Blog - Strength Running

Ego is the Enemy: Pro Ultrarunner Ian Sharman on Training Your Mindset

Posted January 16, 2025
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Runners often struggle with mindset blocks, so let’s tackle them together.

Ian Sharman is the founder of Sharman Ultra Coaching, a team of elite running coaches. He ran his personal best marathon of 2:21 at age 43, and …

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How to Strength Train (as a runner!)

Posted January 10, 2025
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Sooner or later, every runners gets curious about the gym and wonders how to strength train to best achieve their running goals.

Note: this article is written by Michelle Boland, PhD CSCS*D

Owner of Reframe Performance, Inc.
PhD in

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Coaching Q&A: Long-Term Marathon Training, Increasing Mileage, & Weightlifting Frequency

Posted January 9, 2025
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Combining coaching with community can make a massive difference in training happily and healthily.

My goal as a coach is to work with the most passionate group of runners. I don’t care about your pace. My only demand is …

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Strength & Age: How to Adapt Your Running As You Get Older, with Dr. Karl Knopf

Posted January 2, 2025
BY Jason Fitzgerald

What age is too old to start strength training? (Spoiler alert: You’re never too old.)

Dr. Karl Knopf is an author and college professor who has been involved in the health and fitness of older adults and people with …

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Mental Toughness Masterclass: Dr. Lara Pence on How to Master Your Mindset

Posted December 26, 2024
BY Jason Fitzgerald

This could be the most important skill set for any runner to develop: Mental toughness.

Dr. Lara Pence is a licensed clinical psychologist and MBA. She specializes in elite and professional athlete development to optimize wellness and performance both …

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Nutrition Reality Check: Pseudoscience & Myths with Kylee Van Horn & Zoë Rom

Posted December 19, 2024
BY Jason Fitzgerald

There’s a lot of nutrition misinformation out there for runners, and many of us would be better off being less strict about our fuel.

Kylee Van Horn and Zoë Rom are co-hosts of the podcast Your Diet Sucks.…

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The New Rules of Protein for Endurance Runners: Q&A with Claire Shorenstein, RD

Posted December 12, 2024
BY Jason Fitzgerald

How much protein do you actually need, and how should you get it?

Claire Shorenstein (MS, RD, CSSD) is a board-certified sports dietitian with over a decade of experience working with teenage and adult athletes from the recreational to …

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Q&A with Jason: Supercompensation, Scheduling Strength, Time vs. Miles, and more

Posted December 5, 2024
BY Jason Fitzgerald

Wish you could ask a coach about running injury risk, building back fitness after illness, strength routines, common training errors, and more?

I collected popular running questions from our YouTube community and am sharing my answers in a Q+A …

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The Meaning of Endurance: Anthropologist Michael Crawley on Why We Run

Posted November 27, 2024
BY Jason Fitzgerald

What drives us as humans to push our physical and mental limits in endurance events?

Michael Crawley is a 2:20 marathoner, professor of anthropology at Durham University, and author of the new book To the Limit: The Meaning of …

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Double Threshold, High Volume, & Lactate: Exploring the Norwegian Method with Brad Culp

Posted November 21, 2024
BY Jason Fitzgerald

It’s a common misconception that the Norwegian Method is just running double threshold workouts.

So let’s hear from an expert on why you might consider the Norwegian Method to help you reach your endurance goals.

Brad Culp is a…

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