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Salty Talks

Coach Jason Saltmarsh 4 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

Salty Talks is a podcast focused on science-based training for high school distance coaches. Hosted by Coach Jason Saltmarsh, it delivers short, no-fluff episodes covering periodization, athlete development, race strategy, and championship methods. Drawing on 25 years of coaching experience and training philosophies from Lydiard, Daniels, Vigil, and the Norwegian Method, each episode offers a practical insight for use at practice.

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Coaching Female Runners: RED-S and What Coaches Miss Aug 21, 2026 00:23:04 The topic most coaching resources skip. What RED-S is, the warning signs that show up in training data first, real calorie needs for female distance runners, and how to develop athletes without breaking them.SHOW NOTESFull article: Coaching Female Distance Runners, What the Science Actually Says https://coachsaltmarsh.com/coaching-female-distance-runners/When fatigue becomes overtraining: https://

The 4-Year Burnout Crisis Aug 21, 2026 00:21:49 Why so many promising freshmen are done by senior year, and why “more miles always” breaks them. The Zone 2 case for training slower to race faster, and the numbers that back it up.SHOW NOTESFull article: Zone 2 Training for High School Runners, Solving the 4-Year Burnout Crisishttps://coachsaltmarsh.com/zone-2-training-for-high-school-runners-solving-the-4-year-burnout-crisis/What is an easy run?

Coaching Middle School XC Aug 9, 2026 00:18:57 Coach Jason Saltmarsh takes on the job almost nobody plans for: getting handed a middle school team. Most coaches make one of two mistakes with it. They water down the varsity plan, or they treat it as supervised recess. Both cost you the same thing, which is the freshman class that walks in two years later.This episode covers what the job actually is, why minutes beat miles at this age, and how t

Running in the Heat Without Wrecking the Season Jul 27, 2026 00:21:49 A freshman on a July tempo run tells her coach she's fine, she just needs to get used to the heat. She wasn't fine, and she'd just turned a physics problem into a story about being out of shape. With a dangerous heat dome sitting over much of the country this week, Coach Saltmarsh breaks down how to train through summer heat without wrecking the fall season: why sweat only cools you when it evapor

How Katelyn Tuohy Trained Jul 24, 2026 00:18:24 A girl runs 13:21 at Van Cortlandt as a sophomore, and her coach's first thought is how to make sure she's still running in four years. That instinct is the whole story. In this first case-study episode, Coach Saltmarsh walks the full arc of Katelyn Tuohy's career, from seventh-grade national records to a pro contract, and pulls out the specific, stealable decisions two coaches made al

How Josh Kerr Broke the Mile World Record on 70 Miles a Week Jul 20, 2026 00:10:53 Episode 3 — How Josh Kerr Broke the Mile World Record on 70 Miles a Week3:42.66. The first human under 3:43. A 27-year-old record, gone.And Josh Kerr did it on 65 to 70 miles a week, six days out of seven, with two workouts, no double days, and no lactate meter anywhere in sight. Coach Jason Saltmarsh breaks down the training system behind the mile world record, and what it actually teaches high s

How Many Miles Should a Freshman Run? Jul 20, 2026 00:08:13 The number is the wrong question. Here's the right one.Coach Jason Saltmarsh answers the single most-asked question in high school distance coaching, and explains why volume rarely breaks freshmen, intensity does. You'll learn why running age matters more than the birth certificate, the three freshman archetypes that all need different plans, why strides are mandatory and not optional, and how to

31 State Champions: What Actually Works Jul 19, 2026 00:06:59 The hardware isn't the point. The process is.In the first episode of Salty Talks, Coach Jason Saltmarsh opens up about the moment at Derryfield Park that changed how he coaches, and why 31 state championships came from everything around the workout, not the workout itself.You'll hear why the perfect Tuesday session is maybe 20% of your season, what Joe Vigil's Adams State dynasty actually teaches

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