The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

New episodes drop on the first Wednesday of each month.

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Here’s episode 18:

Ep. 18: The Super Shoe Advantage with Geoff Burns

This episode we’re talking to Geoff Burns, Ph.D., who is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan and has also worked as an engineer in the automotive and medical fields. He studies running, biomechanics, and sport performance, and is a recognized expert for his research on super shoes and the controversies surrounding them. Burns also competes internationally in ultramarathons and was the 2016 National Champion in the 100k on roads.

You can follow Geoff on Instagram and Twitter at @geoffreyburns or check out his .

This show we’re talking about super shoes and what difference they make in the real world. We discuss:

• The recent controversy of the winner of the Vienna Marathon being disqualified for having shoes above the legal sole thickness, despite wearing shoes from the sponsor of the race. (See Burn’s about the Vienna Marathon super shoe DQ and thickness regulations.)
• Why super shoes are controversial.
• Does it matter to the sport if records aren’t comparable over time.
• How different brands compare to the original Nike super shoes and whether there’s now a level playing field.
• What the benefits of super shoes are in practical terms, related to speed and reduced fatigue.
• Plus, whether super shoes help on trails given they’re less stable and won’t get as much rebound on softer or uneven terrain.

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s episode 17:

Episode 17: Magda Boulet and Altitude Training

This episode we’re talking to Marathon Olympian and former Ultra Runner of the Year, Magda Boulet. She’s also the SVP of Innovation, Research and Development, plus the interim SVP of Sales at Gu Energy. Magda’s won many major races, including Western States 100 and the Leadville Trail 100. In addition she’s coached runners for years.

You can follow Magda on Instagram and Twitter at @runboulet.

This show we’re talking about altitude training and racing today since the 2021 Leadville was just a few days before our discussion. We discuss:

• Magda’s introduction to running and moving to the U.S.
• How she transitioned to professional distance running on the track and road, leading up to Beijing 2008.
• How she’s switched to the trails in the past few years.
• The differences in altitude training protocols for racing at sea level versus racing at altitude.

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s episode 16:

Episode 16: Road vs Trail Running Training with Tim Tollefson

This episode we’re talking to elite road and trail runner, Tim Tollefson. He’s also a Physical Therapist in Mammoth Lakes, CA, where he’s a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who’s worked with athletes from basically all the major sports leagues in the US.

His running highlights include competing at the Olympic Marathon Trials, podium-ing twice at the Ultra Trail du Mt Blanc as well as USATF Trail National Championships, and ultra wins outside the US in Australia and Europe.

You can follow Tim Tollefson on and Twitter: and you can hire him as a PT at

This show is about contrasting road and trail training. We discuss:

• Tim’s start in the sport of running then how he transitioned from track at Chico State to marathoning and on to major 100 mile trail races
• Changes in his training and what he’s learned along the way, both for peaking for different types of event and for executing better.

Tim has some very wise philosophies which he’s honed over the years to allow him to keep improving as well as to enjoy his racing.

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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In this episode we’re talking to nutritionist Meredith Terranova. She’s been helping her clients reach their nutritional goals since 2004, including losing weight, wellness nutrition, race nutrition, training and recovery nutrition. She has a Bachelors in Human Nutrition and Consumer Science from the University of Houston and a Masters in Advanced Nutrition and Human Performance, with her thesis on Gut Microbiome and Endurance Athletes. She’s also an accomplished ultra runner, triathlete and swimmer and has crewed and paced at many events, including pacing Ian at the Rocky Raccoon 100 Mile for the course record back in 2011.

You can follow Meredith Terranova on and her

This show is about racing and daily nutrition. We discuss:

• nutrition in ultra races, especially in the heat;
• how to fix a problem mid-race;
• how to train the gut to cope better with calories when running;
• various diets, including a standard western diet, keto or LCHF, high carb and intermittent fasting;
• the dangers of under-eating to hit ‘race weight’;
• hydration for runners.

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s episode 14:

Episode 14: Group Training Advantages with Yassine Diboun

In this episode we’re talking to my good friend, Yassine Diboun. He’s a father, husband, co-owner of Wy’east Wolfpack , coach, Columbia Sportswear athlete, living in Portland, Oregon. He started in triathlon in 2005, and then moved towards longer road runs like marathons. He completed and won, with a course record, his very first ultra marathon in 2007, and hasn’t looked back since. He’s also a 4 x WS100 finisher, 3x HURT 100 finisher, 1x UTMB finisher and has represented Team USA at the World Trail Championships in 2015.

Diboun’s Wy’east Wolfpack group does personal coaching, group training via fitness classes, and running clinics. He also leads group track workouts for RUN TRG and group trail runs. Another program he created is trail running camps for young people, including minorities, instilling movement and running from an early age. The also has a wide variety of BLM-related links with organizations and people to follow, articles and books to read, and podcasts to listen to.

This show is about group training, community and how it helps us become better runners and live fulfilling lives. We discuss:

• Diboun’s work as a coach with the various groups mentioned above;
• The benefits of different types of group training scenarios for improved fitness, plus for the mental health gains and what we can learn from other runners;
• How to do epic adventure runs with friends and why they’re a great idea;
• His experience as a BIPOC runner and how sport brings people together, plus what we call all do to help on a daily basis.

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s episode 13:

Episode 13: Strength Training for Runners with Renee Metivier

This episode we’re talking to Renee Metivier (). Metivier has has been a professional runner since 2005, when she graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She’s represented the USA at six IAAF World Championships, and is a four-time USATF National Champion from 3,000m to the marathon. Renee stepped up to the marathon in Chicago in 2012, where she ran 2:27:17 – the fourth fastest American debut at the time.

Metivier is also the owner of Recharge Gym in Bend, OR, () with 10+ years coaching & personal training from elite sport performance to helping injured athletes safely return to sport. She’s qualified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer and Correctional Exercise Specialist. Plus she’s a USATF Level 1 Certified Coach.

This show is all about strength training for runners. We discuss:

–    her experience in elite track and marathon running, including how she and other elites used strength training over the years

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–    whether it’s smarter to focus on heavy weights with low reps or lower weights with higher reps

–    do we need to exercise all areas of the body?

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–����������Ƿ� many sessions per week and for how long

–����������Ƿ� it fits into a race build up and taper

–����������Ƿ� to improve uphill and downhill fitness via strength work

–����������Ƿ� hilly trail running can mimic some of the benefits of strength training

–����������Ƿ� aging affects strength training needs

–    using weight vests for active recovery

–   understanding the purpose behind any exercise or training session (whether running or other forms of training)

Metivier posts videos showing how to do certain exercises and routines on the (including a quick demo of a Pallof Press we discuss in the show).

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s episode 12:

Episode 12: Christie Aschwanden and Recovery Pitfalls

This show is all about recovery and Christie’s book, which looks into the science behind many classic and unconventional ways to recover.

We discuss:

• cold therapies like ice baths and cryotherapy
• hot therapies like saunas
• Tom Brady’s Under Armour recovery pajamas
• sports massage and compression boots
• older Chinese modalities like acupuncture and cupping
• ways to relax
• active recovery
• nutrition
• supplements

Christie Aschwanden ( ) Aschwanden is the Test Gym columnist at Elemental, former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight, and a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, Scientific American, Wired, and Nature. A finalist for the National Magazine Award, her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, ���ϳԹ���, Discover, Smithsonian, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Aschwanden was a high school state champion in the 1,600-meter run, a national collegiate cycling champion, and an elite cross-country skier with Team Rossignol. She lives and occasionally still races in western Colorado.

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). Ian discusses training and racing topics with leading sports scientists, athletes and coaches, with a focus on how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s Episode 11:

Episode 11: Professor Samuele Marcora and the Psychobiological Model of Endurance Performance

In this episode, we talk to exercise physiologist Samuele Marcora, whose research integrates exercise physiology with motivation psychology and cognitive neuroscience to better understand fatigue, endurance performance and physical activity behavior.

•  We discuss Marcora’s psychobiological model of endurance performance and how the limiting factor for how hard and long you can push is the brain, not the body.

•  He explains how increased fitness is vital, but mainly through the mechanism of reducing perceived effort, and that is what matters most.

•  We also discuss motivational intensity.

•  We close on practical takeaways to improve your running and racing in the real world.

•  Also, we mention the (or BRUMS) and its applications for athletes.

Professor Marcora has studied and worked in the US, UK and Italy and holds a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Wales-Bangor. He currently teaches applied physiology and training methodology at the University of Bologna. Professor Marcora has authored numerous high-impact scientific publications and he has been a consultant for multiple organizations including Juventus Football Club, MAPEI Sport and ASICS. In 2013, he rode a BMW GS1200 bike from London to Beijing to investigate fatigue in motorbike riders.

You can follow Prof. Marcora on Twitter at @samuelemarcora or visit his .

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). Ian discusses training and racing topics with leading sports scientists, athletes and coaches, with a focus on how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s Episode 10:

Episode 10 – Matt Fitzgerald and ‘The Comeback Quotient’

In this episode, Ian is joined by author Matt Fitzgerald. The show starts by discussing Matt’s current experience with being a long haul COVID-19 patient, which really tests his ability to put his “comeback” concepts into practice in the real world. Ian and Matt spend a lot of time talking about the concepts in Matt’s new book, “” These concepts include: What being an “ultra realist” means; how to accept reality in a race and optimize your performance accordingly; how to turn negatives into positives mid-race; the theory of motivational intensity that limits performance; and the sweet spot for caring about a race enough, but not too much — to the degree that it harms performance. Matt also gives a brief discussion about his book, “80:20 Running.”

Matt Fitzgerald is the author of the bestseller, “How Bad Do You Want It?” and many other books on sports, nutrition and mental performance. His writing has appeared in numerous sports and fitness publications, including a regular , and articles in Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, ���ϳԹ���, Runner’s World, Bicycling and Women’s Running. He’s also an accomplished runner and triathlete, plus a coach.

Matt is on Twitter at and his website is  — on which he posted a recent blog about his experience as a .

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The PodiumRunner Endurance Podcast is hosted by Ian Sharman, a professional ultra runner and coach with over 200 marathons or ultra finishes and more than 50 wins (,��). We discuss training and racing topics with leading sports scientists and how to practically apply research findings for marathoners and ultra runners.

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Here’s Episode 9:

Episode 9: Krissy Moehl And How To Run 100 Miles

Krissy Moehl ran her first ultra trail run at 22 years old. In her 20+ year career, she has run more than 100 races with more than sixty female wins (including at Ultra Trail du Mt Blanc, Hardrock 100 and Ultra Trail Mt Fuji), two outright wins, and some of the more iconic around the United States. She grew up in the sport and continues to build her life as an ultramarathon runner, coach, motivational speaker, race director and author.

This show delves into Krissy’s unusual start in the sport of ultrarunning with some of the sport’s biggest names as mentors. We talk about her UTMB and Grand Slam of Ultrarunning experiences, focusing on what she learned as a runner. We discuss how to train for 100 milers, both the physical preparation and building the necessary mental skills. We discuss Krissy’s coaching and race directing, and her ideas for improving female representation in ultras.

Krissy’s book, was published December 2015 and she frequently contributes to magazine and blogs. Krissy is an ambassador for Patagonia, Pro-Tec Athletics, Ultimate Direction and Lily Trotters. Find her at: ,

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