98 - Jim Vance on Running with Power

Welcome	Welcome to Episode #98 of the Mile High Endurance podcast.  Mile High Endurance is your weekly connection to coaches, experts and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance and triathlon goals.  We're your hosts Rich Soares, Khem Suthiwan and Bill Plock and we are glad you are joining us for another week of endurance interviews and discussion.  Our interview today is with coach Jim Vance, author of The Complete Guide to Running with Power, among other projects..
Last week's guest	Thanks to last week's guest Dr. Don Rose for taking us from average to epic with his book entitled Average to Epic, A Mid-liferes Guide to Endurance Sports.  If you missed it, go back and check it out.
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Discussion Teasers	We are going to get right into the interview in a couple of minutes, but before we do let's check in with Khem Suthiwan and Bill Plock - how's it going guys?   Khem, let's start with you - what are we going to talk about after the interview?   Bill, what "hippie haps" do folks want to stick around for?   I can't wait to talk about Bandito Cross and what a crazy fun "not really racing" event that was.  Anything involving bikes, beer and bacon is something you do not want to miss.   I also want to share a documentary recommendation that is a must see for anyone who is concerned with fair competition in athletic competition.  In "Icarus", Bryan Fogel, is the man behind this expose account of Russia’s state-sponsored doping program.  Fogel is also a keen amateur cyclist and, in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal, set out to prove just how easy it was to evade cycling’s creaking testing system by competing chemically enhanced in the same prestigious amateur race, Haute Route, that he had struggled in the year before. The plan was to boost his best time, pass with flying colours through the urine tests required of all competitors. Hollywood could not engineer twists and turns and incredible revelations that unfold.  We'll talk about that after the interview.
Interview Setup	I'm willing to bet that 99% of the listeners of this show have trained with a heart rate monitor and knows something about heart rate training zones.  I'm sure the majority of you also train with a bike power meter.  What you may be less familiar with is running with a power meter.  Why would you want to train with a running power meter?  What does a running power meter measure?  What metrics does it provide?  How do they work?  How do the various power dimensions relate to each other?  How can you use it to manage your season?  Know your taper is working?  If you want to know the answer to any of these questions, you are going to love this interview with the guy who literally wrote the book on it!   Let's get into the interview with coach Jim Vance!
Coaching Services	If you are starting to think about your fitness and race goals for next year, now is the perfect time to start working with a coach to lay out what you need to be doing in the off season to set you up for being sure you achieve your goals.    Coach Khem and I both offer triathlon and endurance coaching services and have openings for clients.  If you want to learn more about coach Khem, you can go to the MHE About page and click on the link under her picture or contact Khem at [e-mail]   To learn more about my coaching services, go to www.milehighendurancepodcast.com/coaching or contact me at [e-mail]
Host Discussion Topics	Khem's Topics   Bill's Topics   Rich's Topics My first cyclocross event Icarus Bryan Fogel Grigory Rodchenkov Nikita Kamaev
Upcoming Interviews	Geoff Hanson, head triathlon coach at Mesa State University on their new NCAA program Don Reichelt (Spartathlon Ultra) Joanna Zeiger - The Champion Mindset Rocky Harris, CEO of USAT Erik Kenny - EK Coaching Kane Russell of Halo Neuroscience - Bill and I doing that interview and wearing our Halos in Kona Ken Axford on bike handling skills Billy the Kid Edwards
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