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Run Long Run Healthy

Run Long Run Healthy

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Running science, explained. Each episode, hosts Brady Holmer and Thomas Watson break down one major sports science topic or study related to running, in a way that regular runners can apply it to their daily training and routines. We cover topics like nutrition, training protocols and methodologies, fuelling, supplementation, recovery, and overall well-being.Run Long Run Healthy Running & Jogging
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  • VO2 Max for Runners: What It Is, How to Measure It, EYKTK!
    May 15 2026

    Brady and Thomas discuss VO2 Max - what it is, why it's important for runners, and why it's seen as a marker for longevity:
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    36 mins
  • What Runners Can Learn From Viktor Frankl
    Apr 17 2026

    Thomas talks to Mark Lane-Holbert Mark - an educational psychologist (PhD), run therapist, certified logotherapist, USATF-certified running coach, and He is a Galloway run-walk-run Training Program Director.


    The IART (International Association of Running Therapists) website: https://sites.google.com/view/iartusa/Mark's site, with a recent post about Coach Jeff's legacy and run-walk-run (Jeffing): www.runninganthropologist.com


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    00:00 Introducing Mark-Lane Holbert, Running Anthropologist

    04:00 What Runners Can Learn From Viktor Frankl

    08:20 Finding Meaning Through Running - And Setting Purpose Metrics

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    14:20 What can’t be measured - running metrics, journalling

    18:18 Masloe’s Hierarchy of Needs and Running

    24:20 Joseph Campbell, Hero’s Journey, and Running

    30:00 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic motivation

    34:30 Advice for runners chasing a time goal

    38:15 The emptiness after achieving a running goal; “Now What” problem

    44:00 Running burnout, diagnosed and how to respond

    49:20 Running therapy explained

    53:48 Shoulder-to-shoulder therapy

    56:50 Recovery Camino

    01:02:05 Remembering Jeff Galloway

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Norwegian Method Masterclass: Double Threshold, Golden Zone, EYNTK!
    Apr 10 2026

    Thomas talks to Marius Bakken, former elite runner and pioneer of the Norwegian Method, and author of the new book - The Norwegian Method Applied:


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    00:00 Introducing Marius Bakken

    03:14 Testing established approaches through curiosity.

    07:25 The question that birthed the Norwegian Method

    08:40 Kenyan runners finding the pace

    10:20 The Golden Zone for threshold

    12:30 How to find your golden zone pace for threshold

    17:40 Specificity of training

    19:50 Muscle tone - a core part of the method

    21:30 What heavy legs are telling you

    24:10 Two Horses Analogy

    26:00 Double Threshold - The Origin

    27:40 Why double threshold is so effective

    29:30 45/15 intervals

    31:00 Norwegian Singles Method

    33:55 Double Threshold for recreational runners?

    37:20 The cost of going too hard on easy days

    40:05 The (controversial) 100-day marathon training plan

    43:21 The biggest mistakes recreational runners make

    47:27 Marius on super shoes / super trainers

    51:40 Changes in the last 5-10 years

    53:45 The future of the Norweigan Method

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    57 mins
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