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.
Episodes
12 episodes
My First Marathon: The 20 Miler I Skipped and the Goal I’m Chasing
Do you actually need a 20 mile long run before your first marathon? Wheredid that number even come from, and what happens if you skip it onpurpose? I ran a 2:21 half marathon in March. On October 4th I’m running...
The Guy Who Gaslit Me Into Running - Stefan Heisler on His First 100 Miler
Stefan Heisler is one of my best friends from college, and he is the reason I run at all. A year ago he sent me a text about how running fits nicely around work and kids. That text ended with me standing on a mountain in New Hampshire wondering...
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Nita Sweeney: Sixty Seconds of Jogging Changed Everything
Nita Sweeney started running at 49, and it started with sixty seconds of jogging in a hidden ravine with her dog. She was severely depressed, out of shape, and convinced her neighbors would laugh at her. She's now a marathoner, an ultra runner,...
The Loudest Voice in Running: Fitz Koehler on Weak Hips, Wild Finish Lines, and 400 Schools That Run Before Class
Heads up before you listen: Fitz shares a specific calorie formula in this episode that's worked for a lot of her clients. It's a simplification — it doesn't account for height, age, sex, or how much you're training. If you're training f...
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....
All or Nothing: Training, Fueling, and HYROX with Joe Mello
What does it actually take to run 60 miles a week, lift heavy multiple times a week, and still show up for HYROX competitions — without falling apart? Joe Mello figured it out the hard way. He grew up playing baseball in the ...
13.1 Miles of Lessons: What I Got Wrong Training for My First Half Marathon
13.1 miles. It’s not superhuman — millions of people do it every year. But for me, finishing my first half marathon was a genuinely big deal. And not because I crushed it. I didn’t. I finished well below the average time, my knee was a question...
Do You Need a Running Watch? My Used Garmin 955 Solar Review
Do you need a running watch to be a “real” runner? In this first episode of Just Keep Running, Evan Blakeney shares his honest experience buying a used Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar on eBay for $250 — what works, what doesn’t, and whether a watch...
