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The Strength Running Podcast

Running Economy Masterclass: How to Improve Your Efficiency with Bill Evans, PhD

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Bill Evans has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, coaching experience at the D1 level, and is the founder of Endurance Laboratory. He has more than 20 scientific papers published in his field and was formerly a senior scientist at Johns Hopkins University in their Applied Physics Laboratory.

Today, he's helping you improve your running economy. We discuss:

  • The impact of easy running and different types of workouts on economy
  • How to order workouts during a season
  • How drills, plyometrics, and strength training improve efficiency
  • Long-term and short-term perspectives on economy

To improve your form, don't miss our Form Cues Cheat sheet (my favorite 3 form cues, how to use them, and when).

Thanks Boulderthon!

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Join me in Boulder, one of the top running destinations in the country, on September 27th, to experience the tight knit running community here, race on the epic streets of Boulder, and finish on historic Pearl Street. While I live in Denver, I travel to boulder probably once a week to run. It's arguably one of the best running locations in the United States.

There'll probably be cool and crisp fall weather for racing fast, too. And don't worry, Boulderthon is a BQ-eligible, USA Track & Field Sanctioned Event.

Boulderthon is on track to sell out again this year so don't miss out. Use code STRENGTH20 to save $20 on the marathon or half-marathon here and I hope to see you in Boulder this fall.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ready, set, go!

0:04.4

This is episode 454 with Exercise Physiology, PhD, running coach, and a man with both Division I coaching experience and more than 20 scientific papers published in the field, Bill Evans.

0:29.8

Welcome to the Strength Running podcast.

0:34.4

I'm Coach Jason Fitzgerald, and I want to help you become a better runner.

0:38.9

Don't miss Strengthrunning.com, our home base where you can find training programs,

0:46.0

our award-winning content library, and our free email courses. My singular goal is to help you improve your running. So if there's anything I can ever do to help your training, please reach out.

0:51.6

So I'm coming off two back-to-back weekends of trail runs, including one with

0:57.1

almost 3,000 feet of elevation gain and loss. That run made me sore for almost a week,

1:03.2

but I can already tell that I'm bouncing back from that rung stronger than before it.

1:08.9

So I've been trying to learn from our podcast guests, namely John Davis

1:13.5

and Scott Johnston, who have both spoke to the ideas behind physiological resilience. So I'm

1:20.1

trying to build this into my training program, and I'm actually finding that some of the

1:25.6

strategies that they've talked about, specifically

1:27.8

longer bouts of downhill running, are making me feel really good. Now, of course, you don't

1:34.1

feel good right after them, but give yourself a week and you bounce back so much stronger

1:39.8

than you were before. And these are two of my favorite episodes in the last 18 months or so. So if you

1:45.1

want to revisit them, you can search for John Davis or Scott Johnston in your podcast app.

1:50.6

Now, I couldn't do this podcast without the help of our partners. If you get value from the show,

1:55.2

you can support us by supporting our sponsors. We are supported by Boulderthon, one of the top 10 races in America,

2:02.1

according to USA Today, and one of the best fall marathons, according to runners' world. They have a

2:07.8

5K, a 10K, half marathon, and marathon, and they offer an amazing fall destination race weekend

2:15.1

right at the foothills of the Rockies. Use code strength 20 for $20 off the

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