We have a good old fashion coaching tips interview this week with Sansego coach Matt Smith. Matt was on the deck at the Boulder camp during our pool sets this spring. He gave tips from his observations on deck and also did some video analysis observations and recommendations. I picked up a few tips from Matt that I incorporated into my training and believe those changes were part of what led to a 1.2 mile PR at Boulder 70.3 a few weeks ago. We wanted to get him on the show and share his expertise with you and see if we can get you to your new swim PR.
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Thanks to last week's guest, Richard Rozok - a repeat top 10 Norseman Xtreme Triathlon finisher. If you didn't hear what makes Norseman so Xtreme and Richard's extreme Czechoslovakian accent, go back and check out Episode #139.
Side note that I have some corrections to some information I've shared about iKOR to share in the post interview discussion.
Coach Matt Smith lives in Boulder with his wife Molly, who by the way are very nearly new parents. Early congrats to them both. As you'll hear, he and the Sansego team believe in helping athletes find their full potential.
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This episode continues our coverage of some of the most epic races on the planet. This week we have repeat top 10 Norseman Xtreme Triathlon finisher Richard Rozok. Many of you will know what makes Norseman an "extreme" triathlon. For those who don't or have never heard of Norseman, you are about to hear a story of an incredibly challenging iron distance race. Norseman is a one of seven Xtri World Tour Xtreme triathlons.
At the Sansego Camp this past May, Crowie asked all of the athletes to introduce themselves, their racing experience and race goals for the year. Most of us were referring to 70.3 this and IM that - no big surprises. There was one guy, with a great accent, who casually mentioned that he was planning to race Norseman. There were a handful of us in the room that had audible reactions, including Crowie, Matt Smith and Franko Vatterott.
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Thanks to last week's guest, Don Reichelt who put his stamp in Badwater 135 history, finishing 3rd overall. We had a great chat about his training, strategy and how the race unfolded. Badwater 135 sounds brutal with temperatures as high as 127 degrees. If you missed it, go back and check out Episode #138.
Norseman - The start is 150km from Bergen and 322km from Oslo Airport in the Eidfjord. While the finish is 367km from Bergen and 230km from Oslo at the top of Mt. Gaustatoppen at 1850m. Total elevation gain during the 140.6 miles is 5235m (17175 ft).
Richard Rozok is a working age-grouper in Norway who competes at the elite level. Having trained with him at the Sansego Boulder camp this past May, I can attest first hand to Richard's strength and speed at all disciplines. I'm pleased to present…Richard Rozok.
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Badwater 135 Ultra-marathon is billed as the "toughest foot race on the planet". With air temperatures reaching a high of 127 degrees and pavement temperatures in the 150s, it's no wonder that only 68 of the 99 racers this year finished. What was not well known until this year's race was Don Reichelt's name. You, however, heard him back in March on the show talk about his selection for Badwater and his plans for training for this ultra tough event. Guess what, this badass got a podium of 3rd place, surprising previous record holders, podium placers, organizers and teams. Were we surprised - hell no!
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Thanks to last week's guest, professional mountain bike expert Ryan Petry for sharing his Haute Route recap and Leadville MTB preparation. If you missed it, go back and check out Episode #137.
Don has spent more than 7 years of my life planning and executing events, coaching endurance athletes, and running ultra distances at an elite level. He started in the event industry with as a field marketer and events manager for a major shoe company, before moving on as a one man show directing 11 different races including road running, trail running, biking, and triathlons. He also contracts out event services with numerous events from 5K to ultra distances.
He has coached multiple athletes to finishes at races from 5K to 100 miles and everything in-between. I specialize in working with athletes who want to get into ultrarunning, or who want to take their ultra running to the next level.
Don is a multiple time Ironman finisher and have competed in countless ultramarathons including 5 races of 100 miles or more with a 100 mile PR of 16:27. We can now add a 3rd place at Badwater 135 in a time of 27 hours and 8 minutes and 30 seconds. Let's get into the interview.
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Listen up mountain bikers! Our interview this week is with the professional mountain biker, Ryan Petry. Ryan recently placed a close second at Haute Route Rockies and is racing next weekend at the Leadville 100 MTB race.
Thanks to last week's guest, Mark Fleming of iKOR Labs who helped us sort through all of the information about hemp extract, CBD and the benefits that endurance athletes are experiencing. This turned out to be a pretty engaging topic and prompted a couple of good posts, which we'll read out here in a bit.
Ryan Petry as you will hear is an axe on the MTB. In 2016, he finished 7th overall at the Leadville 100 MTB with a time of 06:48:54. We are going to talk about his Haute Route Rockies result and much more. Let's get into the interview.
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Our interview this week is with the Co-founder of iKOR Labs, Mark Fleming. We are going to get your questions answered about CBD. Why are endurance athletes using it? How are they using it? Is it legal? What benefits does it provide? Who's using it? How to take it?
Thanks to last week's guests, professional triathlete Timothy O'Donnell.
I'm very excited to bring you Mark Fleming and iKOR. When I first discovered iKOR, it was 2017 under the pre 2018 WADA and USADA rules and I honestly decided to not pursue this as a topic for the podcast. I researched the WADA and USADA sites. I researched the USAT position and at that time there was not a clear distinction between THC and CBD.
In January of 2018, CBD was removed from the WADA and USADA banned substance list. I got reconnected with Mark Fleming and Craig Sweeney at the Sansego camp here in Boulder. As we talked more and I tried it for myself, I have noticed an incredible difference in my recovery and reduced inflammation most of all. We'll talk more about the resources that we'll make available in the show notes, plus a letter from USADA to a recent athlete who uses iKOR, was on the podium, was tested and the letter from USADA addresses his disclosure of CBD usage and the results of his test declaring him clean from banned substances.
Let's get into the interview and talk more after.
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Breaking down the training and nutrition for Boulder 70.3
2800 Open water swim at Grant Ranch at race pace plus 70+ miles on Saturday;
Sweat rate of 36.9 oz/hr; consumption of 29.1 oz/hr; IF of .74; temp of 92 (note 83 degrees and IF of .91, sweat rate is 42.4
Kept up at 40 oz/hr for the first 2.5 hours, but then dropped to 20 oz/hr for the final 2
I started dehydrated at a SG of 1.020 and regressed to 1.030; the specific density of water would be 1.000. Ideally, urine specific gravity results will fall between 1.002 and 1.030 if your kidneys are functioning normally. Specific gravity results above 1.010 can indicate mild dehydration. The higher the number, the more dehydrated you may be.
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Our interview this week is with Tim O'Donnell. We have a lot of questions for T.O. about how the prep for Kona is going this year, what it's like balancing the roles of a professional triathlete, husband and relatively new father, we'll talk about the Tim and Rinny You Tube Channel is going, and how his and Rinny's races have gone this year.
Thanks to last week's guests, Simone Cordrey-Cotter to talk about Rudy Project's "Podium One" and Alison Freeman of D3 Multisport who talked about how to train for and race in hot conditions. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #134. Hopefully you are fast enough to win a Boost 01 helmet, but if you're not get a Boost 01 like me and you'll be faster. Being fast on the bike might not be enough in hot conditions. We had lots of great tips on how to be ready for your next hot race.
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Timothy O’Donnell is one of the world’s most successful and experienced American long-course triathletes. As a professional, he has earned 50+ podium finishes including over 22 wins at major events throughout the world. Among the wins are nine Ironman 70.3 victories, three 140.6 wins, and six Armed Forces National Championships. At the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, Timothy finished 6th in 2016, 3rd in 2015, and 5th in 2013, finishing as top American in 2013 & 2015. In 2013, he tied the existing American IRONMAN record with an 8:01:32 victory at IRONMAN Brazil. In 2015 at IRONMAN Brazil, he completed his fastest IRONMAN to date at 7:55:56. He was the IRONMAN 70.3 US Pro Champion in 2012 and the IRONMAN US Pro Champion in 2011.
O’Donnell’s sporting career began when he joined his first swim team at the age of five in Roseville, CA. He began to shine in the pool during his high school years while attending Wyoming Seminary Prep (SEM) in Kingston, Pennsylvania. At SEM O’Donnell was captain of the varsity swim team, set multiple school records and earned repeated district championships and all-state honors.
O’Donnell then attended the United States Naval Academy (BS Naval Architecture, 2003) where he swam on the Varsity team for two seasons before fully committing to the sport of triathlon. As a triathlete, O’Donnell led the Naval Academy Men’s Team to two US National Triathlon Championship titles. He attended UC Berkeley (MSEng Ocean Engineering, 2005) as a Navy Ensign during which time he won the 2003 U.S. Under-23 National Championships and his first of six consecutive Armed Forces Triathlon Championships.
In 2007 O’Donnell was assigned to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He earned spots on the US National Team and World Championships Team in 2007 and 2008,was the ITU Long Distance World Champion in 2009, and was named USAT’s Non-Drafting Triathlete of the Year in 2009, 2010, and 2015.
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Our interviews this week - that's right we have two interviews this week. Interview #1 is with Simone Cordrey-Cotter to talk about Rudy Project's "Podium One" and how they are rewarding the fastest N. American Ironman finishers. We also have coach Alison Freeman of D3 Multisport joining us today to talk about how to train for and race in hot conditions. It's too late for our hot June and early July races, but in the northern hemisphere late July and August..even September can deliver some super-hot conditions. We're going to tell you how to get ready!
Thanks to last week's guest, Strava Co-founder Michael Horvath. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #133.
Interview 1: Simone Cordrey-Cotter is the marketing and PR manager with Rudy Project North America and she happens to live here locally with Khem and me. She has been a long-time friend of the show and a former guest. We get to chat with Simone about a new program they have titled Podium One. Rudy Project is going to be rewarding the fastest Ironman athletes in N. America with Rudy's fastest race helmet and glasses. Let's go to that interview right now. It's a short discussion, so don't go anywhere. You'll want to stick around for our feature interview to follow. https://www.rudyprojectna.com/pages/project-podium
Transition: Pretty cool reward if you are a super-fast Ironman age-grouper. The Boost 1 is a sweet looking helmet and Tralyx sunglasses are sweet as well! If you don't think you are fast enough to win a free helmet and glasses, well don't fret. We have a discount code for you that's going to get you 30% of the way to owning a pair. Use the code MHE 30 at checkout.
Okay, let's get serious about hot races shall we? We have Alison Freeman of D3 Multisport to talk to us about training for and racing in hot conditions. Let's go to the feature interview now and we'll be back with you after you are a more informed athlete!
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Our interviews this week with Strava Co-founder Michael Horvath. Bill and I caught up with Michael about 6 weeks ago. We released the interview on 303Radio, but thought it would be a good interview to share with the MHE audience.
Thanks to last week's guests, Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Heidi Strickler. I think you'll learn a bit from the interview. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #132.
Michael Horvath, as you will hear shortly, graduated from Harvard with a degree in Economics. While at Harvard he was on the Crew team, which really is a big influencer in the story you are about to hear. What you will not hear in the interview is that Michael went on to get his PhD in Economics at Northwestern University. He co-founded Strava and served as CEO from 2009-2013, then became Chairman and President 2014-2017 and now serves on the Board.
I think the rest of the Michael Horvath story is better told by Michael himself. Here's the interview. We'll catch you on the other side.
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Happy Independence Day to our listeners in the U.S. Stay tuned, train informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!
Our interview this week is with Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Heidi Strickler. Food is on my mind a lot these days and where I get my macro nutrients is something I consider carefully. Like many of you, I'm trying to get the best quality carbohydrate, fat and protein. I'm a meat eater, but have been experimenting more and more with plant based protein. Heidi is going to help all of us better understand how to do that successfully.
Thanks to last week's guests, Craig Alexander and Matt Smith on the Boulder Sansego training camp. I learned a lot at the camp. I think you'll learn a bit from the interview. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #131. Really recommend doing a training camp like this if you haven't.
Heidi is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) who comes to eNRG Performance from Seattle, Washington.
Heidi graduated with a triple degree in Dietetics, Nutrition in Sports & Exercise, and Exercise Science, from Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. She completed her Dietetic Internship in Illinois, and moved back to Seattle in early 2014 to begin her career as a Registered Dietitian.
Heidi has spent most of her professional career at Experience Momentum, a functional wellness clinic in Lynnwood, Washington, where she worked with clients in both nutrition and fitness coaching. Heidi specializes in sports and performance nutrition, oncology nutrition, sustainability, and plant-based eating. She works with high school, collegiate, and adult team sports, CrossFit athletes, and endurance athletes, including runners, triathletes, cyclists, swimmers, and obstacle course racers. As an endurance athlete herself, Heidi’s primary focus is with endurance athletes.
It was Heidi’s experience as an athlete that led her to nutrition. An interest in the human body and physical performance inspired her initial plan to pursue a career in physical therapy. However, once she began competing in college, she became fascinated by the connection between nutrition and performance, and changed the direction of her studies.
Heidi is an avid, passionate and competitive athlete and outdoors enthusiast. She began playing soccer at the age of three, which carried her into college on a scholarship at Seattle Pacific University. She transitioned to running collegiate track and cross country during her junior year after discovering the world of long distance running. After college, Heidi took her love for running and passion for the outdoors to the trails of her hometown in Salt Lake City, where she picked up ultra-running and trail racing, and remains highly competitive on the trails today.
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Our interview this week is with return guest and 5x world champion Craig Alexander and coach Matt Smith. At the end of the Boulder Sansego training camp, they spend a little time reflecting on the lessons and training session during the camp. They also highlighted a couple of the important training tips that we covered during the 3 days.
Thanks to last week's guests, registered Dietitian and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, Dina Griffin. Dina talked about some of the endurance considerations that are unique to the female athletes, including getting the right amount of iron in your diet, having ferratin and iron panel testing, training and racing while pregnant and more. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #130.
At the Boulder camp this past weekend, Matt Smith was the chief coach and presenter. Crowie trained with the athletes in the pool while Matt was on the deck delivering the workout sets. Matt and Crowie biked and ran with us. Crowie led the strength training session.
Matt Smith has been involved in triathlon and multisport for over 15 years. As a coach, his athletes have achieved the highest accolades in triathlon including Ironman and 70.3 podium finishes and overall wins. Personally, he has qualified for the Ironman and 70.3 world championships on every attempt. Matt serves as the North American coach for Sansego by Craig Alexander.
Matt has a unique ability as a coach to work with any athlete to fit a highly competitive race program into a busy life. He looks at an athlete holistically, coming from a background of leadership and executive coaching before starting triathlon coaching 8 years ago.
Matt holds USAT certification, a Masters degree in Adult Education, Executive Leadership certification from Harvard University and is completing his Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certification to be able to help athletes with more than just race day nutrition planning.
As mentioned in the intro, Crowie is a 3x Ironman World Champion. He also has 2 70.3 world championship titles.
Crowie, is a 5 time world champion and is still a top competitor at the age of 45. He is an absolutely amazing athlete, and he is extremely generous and humble. He loves the sport and was great about sharing his experience and what he's learned, but also recognized that each athlete comes with their own experience, strengths and weaknesses, biomechanics and flexibility and was great and helping each individual get the most out of the camp.
I had a chance to chat with Crowie and Matt at the end of the camp. We talked about the highlights of the workouts and lectures, and we got them to share some specific training tips.
SANSEGO highlights
Bill and Haute Route
Khem's MS150 Update
Bob Seebohar Metabolic Project update
Lake to Lake Race
One more shout out on IM Boulder
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Our interview this week is with "The Nutrition Mechanic" Dina Griffin. Ladies, listen up - we are talking about some of the endurance considerations that are unique to the female athletes. Gents, don't tune out - no doubt you have a spouse, girlfriend or friends that this could impact. You should know this stuff and may want to share this interview with them. Plus, Dina has a talent that is unrelated to endurance sport that you are going to want to hear more about and hear later in the show.
Thanks to last week's guests, 3x Ironman World Champ Craig Alexander. We talked to Crowie about the SANSEGO Camp happening this weekend in Boulder. We'll also tell you who won the free entry into the camp a little later on. If you missed the interview, go back and check out Episode #129.
Dina Griffin Bio.
As a Sports Dietitian and athlete herself, Dina understands the many challenges that athletes encounter. Whether your goals include weight loss, improving nutrition for training and race day, or managing a health condition, she works to carefully understand your unique goals and challenges. She will strategize with you to overcome obstacles, optimize all aspects of your nutrition, and meet or exceed your goals in a realistic and healthful manner.
Dina likes to ‘walk the talk’ and as such, is a competitive half marathon, marathon, and ultra runner, age group triathlete, and cyclist where she has earned top placement and age group wins in several events. For other leisure activities, she enjoys hiking, snowshoeing and open water swimming. Some notable athletic accomplishments and achievements include the Leadville 100 trail run, the Comrades ultra race in South Africa (earning a bronze medal), Ironman Coeur D’Alene (12:14 for her 1st IM in 2013), Boston Marathon (sub 3:25 finish), NYC Marathon (3:26 finish), the San Francisco North Face Endurance Run 50k, and the Mount Evans Hill Climb. She is also proud to have served as a guide for Diane Berberian at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in London in 2013. Additionally, she has enjoyed crewing and pacing for athletes at events such as the Badwater 135 in Death Valley, UTMB/CCC races in France, Tor de Geants in Italy, and the Leadville 100 MTB race.
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Our interview this week is with 3x Ironman World Champ Craig "Crowie" Alexander. We are talking about the SANSEGO Clinic in Boulder June 15-17. If you are a triathlete who lives in the greater Denver area, you couldn't ask for a better coaching clinic opportunity. You don't have to take off a bunch of time from work. You don't have to travel. When you hear what's included, you are going to realize what a value it is. Plus, we are going to do a drawing this week for one person who will get a free registration to the clinic. Hint - there's a clue in the interview!
Thanks to last week's guests, coach and nutrition expert Bob Seebohar. Not only did Bob share some great information to build on our knowledge of how to fuel yourself for endurance athletic success, we formally kicked off the "get metabolically efficient" project this week. We have more on that in a little bit!
As mentioned in the intro, Crowie is a 3x Ironman World Champion. He also has 2 70.3 world championship titles.
As a father, husband, businessman and athlete, Crowie has felt the same pressures you do in balancing family, a career and your passion for the sport of triathlon. The Sansego Advance program provides an opportunity to train with Crowie and get expert guidance from the Sansego team of coaches in a three-day program.
Instead of taking a week off work and away from family to go to a training camp, you can join us during the day, sleep in your own bed and spend time with your family, all without having to take time off work. For this program, you’ll have the chance to train with Crowie in his second home of Boulder, Colorado, the mecca of
triathlon. You’ll experience some classic training routes of the top Ironman pros and see a day in the life of a pro living in Boulder.
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Motor skills rely on the brain to send signals to the correct muscles and parts of muscles in the right order. Through plasticity, your brain is able to ensure that your neurons are working together for a precise result
Endurance relies on the motor cortex to repeat an action for an extended period of time. Each time you take a step, swim a stroke, or pedal a bike, your brain and your muscles consume energy. Via plasticity, your training leads to more efficient movements, reducing the energy cost of each action and allowing you to endure for a longer period of time.
Strength relies on the motor cortex to ensure that your muscle fibers are contracting together and not competing with each other. Powerful output requires the coordination of the many thousands of neurons that activate a group of primary and synergist muscles. With plasticity, the brain learns to contract more useful muscle fibers and relax opposing fibers, allowing you to lift more.
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Our interview this week is with coach and nutrition expert Bob Seebohar. As you'll hear in the interview, we are going to explore trying to get more efficient with our fueling through periodized nutrition. Our guest Bob Seebohar is the author of Metabolic Efficiency Training and the Metabolic Efficiency Recipe book. We are building on our knowledge from the CU Sports Medicine work we did a few weeks ago. To be clear, this is not a "pivot" but a "build" on knowledge, adding layers of information to help you fuel yourself for success.
Thanks to last week's guests, coach Matt Bottrill. Matt is the cycling coach for professional triathletes Timo Bracht, Lucy Charles, Rachel Joyce and Tim Don. Matt shared his experience of frequenting the podium at the British Nation Time Trial Championship podium from years 2004-2013 where he was mixing it up regularly with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins. If you go to the website you will see his killer aero form.
Bob is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, the former Director of Sports Nutrition for the University of Florida and most recently served as a sport dietitian for the US Olympic Committee.
Bob has a bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sports Science, a master's degree in Health and Exercise Science and a second master's degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. He is a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USA Triathlon Level III Elite Coach and a USA Triathlon Youth/Junior coach. Being an out of the box thinker, Bob created the concepts of Nutrition Periodization™ and Metabolic Efficiency Training.
Bob has worked with a variety of athletes from sports including triathlon, duathlon, ultra-running/cycling, track and field, marathon, mountain biking, road and track cycling, cross country, swimming, and more.
Olympians
Susan Williams (triathlon, bronze medalist, 2004)
Sarah Haskins (triathlon)
Hunter Kemper (triathlon)
Joanna Zeiger (triathlon)
Andy Potts (triathlon)
Ben Kanute (triathlon)
Meb Keflezighi (marathon)
Professional Athletes
Tim O’Donnell (triathlon)
Leanda Cave (triathlon)
Joe Umpenhour (triathlon)
Brian Fleischmann (triathlon)
Matt Chrabot (triathlon)
Amanda Stevens (triathlon)
Kevin Collington (triathlon)
Amanda Lovato (triathlon)
Michael Lovato (triathlon)
Manny Huerta (triathlon)
Sara McLarty (triathlon)
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Motor skills rely on the brain to send signals to the correct muscles and parts of muscles in the right order. Through plasticity, your brain is able to ensure that your neurons are working together for a precise result
Endurance relies on the motor cortex to repeat an action for an extended period of time. Each time you take a step, swim a stroke, or pedal a bike, your brain and your muscles consume energy. Via plasticity, your training leads to more efficient movements, reducing the energy cost of each action and allowing you to endure for a longer period of time.
Strength relies on the motor cortex to ensure that your muscle fibers are contracting together and not competing with each other. Powerful output requires the coordination of the many thousands of neurons that activate a group of primary and synergist muscles. With plasticity, the brain learns to contract more useful muscle fibers and relax opposing fibers, allowing you to lift more.
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Our interview this week is with coach Matt Bottrill. As you'll hear in the interview, Matt is the cycling coach for professional triathletes Timo Bracht, Lucy Charles, Rachel Joyce and Tim Don. Matt frequented the podium at the national time trial in the UK and his success led to professional triathletes reaching out to him for coaching advice. His specialty is aerodynamics and he's going to share his thoughts with our crew.
Thanks to last week's guests, coach Billy Edwards of the USA Naval Academy triathlon team. We talking about USAT Collegiate Nationals and about the Navy team win, about the vibe of the race and how they score teams at this event
Our guest lives in Whitwick England, was all over the British Nation Time Trial Championship podium from years 2004-2013. If you check the results page you'll see him right in the mix with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Time_Trial_Championships
Matt is owner of Matt Bottrill Coaching and has a staff of coaches. As mentioned in the intro, he has or is coaching some of the most prominent pro triathletes including Timo Bracht, Lucy Charles, Rachel Joyce and Tim Don.
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Our interview this week is with coach Billy Edwards of the USA Naval Academy triathlon team and we are talking about USAT Collegiate Nationals. We are going to talk about the Navy team win (Go Navy), about the vibe of the race and how they score teams at this event.
Thanks to last week's guests, coach Mike Ricci on how to transform yourself from an average age-grouper to a Kona qualifier. If you want to get to Kona and you haven't heard the interview - get on it!
Sure Kona is the world championship of Ironman. When you think of triathlon, most people think of Kona first. Besides being the IM WC, it is an event that has an amazing vibe. This week we are talking about another race that has a unique vibe and energy that I've not experienced anywhere else. I'm talking about USATCN. If you've been to USAT Nationals, this is not that vibe. It's something completely different. It's like a USATAG Nationals, Final 4 and Kona hybrid.
We are talking to the coach who built a team over years to get to this point. We'll talk about how he did it.
Billy "The Kid" Edwards coaches the United States Naval Academy Triathlon Team. He has been coaching the Navy Club sport since 2008. Billy also coaches and consults competitive and beginner triathletes all over the country. His professional coaching background includes USA Triathlon and USA cycling certifications. As a Marine infantry officer, Billy spent much of his time getting his Marines mentally and physically prepared for their tasks in battle similar to prepping athletes for races and meets. Billy believes in consistency in every aspect of life in order to become a better athlete. Sports should become not just a hobby but a positively integrated aspect of your life. He also considers triathlon much more than swim, bike, and run. It is the obstacles in your life, in your training, and then on race day that you have to learn to mentally, emotionally, and physically hurdle on the way to your goals. http://billythekidtriathlete.com/coaching/
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Just up on 303 Radio is an interview with Tim Brosious, Race Directory of IM Boulder.
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Our topic this week is "how to get to Kona"? We talk to Level 3 coach Mike Ricci on how to transform yourself from an average age-grouper to a Kona qualifier. Everything from picking the right coach to picking the right race is right here today.
Thanks to last week's guests, Dr. Inigo San Milan of CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center. We received some good feedback on the interview. Coaches including Mike Ricci and 3 time Olympian Jim Galanes liking that content.
I have to say, this topic of nutrition and metabolic rates is extremely personal and inter-related. I'm pleased about the positive feedback and a little relieved there wasn't some negative feedback. As I mentioned, I know there are people who experience success with different approaches. I had Dr. Bob Seebohar on my mind while preparing the content last week. Bob has talked with us in the past about metabolic efficiency. I'd like to get him back on to discuss this because I know there's something to it, but I want to do it in a way that is not confusing to the audience.
Kona is the serious goal of many triathletes. For many, it just seems like a dream or unattainable goal. Whether you have already earned your ticket to the Ironman World Championship or it just preoccupies your triathlete dreams, you will want to hear what coach Mike Ricci has some great advice.
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Our topic this week is Part 2 on "No Guessing". We continue our interview Dr. Inigo San Milan of CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center. I mentioned some of the topics we are going to hit last week. If you missed it, you are going to hear Inigo's definitions of each training zone. You will learn what muscle types map to which zone, understand the relationship between metabolic rates and sources and muscle fiber types and zones. It's going to be a science lesson hootinany!
Thanks to last week's guests, professional triathlete's Tim Don, James Hadley and Rachel Joyce. Can't wait to see Tim and Rachel at Kona this year!
Taking the No Guessing topic with Inigo to the next level. I have some training zone definitions straight from Inigo, plus I have taken my metabolic report results and done a comparison to a generic online race nutrition calculator. I want to illustrate how different MY and perhaps YOUR individual results might be to generic calculators.
Plus, we have the final results in from USAT Collegiate Nationals. I want to share the rankings and some results, plus give a couple of special "shout outs" to some individuals and teams.
Shout Outs to:
Dr. San Millán is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Director of the Sports Performance Program at the CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center in Boulder, Colorado.
Listen closely to the concepts that we discuss. After the interview, I’m going to share my actual data and drive home the point that relying on assumptions, generic calculators for training zones, caloric expenditure, etc. can be highly risky.
Inigo's Training Zone Definitions
-Z1 is recovery
-Z2 is the exercise intensity where you achieve the maximal fat oxidation rate (FATmax) which also coincides with the first lactate inflection point. This is indicative of maximal Type 1 muscle fiber recruitment before Type IIa starts kicking in.
-Z3 is when type IIa muscle fibers kick in and there is a sharp decrease in Fat oxidation and increase in CHO oxidation. The Cross-over point usually happens here. Also there is a continuous rise in lactate accumulation.
-Z4 is the exercise intensity at which Fat oxidation completely disappears and CHO is the only fuel available. Furthermore, this also coincides with a 2nd lactate inflection point (“Lactate threshold”). This metabolic state denotes maximal Type IIa muscle fiber recruitment before Type IIb fibers kick in.
-Z5 is usually your VO2max, or maximal effort you can sustain and starting to incur in anaerobic metabolism. This intensity can only be sustained for ~2-3 minutes.
-Z6 is your anaerobic metabolism and dependable on ATP stores as glycolysis is not fast enough to supply ATP for the muscles. Usually sprinting intensity.
Examples of Nutrition Calculations (Assumption v Reality)
Zone 1
Do you know how many calories you are burning per hour?
Me - TrainingPeaks: 590/hr at z1 - No indication of what % comes from fat
Generic Calculator: 519/hr at z1 (67% from fat)
Actual Test: 770/hr at z1 (26% from fat)
If I used a generic calculator I might assume I'm only burning 171 calories of glycogen/hour. In reality, I'm using 570. An error of 330%.
Zone 3
Me - TrainingPeaks: 797
Generic Calculator: 774 (28% from fat)
Actual Test: 979 (7.7% from fat)
Generic calculator says I'm using 557 calories of glycogen/hour. In reality I'm using 904.
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Good luck to my colleagues at 303 Endurance Network who are racing at Wildflower tomorrow - Khem Suthiwan, Dana Willett and Allison Freeman. Good luck ladies!
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Our interview this week is titled Brits in Boulder to celebrate St Georges Day this past Monday. Bill and I met with professional triathlete's Tim Don, James Hadley and Rachel Joyce at Ivan O'Gorman's bike fit studio just outside of Boulder and had a very casual interview and discussion. As you will hear we discussed a number of topics and are super grateful for their time and for sharing their time and perspectives as professional triathletes.
Saint George's Day, also known as the Feast of Saint George, is the feast day of Saint George as celebrated by various Christian Churches and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint.
Thanks to last week's guest, Dr. Inigo San Milan of CU Sports Medicine and Performance on the topic of metabolic testing. Last week was part 1 of a 2-part interview. There was a lot to digest in last week's interview and we much, much more to get to with Inigo.
Because of the way the dates fell with St. Georges Day being this past week, we wanted to shift gears for a week and share the Brits in Boulder interview with Tim, Rachel and James.
Next week we will return to the final half of the interview with Inigo next week. I'll elaborate further on what you will hear next week in part 2 - you do not want to miss it.
Before we get into today's interview, I want to relay some updates from Bill and Khem, which we discussed this morning. I won't try to represent what they discussed this morning, but would like to share a couple of brief highlights.
Bill is back from Haute Route San Francisco. Overall it sounded like he had an awesome experience, but Haute Route was no joke. After taking a ferry to the start, the first stage started from Jack London Square after taking in Oakland and was a 100 mile and more than 10k feet of climbing with Mt Diablo. Mt Diablo is a featured part of the Tour of California race. After they finished in Oakland, the racers took a ferry back to San Francisco for a good meal and massage.
The 87 mile stage two started at the Presidio and rode across the Golden Gate Bridge. There was another 8500 feet of climbing and it sounds like it was pretty relentless, but pretty epic at the same time. The gist of what Bill reported was that it's a great experience, extremely well supported, but very challenging.
Khem gave an update on the Karen Hornbostel Memorial TT. This was week four and the conditions were calm Wednesday at Cherry Creek Reservoir. There were reportedly a lot of fast times on the 9.5 mile course and Khem knocked nearly a minute off her previous week's time. There are three more weeks to go and I'm hoping to be out there next week with her.
After the interview I'll go into a little detail on the USAT Collegiate and HS Club Nationals in Tuscaloosa. I'll also provide a little more on last week's interview with Dr. Inigo San Milan and talk about what you will hear in next week's episode and the information that Inigo has yet to share.
Rachel Joyce has six top ten finishes in Kona to her name (6th:2009, 5th:2010, 4th:2011, 2nd:2013, 3rd:2014, 2nd:2015), a world title and four Iron distance titles (Ironman Lanzarote 2011, Challenge Roth 2012, Ironman Texas 2013, Ironman Cozumel 2013 and Ironman Boulder in 2017). Her finish time in Challenge Roth (8:45:03) also puts her down as the fifth fastest woman over the Iron distance and is one of only 4 women to finish in sub-9hours at the Ironman World Championships (8:57:28).
London was “home” for 10 years but now Rachel has moved Stateside and lives year round in Boulder, Colorado. She has been coached by Julie Dibens since the end of 2014. Her ambition in the sport is to win Kona as well as tick off a few “bucket list” races she has on her list….Wildflower, Ironman Lake Placid, St Croix 70.3 and Escape from Alcatraz to name a few.
James Hadley Originally from England, UK, has been an athlete for 28 years. He progressed quickly through years of hard work and dedication to race as a professional triathlete internationally for 11 of these years. During this time James has been taught by some of the best coaches in the world, whilst also training/racing alongside some of the all time great athletes triathlon has ever produced. He was accepted into Bath University and started training in earnest with the triathlon team. During a visit to Australia he met coach Siri Lindley, who was “instrumental” in motivating him to take his training to the next level. He moved to Boulder to train with Lindley and still lives there today.
Great Britain’s Tim Don posted a 7:40:23 at the Ironman South American Championship in Brazil on May 28, 2017 to become the fastest athlete to ever finish an Ironman-branded race. The former ITU star put together a 44:16 swim, a 4:06:56 bike and a 2:44:46 marathon to post the incredible 7:40:23 finishing time and break Canadian Lionel Sanders’ record of 7:44:29, which was just set at last November’s Ironman Arizona. In addition to the record, Don earned the championship victory with an astounding 25-minute margin over second-place finisher Kyle Buckingham of South Africa and will be guaranteed a slot for October’s Ironman World Championship.
Weigh yourself prior to your workout
Weigh yourself after your workout
Note how much fluid you consumed during
Note (generally how much fluid you lost through peeing)
My spreadsheet has:
USAT Collegiate Club Nationals in Tuscaloosa. The USA Triathlon Collegiate Club & High School National Championships are this Friday and Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with nearly 1,300 collegiate competitors from 120 collegiate clubs and more than 150 high schoolers registered to compete.
There was a course change announced and now executed. All races will be shifted from a triathlon (swim-bike-run) to a duathlon(run-bike-run) to ensure athlete safety.
Heavy rainfall in Tuscaloosa the past two weeks led to the Holt Dam spillway gates being opened by local officials to avoid flooding. Heightened volume in the Black Warrior River necessitated that the gates remain open through race weekend, resulting in overly strong currents that were deemed unsafe for swimming.
Racing Friday included the Draft-Legal Collegiate Club Championships, in which athletes covered a 2.5-kilometer run, draft-legal 20-kilometer bike and another 2.5-kilometer run. The draft-legal format, which allows athletes to work together and pace off eachother on the bike, is similar to what is contested in elite International Triathlon Union (ITU) competitions and the OlympicGames.
Some of the nation’s up-and-coming multisport athletes will compete at the USA Triathlon High School National Championships. The course will cover a 2.5k run, non-drafting 21.45k bike and 2.5k run. High school boys, including two athletes competing in the Paratriathlon Open division
The action continues Saturday morning with nearly the entire field of collegiate athletes competing in the Olympic-Distance Collegiate Club Championships. The course covers a 5.2k run, 40k bike and another 5.2k run. The race also includes a Paratriathlon Open division, which features a 5.2k run, 20k bike and 5.2k run.
I enjoyed working with Caryn Marconi today. Caryn is USAT's Communication Manager and was doing an amazing job making sure all teams, coaches, media knew about the changes and handling all of the social media with her team. COO Tim Yount did and incredible job announcing today and you can tell how passionate he is about these young athletes and the sport of triathlon. He follows the progress of these athletes and he knows how to keep the spectators informed and engaged.
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Our guest this week is Dr. Inigo San Milan of CU Sports Medicine and Performance on the topic of metabolic testing. Last week you'll recall that I mentioned one of the reasons for "why" we do this podcast, which was our ability to have conversations with interesting and quality people like Josh Shadle and Dr. Jason Karp.
Another reason that we do this is that triathlon and endurance sports have inherent complexities and things you need to learn over time. We are driven to learn and the content that we provide is really a bi-product of that passion for us to learn. Even after doing this for more than a decade, I continue to refine and expand my knowledge. Things that I thought I understood, I gain a deeper appreciation for or improved understanding. You are going to get an invaluable science lesson today folks. We are going to talk about CU's proprietary ultrasound muscle testing for metabolic damage and glycogen storage. If haven't been tested, then you are flat out guessing. I was astonished at what I learned. Plus, if you think going slow is for sissy's, think again. After you hear this, you are going to want to know our zone 2 numbers and respect them.
Thanks to last week's guest, Josh Shadle of Fuelary. He'shelped us understand a more contemporary approach to wellness and performance. The more proactive approach tests in narrower ranges, more markers and more frequently to help identify wellness and performance opportunities. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #121
Dr. San Millán is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Director of the Sports Performance Program at the CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center in Boulder, Colorado. He is an internationally renowned applied physiologist having worked for the past 20 years for many professional teams and elite athletes worldwide across multiple sports like running, football, soccer, basketball, rowing, triathlon, swimming, Olympics and cycling including eight Pro Cycling Teams. He has also been consultant in exercise physiology and sports medicine to international organizations like the US Olympic Committee and the International Cycling Union. He has been a pioneer in developing new methodologies for monitoring athletes at the metabolic and physiological level including a novel method to measure mitochondrial function in vivo as well as the the invention, along his colleague Dr. John Hill, of the first method to measure skeletal muscle glycogen in a non-invasive manner using high frequency ultrasound. His areas of research, clinical work and interest include exercise metabolism, nutrition, sports performance, overtraining, diabetes, cancer and critical care.
Our show is also supported by 303 Media Productions, including 303Triathlon and 303 Cycling, which are your resources for news and events on triathlon and cycling in Colorado. Be sure to follow 303Radio.
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Our guest this week is Josh Shadle of Fuelary. He's going to help us understand a more contemporary approach to wellness and performance. A lot of athletes are starting to be more proactive than the annual physical with their GP and getting the standard blood screening which tests within broad ranges of "normal". The more proactive approach tests in narrower ranges, more markers and more frequently to help identify wellness and performance opportunities.
Thanks to last week's guest, Dr. Jason Karp who gave us helped with "The Right Way to Do Run Intervals". With his PhD in physiology, Masters in Kinesiology and a BA in sports science, he is about as educated as anyone in the field and yet he writes and conveys concepts in a way the ley person can understand. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #120.
One of the things I love about what we do is that we get to meet some very interesting and quality people. We were introduced to Josh by Will Murrray, our regular mental skills coach. Josh has a life story that I'm honored that he shared with such transparence and vulnerability. He has followed his calling and passion and is doing things that help regular people and athletes be at their best. Whether your goal is weight loss or performance they have tests and plans that are design to make you happy, healthy, and horny.
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Our guest this week is Dr. Jason Karp to talk about his article "The Right Way to Do Run Intervals". He has a PhD in exercise physiology, a Masters in Kinesiology and a BA in exercise and sports science. He's been a guest in the past on his books, The Inner Runner and Run Your Fat Off. We are certain you will learn some new information about interval training and how that create the adaptations that make you faster and stronger.
Thanks to last week's guest, Tim Hola on his favorite swim, bike and run workouts. For those who heard and told us how much you liked it, thank you for your feedback. If you missed it, go back and listen to episode #119.
Tim's Favorite Workouts:
Swim:
Workout 1
Workout 2
Bike:
Workout 1
Workout 2
Run:
Workout 1
Discussion Teasers:
Interview Setup
Jason Karp is a prolific writer, he has more than 400 articles published in running, coaching, and fitness magazines and scientific journals and is the author of eight books, including The Inner Runner, Run Your Fat Off, and Running a Marathon For Dummies.
Jason is a USA Track & Field certified coach, has taught USA Track & Field’s level 3 coaching certification, and has led elite coaching camps at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. A runner since sixth grade, he was a member of the silver-medal winning U.S. Masters Team at the 2013 World Maccabiah Games in Israel.
New Triathlete Tips:
Last week's discussion and Pulte tri clinic was on the topic of Essential Gear for Your First Triathlon. We've published a blog post on the topic on the website. Go to www.milehighendurance.com and the Content menu and navigate to MHE Blog.
At our Pulte group run last weekend I asked the peeps about what pace they wanted to run? When they answered, I asked why they wanted to run the paces they were planning. The answers were, "that's what I always run". We ultimately ran a very slow and easy Zone 1 / Zone 2 pace. As we ran, we discussed the reason for different paces or training zones.
This week's Clinic was going to be "How to Read Triathlon Workouts". Everyone is receiving their free Triathlon Plans from MyTimeToTri.com. If you are listening to this and need a free training plan, you should go check it out. Not that my Pulte peeps have their training plans, and realizing that they don't yet understand the basics of training at different intensities, It thought I'd step back and talk about why the specifics of each swim, bike and run.
This week's blog posting is the "How's and Why's of Following a Triathlon Workout". Here's a bit of what you will read on the blog post this weekend.
Workout Specifications
Notice that triathlon workouts rarely read “just go swim”, “ride your bike”, or “run somewhere and back”. They are (or should be) much more specific. If they are written by a certified triathlon coach, they should include specifics for duration (or distance), intensity, terrain (grade and/or surface), intervals and recovery, and potential skill focuses.
The specifics of a workout are designed to affect an adaptation. Different intensity levels, distances, terrain, sequencing and progression stress different energy systems and the neuromuscular system to affect different changes to your body.
Training Intensity
The “Training Zone Chart” refers to Zones that tie to a Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) range and description of how that may be perceived. Think of zones as gears in your cars transmission. 1st gear is the easiest (engine is doing less work) and slowest. 5th gear is the hardest (engine is doing a lot of work) and fastest.
Zone 1 as a training intensity is intended for active recovery. You are getting circulation and exercise, but it’s easy. Walking is a good example of Zone 1 effort.
Zone 2 intensity is designed to use your body’s aerobic energy system. This means that it’s primarily using your body’s ability to combine oxygen with fat to produce energy to fire your muscles. It does not put a high strain on your cardiovascular system. Lower intensity efforts are typically prescribed for longer distance and time efforts.
Zone 3 is the hardest you will work while using fat as your primary fuel source, but you are starting to use more glycogen (sugar) stored in your body’s muscles and liver to produce energy.
Zone 4 intensity is the tipping point where your body starts to use more glycogen for fuel than stored fat and instead shifts to and anaerobic adaptation. It also raises your heart rate drastically, influencing adaptations in your cardio-pulmonary system. You will often see interval training prescribed in 2-3 minute durations.
Zone 5 is designed for neuromuscular, or speed, development. Higher intensity efforts are typically prescribed in shorter “intervals”. You will typically see intervals prescribed in 20 second to 1 minute durations.
Training Endurance
Of the physical adaptations speed, strength and endurance, the latter is the easiest one for the body to make. Consider what it would take to decrease your 100-meter sprint by 10%, or bench press by 10%. Increasing your run distance from 1.0 to 1.1 miles is a relatively easy adaptation. If you consistently and progressively apply low intensity effort swim, bike and run efforts, you will be amazed how easily you are able to increase the distance of what you are capable of today and reach your goals, given adequate time. While you want to progressively increase your distance, you want to be careful to not add too much mileage too quickly. 5-10% increases each week is recommended to avoid injury.
Next week on MHE we have Josh Shadle on Fuelary - blood testing for the everyday superhero. Whether your goal is weight loss or performance they have tests and plans that are design to make you happy, healthy, and …..horny.
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Our guest this week is Tim Hola. Tim is an elite age-grouper with a full time job and family. He is also had a 9:52 race in Kona this past year. He joins us to talk about the realities of balancing all of his responsibilities and still being an incredible athlete. He shares some of his favorite workouts in each the swim, bike and run and what works for him.
Thanks to last week's guest, Dr. Kirk Parsley. As a sleep specialist, former Navy Seal and endurance athlete, he knows the demands we put our bodies through and had a lot to share on getting healthy sleep. If you missed it, your owe it to yourself to go back and listen to episode #118.
We already mentioned Tim's Kona performance from last year. In addition to being an incredibly talented athlete, Tim happens to be a neighbor. I've been racing triathlon in the Denver/Boulder area for more than 12 years and I've gotten to know some pretty fast triathletes. Many guys who look to get on the podium. There's one guy that everyone hopes doesn't turn up at a race and that is our guest Tim Hola. When Tim shows up, everyone is racing for second. I'll share some of his race results on Athlinks after the interview.
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Our guest this week is Doctor Kirk Parsley. He is a sleep specialist and has been treating Navy Seals, Special Ops, First Responders, and yes - endurance athletes, with sleep related ailments or performance issues. If you don't get 8 hours of sleep as a non-athlete and as much as 10 for ultra-runners, you will want to know what you could be doing to your performance and health.
Thanks to last week's guest, ultra-runner and coach Don Reichelt. Don shared his preparation and training for Badwater 135. We also talked about how he helps other athletes train for that distance. We will be watching his race closely and look forward to seeing his result. My sense is, we are going to be impressed!
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Kirk Parsley served as an Undersea Medical Officer at Naval Special Warfare Group One from June 2009 to January 2013. While there, he led the development and supervised the group’s first Sports Medicine Rehabilitation center. He is a former SEAL, and received his Medical Degree from Bethesda, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) in 2004. He interned in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Balboa Naval Hospital San Diego in 2005 and subsequently completed a Navy residency in Hyperbarics and Diving Medicine in 2006.
Doctor Parsley has been a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine since 2006 and served as Naval Special Warfare’s expert on Sleep Medicine. In addition he is certified in hormonal modulation (Age-Management Medicine). After leaving the Navy he went into concierge medicine and consulting. He continues to consult for multiple corporations, and professional athletes/teams. Doctor Parsley lectures worldwide on sleep, wellness, and hormonal optimization and is currently completing a book on sleep and health optimization.
His philosophy for wellness is simple; in order to optimize our health and get the most out of our bodies and minds, we must live more closely to the way we evolved as a species. He believes that many diseases and disorders that we accept as “inevitable” in modern society are unnecessary complications of poor sleeping habits, living in a toxic environment, eating foods we were not designed to digest, and allowing stress to overwhelm us. His passion is to help his patients and clients achieve the highest quality of life possible, and realize their health, performance, and longevity goals.
Dr. Parsley spends as much of his spare time as possible with his three beautiful children (Hayden, Cole, and Harper). He has been a competitive athlete his entire life, and enjoys nearly all outdoor activities and sports.
Interview debrief:
inadequate sleep has an adverse effect on glucose metabolism. A study at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine showed that after a single week of sleep restriction in young healthy male athletes, glucose levels were altered and led to a rapid deterioration of bodily functions. The authors compared the body’s diminished ability to handle glucose to aging effects seen in the elderly.
We also need sleep to produce HGH, or human growth hormone, the substance critical to post-exercise tissue repair that’s manufactured by the pituitary gland. In short, sleep is required to speed our recovery from training sessions and and racing. When sleep deprived, athletes commonly complain that a race or workout felt harder than expected.
Lake Havasu and Tucson Trip:
Trashcan Lid run https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2564650099
dinner with Alain Lambert and Barry Siff, and the ride with Alain on Mt. Lemmon
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2566311987
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| Welcome | Our guest this week is ultra-runner and coach Don Reichelt. Don is one of the few elite runners selected for Badwater 135. We are going to talk to him about a number of topics, but the main thrust is his preparation for Badwater and his coaching advise for training for that distance. |
| Last week's guest | Thanks to last week's guest, coach Will Murray of D3 Multisport for helping us manage and deal with doubt and performance. If you haven't heard that episode, go back and check out last week's episode 116. |
| Discussion Teasers | Before we get into the interview, let's catch up with Bill and what we have on deck for the post interview discussion.
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| Interview Setup | Don Reichelt lives Littleton Colorado and has the support of his fiancé Amy. You'll hear in the interview that Don was on the 2017 US Spartathlon team. Don also has a coaching business https://www.boundlessendurance.com/.
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| Closing | If you are enjoying the show, please let us know by going on iTunes or your podcast player and giving us a review. Be sure you are subscribed in iTunes so you get the show automatically downloaded on Saturday evening and recommend Mile High Endurance to a friend.
Thanks again for listening to MHE. Train well this week. Stay tuned, stay informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!
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| Welcome | We'll be kicking off the show with an interview with coach Will Murray of D3 Multisport. Will is a mental skills coach and is an expert at helping athletes get the most out of their training and racing by getting their head right. We talk about a subject that a lot of athletes face and that is "doubt". Doubt shows up in a lot of ways in our training and racing and Will is going to help you not only manage and deal with doubt, but we'll talk about how to use it as a weapon. |
| Last week's guest | Thanks to last week's guest, coach David Warden for joining us to discuss his new book with Matt Fitzgerald, 80/20 Triathlon. We talked about the concept of 80/20 training, TrainingPlans, and Smart Workouts in TrainingPeaks. If you haven't heard that episode, go back and check out last week's episode 115 (that's the 2 year anniversary show). |
| Discussion Teasers | Bill do you ever have doubts about your performance? We'll talk a little more about doubt after the interview, plus some additional topics. Bill and Khem, what topics do you have for this week's discussion? Discussion topics:
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| Interview Setup | Everybody has doubts, but some people don’t let them get in the way of what they strive to achieve. This past week, coach Will Murray conducted a hands-on, activity-oriented and extremely practical session for athletes who have doubts that interfere with their training, racing and daily life. They worked on fast, effective techniques to address negative self-talk and unhelpful elements of doubt. They got the live version with Will. Today you get the next best thing as Will shared these techniques in our interview. Here's Will Murray. |
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| Host Discussion Topics | Will Murray debrief:
KHMTT
CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center
Spring Break and Lake Havasu Triathlon
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| Closing | If you are enjoying the show, please let us know by going on iTunes or your podcast player and giving us a review. Be sure you are subscribed in iTunes so you get the show automatically downloaded on Saturday evening and recommend Mile High Endurance to a friend. Thanks again for listening to MHE. Train well this week. Stay tuned, stay informed, and enjoy the endurance journey! |