For The Long Run · Long Run Labs

Hi, I'm Jon.

I'm Jon Levitt, an endurance athlete, storyteller, and the host of For The Long Run and Long Run Labs. I make podcasts about why people run, and about the people and brands building the endurance world around it.

At the end of May 2025, I bet on myself and went full time on all of this. For years, For The Long Run was the thing I squeezed in around the edges of a day job. I loved it, but it was always fighting for scraps of my attention. Going full time flipped that. The show became the priority instead of the afterthought, and I think you can feel it in the work. The conversations got deeper because I finally had the room to chase them. I wrote up the whole first year, the risks, the math, and what I actually learned, right here.

For The Long Run is a running and endurance podcast I started in 2019 to explore the why behind what keeps runners running long, strong, and motivated. Each week I sit down with athletes, founders, and everyday runners, from Olympians and world champions to first time marathoners, and we get into what actually drives them.

Long Run Labs is the other half of the story: the business and the engine behind the sport. It is also a network, home to more than 35 endurance and outdoor shows reaching close to one million downloads a month. Together the two shows tell the whole thing, the people, the purpose, and the business of endurance.

The best part of this past year has been getting to show up in person. Not flying in for one thing and flying back out, but being somewhere long enough to build something. TrailCon, Leadville, Boulderthon with Fleet Feet, the Double Boston with Mount to Coast. If we cross paths at a race or an event, come say hi. Meeting people who listen is my favorite part of all of it.

If you care about running, racing, performance, the athletes pushing the sport, and the storytelling and creator economy around it, you are in the right place.

Jon Levitt