Chris Case took a second crack at the grueling ultra-endurance gravel race, DK 200, a 200-plus mile gravel race across the Flint Hills of Kansas with the coaching assistance of Trevor Connor. The challenge of turning Chris into an endurance rider focusing on everything from race strategy, pacing, hydration, and fueling.
Dr. Michael Crawley and Andy Kirkland join us to talk about what they’ve learned working and training with top Ethiopian runners.
Coach Rebecca Gross of 3six0 Performance helps us field questions on polarized training, closing out your season, if you can “ruin” workouts, spin classes, and more.
We tackle the always-popular topic of climbing with Sepp Kuss, Dr. Inigo San Millan, Joe Dombrowski, and Ned Overend.
Physiologist Lindsay Golich, who works with some of America’s best Olympic athletes, helps us field questions on heat, altitude, FTP testing, fasted training, and much more.
Physiologist Jared Berg talks with us about how he uses both in-lab and on-the-road testing to determine what type of work an athlete should focus on.
In this week’s show, we talk about training over the holidays, why discomfort is important to our development, and our goals for 2023.