Podcast Episodes

Training Tuesday #35: Maintaining Speed During Base Building

Episode 72

As many athletes have progressed into their "off season base building" stage of training, the questions we've received have shown a growing concern that they will lose their hard earned speed during …

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Episode 36: Jon Albon

Episode 71

IAU Trail World Champs. Skyrunning World Series Champion. 2x Skyrunning Extreme Series Champion. Ultra Skyrunning World Champion. 12x OCR World Champion. 2x Spartan Race World Champion. World's Tough…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Training Tuesday #34: The Gear We Use

Episode 70

Shoes. Socks. Underwear. Shorts. Compression Shorts. Cold weather tights. Shirts. Jackets. Rain gear. Gloves. Hats. Waist belts. Hydration packs. Watches. HR monitors. You asked for the gear we use; …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 35: Morgan Schulz

Episode 69

One year into her transition from D-1 Track star to OCR athlete, Morgan Schulz joins us for an unbelievable story of success, injury, heartbreak, and resolve. She has had incredibly high highs paired…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Training Tuesday #33: Skill Work

Episode 68

Running isn't as simple as just building a big engine. There are many accompanying skills that need to be developed in order to fully access your fitness during a competition. Ascending, descending, …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 34: Mark Batres

Episode 67

The fastest runner in the sport of OCR today, Mark Batres has been training as a distance runner since he was 8. From child phenom to collegiate stud to 2:19 marathoner to US National OCR champ, Mark…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Training Tuesday #32: Preparing for OCR Stars

Episode 66

There is a lot of buzz around Hunter McIntyre's new virtual competition, OCR Stars, so we decided to walk you through everything you need in order to prepare for and dominate this competition! We ana…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 33: Veejay Jones

Episode 65

The youngest, and arguably best, athlete in the sport of OCR takes us on his journey from 13 year old wunderkind to 21 year old phenom. Get to know the young man behind the legend!

Also, Brakken does…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Deload Weeks vs Tapering vs Peaking

Episode 64

These three terms are always talked about, sometimes understood, and rarely implemented correctly. Today we fix that! We break down what each term means, discuss why and when you would use it, then g…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 32: Continuing Our Q&A

Episode 63

Tuesday's Q&A episode only covered half of your questions so we are powering through today! This episode might have the most wide ranging topics we've ever covered. We start with different approaches…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago