{"podcast":{"title":"Tread Lightly Running Podcast","slug":"tread-lightly-running-podcast-6090880","podcast_index_feed_id":6090880,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/da84ca30/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tread-lightly-podca","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36561356/36561356-1746123629077-2fa0fd47ba92d.jpg","author":"Amanda Brooks and Laura Norris","episode_count":172,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T12:20:37.840304+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tread-lightly-running-podcast-6090880"},"episode":{"title":"Race Banditing, AI Coaching Apps, If Downhill Races are PRs, and Other Grey Areas of Running Culture","slug":"race-banditing-ai-coaching-apps-if-downhill-races-are-prs-and-other-grey-areas-of-running-culture","published_at":"2026-05-09T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tread-lightly-running-podcast-6090880/race-banditing-ai-coaching-apps-if-downhill-races-are-prs-and-other-grey-areas-of-running-culture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tread-lightly-running-podcast-6090880","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tread-lightly-podca/episodes/Race-Banditing--AI-Coaching-Apps--If-Downhill-Races-are-PRs--and-Other-Grey-Areas-of-Running-Culture-e3j28mu","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/da84ca30/podcast/play/119660702/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-7%2Fa7fbeda1-60c0-8aee-a1bd-29112b11f2a6.mp3","summary":"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. ✨ Title Nine: Comfortable sports bras that actually fit, from a women-owned company. Use code RUNTOTHEFINISH for free shipping at https://runtothefinish.com/title-nine/ ✨ Tailwind : Complete sport nutrition made simple, including hydration mixes, high-carb sport drinks, endurance fuel, and recovery mixes. Use code TREADLIGHTLY20 at https://tailwindnutrition.com/TREADLIGHTLY for 20% off your first purpose. 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. Let’s stay connected: ➡️ Tread Lightly Running Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treadlightlyrunning/ ➡️ Laura Norris Running on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauranorrisrunning/ ➡️ Subscribe for weekly evidence-based newsletters, straight to your inbox, on https://lauranorrisrunning.substack.com/ ➡️ Run to the Finish on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/runtothefinish/?hl=en ➡️ Thousands of running gear reviews and training guides: https://runtothefinish.com/","meta_description":"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,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2589,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tread-lightly-running-podcast-6090880/episodes/race-banditing-ai-coaching-apps-if-downhill-races-are-prs-and-other-grey-areas-of-running-culture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tread-lightly-running-podcast-6090880/race-banditing-ai-coaching-apps-if-downhill-races-are-prs-and-other-grey-areas-of-running-culture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}