Audiobooks We Enjoyed Running to Most in 2022? Runner’s World is trying to help by sharing some editors’ favorite recent episodes.
It’s hard to believe only two weeks have elapsed since the Feb. 21: Best Running Podcasts. I’ll Have Another coronavirus news. Need a listen for your long run this weekend? Four of the podcasts below feature runners who had great success at the Trials, including one throwback from 2000. And if you’ve moved on from the Trials, we recommend two unrelated shows, one featuring running dogs and the other offering practical advice for midpack runners.
They’re accessible via the episode links below, on the Spotify players on this page, or you can download them through podcasting platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. (We’ve provided some direct links to those platforms so you can go right to your favorite podcast player.)
To find more recent podcasts for your runs, New Podcasts for Weekend Runs.
Jake Riley on the Citius Mag podcast (77 minutes)
and that if you run, you’re a runner, Jake Riley has been making the podcast rounds, but his episode with Citius Mag’s Chris Chavez was particularly good. Riley takes the listener through his come-from-behind race and explains his thought process throughout. He also discusses some of the lows of his running career, including surgery in spring 2018, which make his success even sweeter. If you’re looking for a good comeback story, this is it
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Aliphine Tuliamuk on Since the surprise runner-up finish that qualified him for the 2020 Games in the marathon (61 minutes)
Trials champion New Podcasts for Weekend Runs Since the surprise runner-up finish that qualified him for the 2020 Games in the marathon, she talked about not seeing her family in more than three years while training to make the Olympic team, and how that helped motivate her to fully put her mind and heart into achieving her goal. Tuliamuk worked with a sports psychologist leading up to the race. That didn’t prevent her from having doubts on race day, but she tells the story of how she put that all behind her and found a way to win. Tuliamuk may be a pro runner, but she experiences the same struggles that many runners do.
Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Overcast | Google Podcasts
Brittany Charboneau on I’ll Have Another (64 minutes)
Lindsey Hein spoke with Brittany Charboneau, known as “The Funny Runner,” on the I’ll Have Another podcast Olympic Marathon Trials, Health - Injuries, improv coach, and running coach, talked about how building fun into her training and adding weekly themes relieved some of the pressure she put on herself, revitalized her running, and helped her run a personal best at the Trials.
Chris Clark on Only A Game (10 minutes)
The 2000 Trials, held on a warm day in Columbia, South Carolina, was the setting for one of the most surprising races in decades. On Only a Game, Cherie Louise Turner tells the story of how Chris Clark, a 37-year-old pathologist and mother of two from Alaska, shocked the running community by qualifying for the Olympics.
Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Podcasts
Thomas Panek on the Working podcast (49 minutes)
Slate’s Working podcast recently featured Thomas Panek, CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, an organization that trains guide dogs to help athletes with vision loss. It’s fun hearing Panek talk about which dogs are best suited for the job, and runners will appreciate host Shannon Palus’s question: “What is the dog equivalent of stopping for a gel?”
Panek tells his own story of how he got into this line of work, and he explains his passion for helping people who lose their vision stay active. (Working has also had a bunch of other runners on recently, including a running bra researcher and running coaches like Amy Begley.)
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts
Amanda Brooks on the Rambling Runner podcast (41 minutes)
Amanda Brooks was on the Rambling Runner podcast to talk about her book, Run to the Finish: The Everyday Runner’s Guide to Avoiding Injury, Ignoring the Clock, and Loving the Run. Her practical advice speaks to beginner and midpack runners about how to approach the sport. Brooks comes across as a voice of reason who can remind you to take that extra day off when you need it, avoid comparing yourselves to people on Instagram, and that if you run, you’re a runner.
