CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How To Prevent Missed Training From Hurting Performance The Short Version: Fitness fades from inactivity but far more slowly than you might fear. Two weeks of missed training costs trained endurance athletes roughly 4% of their VO2 max, but that can come …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE 8 Harmful Offseason Mistakes Cyclists Make The time after a focused cycling season can be the most troublesome part of the year for athletes. Some turn a break into a different kind of training block. They head straight to the gym, start …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How to Build an Ultramarathon Race Strategy A well-planned ultramarathon race strategy can be the difference between a great race and DNF. However, a successful race day strategy must be more than a pacing chart, a drop bag, and a buddy to …
All athletes face days when they just don’t feel like training. That’s normal. Figuring out what to do about it can be trickier. Should you ‘suck it up’ and force yourself out the door? Should you acknowledge the feeling and take a day off? Or is what you’re feeling a sign of something more serious, …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How to Prepare for Running at Night in an Ultramarathon Many ultrarunners are nervous about running through the night, which is reasonable, but most age-groupers in 100-mile ultramarathons must run through the night during their events. I’ve coached beginner and elite ultramarathon …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Rate My Training: Advice For A 67-Year-Old Gravel Racer Wanting To Go an Hour Faster at Unbound Here’s the Rate My Training setup: We asked self-coached athletes in our audience to share their TrainingPeaks data so we could rate their training, figure …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE The Stress and Recovery Principle Behind Every Successful Endurance Athlete If there is one fundamental principle to physical training, one idea that every other idea relies on, it’s the principle of Stress and Recovery. Sometimes referred to as Overload and Adaptation, it’s …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE 7 Cycling Products That Aren’t Worth Buying Cycling can be an expensive sport, but you can make it outlandishly expensive by wasting money on cycling products that neither make you faster nor improve your experience on the bike. We’re not here to …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE When Should You Run vs. Hike in an Ultramarathon? Should you run vs. hike up a steep grade during a trail run or ultramarathon? Does the run vs. hike decision hinge on the steepness of the grade, the duration/distance of the climb, …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How to Spot Pseudoscience Before It Ruins Your Training Pseudoscience is more insidious than “stuff that’s wrong”. It’s a claim dressed up to look scientific, using the language and confidence of research, without the mechanism or the testing to back it up. …