One of the highest profile and most sought after coaches in ultra marathon running, David Roche delivers novel approaches to training athletes that may help you as much as they've helped his runners.
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An overview of the best predictors of ultra endurance performance from the world's leading expert. The data may surprise you...
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Soup to nuts on our current understanding of recovery from one of the scientific leaders in the field.
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Think the immune system just helps to keep us from getting sick or to recover from illness? Think again...
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Dr. Andrew Murray is a Scottish ultra-distance runner, family medicine practitioner, and author of 'Running Your Best: Some Science and Medicine' and 'Running Beyond Limits: The Adventures of an Ultra Marathon Runner'. Today we sit down for a chat about best practices in staying healthy and making physical activity part of your life for better training gains.
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Legendary exercise geneticist Claude Bouchard, PhD joined me for a pragmatic discussion.
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Author of 'The Ultra Mindset', Travis Macy, sits down with us to discuss the book and share his insights on the mental side of our sport.
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Learn how to develop your best hydration strategy from one of the best in the world!
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In this week’s episode, I sat down with Mike Wardian. He's one of the most prolific runners on planet Earth. As this episode airs, he’s traveling the world to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. He’s a font of information on how to be successful while making running a lifestyle. And, yes, he actually has a ‘regular job’. How does he do it? Listen and learn.
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Everything you need to know for optimal protein nutrition to maximize your training and adaption.
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Everything you need to know about the fundamentals of biomechanics as they relate to injury in runners. Lots of actionable info in this one!
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My guest today was, Rodger Kram PhD, a leading scientist in the field of biomechanics with research foci in: (1) Partitioning of the rate of metabolic energy expenditure into its biomechanical constituents; AND (2) The influences of internal and external forces on the way humans and other animals walk and run. His group developed the force sensing treadmill and they have generated novel insight into many of the factors important to ultra runners, especially the biomechanics, energetics, and neural control of walking and running. He joined us from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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A comprehensive conversation with elite ultra runner Stephanie Howe Violett, PhD where we talk about her year of injuries, her approaches to injury recovery and to training, and her expertise (PhD) in sports nutrition.
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This week I pose a challenge to you...
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Recent findings from research at the Western States Endurance Run on gastrointestinal distress.
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Findings from recent research on recovery practices and their effectiveness for ultra marathon finishers.
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The myth of adrenal fatigue.
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Western States champion (2015), Magdalena Boulet, joins me for an amazing episode. Learn all the ins and outs of her training, racing approaches, nutrition strategies, and much more!
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Roundtable discussion with three coaches (Paul Lind, Andrew Simmons, Ty Draney) recorded on location, including audience questions.
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Ian Torrence has complete nearly 200 ultra distance events and has won approximately 25% of them. He has important advice to give regarding longevity in the sport and approaches to DNFing that you need to hear if you want to be successful in this sport for years to come.
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