Podcast #62 | Yes, you can run your goal race pace! The little-known reason why marathon training works.

Running race pace in training always feels 10x harder than it actually will during your race. If you’ve got a big goal race coming up and you feel like you are barely hanging on right now, then take a sigh of relief, trust the process, and know that you can do it. Believe in yourself. This week’s episode of The Knighton Runs Podcast is all about cumulative fatigue and why, “YES,” you can run your race pace for the entire race if you’ve been following a good training program.

Podcast #59 | How to Train for Your First Marathon w/ Jane Springston (@runningwithjane)

There are so many factors that are going to affect how to best prepare for your first marathon. Who you are, your experience level, your ability, your age, your goals, and your timeline are just some of the things you need to take into account when planning out your training.

On this week’s episode of The Knighton Runs Podcast, Running Coach and YouTube Creator Jane Springston shares her 10+ year journey from “just finish” beginner marathoner, to qualifying for the Boston Marathon, to coaching others to do the same.

In this episode, we give you the strategies you need to get started training the right way. We discuss the importance of longevity in the sport of running and how to improve from training cycle to training cycle.

Podcast #58 | The Biggest Lessons We’ve Learned As Coaches with Jessie Gruca (@running.with.roses & @runningexplained)

When you continually challenge yourself and do the work that you love, the person you are today is vastly wiser and more experienced than the person you were just a few years ago.

I certainly feel this way when it comes to how I coach my athletes.

On this week’s episode of The Knighton Runs Podcast, I chat with my friend and fellow running coach Jessie Gruca about the biggest lessons we’ve learned over the years as coaches and how those lessons have shaped us into the coaches and people we are today.

Podcast #57 | Four Signs of Increasing Fitness (that aren’t pace related)

You’re running day after day, putting in the miles, getting in the workouts, but despite all of that your everyday easy run pace just isn’t getting faster! How do you know if your training is working? In this episode of The Knighton Runs Podcast, Coach Chris teaches four signs of increasing fitness that are not pace related and explains why your easy run pace is simply not a good indicator of increasing fitness.

Podcast #56 | The Habits of Champions

Are champions born or made? This week, my wife Erica and I led our high school track and field team to an undefeated dual meet season and the title of Division Champions. From day one of practice, we worked hard to establish a winning culture on our team. We instilled the Habits of Champions into our athletes.

What makes a champion? How can you embody the habits of champions and become one too?