Latest Ultra-running Podcast Episodes
All In Stride, by Johanna Garton
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - April 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hourAll In Stride is the story of two Kenyan born athletes who have competed at the highest levels in running, and one US athlete and Olympian in the modern pentathlon. The bond that the three characters share is that they have all been in the Army’s world class athlete program (WCAP). The book is d...
The Boston Marathon Handbook, by Marc W. Pollina
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - April 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourThe Boston Marathon Handbook is part of the Falcon Guides series, which cover the entire spectrum of outdoor activities. This book covers everything about Boston from what makes Boston so special, to getting in and training, and even what to do after the race and more! There are 12 chapters that...
In The Spell Of The Barkley, by Michiel Panhuysen
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - March 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourIn The Spell Of The Barkley tells the story of the Barkley race in Tennessee with its history and traditions, how the author discovered it and became determined to finish the “fun run”, and explores the reasons why participants keep coming back despite being almost guaranteed to fail. The book i...
There Is No Wall, by Allie Bailey
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - March 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourThere Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey’s brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life. Told with disarming vulnerability, heartbreaking depth of feeling and dark humour, this isn’t a story about how run...
Becoming A Sustainable Runner, by Tina Muir and Zoe Rom
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - February 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourBecoming a Sustainable Runner is a guide written by two environmental advocates, Tina Muir and Zoe Rom, who love running. This book teaches us about the impact running has on the environment, but also how to be a lifelong runner and how to contribute to the running community in a way that is pos...
Pain and Performance, by Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - February 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourIn this episode we get to chat with author, Ryan Whited, about his book (co-authored with Matt Fitzgerald) Pain + Performance. Pain + Performance is a book that aims to explain how pain is a normal human experience and not something that we need to try and get rid of… at least not completely....
The Psychology of Running, by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - January 17, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourThe Psychology of Running is part of The Psychology of Everything series which also includes: The Psychology of Art The Psychology of Wellness The Psychology of Comedy The Psychology of Democracy The Psychology of Counselling The Psychology of Travel The Psychology of Attachment This book dives...
BONUS TRACK: Alan Runs A 3000m On The Track?
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - January 10, 2024 02:00 - 40 minutesIn this bonus episode, Liz interviews Alan about his recent attempt at a Quebec age group record on the indoor track. Alan has never worn spikes or raced on an indoor track. This should be interesting! Support the Show. Any feedback or suggestions on this review or any of our other podcast e...
Running Away from Cancer by Greg Schnoor
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - January 01, 2024 06:00 - 1 hourRunning Away from Cancer is the story of the author, Greg Schnoor's, journey to becoming an ultramarathoner after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The thing is, he wasn’t even a runner before his diagnosis and started running while receiving maintenance chemotherapy once a month. Greg first s...
BONUS TRACK: Alan and Liz Behind The Scenes of 8020 Endurance Coaching
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - December 22, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutesThis bonus was recorded after we just finished chatting with Matt Fitzgerald and Layla Porteous about 80/20 Endurance High Performance Coaching Course and companion book. It took us months to complete the course so obviously there were a lot of questions that we couldn't get to with our guests. ...
80/20 Endurance Book + High Performance Coaching Course, by Matt Fitzgerald and Leyla Porteous
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - December 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourThis episode is a little different because Matt Fitzgerald's book, 80/20 Eandurance, is a companion to a new coaching course created by Leyla Porteous, Director of Training and Operations at 80/20 Endurance. We refer to the course a lot, but all the information is also in the book. The book is d...
Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 Books
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - December 01, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourWe love these episodes because it means we get to reminisce about the books we've read over the last 5-6 months. Since we're on a strict reading schedule of one book every 2 weeks, we don't get to wallow in that after-good-book feeling you get after finishing a book, so these recaps are the next...
The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, by Claire Maxted
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - November 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hourIn this episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Claire Maxted (a.k.a. Wild Ginger Runner) about her book, The Ultimate Trail Running Handbook, and also found out that she is currently writing her second book which will be specifically for ultra trail runners! The Ultimate Trail Running Han...
BONUS TRACK: 2023 Marathon Race Recap - What Happened and What's Next
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - November 07, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutesFor those of you who have been following the podcast, you know that we were gearing up to run a sub-3 hour marathon at the Petit Train du Nord Marathon on October 1st, 2023. You've likely seen our social media posts and know that neither of us achieved the goal on race day (and if you didn't se...
Just Finish! by Sean Kachmarski
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - November 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourJust Finish is author Sean Kachmarski’s story of going from watching The Great North Run on TV every year and telling his wife “I’m going to run that next year”, to actually running it! Sean played football while he was in school but never described himself as athletic. By the time he decided to...
BONUS TRACK: Mini-Nutrition Chat with Andrew Snow
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - October 27, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutesWe had a great chat with Andrew Snow about his book, Run Elite. It was so great in fact, that it ended up being one of our longest episodes because Andrew is so knowledgeable and passionate about running. As we were wrapping up the podcast we discovered another topic that he is passionate about;...
Run Elite, by Andrew Snow
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - October 15, 2023 05:00 - 2 hoursIn this episode we chat with author Andrew Snow about his book Run Elite. Andrew is very passionate about helping runners improve their performance and it shows in the podcast. Run Elite covers all aspects of high-level marathon training. Although the reference is mostly to marathon running thr...
Run Healthy, by Emmi Aguillard, Jonathan Cane and Allison Goldstein
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - October 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourRun Healthy is a book dedicated to injuries. The authors tell runners about the different tissues in the body and how they respond to stress and healing, areas of the body to pay attention to so that you can prevent injury, common injuries that runners get and what the issues commonly are, and c...
On The Run, published by Gestalten
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - September 15, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutesOn The Run is a hard cover coffee table style book featuring a collection of runs and stories about running from around the world. Each run is its own story so you don’t need to read the book cover to cover and each run features large photos of spectacular scenery. The book has an introduction t...
Get to the Line in the Best Shape Possible, by Eoin Everard
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - September 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourGet to the Line in the Best Shape Possible is a collection of articles written by the author and assembled into a book under one of 4 categories: Lifestyle Training Supplemental training Injury and Health The book is available in both PDF and audiobook format. Eoin Everard is a sub 4-minu...
Personal Best Running, by Mark Coogan and Scott Douglas
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - August 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourPersonal Best Running is a two-part training manual outlining Coach Coogan’s coaching practice and training plans. Part 1 includes 5 chapters about the theory: 1. Coach Coogan’s training principles 2. Building a good training environment 3. Staying strong and healthy 4. Using your mind to run fa...
Born to Run 2, by Christopher McDougall and Eric Orton
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - August 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourWith a name like Born to Run 2 you might be expecting that this is part 2 of Chris McDougall’s story from 2009; there's a little of that, but also so much more. This is the training manual to accompany Born to Run and also features returns of some of the athletes who ran Caballo Blanco’s race or...
Do Hard Things, by Steve Magness
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - July 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourIn this episode Alan and Liz chat about Steve Magness' book, Do Hard Things. This book talks about toughness and how we all probably think of toughness wrong. Toughness has long been defined as an absence of weakness, but this book challenges that with research to back up the authors claims. In ...
You (Only Faster), by Greg McMillan
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - July 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourYou (Only Faster) puts a new spin on the training book. In this book you get some good training principles but Greg uses them to guide you through a 6 step process to modifying a training plan, that you may have gotten online or from a book, to better suite you as a runner. So if the plan follow...
The Humiliation Tour, by Jeffrey Recker
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - June 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourThe Humiliation Tour is a running themed fiction novel that could’ve probably been 2 novels. There are 2 separate stories, one starting in 1933 during the great depression and the other starting in 1993, that are related in an unexpected way towards the end of the book. Both stories feature a yo...
Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on Books 61 to 70
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - June 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourAlready 10 books since the last recap episode and also another marathon under our belts. This marathon didn’t go well for either of us but we’ll have another chance in October. Here are the books we chat about in this episode: The Mock Olympian, by Michael Long You can get a copy here: https:...
The Longest Race, by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - May 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Alan and Liz chat about Kara Goucher’s recently released book, The Longest Race. They’ll tell you what they learned, what they thought, and why they wanted to read the book in the first place. Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age an...
A Beautiful Work In Progress, by Mirna Valerio
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - May 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourA Beautiful Work in Progress is Mirna’s memoir and the story of how she got into ultrarunning and subsequently finishing her first 100k race. Although the book starts with her running, she goes back to her childhood and talks about her family, how she grew up surrounded by cousins, and the time ...
Run Faster Marathons, by Chris Knighton
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - April 15, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourRun Faster Marathons is dedicated to providing advice that you can incorporate onto your marathon training, to make you faster. The information is divided into 3 sections: Essential Concepts for Marathon Success – Which talks about knowing your “why?”, some running rules, the right way to incr...
Run Your Best Marathon, by Sam Murphy
Running Book Reviews with Alan and Liz - April 01, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourRun Your Best Marathon is a guide to training and racing the marathon distance. The marathon has many challenges if you are trying to run at your full potential; you need to run at a hard effort while managing fuel stores and try to stay focussed for several hours. This book uses science as a ba...
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