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The Strength Running Podcast treats you like a pro runner: we surround your with coaches, physical therapists, strength experts, elite runners, sports psychologists, and other thought leaders. We only have one goal: to help you run faster. Guests include world-class academics, clinicians, runners, coaches, and subject matter experts like David Roche, Victoria Sekely, Sally McRae, Zach Bitter, and hundreds more! We also publish coaching calls with Jason working directly with a runner chasing a big goal and course previews for major races like the New York City Marathon, the Boston Marathon, the Philadelphia Marathon, and the Marine Corps Marathon. You'll...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jason Fitzgerald connects running science to the judgment calls behind pacing, strength work, injury recovery and ambitious race goals.
The Strength Running Podcast turns training theory into decisions runners can use. Coach Jason Fitzgerald leads detailed interviews on pacing, marathon resilience, injury recovery, strength work and race preparation, regularly asking guests to define terms, explain mechanisms…
A marathon goal meets a heart-rate cap, and suddenly your training plan has follow-up questions.
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A coaching story about belief, process, and shared responsibility behind a team that kept pushing past limits.
Brosnan comes across as a coach who puts belief and responsibility ahead of hype. The conversation settles into a simple idea: runners should not put a ceiling on what they think they can do.
A winter running conversation that widens into nutrition and the business of reaching runners.
A winter training check-in with Jonathan Levitt opens into a broader look at running, nutrition, and the business built around the sport. Jason starts with the unusual Colorado winter, then moves into how brands test their way into the running demographic and why dietitian-led…
A practical look at why endurance can have a fuel problem before it has a grit problem.
Dr. Andrew Best turns a familiar running worry into something more useful by focusing on where endurance can start to fall apart, and on what runners miss when they think only about body weight.
A grounded, practical discussion of training, recovery, pregnancy, postpartum, and sustainable performance.
This episode takes a clear look at how female physiology shapes training, recovery, and the longer arc of performance. It moves through energy availability, pregnancy adjustments, and the postpartum return in a way that feels grounded and useful, especially when it shifts from…
A focused case for running-specific strength, with hills and resistance doing the heavy lifting.
Scott Johnston makes a practical case for building running-specific strength rather than chasing general fatigue tolerance. He points to methods coaches have used in practice: uphill running, sand dunes, surf, and hill circuits that mix short running bouts with jumps or hurdle…
A steady look at why runners keep rushing back before they are ready.
Episode 432 sits in the practical middle that runners recognize: not panic, not miracle recovery, just the hard work of figuring out what went wrong and how to avoid repeating it.
Practical injury-prevention talk that treats restraint as part of the work.
Jonathan Pierce brings a physical therapist's eye to a problem runners and athletes know well: when to treat something, and when to hold back.
Fast running gets less mysterious when fueling is treated like part of training.
Floris Gierman takes a practical, athlete first angle on a question runners know well: what actually helps them train and recover. The episode gives real attention to fueling, and that is where it has the most bite.
Yoga, grief, breath, and brave self-compassion.
Western bowhunting lessons from the field.
Jason Fitzgerald opens with a case study: 50-year-old John Goldman is trying to turn a 5:13 marathon into a sub-3:20 Boston qualifier in one year.
Megan Flanagan, a running coach, strength coach, former Outside Magazine writer, and collegiate track athlete, joins Jason Fitzgerald on The Strength Running Podcast episode 426 to break down cross-training for runners.
Brad Stolberg, a New York Times bestselling author, executive coach, and 530-pound deadlifter, talks with Coach Jason Fitzgerald on The Strength Running Podcast about his book The Way of Excellence and the life lessons he posted online.
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Episode 433 of The Strength Running Podcast is a live Q&A with Coach Jason Fitzgerald and Team Strength Running members about long runs, marathon pacing, strength training, and fueling.
The Strength Running Podcast episode 434 features Dr.
Coach Scott Johnston joins to discuss fatigue resistance in running, distinguishing between local muscular and global fatigue.
Host Jason Fitzgerald shares seven key recovery strategies learned from 15 years of coaching, emphasizing time, sleep, fitness level, nutrition, stress management, proper training structure, and active recovery.
Jason Fitzgerald talks with certified running coach Elizabeth Scott, host of the Running Explained podcast, about pacing strategy, easy running, and the mistakes runners make when they trust pace calculators a little too literally.
Jason Fitzgerald opens episode 431 by introducing Dr.
Jason Fitzgerald opens on marathon season and brings on John Davis, an author, elite running coach, former collegiate athlete, and PhD holder in biomechanics, to talk about resilience in the marathon.
Jason opens with a winter training update from Colorado.
Episode 451 opens with Jason Fitzgerald introducing Jonathan Pierce, a Stanford All-American steeplechaser, former pro runner, and physical therapist.
Jason Fitzgerald opens episode 442 with Dr.
Episode 429 features Dr.
Jason Fitzgerald sits down with Zach Bitter for a conversation centered on running, reflection, and the lessons hidden inside setbacks.
Chris Napier, director of the Simon Fraser University Run Lab and a practicing physiotherapist, frames super shoes as a major shift from the Nike Vaporfly 4% era to today’s high-stack, carbon-plated models.
Jason Fitzgerald talks with physiotherapist Brody Sharp about how runners can learn from injury instead of getting stuck in boom bust cycles.
Coach Jason Fitzgerald sits down with 228-marathoner, author, former addict turned multi-millionaire, and winner of the 155-mile Gobi Desert March Ken Rideout.
Coach Jason Fitzgerald welcomes Floris Giermann for episode 435.
Jason Fitzgerald talks with Olympian Shannon Roeberry and physical therapist Jessica Dorrington about training through pregnancy and the long road of postpartum recovery.
Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and author of The Running Ground, is introduced as a 40-to-44 age-group 50K American record holder with a 3:04 finish and a former world top-ranked masters runner in the 50 mile.
Sam Alexander, the head men’s cross-country and track coach at Connecticut College, talks with Jason Fitzgerald in episode 441 about how runners move from one level to the next.
Professor Brent Edwards, a biomechanics professor at the University of Calgary, argues that the first 50 milliseconds after foot strike are not the main injury problem for runners.
Jason Fitzgerald's episode 439 lays out five training strategies for making 2026 a better running year, with hill sprints, monthly mileage PRs, heat training, cross training, and heavier weightlifting.
Dimity McDowell’s The 27th Mile centers on what happens when a runner “can’t run anymore,” and Jason Fitzgerald frames the topic as a transition from runner to non-runner.
Jonah Rosner, an applied sports scientist and former Houston Texans science coordinator, joins The Strength Running Podcast episode 437 with Jason Fitzgerald to challenge common running assumptions.
Host Jason Fitzgerald interviews Sean Brosnan, a two-time National High School Coach of the Year, about his book 'Beyond Fast' and his methods for turning a struggling cross-country team into a national powerhouse.
Dan Cleather, a professor of strength and conditioning at the English Institute of Sport and author of The Practice of Change, The Art and Science of Training, joins Jason Fitzgerald on The Strength Running Podcast for episode 438.
Coach Jason Fitzgerald interviews exercise physiologist Bill Evans about running training, physiological resilience, and strategies for improving performance.
Host Jason Fitzgerald introduces the podcast and shares his experience completing a 27-mile hike, discussing gear and nutrition.
A coaching call with runner Dan discussing his marathon improvement from 3:38 to 3:08 and strategies to cut another 30 minutes.
Host Jason Fitzgerald interviews Olympic trials steeplechaser Annie Rodenfels about her running career and training insights.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode discusses the why, how, and when of incorporating heat training into a running program.
Interview with a sports dietitian about nutrition for endurance athletes.
Host Jason Fitzgerald celebrates 10 million downloads with a giveaway and introduces an interview with Phil Dumontet, a marathoner and CEO of Brooksy.
Coach Jason Fitzgerald introduces the Strength Running Podcast, discusses running and training, and promotes electrolyte supplements from sponsor Element.
Host Jason Fitzgerald interviews running coach and biomechanics expert John Davis about running performance and training.