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    Tread Lightly Running Podcast

    Tread Lightly Running Podcast

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    The Tread Lightly Running Podcast provides data-driven, evidence-based running advice in a practical, accessible, and inclusive manner. . You'll learn about how to run faster, marathon training, the latest fueling science, how to prevent running injury, and more. Tread Lightly Running Podcast is co-hosted by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Together, they have over 20 years of coaching experience and have helped thousands of runners reach their goals through 1:1 coaching and group training. They've appeared in Runner's World, SELF, NPR, Outside, and other major media.

    Hosted By

    Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris

    Race Banditing, AI Coaching Apps, If Downhill Races are PRs, and Other Grey Areas of Running Culture

    Race Banditing, AI Coaching Apps, If Downhill Races are PRs, and Other Grey Areas of Running Culture

    May 9, 2026
    43m

    Is bib-sharing wrong? Should downhill races count as a PR? Are AI running apps the future of the sport, or setting up runners for injury? In this episode, we have a nuanced discussion on many of the gray areas of sportsmanship and running culture.

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    In this episode, you’ll hear our takes on:

    ✅ Bib sharing and banditing

    ✅ AI coaching apps

    ✅ What counts as a PR?

    ✅ Running races while injured

    ✅ The ever-changing Boston Qualifying standards

    Tread Lightly Running is hosted and researched by Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris, MSc. Production, show notes, and graphics by Laura Norris.

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