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A podcast by Run Free Training, a holistic coaching service for runners of all levels. In this podcast, we embark on the journey of running free from everything holding us back while pursuing our full potential in sports, running, and life.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Run Free connects distance-running performance with the mental, nutritional, and personal pressures that shape how athletes train and compete.
Run Free Podcast keeps returning to the distance runner's hardest negotiation: pursuing performance without letting a goal time, body image, or result take over.
A 4:30 first mile is less scary here than letting your race time define you.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded training conversation about Flagstaff, consistency, and keeping daily habits simple.
The episode keeps its focus on how training is shaped by place and habit. It moves from a condo near Bushmaster Park and Buffalo Park into a plain case for Flagstaff as a training base: altitude, lower ground close by, trail systems, and dirt roads.
A patient recovery conversation that treats running like repair, not a heroic reset.
This episode stays with recovery after the fact, when the hard part is no longer abstract. It follows the work of coming back from a rough stretch with attention to body safety, training load, and the slow process of rebuilding without pretending the damage was small.
A grounded look at how a fast 50K gets built.
Gatlin and Mark keep this one practical. They talk through how the race actually felt, what those steep runnable downhills did to tired legs, and why climbing and eating only explain part of the result.
A steady marathon conversation about durability, relaxation, and racing hard without forcing it.
Run Free focuses on the part of marathon running that rarely gets attention: the stretch where patience matters and the work is as mental as it is physical.
An emergency story that becomes a lesson in teamwork, care, and the people who show up.
Run Free Podcast traces a near-loss with enough detail to make the timing feel immediate. It follows the runner who collapsed into cardiac arrest after stepping out of his vehicle, then stays with the CPR, the 911 call, the rotating compressions, and the breaths that kept him…
A reflective conversation about silence, purpose, and what comes after coaching ends.
Run Free Podcast leans into a reflective conversation about what comes after coaching stops. Silence, faith, prayer, meditation, and the mental noise of constant doing stay in frame, and the episode keeps circling the space between outward motion and inward stillness.
Trail running, told from inside race week.
Run Free Podcast focuses on Chad Hall’s first road marathon, the Mesa Marathon, and the specific choices that made it a low-stress debut.
Expert interview on athlete travel recovery protocol.
A runner almost dies after arriving at practice.
Run Free Podcast pairs Eric Meyer with Ryan Hall and coach Jay to examine how endurance training, sleep loss, and under-fueling can push an athlete into overtraining syndrome.
CJ Albertson starts with the Olympic trials.
The Run Free Podcast episode "Proper Eating and Nutrition Before Running A Marathon" centers on the claim that the host’s fastest indoor mile in 22 years, a 4:21, came after major nutrition changes.
Run Free Podcast's "Drew and Malachi Burnett on High School Success" centers on Malachi Burnett, Drew Burnett, and a long coaching conversation about racing, training, and college choices.
Christian Estep describes spraining his ankle during warmup at the Flagstaff downtown mile on July 4th, then running about seven more miles before a doctor later called it a growth plate stress fracture and prescribed a boot.
Chris Jackson explains why he came to Run Free after finding the podcast around 2020, then assuming the coaching would be for “some dad over here dabbling and running.” He and Cody Moore trace that hesitation back to Chris picking up running after age 25, growing up as a golfer, and treating running like punishment until he got serious in 2019.
Rory Linkletter breaks down his 2:08.10 marathon in Seville and says it put him in position for an Olympic berth for Canada.
Coach interviews Carrie on achieving remarkable marathon success: replicating her 3:35 PR from age 24 to age 54 (30-year gap).
Ryan, a former pro runner and coach, discusses his recent decision to stop coaching professional athletes.
Rory Linkletter says Flagstaff is the “Mecca” for training because of 7,000-foot altitude, trail systems, dirt roads, and Arizona weather, and he compares it with Boulder, Park City, and Crested Butte.
Gatlin talks through a strong run at the USATF 50K Champs.
Coach and athlete C.J.
A runner discusses designing and following long-term protocols for self-improvement, emphasizing learning and adjusting through personal experimentation.
The host discusses a coaching camp in India where they train coaches to improve athletes' running performance, focusing on understanding physiology and lactate processing.
The hosts discuss recording the podcast from the Himalayas, the local pronunciation of Pauri, and the quality of the high-altitude track.
A nutritionist discusses the importance of eating enough for performance and health, debunking the myth that weight is the primary factor in running performance.
A runner shares his journey from heavy drinking to sobriety and how it transformed his running and life.
This episode discusses how to get kids into running and training for high school athletes, including mileage recommendations and coaching tips.
Host Ryan Hall answers listener questions about running confidence, marathon miles 18-23, and visualization techniques.
The host discusses why negative splitting a marathon is overrated and how to fuel during marathons, while sharing his personal mental training exercises.
Coaches discuss how to handle a failed workout and share insights from a training experiment focusing on different weekly training focuses.
Interview with an elite marathon runner about managing pre-race nerves and mindset during Olympic Trials week.