Just Keep Running with Evan Blakeney
A podcast for beginner and intermediate runners. We dive into all the topics and ask the questions "experts" gloss over because I'm new too.
Just Keep Running with Evan Blakeney
Latest Episodes
The Hardest Sport You've Never Heard Of: Tower Running & Time Under Tension with PJ Glassey
PJ Glassey has spent almost 40 years testing what actually works in strength training, and it led him somewhere weird: racing up skyscraper stairwells. In this episode, the founder of XGYM breaks down fast twitch vs. slow twitch muscle fibers, ...
The Epoxy Contractor Who Runs 300-Mile Races — Jason Geroux
Jason Geroux — known online as The Maine Viking — has run dozens of ultramarathons including 19 100-milers, and this spring he ran 300 miles solo through the Arizona desert using his own house as an aid station. In this episode, recorded in per...
When Life Gets in the Way: Sick, Sleepless & Behind on Training
Can one bad week of missed runs ruin your marathon training? I got sick partway through a training block — a chest cold, three nights of awful sleep, and a week where everything that could go wrong did — and in this solo episode I think out lou...
Am I Doing Zone 2 Wrong
Zone 2 training is low-intensity, aerobic-base running — but the hardest part isn't the science, it's one simple question: how do you actually know when you're in Zone 2?Most runners rely on the heart rate zones their watch hands them. T...
Ice Baths for Runners: What I Got Wrong (and What the Science Actually Says)
Ice bath for runners — does cold water immersion actually help recovery, or is it just marketing hype? In this episode, I dig into the peer-reviewed research to find out and answer the questions every runner has but nobody seems to address....