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The RunRX Podcast — 347 episodes

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Too Many Voices? Why Runners Need One Clear Coaching Plan

2

Stress, Environment, and Better Training: Why Mindset Changes Your Workout

3

Hydration Prep for Hot Summer Runs: Sweat Tests, Electrolytes, and Pre-Hydrating

4

Stop Chasing Every Trend: How to Find a Running Coach You Can Trust

5

No Drama, Just Running: Why Zoom Coaching Works Better Than Group Run Chatter

6

Carbs Are Back: Fueling, Gels, and Gut Training for Runners

7

The Day-Two Runner: Why Recreational Runners Need a Different Coaching Approach

8

Why Stretching Matters More as You Age

9

Fear of Gravity

10

Minimum Effort for Maximum Gain

11

How Long Should You Foam Roll

12

Gel in Your Knee Not Your Shoes

13

Drill vs Easy Running

14

Myths About Running After 40

15

When to Ask Your Coach About an Injury

16

Stress, Mini-Sessions & Movement: Keep Training When Life Gets Busy

17

Treat Your Run Like Practice — Stop, Reset, and Improve

18

Turn Lurking into Pain-Free Running

19

Cut the Noise: How to Find Real Running Advice

20

Run Strong After 40: Move Smarter, Not Harder

21

Run Every Day in 2026? The Coach’s Honest Answer

22

Controlled Falling: Beat the Fear & Run Freer

23

Cadence Decoded — Why 180 Isn’t a Rule, It’s a Result

24

Reset, Reboot, Run: Keep Momentum Past January

25

Holiday Running Survival Guide — Keep Your Fitness on Track

26

VO₂ Max Is a Gimmick — Train by Feel, Not Your Watch

27

Cadence & Elasticity: Safely Train Toward 180

28

Taper Like a Pro — Race-Week Strategy & the Carb-Loading Truth

29

Beyond 26.2 — How to Train for an Ultra (Practical, No-Nonsense Plan)

30

Missed Training — What to Do Next (No Guilt, Just a Plan)

31

Marathon Bucket List — Pick, Plan, and Run Your Dream Race

32

Why Runners Are Getting Faster — The Truth About Super-Shoes

33

Unglue Your Feet — Move Better for Running, Pickleball, and Life

34

Why Breathing Actually Matters for Running (And How to Train It)

35

Nike can't replace evolution

36

Why AI Can’t Run for You

37

You’re Not Running Yet—Why Most Runners Get Stuck at "Pull"

38

"I Can’t Do That"—How to Shift from Limitation to Progress

39

Before You Get Knee Surgery, Listen to This First

40

Is Your Pain a Sign to Push Through or Pull Back?

41

Why Strength Training for Runners Isn’t What You Think

42

Why Your Knees Hurt When You Run—And How to Fix It

43

Do You Really Need a Running Coach? (Yes—Here’s Why)

44

How long are you willing to be in pain

45

Why Are You Distracting Yourself When You Run?

46

Why 20 Minutes of Movement Might Be All You Need

47

Can Running Help You Lose Weight? Here’s the Truth

48

How Strength Training Can Make (or Break) Your Run

49

The Running Mistake Everyone’s Still Making

50

One Goal. One Plan. Big Results.

51

Jeffing: The Evolution of the Run-Walk Method & How to Use It Effectively

52

Where Back! Plus, How to Recover Properly from Running Injuries

53

REPLAY: 10-Min Mile Can Be Effortless

54

REPLAY: How Long Should You Do Self-Care?

55

REPLAY: Cycling and Running

56

REPLAY: Trail vs Tread vs Road Running

57

REPLAY: 180 Cadence Is Not Just an Opinion

58

REPLAY: I Do Sports, So Why Is Running So Hard Now?

59

What Is the Difference Between Falling and Leaning?

60

How Is RunRX Different?

61

Words Matter

62

Run-Walk Methods

63

REPLAY: More about Marathons

64

REPLAY: 'Tis the Season for Marathons

65

What Makes RunRX Different?

66

Age Catches Up to Everyone

67

Letting Your Coach Down

68

Runners are Awkward

69

Eat for Performance vs Reward

70

What is Over Striding?

71

Getting Speeded Out

72

It Just Takes Time

73

How Did Your Run FEEL?

74

Treadmill Vs. Outside Training

75

The Skill of Running

76

Heartrate If You Are Heavier

77

Control Freaks

78

Cross Training and Strengthening

79

Struggle vs Being Uncomfortable

80

Drills and the Pose Method

81

Super Shoes and Form

82

Upper vs. Lower Body

83

Elites Hit Hard So You Don't Have To

84

Olympic Mindset

85

The 2024 Olympics

86

When the Student is Ready

87

Triangles Symbolize Balance

88

Challenges and Streaks

89

Heart Rate in Summer

90

Do We Work with Old Dogs?

91

Can the Chiro or Massage Take the Place of Self-care?

92

Are You Fit Enough for Pickleball?

93

Numbers and How They Affect Our Egos

94

We Teach the Dos - Not the Don'ts!

95

Training with Arms Over Your Head

96

What is a REAL Runner?

97

Triathlon Training

98

Hyrox Training

99

Menopause and Running

100

Coming Back Into the Membership

101

Conditions vs Injuries

102

Diet, Hydration and Performance

103

What Are the Best Stretches for Runners?

104

Being Part of the Journey

105

How to Create a Training Plan

106

What Are the Benefits of Cross-training for Runners?

107

What Are the Best Shoes?

108

How to Increase Speed and Endurance

109

How to Prevent Injuries

110

Get Restarted

111

The Need for Speed

112

Why We Don't Race Anymore

113

Running Hard Vs. Letting Go

114

Mindset about running after 50

115

RunRX and Pickleball

116

New Year New You

117

What is the one movement?

118

Strength Training Month

119

[REPLAY] Marathon Training - 2 Hour Long Runs

120

[REPLAY] What shoes should I buy?

121

Trends in running

122

The nuance of running

123

Runners high

124

Lifting weights for runners

125

Resetting after a race

126

The new Adidas shoes

127

Run Slow to Run Faster

128

Injuries when you are NOT running

129

Why we don't talk about nutrition and gear

130

Do you have to have a reason to run

131

Running a marathon with RunRX

132

Building up to a Marathon

133

Even coaches have pain

134

Running back to back 100 milers

135

We Want It to Be Easy

136

Cross Training

137

Treadmill analysis

138

Training for speed

139

The difference between pain and intensity

140

Getting Tired When Running

141

Running and Weight

142

Kids and Running

143

Are Your Glutes Firing?

144

Running vs Training

145

Does Plyometrics Help Your Running?

146

Strength for Runners

147

It's All Connected...Again

148

Overthinking It

149

Running by Yourself

150

Learn to Run Pain-Free in 8 Weeks

151

10-Min Mile Can Be Effortless

152

Join the April Virtual Clinic

153

Spring into Summer

154

Thoughts Affect Results

155

We Are Not All Kipchoge

156

RunRX and Physical Therapy

157

Running through Excuses

158

Glutes Firing

159

Heart Rate

160

Racing with a coach

161

We All Want a Quick Fix

162

Again with the Shoes

163

Is It Better to Run like a Duck or a Pigeon?

164

Work with Us in the Immersion

165

Last Day to Join the Virtual Clinic

166

Join the Virtual Clinic

167

Thinking You Should Be Further Than You Are

168

Staying in Your Limitations

169

Training Mindsets

170

We Are All Lopsided

171

Running Is Like Riding a Unicycle

172

You Can Only Do One Thing

173

Using Inspiration to Help with Movement

174

Getting Stuck in Your Mind

175

How to Handle Hitting Goals

176

How Long Should You Do Self-Care?

177

[REPLAY] Stuck in the How

178

[REPLAY] What Is the Immersion

179

Anticipation in Movement

180

October Virtual Clinic Is Open

181

Walking Into Your Next Run

182

When You Start Off Your Run Too Fast

183

Shut Up and Run

184

Tough Love Tuesday | When Your Coach Pisses You Off

185

Running Streaks and Rest Days

186

Tough Love Tuesday | Perceptions in Running

187

Running and Practicing

188

Tough Love Tuesday | What Do Your Thoughts Have to Do With Running

189

Holding Your Pose

190

Tough Love Tuesday | Resistance in Running

191

Weight and Running

192

Tough Love Tuesday | Running with Weight

193

What Is a Runner's Body?

194

Tough Love Tuesday | Returning to the Basics

195

What's Next?

196

Tough Love Tuesday | Reframing Your Thoughts

197

Cycling and Running

198

Tough Love Tuesday | Figuring Out What's Next

199

Moving When Injured

200

Tough Love Tuesday | Moving When You're Injured

201

Endurance and Heart Rate

202

Tough Love Tuesday | Thoughts about Heart Rate

203

[REPLAY] Being Coachable for Success in the First 12 Weeks of the Membership

204

Tough Love Tuesday | [REPLAY] Three Types of Members

205

What Do I Do with My Arms?

206

Tough Love Tuesday | Worry about Your Own Pace

207

What Can We Control?

208

Tough Love Tuesday | Thoughts about Running in Heat

209

Run Slow to Run Fast

210

Tough Love Tuesday | National Running Day

211

Training Load

212

Tough Love Tuesday | Would You Kiss Your Mother with That Mouth?

213

Comparing Yourself to Other Runners

214

Tough Love Tuesday | Why Now Is a Good Time to Join the RunRX Membership

215

Attaching Speed to Your Running

216

Tough Love Tuesday | How to Stay Motivated When You Do Not Have a Race

217

When You Aren't Training for a Race

218

Tough Love Tuesday | Does It Matter How Long You Work Out?

219

When You Can't Run Distance

220

Tough Love Tuesday | Do You Find Yourself Clinching?

221

Leaning into Advice from Your Coach

222

Tough Love Tuesday | How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything

223

Developing a New Relationship with Your Body

224

Tough Love Tuesday | Why Do We Quit?

225

We Teach Running Like We Teach Strength Training

226

Tough Love Tuesday | Doing Something That Challenges You

227

180 Cadence Is Not Just an Opinion

228

Tough Love Tuesday | Listen to How Coach Valerie Talks

229

Trail vs Tread vs Road Running

230

Tough Love Tuesday | It's Totally up to You

231

Acting More Like an Athlete

232

Tough Love Tuesday | You Are an Athlete

233

Treadmill vs. Outside Running

234

Tough Love Tuesday | Finding Running Joyful

235

The Running Season Has Begun

236

Tough Love Tuesday | Focusing on the Bad Runs and Not the Good

237

Coming Back after a Break

238

Tough Love Tuesday | Placebo vs. Nocebo

239

Pain in Your Hips

240

Tough Love Tuesday | Are You Shoulding on Yourself [REPLAY]

241

Valerie's First Race of 2022

242

Tough Love Tuesday | Are You a Special Unicorn?

243

Why Do I Feel More Comfortable at a Lower Cadence?

244

Tough Love Tuesday | Interested or Committed

245

Feeling the Fear

246

Tough Love Tuesday | Motivation - Finding Your Why

247

Number 1 Question after 100 Episodes

248

Forgetting the Pose and Fall

249

Tough Love Tuesday | Multitasking [REPLAY]

250

Running Goals for 2022

251

Tough Love Tuesday | What Are You Doing Differently This Year?

252

You Are Not Your Hips

253

Tough Love Tuesday | Three Types of Members

254

Being Coachable for Success in the First 12 Weeks of the Membership

255

Tough Love Tuesday | Triad of Learning REPLAY

256

Do You Get 1-on-1 Coaching in the Membership?

257

What Is the Best Drill?

258

Tough Love Tuesday | What Do You Get from the Membership?

259

I Do Sports, So Why Is Running So Hard Now?

260

Tough Love Tuesday | Listen to the Experts

261

What to Do When the Run Starts Going Bad

262

Tough Love Tuesday | Do You Get Frustrated with Your Coach?

263

[REPLAY] What's New In RunRXStrong

264

Tough Love Tuesday | Hustle and Grind

265

If You Think You Can't, You're Right

266

Tough Love Tuesday | Overcomplicating Things

267

Easy Running

268

Tough Love Tuesday | Habits and Training

269

Managing Your Training

270

Tough Love Tuesday | Perception during Your Run

271

Letting Go of Control

272

Tough Love Tuesday | What Does It Mean to Have a Coach?

273

'Tis the Season for Marathons

274

Tough Love Tuesday | Are You Shoulding on Yourself?

275

More about Marathon Training

276

Tough Love Tuesday | Thoughts about Training

277

Running Alone vs Running with a Group

278

Tough Love Tuesday | Compare-Schlager

279

Unweighting

280

Tough Love Tuesday | Taking Responsibility

281

Being Coachable

282

Tough Love Tuesday | Stuck in the How

283

You Can Run However You Want... But

284

Tough Love Tuesday | Mindfulness

285

Getting Family Into RunRX

286

Tough Love Tuesday | All or Nothing

287

Motivation When Life Gets Busy

288

Tough Love Tuesday | Restarting

289

Focusing Your Practice

290

Tough Love Tuesday | What Are Reflexes

291

Movement Patterns

292

Tough Love Tuesday | It Is All Connected

293

Aging and Elasticity

294

Tough Love Tuesday | You Have Heard It All Before

295

Why Are Your Running... Really?

296

Tough Love Tuesday | Running for Weight Loss

297

More Than Checking off a Box

298

Tough Love Tuesday | Pay Attention to Your Feet

299

[REPLAY] What Shoes Should I Buy?

300

Tough Love Tuesday | Perfect Practice

301

Long Stride vs Over Strides

302

Tough Love Tuesday | It Has to Be Hard

303

Hard vs Easy: The Language of Running

304

Tough Love Tuesday | Thoughts Per Second

305

No One Is Watching You

306

Tough Love Tuesday | Perception and Time

307

Getting Stuck in the How

308

Tough Love Tuesday | Skipping the Montage

309

Double Digit Runner

310

Tough Love Tuesday | Words Matter

311

The Running Revolution

312

Tough Love Tuesday | Running Revolution

313

Water Intake

314

Tough Love Tuesday | Starting Over

315

Balance and Strength

316

Tough Love Tuesday | Unconscious Competence

317

Rollers, Balls, and Stretches, Oh My!

318

Tough Love Tuesday | Multitasking

319

Heart Rate...I Am Gonna Die

320

Tough Love Tuesday | Triad of Learning

321

Marathon 2-Hour-Long Runs

322

Tough Love Tuesday | Let It Go

323

It's All Connected

324

Tough Love Tuesday | Future Focused

325

Why You Watch Yourself Run

326

Tough Love Tuesday | Doing What Is Easy

327

How Long Does It Take to Get out of Shape?

328

Tough Love Tuesday | Why

329

Feet and Self-Care

330

Tough Love Tuesday | Trust the Process

331

Running with Perception

332

Core Exercises for Running

333

Stride Length and Cadence

334

Running in the Cold

335

Strength in Running

336

What Does Running Feel Like?

337

Should You Run with an Injury?

338

Cadence and Speed

339

Training Plans

340

Stop Doing High Knees and Butt Kicks

341

What about Plated Shoes and Insoles?

342

What's New in RunRXStrong?

343

Can You Catch Up on Your Workout?

344

What Shoes Should I Buy?

345

Videoing Your Run

346

What Is RunRX?

347

What Is the RunRX Podcast About?