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A quick scan of a pre-race warmup area and youâll see a rainbow array of brightly coloured drink mixes filling the bottles, beakers, and hydration packs of endurance athletes. For many, these beverages are the bridge between the hydration needs of ânormalâ people and the performance necessities of athletes, with brands touting optimized mineral blends and special formulas aimed at keeping athletes running harder for longer.
But how much are these drinks really doing for performance and how much is clever marketing aimed at capitalizing on the most basic of human needs: thirst?
With the hottest months upon us and the racing season in full swing, we welcome back Registered Dietitian Sandra Frail to dive into the salty waters of endurance hydration. Weâre taking a look at what our bodies really need to perform at their best, debunking some of the common misconceptions around electrolytes, sweat, and dehydration, and understanding the real-world strategies athletes can use to optimize their hydration and avoid pouring away extra money on pricey pee.
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Weeks after retiring from one of the greatest professional running careers in a generation, Evan Jager found himself inside a Swedish lab testing a supplement made from broccoli sprouts.
The results of those lab tests caught his attention, and before the ink was dry on his retirement letter to the sport of distance running, the Olympic silver medallist and American record holder was right back in the world of high performance.
But while heâd spent a pro career focused on running as fast as possible, this new chapter would be all about helping other athletes reach their full potential, as he became head of athlete relations for Nomio, the Swedish company behind the broccoli-powered super supplement.
Today on The Shakeout Podcast, Evan joins us to talk about how a move to Sweden set the stage for an improbable post-career pivot, what the transition to life after pro running has looked like and what it was about that first experience with a shot of broccoli juice that had him diving back into the heart of high performance sport just as quickly as heâd left.
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This week on the Shakeout Podcast host John Gay is joined by his coach Jonathan Green of Verde Track Club to breakdown the 2026 Ottawa Marathon, John's debut at the distance.
48 hours post race John and Jon review the training block leading up to Ottawa, the key workouts along the way, and the final preparation before the gun went off. From race-day strategy to tapering, recovery, and setting up the next training block, Jon shares his insights as a coach and his impressions of John's first foray into the marathon.
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For his entire adult life, Olivier Duhaime has been no stranger to taking on hard challenges. Running his first marathon at just 18 years old proved a gateway into endurance sport that would see the Gatineau native tackle events from ironmans to ultramarathons and even a multi-day cross-province run from Quebec City to Ottawa. But when a shock cancer diagnosis in late 2021 put a pause to his endurance-sport lifestyle, it presented a test of perseverance unlike any heâd faced before.
From training everyday to barely able to get out of bed, Olivier was faced with a mountain to climb that dwarfed even his longest trail ultras. But from a lifetime spent pushing his body to do the impossible he knew that at rock bottom thereâs nowhere to go but up, and after 51 rounds of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, he emerged from a years-long battle cancer free.
Next week, Olivier will make his long-anticipated return to a marathon starting line close to home at the Tamarack Homes Ottawa International Marathon, where heâll be toeing the line in support the Ottawa Hospital Foundation whose care helped save his life.
Olivier joins The Shakeout Podcast to share his journey of recovery and his return to full the intensity marathon training, and why this marathon carries extra importance as he raises awareness and funds for the future of the cause that gave him back his.
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Itâs the middle of May and if youâre a marathon runner chances are that means one of two things for you: either entering the final weeks, days, or maybe hours of your race taper or, on the other end of the spectrum, relearning the fundamentals of basic human function after your most recent date with 42.2km.
With marathon season peaking weâre diving into a topic thatâs often overlooked but critically important: recovery. And here to share their knowledge on the topic are a couple of guys who happen to know a thing or two about getting the most out of themselves on race day and bouncing back to do it all over again.
This week on The Shakeout Podcast weâre joining forces with Rory Linkletter and Jacob Thomson, professional marathoners, coaches, and hosts of the Out & Back Podcast. Fresh off a pair of Personal best performances (2:09:51 & 2:06:04, respectively) at last monthâs Boston Marathon, Rory and Jacob are here to share their pro-tips on how to nail the taper, navigate race weekend, crush your goal race, and then get your body ready to go again for the next one. So whether youâre wrapping up your build and looking to put the finishing touches on your fitness to get the most out of yourself on race day or have been there, done that and simply want to find out how you can get back to descending staircases like a normal person again, then todayâs episode is for you.
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Every sport has had its watershed moment when a new technology upends the landscape and redefines whatâs possible. Baseball had torpedo bats, swimming the Lazer swimsuits, road cycling the introduction of aerodynamic carbon frames and in running we are living through an era defined by what were first, and best, described as âsuper shoes.â
For the last decade, the shoe industry has gone into overdrive to create shoes capable of blending impossible lightness with unbelievable energy return. The holy grail sought by shoe designers in this footwear arms race: crafting the pair of shoes that would propel the first man in history to a sub 2-hour marathon performance.
As of Sunday, we are now officially living in the new sub-2 era, as not one, but two men, Kenyaâs Sabastian Sawe and Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha, tore down the two-hour marathon barrier at last weekendâs London Marathon.
While every factor imaginable aligned perfectly for these two men to take the sport somewhere no one has gone before, one factor in particular has drawn the lion's share of attention: the shoes. Both Sawe and Kejelcha ran in the just-released adidas Adios Pro Evo 3, a shoe touted as the lightest, fastest super shoe ever created.
This week on The Shakeout Podcast weâre diving into what makes these super shoes so super, and what physiological factors they impact that have helped runners achieve times long-thought impossible. To make sense of it all is Olympian and Mayo Clinic exercise physiologist Dr. Shalaya Kipp, a leading thinker in the science of shoe innovation. As one of the first researchers to quantify the running economy-improving benefits of super shoes, Shalaya reveals to us what specific factors are at play in these record-breaking shoes, how our bodies respond to these factors over the marathon distance and why runners of lesser ability might actually benefit the most from this new era of shoe tech.
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Dr. Shalaya Kipp PhD.
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Shalaya Kipp earned her PhD in Kinesiology from the University of British Columbia, where her research focused on breathing mechanics during exercise, with a particular interest in sex differences and aging. Prior to her doctoral studies, she completed a masterâs degree in Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she studied the biomechanics and energetics of human running, including early research on Nikeâs 4% Vaporfly super shoe.
Shalaya also has an extensive background as a competitive runner. She is an NCAA champion, a nine-time All-American, and has represented the United States at both the World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games.
She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she studies human performance. Outside of research, Shalaya enjoys stroller runs with her four-year-old son and two-year-old daughter.
Below is a curated list of Shalaya's running economy research:
The first "supershoe" paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-017-0811-2?cjdata=MXxZfDB8WXww&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_BOOKS_ECOM_PBOK_ALWYS_DEEPLINK_GL&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100086434&CJEVENT=d09b2ac1dcc811f0801f01d10a18b8f6
How improvements in running economy translate to improvements in performance: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00079/fullSupplementary data spreadsheet if you want to see how much a n% improvement in performance translates to your new race time: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00079/full#supplementary-material
Point-counter/point article on the pros/cons of supershoes (also called advanced footwear technology): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pmrj.70149 -
For shoe designers, bringing a new model to market is always an uphill battle, but when that model is your first foray into the running shoe industry, itâs an even steeper mountain to climb.
Fortunately for Scott Robertson, Innovation product manager at KEEN, reaching challenging summits is nothing new.
When KEEN decided that now was the time to make their presence felt in the trail running world, they needed to look no further than their own âresident dirtbagâ, whose CV includes stints as a park ranger, trail guide, rock climber and product-tester at some of the outdoor industries biggest brands.
In crafting KEEN's submission to the trail running world, Scott was equal parts innovator and test dummy, and today he joins the show to share his experience crafting the shoe that he hopes will help countless runners take the road less traveled.
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Perhaps it comes with the territory for someone with a degree in electrical engineering, but Kieran Lumb has never shied away from exploring the âWhyâ behind what heâs doing.
In the context of his current day job, running as fast as possible at distances from the 1500m to the 10k, Kieranâs curiosity has led him to explore virtually every training style under the sun, never afraid to embrace the unknown in the name maximizing performance.
That tinkererâs mindset is what pulled him from his hometown of Vancouver to Seattle, the sight of his breakthrough onto the global stage as young pro, and it is the same sense of exploration that has seen him make another move in the pursuit of excellence, this time across the world to the hub of endurance innovation, Norway.
Less than a year into this most recent training upgrade, and already with a pair of national record-hitting times on the roads this year, thereâs plenty of real-world feedback to suggest the changes made were the right ones.
This week on The Shakeout Podcast, Kieran joins the show to recap his move across the pond, what immersing himself in the now-famous âNorwegian Methodâ has looked like, and what new and exciting innovations he believes will be the next to propel his career even further forward.
To hear more of Kieran's story, be sure to check out our feature article in the latest edition of Canadian Running Magazine, available now on newsstands from coast-to-coast.
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Ben Preisner may be the 3rd fastest Canadian of all time over the marathon distance, but when he toes the line on Marathon Monday in Boston heâll be a rookie all over again.
Despite a 2:08 personal best, 3 World Championship appearances, and an Olympic Games under his belt, the 2026 Boston Marathon will be the 30 year oldâs debut at a World Marathon Major.
What makes this yearâs Boston debut even more exciting for fans of the sport has been Benâs transparency in inviting fans along for the journey towards Hopkinton through his daily Vlog, Bensmarathontraining, where heâs shared the ins and outs, highs and lows of what goes into an elite marathonerâs buildup for their goal race.
Today, Ben joins the show to recap his Boston build and share his last minute thoughts on the event before lining up alongside the best in the world for the 26.2 mile trip from Hopkinton to Boylston street.
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When Christopher Morales Williams ran his personal best in the indoor 400m in 2024 he became the firstâand onlyâman in history to dip under 44.5 seconds. Due to a faulty sensor in his starting blocks however, what should be the official world record was never ratified.
Two years later, and Morales Williams has finally gotten his shot at redemption, removing any doubt as to who the best indoor 400m runner in history really is. Two weeks ago in Poland he capped an undefeated indoor season with Gold at the world indoor championships, setting a new championship record in the process.
Still just 21 years old, Morales Williams has racked up a resume that is the envy of pros far more seasoned than he is, yet while this World championship title has been two years in the making, itâs far from the limits of where he believes his career can take him.
This week on The Shakeout Podcast, Christopher joins us to recap his record-setting run, the training that got him the gold, and some of the secrets to his success that have made him the man to beat in the one-lap race.
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The pre-race carb-load is a right of passage in the sport of distance running, but in recent years runnersâ obsession with carbohydrates has reached a level of fanaticism that puts other running trends to shame.
A growing canon of research is rewriting what we thought we knew about the bodyâs ability to process fuel during hard exercise, and with some recent studies going so far as to advocate for nearly 5 times the carb intake previously deemed effective, weâve entered into what many are calling a full-blown âcarbolutionâ.
Add to this an ever-expanding selection of goos, chews, and specially-formulated drink mixes and what used to be the domain of elite athletes has now become the norm for those serious about maximizing their race day performance at every distance, with runners of all abilities chewing, slurping, and guzzling a growing buffet of sugary rocket fuel.
This week on The Shakeout Podcast we welcome science writer and lifelong runner Alex Hutchinson back to the show to sink his teeth into the research fueling the hype and find out whether the âcarbolutionâ is just another running fad or if that mountain of pasta the day before a marathon truly is just the tip of the carbohydrate iceberg.
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With Spring around the corner, Canada Geese arenât the only animals reappearing along the park paths and greenspaces of Canadian cities. Theyâre joined by another species emerging to embrace warmer weather and sunnier days ahead: the spring road racer.
Whether youâve been counting down the days while slogging out the miles on the treadmill, or find yourself doing a double take at your calendar and wondering where the time went since you signed up for that spring marathon, racing season is here and the time is now to put in the work that will get you across the finish line at your best.
This week on The Shakeout Podcast we welcome Olympian and 2:10 marathoner Dylan Wykes to the show. Dylan spent years as one of Canadaâs top marathoners before turning his attention to helping all athletes get the most out of their running experience as a coach and founder of Mile2Marathon. Nowadays, he's passionate about guiding athletes to breakthrough performances at every distance, age group, and experience level. Dylan lends his expertise as both athlete and coach to help you focus your training, avoid the mistakes that can derail a build, and ultimately make the most out of your marathon experience, not only on race day but in the days, weeks, and months leading up.
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If Rookie cards were a thing in the sport of Track & Field, then Foster Malleckâs would be one youâd kill to get your hands on.
After a 6 year NCAA career at Boston University where it took right up until his final collegiate season to qualify for the national championships, the Kitchener Ontario native wasted no time making a splash in his first year as pro.
Less than a week after his final race in the BU Kit, Malleck was back on the track in a different shade of red, this time representing Canada at the 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing China. His first-ever appearance at a senior international championship would kick off a rookie year as a pro that has been, quite literally, one for the record books.
Since Nanjing, Malleck has lowered his Personal bests at the 1500, Mile, 2000, and 3000m while breaking three Canadian records and becoming the second-fastest Canadian in the 1500m of all time. Add to that a NACAC Gold Medal last summer and trip to the World Championship semi-finals in Tokyo in September and itâs safe to say that jump to the big leagues was not a leap too far for the 24 year old.
Now, a trip around the sun and countless laps around the track later, and Malleck returns to the World Indoor Championships this week in Poland no longer a fresh faced rookie but a battle-hardened vet ready to mix it up with the very best in the sport.
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Itâs been common wisdom in endurance sports that the further the race distance gets, the longer it takes to figure it out.
But every rule needs an exception to prove it and on this count one needs look no further than the career of Molly Seidel.
After a gold-studded NCAA career at Notre Dame winning titles at 3000, 5000, 10000 and cross country, Seidelâs star only seemed to rise higher as the distances grew greater.
She made her marathon debut in 2020 at the US Olympic Trials, proving a quick-study at the event with a stunning 2nd placing showing and a spot on the US Olympic Team headed to Tokyo.
A year and a half later, at those pandemic-postponed Olympic Games, Sheâd once again outperform expectations to run away from the best of the best en route to a brilliant bronze medal.
Fast forward to today and it seems her reputation for moving up in distance and throwing down continues to hold true, even with yet another change of surface.
In January she marked the start of a new chapter on the trail scene with a win and course record clocking at the Banderas 50k in Texas. Weeks later, she would take another huge leap forward at the famously competitive Black Canyon 100k in Arizona.
Facing some of the best trail talent in the world, Seidel turned a lack of experience into gold, claiming a 4th-place finish and snagging an elusive âGolden Ticketâ, securing her a place in the biggest ultra of them all, the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run.
Today, Molly joins the show to recap her incredible rise through the trail running ranks, what itâs looked like to double her race distance with every start, and how sheâs applying the lessons of a legendary career on the roads and track to a the new challenges of the trails.
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Itâs the first week of March and that means one things for Canadian track & field fans: the U Sports track & field championships have arrived. This week on The Shakeout Podcast weâre joined by Canadian Running staff writer and U Sport insider Cameron Ormond, who joins the show to give us the rundown on the top storylines, podium picks, and athletes to watch heading into an action packed weekend.
The University of Manitoba is set to play host to Canadaâs top student-athletes from March 5-7 as they vie for podium places and menâs and womenâs team titles. The University of Guelph looks to reclaim titles in both menâs and womenâs team competitions after being thrown from the top of the podium in 2025 by a dominant home-track showing from then-host Western.
Meanwhile, the individual competition sees a mix of returning U Sports stars such as Guelphâs Max Davies looking to cap off his university career with a four-peat in the menâs 1500m and emerging talents like Westernâs Maria Linton, who will look to carry the momentum of a breakout season into a podium performance in the womenâs 3000m.
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The injury cycle can feel like a game of whack-a-mole, with one nagging pain going away only to be replaced by several different issues elsewhere. For the injured runner, the path to lasting health and getting back to the pain-free running begins with the right diagnosis. Yet while that may sound obvious the reality of getting there can often feel far from straightforward.
On this week's episode we're joined by Doctor of Chiropractic Bryan Kent to explore why so many runners treat the same injury over and over without lasting successâand how shifting the focus to accurate diagnosis can break that cycle.
Bryan unpacks some of the common myths around dealing with injury and pain, laying out a path for runners to take on a more active role in their long term resilience by working alongside their care providers to create lasting results. So whether youâve been stuck in the not-so-merry go round of injuries or are looking to protect against set backs on the road ahead, then this is the episode for you.
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Like finishing a marathon, successfully completing a Rubik's Cube is something that even those who have never done it understand that it's challenging, unique and worth celebrating. And the few who have done it enjoy a special type of camaraderie.
To most minds, the similarities between the cube and the marathon stop there. But for this weekâs guest, Canadian Running's cover athlete, George Scholey, thereâs much more to the equation.
At just 23, Scholey has already broken multiple Rubik's Cube world records, including for the most cubes solved in 24 hours. In recent years, heâs begun a new pursuit: marathon running. It wasnât long before his two passions convergedâin his hometown at the London Marathon, where he broke yet another record, solving 520 cubes over the course of the marathon (an average of more than 12 cubes per kilometre).
On this week's episode, George joins us from his new home base in Canada, where heâs working on the business of cubing as a brand manager at Rubikâs global headquarters in Toronto. We talk about the parallels between cubing and training, how he fits the pieces of his full-time work and passion project together, and what the worldâs most popular puzzle might have to offer runners of all ability levels.
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So whoâs really driving this machine?
Todayâs guest, Paul Gamble, PhD, has spent his career preparing elite and international athletes. But after years inside professional sport, he started asking an uncomfortable question: Are we developing better athletesâor just burning kids out earlier?
In his book, Sport Parenting, Paul introduces the idea of the Sport Parent, a powerful, often invisible force shaping sport more than governing bodies, or even coaches. Whether youâre a parent, a former youth athlete or someone who still has emotional scars from PE class, this conversation hits close to home.
Weâre talking about early specialization, the rise of âpremature professionalism,â why modern kids are actually becoming less athletic, and how well-meaning adults may be trading their kids' long-term confidence and love of movement for short-term results.
This isnât an episode about blaming parents. Itâs about unpacking how a culture obsessed with performance turns play into pressureâand what it costs kids, sport and, ultimately, all of us.
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The last time Cam Levins took the streets of Vancouver for the Vancouver First Half, he left with a new Canadian record at the half-marathon distance. Weeks later, he kept the record-breaking streak going with a career-defining run of 2:05:36 at the 2023 Tokyo Marathon, taking a minute and a half off of his personal best and breaking his own Canadian record in the process.
Fast forward three years, and Levins is returning to the playbook that served him so well in the past, as heâll toe the line this weekend at the Vancouver First Half in a final tuneup effort before a much-anticipated return to the streets of Tokyo on March 1.
Now, eight years into his marathon career and nearly 14 years since his first Olympic team in London, Cam joins the show to talk about how he continues to chase excellence in the sport. We talk about his famous high-mileage training, how heâs found his way back to healthy running after years battling injury, and what it all looks like while balancing life as a new father. Plus we talk about his return to the streets of Tokyo, a city that has been a common thread throughout his marathon career, and what itâll take to once again capture lightning in a bottle there in less than a monthâs time.
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Getting the worst flu of your life isnât a perfect plan for anyoneâs marathon race-week, but if thereâs any athlete who's used to less-than-ideal prep itâs Hamiltonâs Erin Mawhinney, a nurse educator who balances training upwards of 150km each week with the demands of full-time healthcare work.
At last month's Marathon Project in Arizona, Mawhinney's hopes of capitalizing on a flat, fast course against world-class competition were dashed by a nasty race-week flu that forced her to withdraw just 10K into the race. Yet for her and coach Reid Coolsaet, a 2xOlympian at the marathon himself, letting the months great training go unused was never an option.
Fast forward to January 11th and Mawhinney was back on the starting line of a marathon for the second time in under a month, this time in Texas at the Aramco Houston Marathon. Free from the illness that had derailed her previous attempt, Mawhinney would go on to run a massive 7-minute personal best of 2:29:36, finishing 5th in the women's elite field and making her the 12th fastest Canadian marathoner of all time.
Today on The Shakeout Podcast, weâre joined by Erin Mawhinney and Coach Reid Coolsaet to talk about the work behind the breakout performance and how they approach elite marathon training while balancing the demands of a full life outside of sport.
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