Martha Runs the World Podcast

Send us Fan Mail#376 - The vitamin and supplement industry makes billions of dollars per year, much of it from athletes, like us runners. My question this week is: Do runners need supplements? This is...

Send us Fan Mail#375 - No matter where we run, road or trail, we're board to encounter animals. What kind of run does determine what kind of animal you'll meet. In the contiguous North Ameri...

Send us Fan Mail#374 - The long run is the most important run in your running week. It can also sometimes cause you the most trouble. This week, I revisit the long run (I previously recorded an episod...

Send us Fan Mail#373 - Running is an expensive sport. It CAN be a very expensive sport, but it doesn't have to be, if we choose where to spend our money. This week, I give you guidance and some i...

Send us Fan Mail#372 - Have you ever heard a runner call say someone else wasn't "a real runner"? Have you heard someone call someone disparagingly "a jogger"? This person is ...

Send us Fan Mail#371 - This week, I'm taking a close look at some of the problems with NCAA Track. With the introduction of revenue sharing in collegiate sports, does this announce the ending of ...

Send us Fan Mail#370 - If you want a great workout, hit the stairs! I did an entire episode on stair workouts and it is a great way to up your running game. I take to another level this week by hostin...

Send us Fan Mail#369 - For us runners, it's a constant battle between our logical brain and our emotions. Sometimes we need logic and in other times we need our emotions. There are times when one...

Send us Fan Mail#368 - Even us experienced runners goof up. This week's episode is for all runners, beginners and non-beginners who may not remember everything that can help us on our runs and ra...

Send us Fan Mail#367 - You may yourself, how did I get here? Yes, sometimes on long, hard runs or races that aren't going well, I think of the Talking Heads. What else fits so well? On this, the ...

Send us Fan Mail#366 - Chris Avery is a streak runner. Usually streak runners keep their streaks going with one to three miles a week. Chris these days is running 17 miles a day. But he's working...

Send us Fan Mail#365 - The minute we decide to start running, we're changed. And on that first run, we will never be the same again. This week, I talk about the extraordinary ways running changes...

Send us Fan Mail#364 - To start 2026 off right, I thought I would address some issues we runners have, and yes, I have these issues myself. Sometimes when we're disappointed in our running it can...

Send us Fan Mail#363 - This week, I talk about some things I want to leave behind in 2025 and what I look forward to in 2026 in running. I enjoy reflecting back on the past year and how it can be impr...

Send us Fan Mail#362 - Do you have a trail that you absolutely love but you don't want to tell others about it? Maybe it's one that's quieter than the more popular ones, maybe it's...

Send us Fan Mail#361 - Last week, I gave some great options for easy to buy, not-too-expensive running gifts for the runners in your life, including yourself! This week, I'm asking Santa for a fe...

Send us Fan Mail#360 - It's the Annual Gifts for Runners Show! I help you find the perfect gifts for the runners in your life, including yourself! Yes! Important to take care of ourselves as well...

Send us Fan Mail#359 - Rob Sembiante has attempted and finished race distances that many of us wouldn't even think about starting. He counts Antarctica, the Dolomites and 300 miles through the Ut...

Send us Fan Mail#358 - Us runners know that Thanksgiving means one thing - Turkey Trots! This year, I not only give some updated numbers of just how much Turkey Trots have grown, but I also share a bi...

Send us Fan Mail#357 - There may be a time when something happens in our lives that completely upends our running plans. Maybe we have a serious injury or we lose our job or we go through a divorce. W...

Send us Fan Mail#356 - On Veterans Day, I thought it was about time I give thanks to those to are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice so that we can live our lives and run our races. I give lots of...

Send us Fan Mail#355 - It's THAT time of year! Daylight Savings Time just ended and sure, we got an extra hour of sleep this past weekend, but with that, the sunlight lessens each day until late ...

Send us Fan Mail#354 - Every year, I release an episode about haunted places around the world. The prerequisite must be that they are near great running locations. This year is no exception as I talk ...

Send us Fan Mail#353 - Every runner at some moment gets bored with our training. Maybe we're running the same routes, maybe we feel like nothing is ever changing, maybe we just feel "blah&qu...

Send us Fan Mail#352 - I did an earlier episode helping older runners keep running. This week, I focus more on the strengths that keep older runners on the road or trail. There are some key difference...

Send us Fan Mail#351 - When I started running, it was not easy trying to find information on running. I relied on Runner's World Magazine. That was in the 1980s. RW was a top-notch magazine back ...

Send us Fan Mail#350 - This week, I talk about some things that I always do as a runner and some things I never do as a runner. I'm sure you may guess what some of these are, but I bet you won&ap...

Send us Fan Mail#349 - In a second appearance, Coach Chris Wehrman returns to help us with our running needs as we head into fall marathon season and more! Chris is a wealth of knowledge and I love ha...

Send us Fan Mail#348 - What you eat is one of the most important aspects in your running. "Garbage In, Garbage Out" is a popular phrase and with good reason because it's true. If you ea...

Send us Fan Mail#347 - Sometimes a race you love, you look forward to every year is discontinued. It leaves a hole in your heart, because that race meant so much to you. This week, I talk about a hand...

Send us Fan Mail#346 - Ever dream of running in the mountains, high above the clouds? Does the thought of a flat race send dread to your heard? Than Skyrunning just might be for you! This week, I talk...

Send us Fan Mail#345 - You found the PERFECT shoe. You love this shoe. Everything about this shoe makes running SO MUCH FUN. And then it happens. The running shoe company comes out with a new model an...

Send us Fan Mail#344 - Some runners will tell you stretching isn't important. They'll say never stretch before a run. Well, stretching can be confusing. Sometimes, Dynamic Stretching, or Dyn...

Send us Fan Mail#343 - After running for a while, we learn so much about ourselves and when we're capable of doing. Perhaps we learn we're stronger than we ever thought we were, or that the ...

Send us Fan Mail#342 - This week, I talk about Czech runner Emil Zatopek who many consider the greatest runner of all time. Although there are others who could also be considered this, He could defini...

Send us Fan Mail#341 - One of the ways European Ultraraces are so different from American ones is that you'll see many more races use trekking poles in Europe. They know that these skinny sticks ...

Send us Fan Mail#340 - Over our years as runners, we go through A LOT of gear. Some, we find, is no longer useful to us, or we find a better product and we put the old item aside. This week, I talk ab...

Send us Fan Mail#339 - So, you're on your run and all of a sudden, you come across a flight of stairs, either going up a trail or a hillside in the city. Do you groan to yourself before you tackl...

Send us Fan Mail#338 - This week, I have a secret I want to share with you. Maybe what I tell you in this week's episode has never been shared with you before, so let me be the first! This just m...

Send us Fan Mail#337 - The meteoric rise of ultraraces has created a few growing pains. Some of these are to be expected. With more and more road runners turning to trail races, it's no surprise ...

Send us Fan Mail#336 - Yes, I DNF'd my Cool Moon 50 race last week, but my trip to Auburn and Lake Tahoe was so much more than a failed race attempt. I tell you all about it this week. I tell you...

Send us Fan Mail#335 - This week, I share my 20th year of sobriety with you and what it means to me. 20 years, wow! Sometimes, I can't believe it's been that long. I'm so happy in sobri...

Send us Fan Mail#334 - Robyn Godfrey found her joy in running in her 40s. She tells her running story to me this week and how she decided to finish all six Major Marathons (and now there are seven). H...

Send us Fan Mail#333 - One of my goals is to give you listeners a glimpse at some of the best trails there are, just waiting to be hiked or run. The John Muir Trail is a mid-length trail, named after ...

Send us Fan Mail#332 - There are long races, Cocodona 350, Vol State 500k, and then there's the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. This race is like no other. It is as much a personal...

Send us Fan Mail#331 - This past weekend, I had the pleasure of running one of the distances of the 2025 Napa Wilderness Race. It was a great and difficult race! I had planned to run the half marathon...

Send us Fan Mail#330 - You may have seen those terrific videos of Kenyan runners warming up with the various active exercises before they run. Those are plyometric exercises. This week, I talk about t...

Send us Fan Mail#329 - Remember the phrase "Go Big or Go Home?" Yeah, I got tired of it too. Unfortunately, I still hear it and see runners suggesting that they're not doing enough. Wel...

Send us Fan Mail#328 - I've done previous episodes about how to stay safe, but what if things go very badly for you on your trail run? This is a guide to help prevent many of the very traumatic t...

Send us Fan Mail#327 - David Amerland's dedication to fitness is evident as soon as we began talking. He switched careers midstream to follow what he loved rather than what he had studied for, ch...