Knighton Runs Blog

Ciara Carter is a behavioral coach who works with runners and other athletes to overcome mental roadblocks while also helping them excel in their lives and careers. She is the host of the Run Thrive Survive Podcast. In this episode, we get into Ciara’s story and why she started Run Thrive Survive, finding your unique balance between hard work and rest, setting big goals and keeping them in perspective, staying motivated to run as the years go on, and building confidence throughout training,

Running 26.2 miles is tough on it’s own, so let’s get it over with fast! In this episode of the Run Thrive Survive Podcast, Coach Chris Knighton gives us a deep dive into not only his journey to Boston, but his proven methods that helped him increase his speed to get there!

One of the biggest mistakes runners make is running at the same pace every single day. Athletes know that every run has a purpose and you need to shift through different gears throughout the week and even within the same run to improve. In this episode of The Knighton Runs Podcast, Coach Chris teaches about the runner’s gearbox and how running at-top end speeds, tempo speeds, marathon pace, easy pace, and recovery pace with the right balance throughout the week is essential to become your best.

HWYRT The Podcast is a Semi-weekly podcast about running. Plus funny stuff.

I was honored to be interviewed for Episode 249 about changing careers to become a running coach and my journey to running the Boston Marathon in April 2022.

So you want to run your first marathon!! What do you need to know before you even start training? Running Coach Chris Knighton joins The Running Explained Podcast to discuss training for your first marathon!⁠

Implementing the concept of High / Low Training is key to improving as an athlete over time. In this episode, Coach Chris teaches how to build out your training week with workouts, recovery runs, and long runs to find the optimal level of balance and enjoyment that you’ll need to reach your running goals.

This is the second episode in a series on the essential concepts of marathon training.

Striking the balance between hard work and recovery is essential to improving as a runner. Most athletes struggle to find the right ratio between stress and rest, which often leads them down a path of wasted energy, into plateaus, and towards injury. In this episode, Coach Chris Knighton explains the balance you need to find to become a stronger and faster marathoner.

This is the first episode in a series on the essential concepts of marathon training.

Strength training for marathoners is a topic in which my views have changed tremendously over the years. In this episode, I talk about why strength training may be more important than you think and outline an easy framework for how to incorporate it into your training program.