Personal Best
Personal Best is a show for everyone interested in fitness, health, and wellness. It features interviews with people from across the athletic spectrum from runners, cyclists, and triathletes to climbers, yogis, and masters athletes, to visionaries upending the status quo in their sport and those who’ve devoted their lives to improving the health of others. We get the latest from the experts on nutrition, injury prevention, training, and mental strategies for success no matter what your next goal is. In short, we’re a show for the health conscious. For the active, fit person who is trying to live his or her best life.
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Episode 4: The Track Star
Florence Meiler is 83 and a track and field powerhouse.
24 min
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Episode 3: The Fitness Guru
Keoni Hudoba lost more than 140 pounds, became a fitness trainer, and now helps others transform their lives.
44 min
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Episode 2: The Trailblazer
Ayesha McGowan wants to become the first female African American professional cyclist.
43 min
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Episode 1: The Mayor of Running
An interview with the Mayor of Running, Bart Yasso
35 min
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Welcome to Personal Best!
Personal Best is a show for everyone interested in fitness, health, and wellness.
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Episode 70: A Crazy Run
What it takes to be really, really good at a beer mile; a final goodbye to our listeners.
54 min
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Episode 69: Run Forever
How you can run just three days a week and still maximize your running potential.
49 min
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Episode 68: Jeff Galloway
A chat with the lifetime runner and creator of the famous run-walk-run method; a detailed discussion on how to make yourself poop before a run.
59 min
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Episode 67: Desiree Linden
The Olympic marathoner goes over proper pacing, her favorite music, and a newfound joy in good bourbon.
56 min
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Episode 66: Air Force Tested
Two staffers attempt the Air Force’s physical fitness test.
54 min
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Episode 65: Run Your Best Fall Race
We’re answering your general training questions, with a focus on getting you in top shape for fall half and full marathons.
46 min
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Episode 64: Running Through Grief
Jordan Hasay discusses her meteoric rise as a runner, and how the sport helped her cope after the death of her mother.
57 min
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Episode 64: Running Through Grief
Jordan Hasay discusses her meteoric rise as a runner, and how the sport helped her cope after the death of her mother.
57 min
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Episode 63: The Runner’s Heart
A roundtable discussion about the issues of cardiac safety and running.
53 min
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Episode 62: Beers, Burgers, and Running
Noah Droddy discusses his breakthrough year over some beers; and how to grill the perfect burger this summer.
42 min
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Episode 61: Common Running Terms
We test the Runner’s World staff to see if how well we know the words and phrases we use all the time; elite marathoner Diego Estrada shares how he refocuses when things don’t go according to plan.
65 min
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Episode 60: The Secrets for Peak Performance
Discovering the practices and strategies that boost your athletic endeavors; the benefits of massage for runners.
72 min
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Episode 59: Deena, Dogs, and Shoes
How to win the mental game of running; the best way to run with your pooch; navigating the speciality running store for new kicks.
43 min
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Episode 58: Kara Goucher
The highs and lows of running, and why it’s so easy to fall in love with the sport; answering your most pressing running shoe questions.
66 min
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Episode 57: Nick Symmonds
The two-time Olympian talks about goals for his final year, and what’s next when he retires at the end of the year.
55 min
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Episode 56: Boston Bound?
David Willey concludes his dramatic "moonshot" training season at the Bayshore Marathon.
57 min
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Episode 55: Lauren Fleshman
Life as a mother, coach, writer, and advocate for running; the last installment of David Willey’s “Moonshot” marathon quest before his big race.
102 min
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Episode 54: Finding a Competitive Edge
Why top NASCAR drivers use running to help them on the track.
24 min
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Episode 53: The Almost 2-Hour Marathon
Breaking down what we learned and what’s to come after Nike’s Breaking2 attempt.
82 min
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Episode 52: Nike CEO Mark Parker
One of the visionaries behind the Breaking2 project and his love for the sport; the joys and pitfalls of running while pregnant.
64 min