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World-Renowned Sports Psychologist Jeff Troesch: What It Takes to Be Great, the "It Factor," & Why You Don't Actually Want to Be an Olympian
For nearly 40 years, Jeff Troesch has worked behind the scenes with NBA players, MLB All-Stars, Olympic medalists, and national championship programs…
8 hours ago
Mike Scannell on the Philosophy Behind Coaching Champions, Why He Turns Down D1 Coaching Every Year, & Inside The 6-Week Training Block of Grant Fisher's Half Marathon Debut
Mike Scannell is back on The Running Effect Podcast.
The last time he joined the show, we talked about the long-term vision behind coaching one of Ame…
2 days, 8 hours ago
The Inside Scoop Before Nationals: Simeon Birnbaum & Connor Burns on How Oregon Qualified 5 Men in the 3k, Connor's Injury Comeback, and the Truth About Training Under Jerry Schumacher
The last time Connor Burns and Simeon Birnbaum were here, they were two highly anticipated freshmen trying to find their footing in one of the most h…
4 days, 8 hours ago
Clayton Young: A Doctor Told Him His Career Might Be Over — How a 2:08 Olympian Turned a Near Career-Ending Injury Into His Biggest Comeback Yet
Clayton Young fell early at the Marathon World Championships, and still finished as the top American. He also ran 2:07:04 at Boston (the fastest mara…
6 days, 8 hours ago
How Trent McFarland Went From a 4:13 Walk-On to 3:52 NCAA Contender — And Why Nobody in the NCAA Can Stop His Kick
In the span of a few months, Trent McFarland has gone from conference contender to one of the most dangerous milers in the NCAA, running 3:52.73 to b…
1 week, 1 day ago
How Cameron Hanes Ran 250 Miles on a Broken Foot — and What That Reveals About Your Own Ceiling + Lessons From Training With David Goggins, Cole Hocker, & More
Cameron Hanes didn't inherit greatness. He built it: one mile, one arrow, one brutally consistent day at a time.
He wasn't a child prodigy hunter or…
1 week, 3 days ago
Aleksander Lingauer on the Confession Serious Runners Never Make — Identity, Ego, and What the Sport Really Costs You
Aleksander Lingauer is back on the show, this time putting everything on the table.
Aleksander is an endurance athlete and writer, and the mind behind…
1 week, 5 days ago
How Becs Gentry Went from Smoking and Drinking to a 2:32 Marathon and 4th at the British Olympic Trials —And the 6-Month Break That Changed How She Thinks About Running Forever
Becs Gentry isn’t just an influential Peloton instructor.
She’s a 2:32 marathoner, a former British Olympic Trials fourth-place finisher, the first f…
2 weeks ago
How Craig Kirkwood Went From Self-Coached Teenager to Developing Olympic Medalists and the Fastest U18 Miler in History Sam Ruthe
The story of coach Craig Kirkwood doesn’t begin and end with teenage phenom Sam Ruthe.
Yes, just this year the 16-year-old Ruthe ran 3:48.88 indoors,…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
"This Year Will Define My Career" — Josh Kerr on Coming Back From His First Major Injury, the 1500m's New Era, and Chasing History
The grade-two calf tear he suffered during the World Championship 1500m race in Tokyo in 2025 could have resulted inJosh Kerr stepping off the track …
2 weeks, 4 days ago