# THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST A podcast by Dominic Schlueter. The Running Effect tells the best stories in running—and turns them into insight, inspiration, and tools to help competitive runners become greater. Every week, host Dominic Schlueter sits down with the fastest, smartest, and most inspiring people in the sport—from Olympic medalists to breakthrough athletes—to unpack the stories, lessons, and mindset behind elite performance. Whether you’re chasing a personal best or looking to understand how greatness is built, The Running Effect will make you a deeper fan of the sport—and a better runner. Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/427442ac/podcast/rss ## Latest episodes - [Fitter at 41 Than at 20: How Jeea Founder Trevor Wright Went From Hating Every Mile to Trail Running, Spartan Beasts, and a 50-Pound Drop](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/8afa4ddab559) (2026-10-26, 71 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9243063981.mp3 - [Stanford Runner to Tour de France Team in 12 Months: How Gavin Sherry Turned 3 Stress Fractures Into a Pro Cycling Career](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/c1c7d3ebcd15) (2026-10-24, 53 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3653459685.mp3 - [Two US 1500m Titles and Zero Respect: Nathan Green Fires Back at the Comment Section, Calls for Lifetime Doping Bans, and Explains Why He Keeps a Diamond League Loss Framed on His Wall](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/b2744148c98e) (2026-10-22, 75 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9466142026.mp3 - [Klaudia Kazimierska Breaks Down Her Dominant Rookie Season Under Jerry Schumacher, the Training She Keeps Secret, and a 3:54 Diamond League Win](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/f5419eb05055) (2026-10-20, 66 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1202243759.mp3 - [Alex Ostberg: Who Actually Needs Electrolytes, Why Fitness Beats Every Other Health Marker, and What Coaching a World Champion Taught Him About Race Plans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/71cdc6a64035) (2026-10-18, 63 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5635586414.mp3 - [Alex Gibby on Taking Harvard From 1 Point at the Ivy League Championships to Two NCAA Champions and What Separates Good Runners From Great Ones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/a0ef27745dbe) (2026-10-16, 68 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4553082239.mp3 - [Natasza Dudek, America's No. 1 High School Girl, on Sweeping NXN and Brooks XC, 35-Mile Weeks, and Growing Up With a National Champion Sister](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/970e6ea85a25) (2026-10-14, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2793047211.mp3 - [The Scientist Who Helped Eliud Kipchoge Break 2 Hours: Dr. Andy Jones on the Limits of Human Performance and Possibility](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/a6e6b58d32c1) (2026-10-13, 57 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8680103166.mp3 - [He Got Rejected by 217 Schools & Then Became Josh Kerr's Coach: Danny Mackey on the Road to the Mile World Record](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/bc6b483a1b86) (2026-10-11, 72 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2496325630.mp3 - [Ranked 41st of 42 in the Northeast: Todd Witzleben on Bringing Back Manhattan University, a Program That Once Won an NCAA Title, and The Keys to Rebuild Any Program](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/6afecb434616) (2026-10-09, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7334545899.mp3 - [He Ran So Fast People Asked If He Was Doping: Vinny Mauri on the 138-Mile Weeks and the 30-Mile Long Runs Behind His Chicago Build](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/fdaafab93ac7) (2026-10-07, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7565060238.mp3 - [Hit Singles, Take Walks: Sean McCafferty on the Boring Habits Behind 400 Straight Wins and How to Build a High School Cross Country Dynasty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/398665d9342f) (2026-10-05, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2605476466.mp3 - [Ethan Strand’s Breakout Rookie Year: Beating Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Cole Hocker, Inheriting a US Title From a Doper, and Why He Says Doping Makes You “Just a Bad Person”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/db111fa6ea6c) (2026-10-03, 68 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4459688775.mp3 - [Nobody Is Watching. You Are: APL on Keeping Your Word to Yourself, Faith, and the Promise Behind Every Backyard Ultra Win](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/03f9a04d5e63) (2026-10-01, 144 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8647080645.mp3 - [No Watch, No Mileage Log, No Fear: How Marcelo Mantecon Trains and Thinks as America's No. 1 High School Runner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/56b67fbe9cce) (2026-09-29, 42 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7867814974.mp3 - [Behind Graham Blanks' 12:47 5K & 7:27 3K: 6:00min Easy Days, Training Alone & Racing Jakob Ingebrigtsen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/6d46d9114d02) (2026-09-27, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7433762385.mp3 - [How to Build Muscle Without Losing Your Running Fitness: Dominic Fusco on the Training Week That Does Both, How to Fuel It, and Why Most Runners Lift Wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/43bc4c032b04) (2026-09-25, 67 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2094203596.mp3 - [The New Standard: Inside the Next Generation of BYU Distance Running with Carter Cutting, Tayvon Kitchen and Isaac Hedengren](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/94b6a7177078) (2026-09-23, 67 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3114750198.mp3 - [Alex Hutchinson, The World’s Leading Expert on the Limits of Human Performance, on the Mistimed Race That Started a 17-Second Breakthrough and Why Belief Beats Every Shoe You Can Buy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/400673595162) (2026-09-21, 61 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3298641706.mp3 - [How A 16-High 5K Guy Had The Biggest Year In Trail Running: 145 Mile Weeks, 120g Of Carbs An Hour, Leading Western States For 62 Miles, And A CCC Podium | The Year Of Hans Troyer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/8ff8b9a535de) (2026-09-19, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2219025773.mp3 - [Nike Running Coach: You’re Quitting Too Late! The Injury Deadline Every Runner Should Set, How Much Protein You Actually Need, And The Championship Mistake That Wastes Your Whole Season | Alex Osberg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/c9736f0b907b) (2026-09-17, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3980434136.mp3 - [Rocky Hansen on His Final NCAA Cross Country Season: the Ego Check That Changed How He Races, the Margins Behind His Best Year, and Why the Happy Runner Is the Fast Runner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/dd227c266f2e) (2026-09-15, 51 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3066719389.mp3 - [From Foot Locker Champion At 14 To 2:20:57 And Four Olympic Trials Without A Team: Jordan (Hasay) Hogan On Salazar's Workouts, Developing A Championship Mindset, And What She'd Do Differently](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/569f91c42434) (2026-09-13, 63 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1789862453.mp3 - ["I Just Decided I Wasn't Going to Be Scared Anymore": Colin Sahlman on the Year He Won 3 NCAA Titles, Signing With Nike, and the Chase for Olympic Gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/6db18ee3d607) (2026-09-11, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1583358710.mp3 - [America's Best Marathoner On High School Cross Country: Jess McClain's Four Nationals Appearances, Summer Heat Training, And Advice For Chasing A Golden Ticket](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/c819a3f0bb10) (2026-09-09, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4664712273.mp3 - [Sleep Science for Runners: Todd Anderson on Sleep Debt, Mouth Taping, and Marathon Performance — Plus the CO2 Tolerance You Build While Asleep That Changes Performance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/bb344eb125fb) (2026-09-07, 65 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3503789845.mp3 - ["I'd Spend A Million Dollars To Get Six Seconds Better At The 800": Riley Witt Of Bicarb 3.0 On Hot Baths That Rival Microdosed EPO, Threshold Reps At 4:00 Mile Pace & Other Science Truths](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/7dbe352c1b0e) (2026-09-03, 72 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4791350279.mp3 - ["You Don't Go To New York For A PB, You Go There To Race": European 10,000m Champion Andreas Almgren On His Marathon Debut, 200k Weeks, 37K Long Runs, And The Workouts Behind His European Gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/53bc79efaf23) (2026-09-01, 53 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1740049646.mp3 - ["Most Runners Train Too Hard": Marius Bakken, The Father Of Double Threshold, On What's Really Holding You Back, Advising The Ingebrigtsens, And The Golden Zone Behind The Norwegian Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/5c1ae8eb0478) (2026-08-30, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5424038794.mp3 - [Cory Leslie on Leaving Pro Coaching for Ole Miss: SEC Roster Limits, Why He Won't Buy Hired Guns From the Portal, and What He Tells Recruits Who Don't Have Olympic Dreams](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/7a325ce9aed9) (2026-08-28, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2279210886.mp3 - [Coach Bennett on Why It’s Cool to Care, the Difference Between Confidence and Arrogance, Why He Never Wishes His Runners Good Luck, and Coaching Athletes to Not Need You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/f63626345559) (2026-08-26, 68 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4945902397.mp3 - [Jemma Reekie on 60 Miles a Week at 5:50 Pace, Missing Olympic Bronze by 0.09, and How She Rebuilt From the Lowest Point of Her Career](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/af4b9a2af23e) (2026-08-24, 43 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1746826690.mp3 - [Alex Ostberg: The Workout That Proves Your Fitness Is Usually The One That Ends Your Season, What Bicarb Actually Does To Your Body, And Why Your Willpower Will Always Lose To Your Environment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/d66e2bb09548) (2026-08-22, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1054459725.mp3 - [Cortney Berling on Why Runners Underfuel Without Knowing It: Carb Timing Around Workouts, What to Eat Before a Cross Country Race, and Why Craving Sugar Isn't a Willpower Problem](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/9acf99baad63) (2026-08-20, 59 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2323059123.mp3 - [Inside Josh Kerr's Mind the Week of the Mile World Record: His Sport Psychologist on the Time Trial That Felt Too Easy, the Cue He Gave Him Race Morning, and the Flow State Behind 3:42.66 WR](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/333e8a631ba9) (2026-08-18, 66 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9728477167.mp3 - [Never Talent. Never Fear. Always Within 1%. Pete Julian on Coaching Rupp, Farah, Centro, the Mindset of Champions, and What Separates the Good From the Great](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/d67c39358b39) (2026-08-16, 65 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9578168030.mp3 - [Inside the Rise of Trenton Sandler: How a Lifelong Soccer Player Ran 1:55, Got Recruited to the SEC, and Coached Himself to a 3:42 1500](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/3b4b79b5854c) (2026-08-14, 40 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6496812902.mp3 - [From Mike Smith's Assistant to Running the Dynasty: NAU's Jarred Cornfield on the System Behind 6 Titles, Keeping It Alive in a New NCAA, and Coaching Colin Sahlman to 3x NCAA Titles](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/805234b1a1a4) (2026-08-12, 74 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8034724858.mp3 - [The Running Scientist: How Low Testosterone Can Make You Faster, The 4 Supplements That Actually Work, & The Warm-Up That Wins a 5K PR | Dr. Bill Evans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/15e1273c4d87) (2026-08-10, 79 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6278848098.mp3 - [From Wake Forest to Full-Time Counselor: Ashley Bastron on Leaving Coaching at Her Peak, the Eating Disorder Crisis in Running, and Putting People Over Results](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/c0a77c2dce2e) (2026-08-08, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6905318514.mp3 - [From 9th at NCAAs to US Steeplechase Champion: Nate Mountain on the Collapse, the Mental Reset, and the Dive That Won Him a National Title + An Inside Look At His PRO Career](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/7d7e2a13c381) (2026-08-06, 41 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4013157293.mp3 - [From 9 National Titles as a Kid to 1:42 as a Pro: Brandon Miller on Beating the Olympic Champion, his 30 Mile Training Weeks, and Kicking Past Cooper Lutkenhaus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/27ff9113960f) (2026-08-04, 59 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4139349931.mp3 - [Eric Avila on How to Actually Get Recruited to Run in College: Why Almost Any Runner Can Earn a Scholarship, How NIL Deals Really Work, and What Coaches Are Looking For](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/3b4d2b05b895) (2026-08-02, 67 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6795227508.mp3 - [How Fast Do You Really Lose Fitness? Alex Osberg on the Science of Detraining, Strategic Rest, and Coming Back Faster After Time Off](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/58af5b51899c) (2026-07-31, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2573535358.mp3 - [How Ryan Cole Made Air Force an NCAA Powerhouse: An Inside Look at the Service Academy Few Runners Ever See, the Culture Behind It, and Why the NCAA Has Nothing Like It](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/777efa52177e) (2026-07-29, 70 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7867194991.mp3 - [UNC's New Women's Distance Coach: Ann Dunn on How She Landed the Job, What It Takes to Make It to D1, and Trying to Win an NCAA Title](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/6828e622f70b) (2026-07-27, 53 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1749106027.mp3 - [The Mental Performance Coach Behind NAU's Championships: Shannon Thompson on How Runners Train the Mind to Race Without Fear, Break Through Plateaus, and Become Their Best](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/b2274f090390) (2026-07-24, 63 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4099727529.mp3 - [How Trevor Giampa Runs Sub-2:30 Marathons While Benching 315: Inside the Brutal Training Schedule of the Hardest-Working Hybrid Athlete Alive](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/c1d5ae8feb7b) (2026-07-22, 50 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6073134521.mp3 - [A Coffee Table. A Dog Crate. The Top of the Empire State Building. Jacob Cohen on Quitting Investment Banking to Become the Internet's 5K Guy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/d73b549bfe71) (2026-07-20, 46 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5598390677.mp3 - [From One Spot Off the Olympic Team to 12:49 5k and a Pre Classic Title: Parker Wolfe on Consistency, Beating Grant Fisher, and His Rookie Pro Year For The Ages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1636889625/d4057f00d9d4) (2026-07-18, 47 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9335843091.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.