The Running Channel Podcast

A playful dive into running superstitions and whether lucky socks can really boost speed, backed by science. Conversations on pre-race rituals, routines that calm nerves, and when habits become risky. Listeners share quirky sock rules and other race-day rituals. Brief news on elite results and practical tips on recovery footwear and long-run planning.

Can a runner be strong across every distance? They debate training trade-offs between speed and endurance. Weather, pacing tricks and negative-split challenges come up. Mental approaches, mantras and using competition to push are explored. One retiree’s tough transition out of pro running and how skills transfer to new careers is also discussed.

A lively chat about whether changing your running cadence could help performance. Conversation includes run club warmups and drills, and tales from a fast 10,000m night. They dig into GPS and pacing quirks, plus practical tips on shoe rotation and foam recovery.

They break down heart rate measurement and the pros and cons of wrist optical monitors versus chest straps. Discover different ways to find maximum and resting heart rate and how to calculate heart rate reserve. Learn the five heart-rate zones and how to use them for threshold, steady and easy runs. Practical tips cover keeping easy runs genuinely easy and factors that can skew readings.

A runner’s chase for a sub-3 hour marathon and the mindset swings behind such a bold goal. How structured coaching replaced winging it and the role of rotating pacers in the race plan. Gear talk on the Flow Velocity Elite shoes and practical race-day fueling and morning routines. Training through Ramadan and the emotional finish, plus short tips on warm-ups and breaking in new shoes.

In episode 16, Sarah and Andy are giving you their best training sessions to help you improve your 5k, regardless of whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro. They also take a look at a recent 5k race result for Mark Zuckerberg!Click the link below for access to 2 weeks free of Runna:https://join.runna.com/lKmc/refer?code=TRCIf you're already on the app, use the referral code 'TRC' to access your 2-week free trial.The Running Channel Podcast tackles one big topic each episode, amongst helpful tips and light-hearted chat on the latest news in the running world. Hosted by Sarah Hartley (amateur runner) and Andy Baddeley (former pro runner), the TRC Podcast is friendly, jargon-free, and the perfect accompaniment to your runs. They're joined by Rick Kelsey to keep them on track and to answer your burning running questions. Join The Running Channel Club for exclusive additional podcast episodes, bite-sized courses, live Q&As and so much more! Head to club.therunningchannel.comFor all enquiries contact podcast@therunningchannel.com.If you liked this, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And leave us a 5* review and rating, it really helps us get discovered.We're on YouTube too, so check us out there: www.youtube.com/runningchannel

Live from a London Marathon pop-up cafe, they answer runner questions and share travel and recovery tips after big races. They discuss pacing strategies, watch data and training tweaks to improve marathon times. Expect race psychology tools, strength work for late-race fatigue, and playful ideas for fancy dress and rebrand chatter.

A chat about tackling the Boston course early to film and learn the route. A quirky run-through of course scenery, smells and Heartbreak Hill Strava antics. Rebrand news and what ‘improve’ means for the channel. Plans for London Marathon weekend, a marathon proposal tale, parkrun meetups and listener questions on treadmills and cadence.

A lively run-through of Boston and London marathon culture, from qualifying quirks and course challenges to elite entry rules and weather talk. Light-hearted runner humour and a marathon quiz keep things fun. Practical segments cover race fueling, recovery rituals, training club tips and mixing paces for solo or group runs.

They share tactics for handling mentally tough miles, including staying present and breaking hard efforts into short segments. Reframing fatigue as opportunity and using distraction methods like podcasts and social runs come up. They also discuss accountability through planned group runs and touch on recent elite race highlights and training tech quirks.