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The Running Effect Podcast
The best stories in running—turned into lessons that help you become a greater runner.
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May 27, 2026 • 1:12:50
He Broke Himself Trying To Go Pro — Now Mario Fraioli Coaches The Opposite
Mario Fraioli has coached hundreds of athletes and written over half a million words about running—and his most important lesson is to do less. He is the founder of The Morning Shakeout, a weekly ne
May 25, 2026 • 32:21
Chasing a Sub-4:30 Mile in High School: Inside Chiara Dailey's Senior Year
Braelyn Combe listed five girls she expected to contend with at Festival of Miles. Chiara Dailey's name wasn't one of them. That detail sits right at the center of this conversation: not as a grudge,
May 23, 2026 • 1:00:30
Coming Back From Injury? You're Probably Rushing It — Nike Coach Alex Osberg
-The Run Down By The Running Effect (our new newsletter!): https://tinyurl.com/mr36s9rs The myths runners live by are surprisingly hard to kill. Alex Ostberg is back with Dominic to dismantle four mo
May 21, 2026 • 1:01:09
How Jess McClain Almost Quit Pro Running — Now She's the Fastest American Marathoner
Jess McClain went from anonymous to American course record holder in about two years. She'll tell you that it’s not actually that simple. The 2024 Olympic Trials were the moment the running world met
May 19, 2026 • 59:22
Riley Witt: "60% Of The Population Could Break 4 In The Mile."
Riley Witt doesn't think you need talent to break four minutes in the mile—he just thinks you need to want it bad enough to spend $35. The Northwest Missouri State senior came on to break down the ph
May 17, 2026 • 54:14
306 Miles. 73 Hours. How Mark Dowdle Won BPN's Last Man Standing
Mark Dowdle ran 306.6 miles in 73 hours, drove 20 hours home, picked up a puppy, and was back umpiring youth baseball the next week. That's either the most unhinged post-race recovery plan in endura
May 15, 2026 • 1:10:03
Who You Become In The Pursuit Of Greatness with Luke Hopkins
Luke Hopkins doesn't separate who he is from what he does—and that almost broke him. When a stress fracture pulled him off the training schedule he'd built his identity around, Hopkins had to face a
May 13, 2026 • 56:44
Alan Webb Reflects on the 3:53 Mile, 25 Years Later
Alan Webb still has the record. Twenty-four years later, nobody's touched it. The American high school mile record (3:53.43, set at the 2001 Prefontaine Classic) has outlasted every shoe revolution,
May 11, 2026 • 54:59
Inside the App That's Coming for Strava
He ran 63 miles on a broken stomach, launched a product the same week, and called it a good weekend. Zach Pogrob is back—and this time, the conversation goes deeper than any race result. A month be
May 9, 2026 • 37:56
Inside the Training & Mindset That Made Ellery Lincoln a 4:30 Miler at 17
She threw up before every race. Now she's the fourth-fastest high school miler in American history. Ellery Lincoln is a Nike Elite junior from Lincoln High School in Portland, and her 4:30.00 at the