THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST · Dominic Schlueter
NIKE Pro Coach Alex Osberg on Why 94% of Youth Prodigies Fail, the 10-Minute Tendon Rule, and the Case Against Training Harder — The Science Most Runners Ignore
February 24, 2026·48 min·4 clips
Only 6% of child prodigies stay elite as adults—discover why early success rarely predicts lasting greatness.
As heard by us
A brisk, research-heavy running conversation about persistence, durability, and the cost of mistaking harder for better.
Alex Osberg turns a fairly dense set of running ideas into something a committed listener can actually use. The discussion holds steady on a few useful tensions: what keeps kids in sport, why effort is not the same as adaptation, and why tendon and bone work needs a slower clock…
Why you'd press play
If you want a research-heavy running rundown that still lands on practical coaching, this one fits.
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