We all are part of The Nation. What does that mean? How does The Nation look? What gear do we use? There have been a few surveys conducted in 2022 that help us understand. Check out the ITRA SurveyATRA also conducted a Survey We encourage you to...
Endurance runners love to eat! However nutrition for endurance running can be a moving target. Experimentation is key and once you think you have it figured out, you don’t. We found four nutritional experts to help us...
Elite runner, Tim Tollefson, had a great spring training and racing leading up to his A-race, the Western States 100 Endurance Run. His expectations were high and many thought he would be able to best his 2021 fifth place finish...
Do you have a hot adventure or race you are preparing for? Corrine Malcolm helps The Nation understand what we can do to improve our chances for success. Corrine returns from Western States 100 and Badwater 135 and...
Do you have an adventure or race at high altitude this summer? You will want to listen to Coach Ian Sharman teach us about the ins and outs of how to adapt most effectively. Ian has experience at altitude. He is a four-time...
What are the biggest misconceptions that endurance athletes have about nutrition? Dr. Patrick Davitt, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Program Director for Exercise Physiology at the Saint Joseph’s University, joins us The Nation to...
One of our favorite topics at TRN is sleep. Sleep is the time our bodies adapt to the training stimulus. Alexey Guzey, a researcher, writer and co-founder and executive director of New Science joins us to shed more light on this important part...
Western States 100 is this weekend. International runners represent nearly 1/3 of the entrants. We recorded this episode live with these international runners at a local running store in Auburn California, The Aid Station...
Merry Statesmas! They 2022 running of the iconic Western States 100 is next weekend. We sit down with Andy Jones-Wilkins to get his take on this year’s race. There will be 385 amazing stories from each of the starters this year. We...
Pacing can be an art and a science. In this episode we bring on four experts to help us understand what a good pacer is and isn’t / does and doesn’t. Scotty Mills, Coach Jimmy Dean Freeman, Coach Meghan Canfield...