Every runner has a starting line that didn't look like a starting line. For Lilia Martinez, hers looked like a dance floor. Ballet first, then tap, then jazz, the thing that finally stuck because it gave her room to move without a script. Running wasn't the plan. It showed up later, the way a lot of meaningful things do, in the form of a New Year's resolution with roommates and a half marathon she signed up for without fully understanding what she'd agreed to. That's basically the whole theme...

INTRODUCING: The After Dark Tour Series, Embracing The Starting Line With Emily Abbate Every run is a new version of you. That's the thing nobody tells you when you're standing there in your first pair of running shoes, wondering if you're allowed to call yourself a runner yet. You are. You already are. You were the moment you decided to lace up, not the moment someone else decided you'd earned it. In the first episode of our After Dark Tour series, I’m sitting down with Emily Abbate from t...

Episode 150. Come Back It's not about being away. It's about coming back. Could be about coming back to running or the team or racing or coming back to record another podcast after a few weeks away. This episode is all about making sure that if and when you decide to come back you come back as best as you can and coming back as best as you can means doing... well, you're going to need to listen to the episode to find out what exactly you need to do to come back as best as you can. Cheer...

Episode 149. Lessons From The Road I've been on the road a lot lately. I was in Berlin. I was in Washington, DC. I was in Boston. I was in London. I was in Copenhagen. I was in Amsterdam. I was in New Jersey. I'm in Chicago. And I'll be in Bolder in just a few days. Explains why this episode is being dropped a few days later than usual. Also explains my inability to fall asleep when it's time for bed. But all this travel also inspired this episode. Because all this travel has inspired me. Act...

Episode 148. Running Isn't Complicated. Runners Are. Sure, running may seem complicated. But, it's not. Don't let the internet and social media fool you. Running is a simple sport. It's the runners that make it complicated. And that's what also makes the sport so interesting and always fresh. You are in fact a new version of yourself each and every time you come back to the starting line for a new run. So, sit back or start a run or go for a walk and enjoy this episode where I bre...

Episode 147. 5 Ways To Build More Endurance Endurance. You need it for just about anything great in life. And that absolutely includes running. Because running is one of the great things in life. That's why we're going to talk about some way to build more endurance so you can run and live more. Some of the ways are obvious. Which is why they get overlooked. And some are not so obvious. Which is why they also get overlooked. Well, none of them will get overlooked by you anymore... assuming you...

Episode 146. Racing Better For so many racing your best only means running your fastest. Not only does that mentality limit the your chances for a successful race it also lowers your chances at running your fastest. So, we're going to talk about ways you can race better so you have your best chance at racing your best. And I'll have you know that I recorded this episode in a hotel room in London and we all know that episodes of Coach Bennett's Podcast recorded ion hotel rooms tend...

Episode 145. I WROTE A BOOK! Seriously. I did. I wrote a book! And I want you to read it. Because I'm really proud of it and I believe that it's a book that both runners and non-runners alike will enjoy and be better for having read it. It's called This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running. It's dropping on September 1st, 2026 but it is available for pre-order now. This episode gives you some background on how this all came to be, why I wrote the book, what's in the book, who the book ...

Episode 144. STOP There's a whole lot of stuff that runners do that they shouldn't do. The cool thing is that if runners stop doing things they shouldn't do they'll have more time to do the things that they should do. And if you can start doing the things you should do and stop doing the things you shouldn't do then you'll have a better time doing the things you want to do and you'll do those things better. Pretty sweet how it all works out. That's why I spend this episode going over a list o...

Episode 143. New Starting Lines It's that time of year. (It's always that time of year.) We start to show up at starting lines. And not just any kind of starting lines. New starting lines. We start. We start over. We start again. And that means we need to make sure that we are ready for what's next. That's why I brought in a rock star for this episode. That's right. She's back! The one. The only. Coach Bennett the Greater aka Coach Bennett the Creator aka Show Up Society aka Tammie Bennett. S...