For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

Jonathan Levitt

For The Long Run explores the why behind running. Since 2019, host Jon Levitt has recorded 500+ conversations with the people who shape endurance sport: Olympians and champions, ultrarunners, coaches, and the founders building the brands runners actually use. Recent guests include Rachel Entrekin, Jenn Lichter, and Zach Miller. Jon also hosts Long Run Labs, a show about the business of endurance. New episodes every Friday.

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For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

Episodes (438)

Fri Jul 10th What Elite Athletes Actually Eat — A Live Panel with Charlie Sweeney, Dr. Marc Bubbs, and Jason Fitzgerald
Fri Jul 3rd Andy Blow on Fueling Smarter, Building a Brand Athletes Trust, and High Carb Fueling
Jun 26th Lindsey Dwyer: The Runner Who Always Chose Longer (And Never Checks Her Watch)

For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

Jul 10, 2026
48¼ minutes
45 MB

This one is a little different. Jon hosted a live panel in Boulder with three people who between them have worked with Olympic athletes, NBA teams, professional runners, and tens of thousands of recreational athletes. The topic was fueling, strength training, and the fundamentals that most runners are still getting wrong. Charlie Sweeney is a professional marathoner who has lived the training load most people only read about — 140 miles a week, two sessions a day five days a week, and 110 grams of carbohydrate per hour at Boston this year. Dr. Marc Bubbs is the founder of ProBio, a...

For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running

What Elite Athletes Actually Eat — A Live Panel with Charlie Sweeney, Dr. Marc Bubbs, and Jason Fitzgerald

Jonathan Levitt

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