Among the highlights of the recent Endeavorun retreat in Austin, Texas, was an all-star expert roundtable. Hosts Jake Tuber and Hanna Hunstad took turns firing questions at Dr. Asher Henry (PT, DPT, CSCS), Coach B from Too Legit Fitness and the Race Mob Podcast, Amanda Brooks and 80/20 Endurance’s own Matt Fitzgerald. Too bad you missed it, right? Wrong! We recorded it, and in this podcast we share the best parts with you. Part 1 can be found here: The Race Mob Podcast Part 2 can be found...

Joanne Lee Molinaro is on the podcast this week. If you think you're too old for tiktok, think again. Joanne started her blog in 2015 and took to tiktok during the pandemic. She shares authentic snippets of inspiration, life stories, and by the end of the clip... you feel like her friend. Joanne has a natural way of connecting with humans and brings her creative, ambitious spirit to the podcast this week as she shares her story about going from partner at a law firm to full-time content...

There is no one like Cait Chock, seriously. Matt and Hanna sat down, cracked open a beer, and let Cait Chock tell her story... exclusively. Cait has one of the most unique relationships with running. As a record-smashing state champion in high school, Cait seemed destined for massive success. But as she began her professional career at Nike, her body had different plans. She's had to reframe her relationship with running as she battles chronic fatigue. Her story is inspiring, undoubtably, but...

Everyone knows that sleep is important. But for endurance athletes, it’s even more important—and also more challenging in certain ways. Does working out late in the day affect sleep quality? Does poor sleep the night before a race impact performance, and if so, what can be done about it? In this week’s podcast, Hanna and Matt get answers to these and other questions from Yale University sleep experts Meir Kryger and Lynelle Schneeberg. Be sure to subscribe, so you’re notified when new...

Nine days into her yearlong Coaches of Color Initiative apprenticeship, Jessica Schnier sat down with Hanna and Matt to tell her story, give honest feedback on how the apprenticeship experience is going so far, and share her hopes and plans for the future. Wise beyond her years, Jessica also explains her coaching philosophy and offers one of the best tips we’ve ever heard on dealing with rough patches in races. COCI is a resource-intensive program, and we need your help to give Jessica and...

Best known as the woman behind the immensely popular blog Run to the Finish, as well as the book of the same name, Amanda Brooks is also one of five coaches (our own Matt Fitzgerald being another) involved in PACE, an AI-powered adaptive training app for runners that was recently launched by TrainingPeaks. In her new interview with Hanna and Matt, Amanda explains how she got involved in the PACE project, what makes it so unique, and why she’s excited about the upcoming Austin Running Retreat,...

For those of us who love the sport of triathlon, Emma-Kate Lidbury has lived a fairytale life. Like many of us, Emma-Kate discovered triathlon as an adult, doing her first race on a lark with no expectations. Unlike most of us, however, she not only fell in love with the sport but also discovered that she was extraordinarily good at it—so good that she went on to turn pro and win six Ironman 70.3 events and crack the top ten in 70.3 Worlds on two occasions. But the fairytale doesn’t end...

If you’ve read Coach Matt’s memoir, Life Is a Marathon, you know Kacey Gibson as the struggling runner whom Matt helped through the final miles of the 2017 Runners Marathon of Reston (which Kacey wound up winning, by the way). Four years later, Kacey has a thriving career as a sports psychologist, doctoring the minds of elite athletes, beginners, and everyone in between. In this information-rich episode of the podcast, Matt and Hanna pick Kacey’s brain about our brains, coming away with tons...

With each passing day, more and more athletes are choosing to monitor their heart rate variability (HRV). No one deserves more credit for this trend than Marco Altini, PhD, creator of the industry-leading HRV4Training smartphone app. We’ll have to invite Marco back on the podcast another time to get his life story, but in this interview Matt and Hanna maintain a laser focus on the main topic, receiving a lucid and comprehensive education in heart rate variability from the man who knows more...

Selene Yeager has had an amazing career. Professional cyclist, longtime columnist for Bicycling magazine, author of bestselling books including Roar with Stacy Sims—she’s done it all. Now postmenopausal (and she wouldn’t mind our saying this), Selene is not exactly resting on her laurels, but has instead chosen to tackle the “change of life” head-on through the Hit Play Not Pause podcast, a forthcoming book on the topic, and high-spirited interviews like this one she did with Matt and Hanna....

In 2006, Dean Karnazes came out of nowhere to become a household name in the global running community with the publication of his memoir, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner. What has Dean been up to in the 15 years since then? A lot more incredible running adventures, many of which are recounted in his latest book, Runner’s High: My Life in Motion. In this week’s podcast episode, Dean tells us why he just can’t stop running, shares his views on what makes a good running...