Hosted by Daren DLake · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 261 episodes
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This is a podcast about how runners can live better lives through consistent self-improvement. Unlike other running brands, The 1% Better Runner focuses on how small, daily habit improvements ripple into broader life success, helping runners perform better both on and off the road, track, or dirt. I’m Daren DLake : Certified running and nutrition coach, Sub-3-hour marathoner and 10-hour Ironman finisher. Since 1996, I’ve been helping other self-coached runners, researching, and experimenting on how to better myself 1% each day. A few times a week, I’ll drop how I’m tweaking my training, sticking to habits when life’s messy, and cool stuff from coaches and health pros. It’s a no-BS cheat sheet for building better habits—not just for r
Daren DLake hosts The 1% Better Runner with DLake, a sports show with 261 episodes published.
When you’re pushing through those final meters of a race, many runners picture themselves looking like this: Tall posture. Clean stride. Driving from the hips. But the reality, for most of us, is a bit more like this: Hu
Most people think they need to lose weight before becoming a runner. The truth is, that belief is stopping more runners than their body ever will. If you’ve ever felt like you don’t look like a “typical runner” or believ
What if the thing that helps you run faster now also protects you from becoming fragile later? In this episode, I break down VO2 max in the most practical way possible: what it is, why runners should care, how much your
What if there was a way to boost your VO₂ max, improve heat tolerance, and potentially increase endurance without adding a single extra workout to your training week? Most runners are always looking for the next thing th
What if the smartest distance in running isn't the marathon, but the race most people treat like a stepping stone? The half marathon is one of the most misunderstood distances in running. Some runners treat it as a stepp
What if the reason you can't break 20 minutes has nothing to do with toughness and everything to do with how you're training the final kilometer of the race? Breaking 20 minutes in the 5K isn't just about pushing harder.
What if the reason you're not getting faster isn't that you're training too little, but that you're completely skipping the one aerobic zone that delivers the highest return on effort? Zone 2 gets most of the attention i
Zone 2 gets all the glory, but zone 1 is what actually saves your body from falling apart decades from now. Everyone talks about zone 2 training, but almost nobody talks about the slower movement that quietly supports ev
Most runners don’t fail to break three hours because they’re unfit. They fail because they’re forcing a pace their body hasn’t earned yet. Breaking three hours in the marathon is not about forcing yourself to hold 4:15 p
Your lungs already know how to run. The real problem is all the breathing advice telling you otherwise. Breathing is one of the most overcomplicated topics in running. I tested seven popular techniques, from box breathin
Most runners think they need more mileage, but the real reason they blow up is that they never learned how to pace. Ever gone out feeling amazing in a race only to have your legs turn to concrete a few minutes in? That's
What if the reason you keep getting injured isn’t because you’re running too much, but because you’re only training half of the machine that makes you a stronger runner? If you’ve been piling on miles but still getting i
Zone 2 doesn't fail. You just quit before your body had any reason to adapt. Most runners think Zone 2 is the problem. It’s not. In this episode, I break down why so many runners feel stuck, frustrated, and convinced the
Your watch says your VO2 max is low, but that number might be lying to you about how fit you really are. Everyone’s chasing VO2 max like it’s the scoreboard for fitnes, but what if it isn’t? In this episode, I break down
Running is usually a solo sport, but community is the one thing that will keep you more consistent than any training plan ever could. Heads up: the wrong edit got published. This was originally a bigger convo for my othe
Every day you sit in traffic could be a free training session that builds your engine instead of draining your wallet. What if getting fitter didn’t require finding more time, but simply using the time you already have?
If running feels smooth one day and frustrating the next, this episode explains why. I break down the form habits that waste energy, slow you down, and get worse when fatigue hits, plus simple fixes that make running fee
What if the reason you bonk, cramp, or feel flat on race day has less to do with fitness and more to do with how you fuel? If you’ve ever wondered why your energy crashes mid-run, why recovery feels harder than it should
What if the thing slowing your progress isn’t your training plan, but the recovery habits you trust the most? I used to think better recovery meant buying more gear, doing more rituals, and copying what serious runners l
What if the one workout almost every runner does wrong could actually be the fastest way to build both your VO2 max and your threshold at the same time? Most runners split their training trying to chase speed
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The 1% Better Runner with DLake is hosted by Daren DLake. The show is categorised under sports (running) and has published 261 episodes.
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