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Olympian Carrie Tollefson Chicago Marathon From the Broadcast Booth, Running Identity, and Finding Joy
Oct 15, 2026
49m 38s
Marathon Recovery and Why Recovery Starts Before Race Day
Oct 8, 2026
53m 51s
Runner Q&A with Sports Dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith: Carbs Per Hour, Ferritin, Burnout, and First Marathons
Sep 24, 2026
1h 01m 45s
Bone Density, Menopause & Marathon Training
Sep 17, 2026
58m 17s
Ferritin, Iron & Anemia and What the Labs Really Mean
Sep 10, 2026
1h 03m 06s
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| 10/15/26 | Olympian Carrie Tollefson Chicago Marathon From the Broadcast Booth, Running Identity, and Finding Joy | Olympian Carrie Tollefson joins Coach Amanda and Coach Nick days after broadcasting the 2026 Chicago Marathon. Carrie made the 2004 Olympic team in the 1500m, won five NCAA titles at Villanova, and now runs her mouth more than her legs (her words) as a marathon broadcaster and host of the C Tolle Run podcast.In this episode, we cover:• What the Chicago Marathon looks like from the finish line broadcast position• Why Carrie ran three marathons just to commentate them better• The human stories behind Hawi Feysa, Clayton Young, and Vinny Mauri• How to handle negativity and why running needs a “positive thread”• What everyday runners can learn from pros (you deal with the same mile 21)• Running identity after competition, plus balancing career, kids, and 20-minute runs• Prize money, the running boom, and celebrity run clubs• Why success comes from finding your joy, not your finish time• The Secret Interview Questions (and a story her mom will not love)Come Join Amanda and I for the NYC Marathon Webinar and Live Q&A on 21 October from 6-730 EST. We will answer all your questions and walk you through EVERYTHING you need to know about the NYCM from the second you arrive to when you leave. Learn more and sign up hereToday's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Key timestamps06:58 Chicago Marathon 2026 from the booth19:17 What everyday runners can learn from pros23:16 Running identity after competition33:28 What the running community gets right40:33 Redefining success42:01 Secret Interview QuestionsFind Carrie: • C Tolle Run podcast, the RunDot Podcast, ctollerun.com, Instagram @carrie_tollefsonTraining plans and coaching: https://runningexplained.comThe Weekly Stride newsletter: https://www.runningexplained.com/theweeklystrideEnjoyed this one? Rate and review Running Explained and share it with your running friend (or someone you do not like, maybe they will like it). | 49m 38s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | Marathon Recovery and Why Recovery Starts Before Race Day | How long should you rest after a marathon? Coach Amanda (fresh off her fall marathon) and Coach Nick cover marathon recovery from taper week to your first run back.Pre-race recovery: why sleep across your whole training block matters more than the night before, packing a carb-load cooler for race travel, compression socks vs. calf sleeves on flights, protecting your social battery, and how long a shakeout run should be.Post-race recovery: why you should eat within an hour of finishing (even when you are not hungry), how to plan food at big-city marathons, how many days off to take (10 days to 2 weeks for Amanda, 7 days minimum for Nick), why workouts can take up to 8 weeks to feel normal, the recovery tools coaches actually use, and how to handle the post-marathon blues.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Timestamps0:00 Intro2:44 Pre-race recovery and taper7:14 Sleep before a marathon11:00 Compression socks vs. sleeves for travel16:13 Shakeout runs26:08 Post-race recovery starts at the finish line29:03 What to eat after a marathon38:50 How long to rest after a marathon45:59 Favorite recovery tools50:34 Post-marathon bluesTraining plans and coaching: https://runningexplained.comThe Weekly Stride newsletter: https://www.runningexplained.com/theweeklystrideEnjoyed this one? Rate and review Running Explained and share it with your running friend (or someone you do not like, maybe they will like it). | 53m 51s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | Runner Q&A with Sports Dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith: Carbs Per Hour, Ferritin, Burnout, and First Marathons | We did an old fashioned listener Q&A, and because you all sent in a stack of nutrition questions, we called in the big guns: sports dietitian Stevie Lyn Smith, RD, CSSD, back for round two.Coach Amanda and I cover the coaching side while Stevie brings the fueling science. We get into how many carbs per hour you actually need on long runs (and why the answer is a range, not a flex), how to juggle fast 5Ks, marathons, and heavy lifting by building training seasons, and how to keep burnout from wrecking your year. Amanda goes on a legendary rant about lottery FOMO. I explain resiliency data points and why belief beats hard work at your absolute peak.Then we help a first time Philly marathoner avoid the mile 20 wall, dig into the new ASH ferritin guidelines (and why ferritin alone does not tell the whole iron story), and answer the big one: can you safely cut weight before a marathon? Spoiler: Stevie said yes to cutting a bagel. That is it.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Listener questions answered:1. How many carbs should I take on long runs for my December half marathon?2. I love fast 5Ks, long distance, and lifting heavy. How do I prioritize?3. How do you keep from burning out?4. How can I help my brain catch up to my running and believe in myself more?5. I'm running my first full at Philly. How do I push without hitting the wall at mile 20?6. Why do runners need higher ferritin levels than non runners?7. Can I safely cut weight before a marathon for performance?Resources and links• Ferritin, Iron, and Anemia with Callie Roseland:• Back to Back Marathons with Coach Corky• Stevie on Instagram: @stevielynlyn | Website:stevielynrd.com• Running Explained coaching and training plans: runningexplained.com• Send us your questions: [email protected] out our new Kickstart Program Enjoyed this format? Rate and review the show and tell us. If you want more Q&A episodes, we will make it happen. | 1h 01m 45s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | Bone Density, Menopause & Marathon Training | Coach Amanda and Coach Nick talk masters running with coach Kim Nedeau (Training Inclined) about how mileage, recovery, and strength work should change after 40, plus what the research really says about bone density, menopause, and weighted vests.Kim built her coaching practice, Training Inclined, and her women's community, Train Like a Master, after her own injury-prone running years. In this episode: deload weeks and recovery science, the strength work masters runners can't skip, telling normal age-related slowdown from an actual training gap, bone density and perimenopause, training through osteopenia and arthritis, whether weighted vests actually build bone, and navigating body image and weight gain through menopause.Today's episode is sponsored by CEP and Running Explained listeners get 15% off their entire order when shopping CEP Running online through November 15! Shop CEP Running or enter code LRL-NYC-15 at checkout.Offer ends November 16, 2026, at 3:00AM EST. Limit one use per customer. Cannot be combined with other discounts.Our GuestKim Nedeau is a running coach, educator, and the founder of Train Like a Master, a training and education community for women 40 and over who want to keep running, get stronger, and perform well as they age.Kim has spent more than a decade coaching runners and exploring the intersection of running, strength training, injury prevention, and healthy aging. Her work focuses on helping women understand how their training needs to evolve as they get older, which can mean setting new personal records or sometimes slowing down. Kim is also a masters runner herself, so she knows the highs and lows firsthand, sometimes finding herself running surprisingly fast for a master, and other days wondering how she got so slow.Through her coaching, writing, and educational work, Kim brings an evidence-informed but practical perspective to topics like muscle loss, bone health, menopause, injury, recovery, and performance in the masters years.Find Kim Nedeau:• kimnedeau.com / https://traininginclined.com/• Instagram: kimnedeau_traininginclinedReach out via email at [email protected] from Running Explained@runningexplained on IGwww.runningexplained.comRate and review the podcast wherever you listen. It helps more runners find the show. | 58m 17s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | ferritiniron deficiency+4 | Callie Roseland | Fueling UpwardU.S. Special Operations Forces | — | ferritiniron deficiency+6 | — | 1h 03m 06s | ||
| 9/3/26 | strength trainingrunning+4 | Natalie LaMendola | Running ExplainedInstagram+1 | — | strength trainingrunners+6 | — | 46m 45s | ||
| 8/27/26 | carbohydrate fuelingsports nutrition+4 | Emma HarvieJaclyn Sklaver | Athleats Nutrition | — | carb ceilingglucose absorption+4 | — | 54m 03s | ||
| 8/20/26 | bone healthinjury prevention+4 | Dr. Lisbeth Hoyt | — | — | bone stress injuryrunning injuries+4 | — | 51m 57s | ||
| 8/13/26 | marathon culturerace stacking+4 | Coach Corky | New York marathon | — | marathonrecovery+6 | — | 51m 10s | ||
| 8/6/26 | run clubscommunity building+4 | Sydney HaraWill Walker | Slow Girls Run ClubA Tribe Called Run | Vancouver, BCBaltimore, MD | run clubscommunity+5 | — | 1h 06m 50s | ||
| 7/2/26 | Relative Energy Deficiency in Sportunderfueling+4 | Dr. Melissa Lodge | @fed_collaborative | — | REDsunderfueling+6 | — | 56m 02s | ||
| 6/25/26 | hydrationfueling strategies+5 | Stevie Lyn Smith | Power Up: A Young Woman's Guide to Winning with Sports NutritionReal Fuel with SLS | BuffaloBrooklyn | hydrationsports nutrition+6 | — | 1h 08m 57s | ||
| 6/18/26 | back-of-the-pack runningmarathon experiences+4 | Avelyn | — | BostonNew York+2 | marathonrunning+7 | — | 52m 05s | ||
| 6/11/26 | trail runningultra running+4 | Justin Andreas | Golden Hour Adventures | Guam | trail runningultra running+6 | — | 1h 01m 52s | ||
| 6/4/26 | race time manipulationunregulated supplements+3 | — | Running ExplainedFinal Surge+1 | — | runningrace integrity+3 | — | 47m 23s | ||
| 5/21/26 | post-race recoverymental transition+3 | — | Running Explained | — | post-race bluesbase building+3 | — | 51m 09s | ||
| 5/14/26 | ultramarathon trainingmotherhood+5 | Francesca Barbetta | Running Explained | — | ultramarathonmotherhood+8 | — | 57m 29s | ||
| 5/7/26 | ADHD in womenanxiety+5 | Mary Johnson | — | — | ADHDanxiety+8 | — | 1h 08m 02s | ||
| 4/30/26 | men's mental healthendurance sports+3 | Jason Bahamundi | RunTriMagRun Tri Bike | — | mental healthrunning+7 | — | 1h 16m 49s | ||
| 4/23/26 | post-race nutritionrecovery strategies+3 | Meg Mahoney | — | — | post-race nutritionrecovery+5 | WahooEXPLAINED | 1h 06m 10s | ||
| 4/16/26 | running journeytraining mistakes+4 | — | Running Explained | — | runningtraining+5 | — | 54m 52s | ||
| 4/9/26 | race day preparationlogistics+4 | — | KICKR RUN TREADMILL | — | race day prep5K+5 | WahooEXPLAINED | 1h 04m 49s | ||
| 4/2/26 | mental healthinjury recovery+4 | Cindy KuzmaCarrie Jackson | — | — | injurymental performance+7 | — | 1h 12m 08s | ||
| 3/26/26 | late start in runningOlympic dreams+4 | Gabi Rooker | KICKR RUN TREADMILLNike+1 | — | runningmarathon+7 | WahooEXPL | 58m 31s | ||
| 3/19/26 | women in sportssports media+5 | Ashley MateoOlivia Witherite | RunHer MagazineOnBase Collective | — | women's runningsports media+5 | — | 1h 02m 47s | ||
| 3/12/26 | rehabilitationrunning injuries+5 | Dr. Vicky Sekely | Georgetown University | — | running injuriesrehab+5 | WahooEXPLAINED | 1h 16m 38s | ||
| 3/5/26 | endurance sportseating disorders+5 | Stephanie Roth-Goldberg | — | — | endurance athleteseating disorders+5 | — | 1h 00m 57s | ||
| 2/26/26 | excellencepersonal growth+4 | Brad Stulberg | The Way of Excellence | — | excellencepersonal growth+5 | WahooEXPLAINED | 57m 58s | ||
| 2/19/26 | competitive runningpersonal journey+5 | Erika Kemp | Brooks | Providence, R.I. | competitive athleterecord-breaking achievements+8 | — | 56m 11s | ||
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