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MFR: 160: Tempo Runs

Mojo For Running Podcast - June 01, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
The traditional tempo run is entirely different from the typical track type of speedwork, a workout that consists of continuous running at a given pace. Tempo runs are longer and less intense becauase of the longer distance, but they have their own valuable benefits that provide critical conditi...

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BRV 49: How Many Days to Run When 6 Months Into Running

Beginner Runner Village - May 23, 2024 18:02 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
The last episode answered the listener question, "How many days should I run?" That answered the question for someone at the very beginning of their running journey, but the answer is different for a beginner who is six months along. This episode answers the same question for that runner but als...

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MFR 159: Ways to Enhance Tack Workouts

Mojo For Running Podcast - May 18, 2024 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
While a good track workout is always effective, adding other activities between sets will magnify the impact and make the workout more fun. As a result, you're likely to be more consistent with speed training and benefit more from it. These activities will improve coordination, increase balanc...

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MFR 159: Six Activities to Add to Track Workouts to Make Them More Fun and More Effective

Mojo For Running Podcast - May 18, 2024 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
While a good track workout is always effective, adding other activities between sets will magnify the impact and make speed workouts more fun. As a result, you're likely to be more consistent with speed training and benefit more from it. In this episode, you'll discover how to gradually incorp...

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BRV 48: Listener Question, How Often Should I Run?

Beginner Runner Village - May 01, 2024 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
Getting this right will make the beginner runner's journey much easier, much more comfortable, and lead to health instead of injuries. In this episode Deb explains how often a beginner runner should run while also providing the reasoning behind the plan. Understanding this reasoning is key to ...

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BRV 48: Listener Question: How Often Should I Run?

Beginner Runner Village - May 01, 2024 07:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
Getting this right will make the beginner runner's journey much easier, much more comfortable, and lead to health instead of injuries. In this episode Deb explains how often a beginner runner should run while also providing the reasoning behind the plan. Understanding this reasoning is key to ...

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MFR 158: Repeats and Intervals

Mojo For Running Podcast - April 26, 2024 17:37 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Learn all about classic track workouts and the variety of ways they can be structured to meet any runner's training goals. All speedwork can be broken down into two categories, short speedwork, usually done on a track, a combination of repeats, intervals, and sets, and longer speedwork done on...

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MFR 157: Speedwork, how and when to incorporate speedwork into your running training

Mojo For Running Podcast - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
To get faster or stronger or even to build endurance, every experienced runner needs speedwork. This is the first of a series of episodes on speedwork for runners, what is a speedworkout, who should do it, how to add it to your running schedule, how often, types of speed training, how to maximiz...

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MFR 156: The Challenge of Holiday Running and the Mojo for Running December Challenge

Mojo For Running Podcast - December 03, 2021 02:48 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
The month of December tests our running training more than any other as holiday events too often steal running hours. Our already hectic schedules get still busier, increasing stress levels, meaning we need run therapy more than ever, but ironically, that's the last thing on many people's mind. ...

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MFR 155: Head to Toe, a Close Look at How to Move and Where to Look When You Run

Mojo For Running Podcast - October 21, 2021 20:19 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Let's go back to the basics of how to move when you run, head to toe, from where to look, to the nuances of effective arm technique, what not to do and physical cues to help with practicing good running form. While everyone's form will be unique, based on their body, minor adjustments will sti...

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MFR 154: Fun With Fartlek Training

Mojo For Running Podcast - October 09, 2021 02:37 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Any runner or group of runners, of any level, can make up a fartlek workout on the fly, or pull out one of the traditional, time-tested fartlek workouts. Fartleks are especially good for injecting a bit of speed work into an easy or long-ish run during the basebuilding phase when it's best to av...

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How to Choose the Best Training Plan for Any Race

Mojo For Running Podcast - September 23, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Running success hinges on preparation. Crossing the finish line is the easy part, a celebration, the apex of all the training that prepared you to be there, the celebration of a well executed running training plan. The longer you run, the more races you train for, the more you'll appreciate the ...

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MFR 153: How to Choose the Best Training Plan for Any Race

Mojo For Running Podcast - September 23, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Running success hinges on preparation. Crossing the finish line is the easy part, a celebration, the apex of all the training that prepared you to be there, the celebration of a well executed running training plan. The longer you run, the more races you train for, the more you'll appreciate the ...

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MFR 152: How to Taper for Goal Races, and What it Can Do for Race Performance

Mojo For Running Podcast - September 09, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
The almighty taper is a thing of beauty. Most experienced runners, and certainly any runner who's trained with a coach, knows about this masterpiece of training theory. No amount or type of training, no training regimen, however well executed, will fulfill its potential unless it ends with the a...

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How to Structure Your Running Training When You're Self Coached

Mojo For Running Podcast - August 27, 2021 02:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
One of the main attractions of running is the sheer simplicity of it. Running requires one thing, a pair of shoes - well, two things.  That simplicity is a thing of beauty, but to take it to any level beyond basic fitness, or just to make it more interesting, knowing and applying some basic tr...

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MFR 151: How to Structure Your Running Training When You're Self Coached

Mojo For Running Podcast - August 27, 2021 02:13 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
One of the main attractions of running is the sheer simplicity of it. Running requires one thing, a pair of shoes - well, two things.  That simplicity is a thing of beauty, but to take it to any level beyond basic fitness, or just to make it more interesting, knowing and applying some basic tr...

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MFR 150: Treadmill Running and the Indoor Training Mindset

Mojo For Running Podcast - August 13, 2021 19:53 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
What a treadmill lacks in the way of the scenery and fresh air of an outdoor run, it makes up for in convenience and other benefits. Yes, there are reasons why anyone might do well to train on a treadmill at times.  From offering a softer surface than any street to providing a safe option when...

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MFR 149: Rebounder for Running Training

Mojo For Running Podcast - July 30, 2021 15:06 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
I'm always looking for new ways to improve my fitness and enhance my running training, and one of my favorite is the mini trampoline, also known as a rebounder, which I use for 'rebounder running,' running in place on the rebounder. It is an affordable, relatively small piece of equipment, makin...

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MFR 148: Upcoming Topics, the Problem of Locked 'Public' Tracks, and a Promise

Mojo For Running Podcast - July 19, 2021 20:03 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Coach Deb Voiles announces topics for many upcoming episodes and shares the topics for the next dozen, expanding on an episode that will highlight the national problem of runners being locked out of 'public' school tracks. She asks listeners to weigh in about the situation where they live. Deb t...

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BRV 47: Do This in December

Beginner Runner Village - November 27, 2020 01:45 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
As we finish 2020, we need to do the right things to prepare to make 2021 a powerful, positive year, despite the pandemic. 2020 has been dreadful, but it doesn't have to beat you up. It's easy to let goals slide when struggling with such a crazy year, but this is just exactly when you need to ...

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BRV 46: Beginner Runner Struggles

Beginner Runner Village - November 18, 2020 16:53 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
A beginner runner's success or failure often hinges on just being able to manage several key aspects of running training.  In this episode Coach Deb addresses several struggles common to new runners.  Preparedness is everything. Seeing the big picture and being prepared for these inevitable ...

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MFR 147: How to Run Trails

Mojo For Running Podcast - October 27, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Running trails requires different technical running skills, a different outlook, and different equipment, but it is so beyond worth it, and if that's not enough, your on-road running will greatly improve. Why? Because running on off road trails demands more work and more finesse. Your muscles wo...

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MFR 146: Six Reason Every Runner Should Run Off Road

Mojo For Running Podcast - October 16, 2020 01:40 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
On and off-road miles are not equal. Off-road miles make you a better runner, make you more fit, and make you more sane. A mile in the woods holds greater value than any on-road mile. Running in the wild, produces startling results. It improves strength by engaging more muscles, especially t...

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MFR 146: Six Reasons Every Runner Should Run Off Road

Mojo For Running Podcast - October 16, 2020 01:40 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
On and off-road miles are not equal. Off-road miles make you a better runner, make you more fit, and make you more sane. A mile in the woods holds greater value than any on-road mile. Running in the wild, produces startling results. It improves strength by engaging more muscles, especially t...

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MFR #145: How to Make Your Easy Runs Work for You

Mojo For Running Podcast - July 03, 2020 17:31 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Optimize your running training by properly applying the hard easy principle.  You must keep your easy runs easy and your hard runs hard to get the desired training effect. Most runners are driven to check their watch, worried about their pace being too slow, even when it's an 'easy' run day,...

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MFR 144: Running During a Pandemic

Mojo For Running Podcast - May 14, 2020 22:58 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 452 ratings
Wow! I would never have guessed I’d be doing a podcast on this topic, but here I am. This is not normal, nowhere near normal, not by ay stretch of the imagination. We are all living through this, one day at a time, finding our way, figuring out how to cope. We have no other choice; however, for...

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Become a Runner Class Day 10: Diagnostic Test – BRV 045

Beginner Runner Village - April 30, 2020 17:29 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
This is it! You’ve been learning about what to do for nine days. Think of this as graduation day, the day you get the last, but most critical, piece of the puzzle. Today, you find out exactly what you should do, and I mean you, personally, should do on Day 1 of your running journey. Today, is ...

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Become a Runner Class Day 9: Turtle Power – BRV 044

Beginner Runner Village - April 29, 2020 19:58 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
I’ve been hearing the phrase, ‘turtle power,’ for years, always from slower runners, usually in an upbeat, positive way, an “I’m fine with that” way, but sometimes they utter the words apologetically, and that makes me sad. Often, these are beginner runners, but not always. It is my hope that...

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Beginner Runner Class, Day 8: Running for Weight Loss – BRV 043

Beginner Runner Village - April 28, 2020 16:19 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
Weight loss – or management – plays a role in the life of virtually every runner. Either they start running to lose weight or they’ve already lost weight, and they want to become a runner to help them maintain that weight loss. Too, some runners run because they’re worried that their weight wi...

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Become a Runner Class Day 7: Injury Prevention – BRV 042

Beginner Runner Village - April 28, 2020 01:47 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
When beginner runners don’t succeed, it’s usually the result of one of two problems: They get injured and conclude their bodies can’t handle it. They don’t enjoy running; they dread the workouts. When you do it the way I’ve set out in this series, there is no doubt but that you’ll feel goo...

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