
About this podcast
The Microcosm Coaching Podcast helps endurance athletes—whether you're a road runner, trail runner, or training for your first marathon or 100-miler—get more out of their training with evidence-based advice, effort-based coaching, and expert mindset support. Hosted by professional coaches and athletes, each episode explores practical strategies for race prep, running recovery, mental performance, and sustainable training. If you want to build fitness, avoid burnout, and find more joy in…
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The MicroCast
About this podcast
The Microcosm Coaching Podcast helps endurance athletes—whether you're a road runner, trail runner, or training for your first marathon or 100-miler—get more out of their training with evidence-based advice, effort-based coaching, and expert mindset support. Hosted by professional coaches and athletes, each episode explores practical strategies for race prep, running recovery, mental performance, and sustainable training. If you want to build fitness, avoid burnout, and find more joy in…
Recent episodes
- A Leadville Win and a Leadville DNF: What Both Taught Us About Training26 Aug · 1 h 03 min
- Is Training Making You Slower?19 Aug · 57 min
- Downhill Running Science: Eccentric Loading, the Repeat Bout Effect & Descending Technique12 Aug · 58 min
- Recovery Is the Ceiling: The 5 Things Blocking Your Recovery (Plus Soft Rock, Hot or Not, and Debriefing Your First 100)5 Aug · 1 h 00 min
- Race-Specific Training: Are You Actually Training for YOUR Race? Plus: the best running belts, pre-race strength training, and make-up miles15 Jul · 55 min
- What Fitness Actually Is: The 5 Systems Every Runner Trains (Plus Running in Wildfire Smoke)8 Jul · 57 min
- Heat vs. Altitude Training for Runners: What Actually Works (+ Golden Hour, Probiotics & Time-Based Training)1 Jul · 1 h 05 min
- Durability: How to Stop Fading Late in Races (Plus Antihistamines, Yard Work & the "Ultra Bod" Myth)17 Jun · 57 min
- AI vs. Human Coaching, Hiding Your Heart Rate in Races, Cramps & Training in Humidity10 Jun · 1 h 04 min
- Building the Long Run: Endurance, Fueling, and the Mental Game of Going Long3 Jun · 54 min