Chris Glover loves running. And he loves connecting people through running. If you've been to a group run in Central Ohio you know Chris. If you've seen a man dressed like a superhero at a local race you know Chris. Earlier this week Chris and I sat down for a conversation about his running journey and current projects. Along the way we discuss ways to add joy to your running experience while also getting faster. His aim is simple, genuine, and exceptionally valuable: bringing runners together s...
Aug 09, 2025•56 min
With the U.S. Championships beginning this week in Eugene, and the World Championships in Tokyo quickly approaching, we're veering from our usual format for a look inside Japanese running culture, particularly the nation's unparalleled love for the marathon. The following is an updated and adapted version of an article I wrote leading up to the pandemic-delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympic Marathon. As you grind through long runs and workouts on the way to your next marathon, we hope you'll find inspirati...
Jul 31, 2025•13 min
Run with Rush, celebrating the life of our dear friend Josh Rush, 6am Saturday @ Unity Park in Greenville, SC. We hope to share miles and friendship with you this weekend.
Jul 22, 2025•4 min
We're back from summer break and considering a listener question about long run frequency within a marathon training block. Plus, there's big doping news, a new mile AR, and the hottest trending social media movement of the summer and autumn: #beatphil Special edition Mile 210 will follow tomorrow. secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com columbusrunning.com
Jul 22, 2025•46 min
Phil is headed to Grandma's Marathon and we're offering some last minute course strategy tips for everyone competing in Duluth this weekend. Then we discuss more on low risk, high reward training. In particular, we dive into the longstanding Phil v. Travis debate on continuous v. broken threshold runs. Thanks for all the great follow-up emails and questions!
Jun 19, 2025•55 min
The Columbus Marathon identifies itself as, "America's Most Meaningful Race." After spending the next hour with Darris Blackford and Alli Hile, we think you'll understand why that title fits the event. Darris serves as Race Director, drawing on a wealth of experience as he helps organize one of the Midwest's finest marathons. Alli was the original Marathon Mile Patient Champion representing Nationwide Children's Hospital -- the primary beneficiary of Columbus Marathon's extraordinary fundraising...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Building off our listener questions from last episode, we're helping create a portfolio of workouts that will help you improve with low risk of over training, burnout, or injury!
Jun 02, 2025•53 min
We're back from Spring Break with a conversation about your questions: What are the best applicable lessons from the elite races at Boston and London for amateur runners? How can we adapt my training for summer heat? How can we use heat & humidity to enhance my training? Are my training sessions turning into races? What are indicators I can use to control effort levels in workouts? How much time should I spend training at 5K pace in preparation for a 5K race? We're discussing these topics to...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 1 min
After a recap of the 129th Boston Marathon, we unpack Conner Mantz's training block, analyzing the past 10 weeks of mileage, long runs, workouts, paces, racing, cross training, taper, and more! We're diving deep into all the details that helped build the second fastest American marathoner ever. Finally, we close by previewing the London Marathon. It features one of the most accomplished fields in marathon history.
Apr 22, 2025•54 min
Earlier this week I shared a conversation with New Balance Boston Coach Mark Coogan. He is truly one of distance running's great sages. His team includes current lions of our sport like Elle St. Pierre, Heather MacLean, and recent addition Parker Valby. Mark shares tales from New England's rich running tradition and his own elite career on the track, grass, and roads. We also unpack specific workouts that have yielded his athletes Olympic appearances and World Championships medals. But more impo...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Who is the greatest American female distance runner ever? We're back with Part 2 of our bracket. Last week we crowned Frank Shorter as King, who will be his Queen? Questions comments, or show ideas? Email us: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com Enjoy the show? We'd love your feedback in a 5 star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! columbusrunning.com
Mar 29, 2025•57 min
Who is the greatest American male distance runner ever? It's time to decide in our March Madness style Sweet 16 bracket. We're comparing 16 of the best ever from mile up to marathon, crossing eras, offering a lesson in our sport's history, and picking the GOAT. Next time, we'll turn our attention to the women's bracket. Questions, comments, or show ideas? Email us: secondsflapodcast@gmail.com Enjoy the show? We'd love your feedback in a 5 star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! columbusrunning...
Mar 18, 2025•54 min
How are shoe brands testing their professional athletes and their shoes? How will the super shoes of the future look and feel? What is the life span of your racing shoe? How often should you wear super shoes as part of your training? What are the best practices for attacking the uphills and downhills at the Boston Marathon? Jinger Gottschall of New Balance joins us this week answering all these questions and more! www.columbusrunning.com Questions, comments, or show ideas? Email us: secondsflatp...
Feb 27, 2025•55 min
In February 2021 Hobbs Kessler recorded the fastest indoor mile ever by a U.S. high school runner. Last week he moved to number two on the all-time world rankings with his 3:46 mile at the Millrose Games. In between, Hobbs inked a pro contract with adidas, won the mile at the World Road Running Championships, and made the Paris Olympics in both the 800m and 1500m, finishing fifth in the 1500. Recently, Phil and I had the joy of sharing an hour with Hobbs. We chatted about the special significanc...
Feb 18, 2025•53 min
Karaoke. Seafood. How do we grade Parker Valby's pro debut? Cam Myers v. Hobbs Kessler, who has the brighter future? Is Ethan Strand the next great American miler? Millrose Games or Super Bowl, what are you watching? & More!
Feb 06, 2025•37 min
Thank you for all the emails! This week we're tackling the hot topics of best practices for restructuring a training week when life happens, recovery tools, frozen food indulgences, where to go if you are targeting a PR marathon or half marathon, activation, and dynamic warmups. Enjoy! Our warm-up drill sequence mentioned in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_la6oN1hUx8 columbusrunning.com
Jan 18, 2025•55 min
The late North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano said, "Every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things." Our friend Blake Pratt epitomizes Jimmy V's words as a champion of the running community and top notch masters athlete. Blake has poured his energy into uplifting fellow runners. His string of recent personal bests prove we are all better together. We're excited to share Blake's story as we enter a new year. We hope it inspires you and encourages yo...
Jan 07, 2025•56 min
Happy new year! We're wrapping 2024 with a conversation about what we learned this year and our favorite things in running & culture. Thanks for listening in 2024! Send us your questions, comments, & episode ideas for 2025: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com columbusrunning.com
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 5 min
We celebrate Max's BIG personal best and Travis shares the raw emotions of his race experience in our CIM race recap episode. Thanks for sharing the training & racing journeys with us this fall! Columbus 10K $5 discount code: TravisGsentme25 www.columbusrunning.com Have a question, comment, or show idea? Email us: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min
It's race week! We're discussing taper plans, race strategy, fueling, and more. Plus, we have a listener question on training paces, and a recap of recent action at Valencia and Fukuoka. If you're racing CIM check out Mile 135 for more details on course strategy! It's your last chance to email secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com with race predictions and/or questions for our panel. Email to win shoes or apparel from our partners at New Balance and Columbus Running Company. columbusrunning.com
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 16 min
We're two weeks out from CIM & the guys are recapping their last big training weeks! Join the conversation and email us your training questions and/or race predictions to: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com YouTube links to the exercises described by Dr. Phil in episode 191: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/V1NKta2znwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKl5UoiG5c
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 16 min
We're back for a training update from the boys on their road to CIM. Max piles up the mileage and the frequent flyer miles, Travis experiments with new long run workouts and airs his running pet peeves, and Doctor Phil offers great insights into strength and mobility protocols for hip flexor issues. Send us your training questions for the panel: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com. We'll be randomly drawing winners for shoe and apparel giveaways from our partners at New Balance and Columbus Running Com...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 19 min
We're on the road to CIM! Magic Max Hoffman, a man with long-term OTQ aspirations, joins the show, as he and Travis prep for California International Marathon. We'll follow their training and racing through marathon day on 12/8/24. Thanks to New Balance for partnering with us for this series! Send in your questions for the panel for a chance to win a pair of shoes or shorts courtesy of New Balance. secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com columbusrunning.com
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 24 min
In Chicago, Phil spent four hours grooming with otters at the aquarium and Josh's "bathroom routine was bangin'," but how did the Doctor and the Bad Boy race? We hear about their taper week, marathon, and training reflections in the final installment of our Chicago Marathon series. Thanks to Columbus Running Company and OOFOS for making the Windy City Chronicles possible!
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Josh and the Bad Boy return to take you through their last big week of training. It was a roller coaster ride of illness, rolled ankles, and a hurricane. Special guest Miles Bryan joins us as well. He shares his sub-3 Chicago training and racing plan. We conclude the episode with a series of questions/answers about tapering, fueling, and race execution. Good luck to the boys in Chicago!
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr 20 min
The Bad Boy and The Doctor are back for a big episode loaded with training week updates and listener questions about how many times per week the guys run fast sessions (and why) and their nutrition program. To close out, Dr. Phil introduces his new training question segment, "The Doctor is In," asking about best practices for the final long runs. Send your questions to secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com to enter our OOFOS road to Chicago giveaway columbusrunning.com
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Josh goes to altitude in Arizona while Phil trains through the South Carolina summer heat. Hear the latest on their training for Chicago as we reach 6 weeks from race day. Also, our panel considers a listener question about using heart rate in marathon training / racing. Send your questions to secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com to enter our OOFOS road to Chicago giveaway! columbusrunning.com
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Dr. Phil and Josh "Bad Boy of Buffalo" Behuniak are on the road to the Chicago Marathon. We are documenting their journey in a five-part series. Join us for training insights, racing strategy, and details on an OOFOS giveaway. Welcome to the Windy City Chronicles! columbusrunning.com Have a question, comment, or show idea? Email us: secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com
Aug 24, 2024•50 min
Thanks to a listener question we are discussing which categories of workouts we prioritize at different phases of a marathon training cycle. But first, we consider which Olympic races had the most significance for the future of distance running, and we introduce our new upcoming training series. columbusrunning.com secondsflatpodcast@gmail.com
Aug 18, 2024•58 min
Welcome to Part 9 of The Road to L.A. ‘84, our multi-episode retrospective on the 40th anniversary of a seminal moment in a golden era of marathoning. In this episode our journey reaches its climax — the 1984 Olympic marathons. 40 years later, here’s the story of the most awaited 26.2 mile foot races in Olympic history…
Aug 12, 2024•35 min
