hall (who now meditates three hours a day, because of course he does), the magic mushrooms chapter, adopting four daughters from Ethiopia, and why becoming a mom made running feel lighter instead of over.Topics: marathon recovery, back-to-back marathons, masters running, running parents, the pro running industry, and the best piece of training advice Sara has ever received.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running and enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Timestamps0:00 Welcome to the Running Explained Podcast0:51 Who is Sara Hall? 21 years as a pro1:27 For the Love of the Grind and learning to love the process3:06 Why your dreams can look totally different than you planned4:07 Chicago Marathon recap: undercooked vs overcooked and the heat6:35 How an elite recovers after a marathon (hint: eat and sleep)9:39 Your recovery starts before the race: fueling the whole build10:43 Why sharing the journey is where the joy lives13:42 Writing the memoir: self-doubt and the 2024 Olympic Trials17:01 Life in Ryan Hall's shadow and the stages of ego in sport20:36 The magic mushrooms chapter and the faith pushback23:26 Ryan Hall goes all in (again): three hours of meditation a day25:02 How motherhood changed success, pressure, and running29:31 Adopting four daughters from Ethiopia31:58 Sending a daughter off to run at Rutgers33:24 Sara and Ryan: 21 years of alternating highs and lows36:56 The plan for CIM: bouncing back with a December marathon39:45 Running camps and the Hall Steps Foundation41:49 Rapid fire: best advice, biggest surprise, the pro running industry46:43 Where to follow SaraLinksSara Hall on Instagram: @sarahall3Running Explained on IG: @runningexplainedTraining plans and coaching: https://runningexplained.comThe Weekly Stride newsletter: https://www.runningexplained.com/theweeklystrideEnjoyed this one? Rate and review Running Explained and share it with your running friend (or someone you do not like, maybe they will like it).
- 2 weeks ago49 min
Olympian Carrie Tollefson Chicago Marathon From the Broadcast Booth, Running Identity, and Finding Joy
Olympian Carrie Tollefson joins Coach Amanda and Coach Nick days after broadcasting the 2026 Chicago Marathon. Carrie made the 2004 Olympic team in the 1500m, won five NCAA titles at Villanova, and now runs her mouth more than her legs (her words) as a marathon broadcaster and host of the C Tolle Run podcast.In this episode, we cover:• What the Chicago Marathon looks like from the finish line broadcast position• Why Carrie ran three marathons just to commentate them better• The human stories behind Hawi Feysa, Clayton Young, and Vinny Mauri• How to handle negativity and why running needs a “positive thread”• What everyday runners can learn from pros (you deal with the same mile 21)• Running identity after competition, plus balancing career, kids, and 20-minute runs• Prize money, the running boom, and celebrity run clubs• Why success comes from finding your joy, not your finish time• The Secret Interview Questions (and a story her mom will not love)Come Join Amanda and I for the NYC Marathon Webinar and Live Q&A on 21 October from 6-730 EST. We will answer all your questions and walk you through EVERYTHING you need to know about the NYCM from the second you arrive to when you leave. Learn more and sign up hereToday's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Key timestamps06:58 Chicago Marathon 2026 from the booth19:17 What everyday runners can learn from pros23:16 Running identity after competition33:28 What the running community gets right40:33 Redefining success42:01 Secret Interview QuestionsFind Carrie: • C Tolle Run podcast, the RunDot Podcast, ctollerun.com, Instagram @carrie_tollefsonTraining plans and coaching: https://runningexplained.comThe Weekly Stride newsletter: https://www.runningexplained.com/theweeklystrideEnjoyed this one? Rate and review Running Explained and share it with your running friend (or someone you do not like, maybe they will like it).
- 3 weeks ago53 min
Marathon Recovery and Why Recovery Starts Before Race Day
How long should you rest after a marathon? Coach Amanda (fresh off her fall marathon) and Coach Nick cover marathon recovery from taper week to your first run back.Pre-race recovery: why sleep across your whole training block matters more than the night before, packing a carb-load cooler for race travel, compression socks vs. calf sleeves on flights, protecting your social battery, and how long a shakeout run should be.Post-race recovery: why you should eat within an hour of finishing (even when you are not hungry), how to plan food at big-city marathons, how many days off to take (10 days to 2 weeks for Amanda, 7 days minimum for Nick), why workouts can take up to 8 weeks to feel normal, the recovery tools coaches actually use, and how to handle the post-marathon blues.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Timestamps0:00 Intro2:44 Pre-race recovery and taper7:14 Sleep before a marathon11:00 Compression socks vs. sleeves for travel16:13 Shakeout runs26:08 Post-race recovery starts at the finish line29:03 What to eat after a marathon38:50 How long to rest after a marathon45:59 Favorite recovery tools50:34 Post-marathon bluesMentioned: Post-race nutrition episode with Megan [LINK] | Dr. Stephanie Roth-Goldberg episode [LINK]Training plans and coaching: https://runningexplained.comThe Weekly Stride newsletter: https://www.runningexplained.com/theweeklystrideEnjoyed this one? Rate and review Running Explained and share it with your running friend (or someone you do not like, maybe they will like it).
- Sep 24, 20261h 1m
Runner Q&A with Sports Dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith: Carbs Per Hour, Ferritin, Burnout, and First Marathons
We did an old fashioned listener Q&A, and because you all sent in a stack of nutrition questions, we called in the big guns: sports dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith, RD, CSSD, back for round two.Coach Amanda and I cover the coaching side while Stevie brings the fueling science. We get into how many carbs per hour you actually need on long runs (and why the answer is a range, not a flex), how to juggle fast 5Ks, marathons, and heavy lifting by building training seasons, and how to keep burnout from wrecking your year. Amanda goes on a legendary rant about lottery FOMO. I explain resiliency data points and why belief beats hard work at your absolute peak.Then we help a first time Philly marathoner avoid the mile 20 wall, dig into the new ASH ferritin guidelines (and why ferritin alone does not tell the whole iron story), and answer the big one: can you safely cut weight before a marathon? Spoiler: Stevie said yes to cutting a bagel. That is it.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Listener questions answered:1. How many carbs should I take on long runs for my December half marathon?2. I love fast 5Ks, long distance, and lifting heavy. How do I prioritize?3. How do you keep from burning out?4. How can I help my brain catch up to my running and believe in myself more?5. I'm running my first full at Philly. How do I push without hitting the wall at mile 20?6. Why do runners need higher ferritin levels than non runners?7. Can I safely cut weight before a marathon for performance?Resources and links• Ferritin, Iron, and Anemia with Callie Roseland:• Back to Back Marathons with Coach Corky• Stevie on Instagram: @stevielynlyn | Website:stevielynrd.com• Running Explained coaching and training plans: runningexplained.com• Send us your questions: hello@runningexplained.comCheck out our new Kickstart Program Enjoyed this format? Rate and review the show and tell us. If you want more Q&A episodes, we will make it happen.
- Sep 17, 202658 min
Bone Density, Menopause & Marathon Training
Coach Amanda and Coach Nick talk masters running with coach Kim Nedeau (Training Inclined) about how mileage, recovery, and strength work should change after 40, plus what the research really says about bone density, menopause, and weighted vests.Kim built her coaching practice, Training Inclined, and her women's community, Train Like a Master, after her own injury-prone running years. In this episode: deload weeks and recovery science, the strength work masters runners can't skip, telling normal age-related slowdown from an actual training gap, bone density and perimenopause, training through osteopenia and arthritis, whether weighted vests actually build bone, and navigating body image and weight gain through menopause.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Our GuestKim Nedeau is a running coach, educator, and the founder of Train Like a Master, a training and education community for women 40 and over who want to keep running, get stronger, and perform well as they age.Kim has spent more than a decade coaching runners and exploring the intersection of running, strength training, injury prevention, and healthy aging. Her work focuses on helping women understand how their training needs to evolve as they get older, which can mean setting new personal records or sometimes slowing down. Kim is also a masters runner herself, so she knows the highs and lows firsthand, sometimes finding herself running surprisingly fast for a master, and other days wondering how she got so slow.Through her coaching, writing, and educational work, Kim brings an evidence-informed but practical perspective to topics like muscle loss, bone health, menopause, injury, recovery, and performance in the masters years.Find Kim Nedeau:• kimnedeau.com / https://traininginclined.com/• Instagram: kimnedeau_traininginclinedReach out via email at hello@runningexplained.comMore from Running Explained@runningexplained on IGwww.runningexplained.comRate and review the podcast wherever you listen. It helps more runners find the show.
- Sep 10, 20261h 3m
Ferritin, Iron & Anemia and What the Labs Really Mean
A single ferritin test isn't the whole story. Coach Nick and Coach Amanda talk with sports dietitian Callie Roseland about the difference between low ferritin, iron deficiency, and anemia, why runners are especially prone to running low, and the ferritin number that actually supports performance versus the number that just clears a lab's "normal" range.We also cover when to (and definitely not to) get iron labs drawn, how hard training affects iron absorption through a hormone called hepcidin, and why more iron isn't always better. GuestCallie Roseland, MS, RD, LDN, CSSD, IFNCP, EP-C is a Sports Dietitian who specializes in helping endurance and mountain athletes fuel for performance, recovery, and long-term health. She has 9+ years of experience in high-level performance nutrition, including more than 7 years as a Tactical Performance Dietitian supporting U.S. Special Operations Forces within a multidisciplinary human performance team.Through her private practice, Fueling Upward, Callie works with adult athletes who lift, run, and climb mountains while balancing serious training with full-time work, family, and real life. Her background in exercise physiology, sports nutrition, and integrative and functional nutrition allows her to take a comprehensive approach to performance, with particular interests in endurance fueling, performance labwork, gut health, hormone health, injury recovery, and optimizing nutrition to support high-level training and performance.Fueling Upward offers 1v1 virtual nutrition coaching, group education, and on-demand resources to help athletes have more energy, ditch gut issues, and fuel the training it takes to cross finish lines and climb mountains.Email: callie@fuelingupward.comIG: @fueling.upward.rdWebsite: www.fuelingupward.comReach out via email at hello@runningexplained.comMore from Running Explained@runningexplained on IGwww.runningexplained.comRate and review the podcast wherever you listen. It helps more runners find the show.
- Sep 3, 202646 min
Strength Training for Runners: The 5-Move Formula You Need (w/ Natalie LaMendola, DPT)
Strength training gets thrown around as a cure-all for runners: fix your injury, run faster, never break down. Coach Nick and Coach Amanda sit down with Natalie LaMendola, DPT, a running-specific physical therapist and Running Explained coach, to separate what strength training actually does for runners from what the internet claims it does.We cover the exact framework Natalie uses with runners (squat, hinge, push, pull, carry), how to know if your program is even working, the real reasons runners skip strength work, and what changes once you hit master's age. We also get into why strength training is not a quick fix for an injury, no matter what your Instagram feed says.In this episode• What actually counts as strength training (and what doesn't)• Why strength training improves running economy and tissue durability• The squat, hinge, push, pull, carry framework for building a session• How many heavy compound lifts, single leg exercises, and plyometrics you actually need• The weekly benchmarks that tell you your program is working• The real barriers keeping runners out of the weight room, and how to work around them• Strength training for master's runners: consistency, calf work, and tendon health• Do men and women need different strength programs? (Mostly no, with one hormonal exception)• Why strength training won't fix an active injury, and what it actually does insteadAbout our guest Natalie is a running-specific Doctor of Physical Therapy and certified run coach based in Kansas City. When she's not working with runners in the clinic, you can find her chasing her own goals on the run alongside her husband, twin toddlers, and hound dog. Her passion lies in helping runners of all abilities achieve their goals and get back to the miles they love.Find Natalie: lamendolapt.com or on Instagram @runwithnat_dptMore from Running Explainedrunningexplained.comRate and review the podcast wherever you listen. It helps more runners find the show.
- Aug 27, 202654 min
The Carb Ceiling Myth and What Actually Fuels a Long Run
The 60g-an-hour carb ceiling isn't real, it was just the limit of one transporter. Sports dietitians Emma Harvie and Jaclyn Sklaver, CNS, LDN, join Coach Nick and Coach Amanda to explain the glucose plus fructose fueling strategy pushing runners past 90 to 120 grams of carbs an hour, why underfueling wrecks your hormones (yours included, men), and how to build a fueling plan months before race day instead of the week of.Topics covered• The real science behind the 90 to 120g/hour carb range• Glucose vs. fructose absorption pathways, explained simply• Gut training for race day fueling• Low energy availability and the "low T diet"• Hormones, iron, and fat intake in endurance athletes• Refueling after long runs even without an appetiteGuests: Jaclyn Sklaver, CNS, LDN (Athletes Nutrition / Athleats) and Emma Harvie (board certified nutrition specialist). Jaclyn Sklaver, MS, CNS, LDN, is a board-certified integrative sports nutritionist and founder of Athleats Nutrition, where she works with active gym-goers, competitive athletes, and everyday clients seeking sustainable performance and body composition results. Drawing on a functional medicine approach, Jaclyn goes beyond calories and macros to address the root causes behind plateaus, fatigue, and stalled progress, from gut health and hormone balance to inflammation and recovery. Her personalized nutrition programming has supported some of the world's top athletes, including professionals in the NBA and NFL, alongside a wide range of committed gym-goers looking to train harder, recover faster, and feel better in their bodies. With over a decade of clinical experience, Jaclyn pioneered the private-practice model in sports dietetics and continues to bridge performance nutrition with whole-body, functional care.Emma Harvie, MS, CNS, LN, is a Licensed Nutritionist and Board Certified Nutrition Specialist specializing in functional medicine and sports performance nutrition. She brings a lifelong history of athletics to her clinical work, including as a former professional bodybuilder and current avid CrossFit athlete. Born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota, Emma has run Grandma's Half Marathon every year since she was 15 years old, now an 18 time finisher and one of her favorite hometown traditions. Drawing on her firsthand understanding of what the body demands under training and competition, she works with clients using a practical, realistic, and root cause approach, building highly personalized nutrition strategies that recognize the unique needs and lifestyle of each individual patient. Emma has had the privilege of working with NBA players, celebrities, and elite, collegiate, and Olympic athletes to reach their health and performance goals. She loves helping clients overcome barriers to health to achieve meaningful, sustainable, and lifelong improvements in well-being.Hosted by Coach Nick and Coach Amanda for Running Explained.CONNECT WITH RUNNING EXPLAINED● Website: runningexplained.com● Instagram: @running.explained @amanda.katzz
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