Biomarkers help us understand what is going on inside our bodies. There are many that are very important to endurance athletes. In this episode Ashley Reaver helps us identify five of these biomarkers, why they are important...
Head Coach and Executive Director of the Hoka Northern Arizona Elite Team, aka Hoka NAZ Elite, Ben Rosario helps us understand how the pros train. You might be surprised that there are many things they do that you can too...
Dr. Megan Roche helps us all, men and women, understand the physiological differences that women have and how it might be an advantage. Dr. Roche is an MD and current PhD candidate at Standford University working on epidemiology, focused...
Adam Kimble and Strava Co-Founder, Mark Gainey, were recently talking about Eliud Kipchoge’s attempt at the sub 2-hour marathon. They focused on every little detail that his team worked on improving. These small improvements can...
Trail Runner Nation friend and frequent guest, Dr. Phil Maffetone, helps us understand that health isn’t a simple byproduct of fitness; that fitness can be improved with better health. He explains how we can become healthier and...
One of the new devices for athletes that is getting some buzz are continuous glucose monitors (CGM), a small adhesive patch with a tiny filament embedded in the flesh. This device is designed to track your blood sugar levels. Could this...
This is an “Out and Back”, encore episode that we recorded in 2016 with Dr. Stephanie Howe. She had recently finished her PhD in Nutrition & Exercise Physiology at Oregon State. She has taken her passion of running and...
Leadman*, ultrarunner, sports dietitian and former olympic athlete coach, Bob Seebohar says that we should, “eat to train, not train to eat”. Our fueling is as important in our training as aerobic and anaerobic training. Bob even wrote...
Dr. Phil Maffetone helps us understand the difference about over-weight and over-fat. We discuss why is so difficult to lose weight because our understandings may be in error. If we lose excess fat, we will become healthier and more...
This is our first Simul-podcast. It only makes sense that we would do this with our favorite British corespondent, Warren Pole, one of the founders of 33 Fuel. They recently started a podcast that is devoted to endurance fueling: 33Fuel...