I recently sat down with my good friend and frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman, the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind, for our first quarterly conversation of 2024, which you can listen to wherev

Episode 234 | Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on Run Crew Culture and Connection

Dec 19th, 2023 1h 10m

This week's conversation with Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows is a follow-up to Episode 226, which was released back in August. In this one, we discuss how Jennifer spent her sabbatical over the summer and what she experienced visiting various run

Episode 233 | Simon Freeman and Mario Fraioli on Seasonality and Consistency in Running

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 9m

I recently sat down with my good friend and frequent podcast guest Simon Freeman, the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind, for the fourth and final installment (for this year, anyway) of our yet-to-b

Episode 232 | Ask Mario Anything

Nov 21st, 2023 57m 47s

This week, I sat down with my right-hand man Chris Douglas and answered questions about the Olympic Trials Marathon start-time controversy, things I’ve changed my mind on, the importance of the weekly long run, time versus distance-based traini

Episode 231 | Megan Young on Coaching, Learning, and Living a High-Performance Lifestyle

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 42m

This week's episode of the podcast with Megan Young, Performance Coach with the Seattle Sounders professional soccer club. Megan is a rockstar with 15 years of experience working in collegiate athletics, and men’s and women’s professional socce

Episode 230 | Stuart McMillan on Systems Thinking, Creativity, and the "Philosopher-Coach"

Oct 9th, 2023 1h 53m

This week's episode of the podcast is with Stuart McMillan, widely regarded as one of the best sprint coaches in the world. Stu has worked with both professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports with a focus on power and speed develo

Episode 229 | Don Swartz on Coaching, Innovating, and Developing a Winner's Mindset

Sep 26th, 2023 2h 19m

This week I had an awesome conversation with Don Swartz, who coaches my wife’s Masters swimming program at North Bay Aquatics in Marin County, California, and is someone I respect, admire, and try to emulate in my own life. Don was inducted int

Episode 228 | Brad Stulberg on Performance Coaching and Mastering Change

Sep 12th, 2023 1h 47m

This week I had a wonderful conversation with my good friend Brad Stulberg. Brad, who works as a writer and performance coach, is my first four-time guest and his episodes are some of the most listened to in the six-year history of the show. In

Episode 227 | Simon Freeman and Mario Fraioli on Defining Yourself as a Runner

Aug 28th, 2023 1h 8m

I recently sat down with my good friend and three-time podcast guest Simon Freeman, the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind, for the third installment of our unnamed quarterly conversation. An excerp

Episode 226 | Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows on Community and Belonging

Aug 15th, 2023 1h 15m

Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows is a runner and serves as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. I’ve always appreciated her perspective on running, the industry, and this beautiful and messy path we’re all navigating called life. This i

Episode 225 | Ask Mario Anything

Jun 13th, 2023 1h 8m

This week, my right-hand man Chris Douglas serves me up some listener questions in an old-school Ask Mario Anything episode of the podcast. In this one, I answer inquiries about my favorite books, “lighthouses” in my life, breaking through in t

Episode 224 | Simon Freeman and Mario Fraioli on Working with a Coach

May 30th, 2023 1h 5m

I recently sat down with my good friend and three-time podcast guest Simon Freeman, the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind, for the second installment of our yet-to-be named quarterly conversation,

Episode 223 | Randy Ashley on Coaching High School Runners

May 16th, 2023 1h 20m

My guest on the podcast this week is my friend Randy Ashley, one of the most incredible, unassuming, and relatively unheralded coaches I know. He’s worked with—and continues to work with—athletes of all ages and ability levels, from beginners t

Episode 222 | Starla Garcia on Fueling For Running, Performance, and Recovery

Apr 25th, 2023 1h 33m

This episode of the podcast is the fourth installment of a new 4-part series I’m calling Pillars of Performance. The main objective behind this series is to go deep with experts in the areas of training, strength and conditioning/injury prevent

Episode 221 | Dr. Justin Ross on Playing the Mental Game as a Runner

Apr 11th, 2023 1h 19m

This episode of the podcast is the third installment of a new 4-part series I’m calling Pillars of Performance. The main objective behind this series is to go deep with experts in the areas of training, strength and conditioning/injury preventi

Episode 220 | Anh Bui, DPT, on Getting Strong, Staying Healthy, and Running Resiliently

Mar 27th, 2023 1h 19m

This episode of the podcast is the second installment of a new 4-part series I’m calling Pillars of Performance. The main objective behind this series is to go deep with experts in the areas of training, strength and conditioning/injury prevent

Episode 219 | Mark Coogan on Training Strategies for the Mile to the Marathon

Mar 13th, 2023 1h 15m

This episode of the podcast is the first installment of a new 4-part series I’m calling Pillars of Performance. The main objective behind this series is to go deep with experts in the areas of training, strength and conditioning/injury preventi

Episode 218 | Simon Freeman and Mario Fraioli on Emerging Brands and Trends in Running

Feb 28th, 2023 50m 29s

This week, I sat down with my good friend and two-time podcast guest Simon Freeman, the co-founder, editor, and publisher of my favorite running magazine, Like The Wind, which just celebrated its ninth birthday. For the past couple issues of Lt

Episode 217 | Best of 2022

Dec 27th, 2022 2h 6m

This final episode of 2022 is a compilation of highlights from 12 of the most impactful conversations I’ve had over the past 12 months. As I’ve written in years past, putting this annual episode together is equal parts exciting and impossible.

Common Ground | Episode 11

Dec 23rd, 2022 1h 15m

I’m excited to bring you the 11th and final installment of Common Ground for 2022, a monthly podcast co-hosted by me and Dinée Dorame of the Grounded Podcast. In this year-end episode, we talk about our running highlights of the year, podcast h

Re-Run with Bria Wetsch

Dec 20th, 2022 1h 2m

This week’s Re-Run is with Bria Wetsch, who just a few weeks ago finished fourth at the U.S. Marathon Championships at CIM in a new personal best of 2:28.35. We recorded this episode in April 2020, at the very beginning of the pandemic, not lon

Re-Run with Mike Smith

Dec 13th, 2022 1h 36m

It’s been a busy fall and I haven’t been recording many new episodes of the podcast these last couple of months, so I’m re-running a few of my favorite conversations from years past. This week’s is with Mike Smith, who is the director of cross-

Re-Run with Chelsea Sodaro

Dec 6th, 2022 1h 11m

This week I’m re-running a conversation I had over three years ago with Chelsea Sodaro, who recently won the Ironman World Championships in Kona. When this episode originally went live in April of 2019, Chelsea hadn’t done an Ironman yet and sh

Common Ground | Episode 10

Nov 29th, 2022 51m 39s

I’m excited to bring you the 10th installment of Common Ground, a monthly podcast co-hosted by me and Dinée Dorame of the Grounded Podcast. In this episode, we talk about our respective experiences at the New York City Marathon, we geek out on

Re-Run with Fernando Cabada

Nov 21st, 2022 1h 37m

Heading into this holiday week we’re going to re-run one of my favorite episodes of the podcast from years past. This one is from January 2020 and it’s with Fernando Cabada, a former professional distance runner who is still competing at an eli