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Running and fitness podcasts are the perfect training companion — something to absorb while you're logging miles, lifting, or recovering. The best ones bring coaching expertise, sports science, athlete interviews, and motivational storytelling to your earbuds. Whether you're training for your first 5K or your tenth ultra, chasing a marathon PR or building general fitness, there's a podcast here that was made for your miles. Browse briefs to find the episodes worth pausing for.
One of the most consistently useful running podcasts for serious runners — Run to the Top interviews coaches, researchers, elite athletes, and physiologists on everything from lactate threshold training to injury prevention, taper strategies, and fueling for marathons. Coach Tina Muir's approach is evidence-based and practical. Ideal for runners who want to get smarter about their training.
The definitive podcast for trail runners and ultramarathoners, featuring conversations with elite trail athletes (Scott Jurek, Kilian Jornet, Courtney Dauwalter), race directors, and coaches. Trail Runner Nation covers everything from 50K training to multi-day races, nutrition, gear, and the mindset required to run in the mountains for a very long time.
Former entertainment lawyer turned ultraman triathlete Rich Roll interviews athletes, scientists, artists, and spiritual teachers about the intersection of endurance, health, and meaning. Rich Roll is one of the most wide-ranging fitness podcasts — guests include David Goggins, Brené Brown, and plant-based nutrition researchers. Episodes routinely run three hours and are worth every minute.
Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman produces the most rigorously science-based fitness content in podcasting. His episodes on hypertrophy, cardiovascular training, zone 2 and VO2 max training, sleep and recovery, and cold exposure are dense with actionable protocols. The fitness tools episodes are among the most downloaded in podcast history.
Sport psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais works with elite athletes and interviews the world's best performers — from Olympic gold medalists to NFL players — about the mental side of high performance. Finding Mastery is essential for runners and athletes who recognize that physical training is only half the equation. Episodes with Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson, and free solo climber Alex Honnold are extraordinary.
Running journalist Mario Fraioli produces intimate, long-form conversations with runners and athletes that explore the full life of a person who runs — not just training, but how running intersects with family, career, injury, aging, and identity. One of the most human running podcasts available, with guests ranging from Olympic medalists to everyday runners with extraordinary stories.
Nike's official podcast features top coaches, athletes, and scientists discussing performance, recovery, and the science of sport. Production quality is exceptional — guests have included Eliud Kipchoge, Serena Williams, and world-leading researchers on exercise physiology. Trained is the big-budget entry in running and fitness podcasting, and it shows in the depth of access and quality of conversation.
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