Sometimes you find the keys to success where you least expect them. There’s a persistent myth that elite athletes must be ruthlessly efficient, sacrifice social connections, stay laser-focused, and generally live like monks. Pro ultrarunner Riley Brady thrives by taking a different approach. Running with their friends comprises a large percentage of their training. Between …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How to Increase Functional Threshold Power (FTP): A Simple Framework That Works Many athletes think raising their Functional Threshold Power (FTP) just means doing more FTP intervals. That’s not entirely wrong but it’s not the whole story, either. You can increase your …
Jennifer Lichter’s debut 100-mile race, a course record-breaking victory at the 2026 Western States Endurance Run, ended with a lap of the Placer High School track at a 5:20 mile pace. In fact, it was only on the climb up to Robie Point, mile 98.9, that her partner, Nick Cornell, asked if she wanted a …
Nine CTS Athletes finish in Top 10 across Men’s and Women’s races (Colorado Springs, CO – June 29, 2026) – Jennifer Lichter (USA) and Riley Brady (USA) finished first and second, respectively, at the 2026 Western States Endurance Run on June 27-28. Lichter set a new course record in 15:28:06 in her debut 100-mile …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Normalized Power: What It Is And How To Use It In Cycling Training by Jim Rutberg and CTS Cycling Head Coach Adam Pulford, Normalized Power® (NP) is a valuable training metric used to account for the variability of power output during different …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Ranking Workout Recovery Methods From Best To Worst The recovery industry is worth billions of dollars. It is also built largely on athlete anxiety, the fear you’re not recovering well enough, not doing enough between training sessions, and not getting the edge …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE The 40+ Masters Cyclist Training Playbook Do masters athletes actually need more time for recovery, or are they just busier with work and family demands and therefore struggling to manage their training load? This has been an ongoing debate for a long …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Training for Western States: What Elite Ultrarunners Do Differently Every year, runners training for Western States look at the top elite competitors and wonder: What are the elites doing that the rest of us aren’t? The assumption is that professional ultrarunners have …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE How AI Can Help You Become A Faster Cyclist Artificial intelligence has the potential to make you a faster cyclist, but you have to use it to do more than generate a training plan. There are tasks that AI already does well, …
CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT ►WATCH THE VIDEO ►LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ►READ THE ARTICLE Update: How Ultrarunning Nutrition Has Changed Since ISSN’s Position Stand Sometimes it’s good to step back from emerging science of training and ultrarunning nutrition to see how the information holds up over time. What was emerging science several years ago should either …