Science Of Ultra
For endurance athletes who want to do more than improve race performance. How you sleep, think, eat, and move all play a role in helping you Become Your Ultra Best!Podcasts
Training Intensity Distribution
Published: April 8, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds
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Kenefick & Cheuvront
Published: March 18, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 48 seconds
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Sam Cheuvront, PhD & Robert Kenefick, PhD
Published: March 11, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 56 seconds
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Herman Pontzer PhD - Burn
Published: March 3, 2021, 9:36 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 39 seconds
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Run With Ease (rebroadcast)
Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 21 seconds
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Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH
Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 5 seconds
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This is the most useful pace
Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 53 seconds
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Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 10 seconds
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Amy Bender, PhD
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 52 seconds
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Mileage Matters Most
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 39 seconds
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Shaping Hard Sessions
Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds
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Herman Pontzer, PhD
Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 45 seconds
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Andrew Skurka & Joe McConaughy
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 9:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 31 seconds
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Stop Failing, Learn To Succeed
Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds
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Inigo Mujika, PhD On Strength
Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 2 seconds
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Trent Stellingwerff, PhD
Published: July 23, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 19 seconds
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Dan Moore, PhD
Published: July 16, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 4 seconds
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Alyssa Amos Clark
Published: July 9, 2020, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 38 seconds
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Inigo Mujika, PhD On Tapering
Published: June 25, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds
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David Bishop, PhD
Published: June 11, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 56 seconds
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Jose Areta, PhD
Published: May 28, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 50 seconds
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Mark Burnley, PhD
Published: May 14, 2020, 2:23 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 15 seconds
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Patrick Wilson, PhD
Published: April 30, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 35 seconds
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Andy Jones, PhD
Published: April 16, 2020, 7:03 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 11 seconds
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Father-Son World Record Marathon
Published: April 2, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds
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Is Your Training Bent?
Published: March 25, 2020, 8:25 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 9 seconds
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Finish Low With Drs. Morton And Louis
Published: March 20, 2020, 6:50 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 35 seconds
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Dr. Ron Maughan
Published: March 5, 2020, 4:46 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 56 seconds
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Genes And Placebos
Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 1:49 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 44 seconds
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Are rest days needed?
Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 9:40 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 52 seconds
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CC18 Roundtable
Published: Dec. 25, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 51 seconds
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CC17 Is an off-season right for you?
Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 3 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds
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Ditch the gels?
Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 11:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 51 seconds
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CC16 Are you overtraining?
Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 9:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 35 seconds
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CC15 Is Specificity Important?
Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 8:07 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 55 seconds
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Stress...Response
Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 7:57 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds
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CC14 Are Tech Metrics Useful?
Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 10:29 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 11 seconds
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Downhill Running
Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 7:14 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 27 seconds
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Interval Fundamentals
Published: July 18, 2019, 7:12 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 51 seconds
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CC12 WS100 2019
Published: July 3, 2019, 7:09 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 16 seconds
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Welcome To Training Your Mind
Published: June 26, 2019, 6:20 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 48 seconds
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CC11 Are You Slow Enough?
Published: June 26, 2019, 5:28 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds
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CC10 Too Old To Train Young?
Published: May 30, 2019, 6 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 13 seconds
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Running Economy Basics
Published: May 16, 2019, 11 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 39 seconds
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CC9 Should You Try To Increase VO2max?
Published: May 2, 2019, 1:55 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 58 seconds
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Stamina = Endurance + Economy
Published: April 19, 2019, 11:34 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 24 seconds
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CC8 Are You Recovering?
Published: April 3, 2019, 8:47 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 27 seconds
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Why, What, How
Published: March 29, 2019, 10:31 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds
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What's to come from SOUP
Published: March 8, 2019, 12:07 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
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CC7 Get Your Head Right For Your First Ultra
Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 9:02 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 44 seconds
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Ellie Greenwood
Published: Feb. 6, 2019, 4:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 57 seconds
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CC6 Straight To Ultra
Published: Feb. 1, 2019, 2:34 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 17 seconds
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Amelia Boone: Obstacles To Ultras
Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 10:27 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 30 seconds
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CC5 Speed Training For Ultras?
Published: Dec. 26, 2018, 9:50 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 46 seconds
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Matters of the Foot with Missy Thompson, PhD
Published: Dec. 20, 2018, 6:54 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds
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RISE for Mental Training
Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 35 seconds
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CC4 Is Cross-training Essential For Runners?
Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 16 seconds
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Luke Nelson: Tor des Geants
Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 9:23 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 48 seconds
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CC3 Are Injuries Preventable?
Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 15 seconds
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Megan Roche, MD part 2 of 2
Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 3:01 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 2 seconds
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Megan Roche, MD
Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 10:48 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 35 seconds
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CC2 Performance Metrics
Published: Sept. 11, 2018, 7:42 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 18 seconds
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Nutrition Basics With Nancy Clark, RD
Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 11 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 7 seconds
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CC1 Volume Or Intensity
Published: Aug. 8, 2018, 11:20 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 11 seconds
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When To Walk And Other Insights With Athlete-Scientist Nicola Giovanelli, PhD
Published: July 26, 2018, 11 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 56 seconds
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Trail Runner Biomechanics
Published: July 12, 2018, 11 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 40 seconds
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Downhill Running And Field Studies Of Ultra Runners With Gianluca Vernillo, PhD
Published: June 28, 2018, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 21 seconds
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Stephen Seiler PhD
Published: May 24, 2018, 3:20 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 12 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight With Dylan Bowman
Published: May 10, 2018, 2:51 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 1 second
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Training On Low Glycogen
Published: April 19, 2018, 9:55 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds
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Avoiding The Mediocrity Of The Middle
Published: March 28, 2018, 11 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 29 seconds
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Running Insights With Author Alex Hutchinson
Published: March 8, 2018, midnightDuration: 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds
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Amino Acids And Supplements With Philip Atherton PhD
Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 3 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 20 seconds
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Recovery Strategies
Published: Feb. 8, 2018, midnightDuration: 49 minutes 56 seconds
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Best Wrap-ups From The First 25
Published: Jan. 25, 2018, midnightDuration: 53 minutes 55 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight With Andrew Skurka
Published: Nov. 29, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 33 seconds
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Respiratory Muscle Fatigue And Training With Darlene Reid, PhD
Published: Nov. 16, 2017, 2 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 3 seconds
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Neurological Fatigue In Ultramarathons With Guillaume Millet PhD
Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 12 seconds
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Neuromuscular Control And Fatigue With Roger Enoka PhD
Published: Oct. 13, 2017, 10:48 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds
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Tendons And Sinews With Keith Baar, PhD
Published: Sept. 21, 2017, 2 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 12 seconds
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Critical Power/Speed With David Poole, PhD
Published: July 12, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 12 seconds
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Shoes and Biomechanics With John Mercer PhD
Published: June 28, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 38 seconds
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Questioning Training Dogma With John Kiely
Published: May 24, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 seconds
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David Roche
Published: May 10, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 46 seconds
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Performance Predictors With Beat Knechtle MD
Published: April 26, 2017, 4 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds
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Recovery Science With Jonathan Peake, PhD
Published: April 12, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 31 seconds
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Recovery And The Immune System With Oliver Neubauer PhD
Published: March 29, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 41 seconds
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Healthy Running With Doc Andrew Murray
Published: March 15, 2017, 6 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds
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Genetics With Claude Bouchard PhD
Published: March 1, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 9 seconds
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Ultra Mindset With Travis Macy
Published: Feb. 15, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 58 seconds
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Developing Your Hydration Strategy With Bob Kenefick PhD
Published: Feb. 1, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 31 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight With Mike Wardian
Published: Jan. 18, 2017, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds
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Optimizing Protein Intake With Luc van Loon, PhD
Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 8 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds
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Biomechanics And Injury With Richard Willy PhD PT
Published: Nov. 22, 2016, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 2 seconds
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Biomechanics And Energetics With Rodger Kram, PhD
Published: Nov. 8, 2016, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 38 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: Stephanie Howe Violett, PhD
Published: Oct. 25, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 51 seconds
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What is training?
Published: Oct. 11, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 28 seconds
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GI Distress At The Western States 100 With Kristin Stuempfle, PhD
Published: Sept. 27, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds
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Event Recovery With Natalie Badowski Wu, MD
Published: Sept. 13, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 19 seconds
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Adrenal Fatigue, Really?
Published: Aug. 30, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 50 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight With Magdalena Boulet
Published: Aug. 16, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 53 seconds
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Coaching Roundtable
Published: Aug. 2, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 33 seconds
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High Intensity Interval Training With Martin Gibala, PhD
Published: July 5, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 38 seconds
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Heat Acclimation With Chris Minson, PhD
Published: June 21, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 31 seconds
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Altitude Physiology With Ben Levine, MD
Published: June 7, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 43 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight With Mathew Laye, PhD
Published: May 24, 2016, 3:27 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 50 seconds
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Heart Health with Larry Creswell, MD and Aaron Baggish, MD
Published: May 10, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 36 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: Terri Schneider
Published: April 26, 2016, 2:14 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 26 seconds
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Running Economy with Andrew Kilding, PhD and Kyle Barnes, PhD
Published: April 12, 2016, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 48 seconds
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High Pressure Psychology With Michael Gervais, PhD
Published: March 29, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds
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Foot Care With John VonHof
Published: March 15, 2016, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 35 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: Max King
Published: March 1, 2016, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 9 seconds
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Psychological Fatigue With Sam Marcora, PhD And Alister McCormick, PhD
Published: Feb. 16, 2016, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 8 seconds
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Barefoot Running with Daniel Lieberman, PhD
Published: Feb. 2, 2016, 8 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 11 seconds
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Fat Adaptation With Louise Burke, PhD
Published: Jan. 19, 2016, 9 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 51 seconds
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Fatigue With Michael Joyner, MD
Published: Jan. 5, 2016, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 22 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: Jennifer Pharr Davis
Published: Dec. 29, 2015, 3:48 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 16 seconds
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GI Distress With Patrick Wilson, PhD
Published: Dec. 22, 2015, 10 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 12 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: William Sichel
Published: Dec. 15, 2015, 10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 3 seconds
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Carbohydrate For Ultra Athletes With Asker Jeukendrup, PhD
Published: Dec. 1, 2015, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 31 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: Cody Lind
Published: Nov. 24, 2015, 8 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds
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Protein For Endurance Athletes With Stuart Phillips, PhD
Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 8 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 15 seconds
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Lactate With Bruce Gladden, PhD
Published: Nov. 10, 2015, 8 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds
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Athlete Spotlight: Luke Nelson
Published: Nov. 3, 2015, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 24 seconds
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Hydration Physiology: Application
Published: Oct. 20, 2015, 7 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 28 seconds
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Tapering With Scott Trappe, PhD
Published: Oct. 13, 2015, 7 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 17 seconds
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Variety & Avoid Injury With Ian Sharman
Published: Oct. 6, 2015, 1:54 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 31 seconds
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Hydration Physiology: The Basics
Published: Sept. 29, 2015, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 23 seconds
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Intervals and more intervals with Jason Koop
Published: Sept. 24, 2015, 1:21 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 24 seconds
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Research At The Western States Endurance Runs With Marty Hoffman, M.D.
Published: Sept. 24, 2015, 12:28 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds
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Introduction And Genesis Of Science Of Ultra
Published: Sept. 23, 2015, 3:10 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds
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