The Endurance Athlete Journey

Don't Feel Ready for Your Race? Stop Trying to Prove It

Send us Fan Mail If one hard workout makes you wonder whether you’re actually ready for race day, you’re not alone. The mistake is assuming training should prove what yo

Don’t Wait for the Last Race: Jim Logan on Stage 4 Cancer, Ironman and Just Keeping Tri-ing

Send us Fan Mail What if you knew this might be your last race? Jim Logan was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic colorectal cancer and told he might have six months to t

Aging as an Endurance Athlete: Body Composition, Performance and Training for Longevity

Send us Fan Mail If you’re an endurance athlete getting older, the goal isn’t to preserve the training you used to do. The goal is to preserve your ability to perform.

Aging as an Endurance Athlete: Recovery, Injury Risk and Why Your Training Has to Change

Send us Fan Mail Your body may not recover the way it used to—but the harder part may be accepting what that means for the athlete you still expect yourself to be. In P

Aging as an Endurance Athlete: Hormones, Recovery, Bone Health and the Changes You Can’t Ignore

Send us Fan Mail Your motivation is still there—but your body may not respond to training, stress, and recovery the way it once did. Is that simply part of aging, a warn

The Endurance Rules That Don’t Work for Every Athlete

Send us Fan Mail The most confident advice is not always the right advice for you. Endurance athletes are surrounded by rigid rules about training, race goals, indoor w

What to Do After a Disappointing Race: Should You Chase Redemption?

Send us Fan Mail You gave months of your life to a race—but the day you imagined never happened. Now you are left deciding what the result means, what went wrong, and wh

Should Endurance Athletes Use GLP-1s? The Risks of Chasing Race Weight

Send us Fan Mail What if reaching your race weight is the very thing that ruins your race? GLP-1 medications may help an athlete lose weight, but using them during race

How to Stay Fit When You’re Tired of Following a Training Plan

Send us Fan Mail You are tired of following a structured training plan, but you are also afraid that if you back off, you will lose fitness and have to start over. That

Heat Acclimation: Why You Feel Slower—and How to Race Better in the Heat

Send us Fan Mail Training consistently but suddenly feeling slower? Your normal pace is harder to hold, your heart rate is higher, and every workout seems to take more o

Could Low Iron Be Slowing You Down? Nutrition Deep Dive on Iron Deficiency in Endurance Athletes

Send us Fan Mail Feeling more fatigued than usual? Struggling through workouts that used to feel easy? If your training isn't matching your effort, low iron could b

Why You’re Not Getting Faster on the Bike—and What Triathletes Should Do Instead

Send us Fan Mail You’re putting in the bike miles, completing the workouts, and watching the numbers—but the fitness still is not showing up when it matters. The proble

Road to Grandma’s Marathon: Marathon Recap- A Lesson in Grit

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Katie shares a candid recap of Grandma's Marathon and reflect on one of the most challenging races of my running career. After be

Are You Getting Fitter—or Just More Tired? The Difference Between Training Hard and Training Well

Send us Fan Mail You can complete every workout, push hard, and finish exhausted—and still miss the purpose of the training. Hard work is necessary, but difficulty alon

Road to Grandma’s Marathon: Final Weeks of Training & Heat Training vs. Altitude Training

Send us Fan Mail In this final Road to Grandma’s Marathon episode before race day, Katie shares a candid look at the last few weeks of training, tapering, travel, and pr

Nutrition Deep Dive: The Carb Load Playbook For Improving Race Day Performance

Send us Fan Mail Carb Loading for Endurance Athletes: What Actually Works? Is carb loading really necessary before a marathon, Ironman, or long endurance event? How man

Why Your Race Fueling Fails: How to Train Your Gut

Send us Fan Mail For Episode 100, Coach Justin and Coach Katie are tackling one of the biggest reasons endurance athletes fall apart on race day: fueling that was never

Minutes vs Miles: Stop Chasing Distance and Manage Training Stress

Send us Fan Mail Miles can make a training plan feel clear. But they can also make it easy to chase a number without understanding the actual cost of the work. In this

Why Confidence Never Comes First

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the goal you can’t stop thinking about is the one you’re afraid to pursue? Whether it’s your first race, moving up in distance, retur

How to Tell if Training Is Making You Better or Breaking You

Send us Fan Mail If you train seriously long enough, eventually you hit the point where your body stops feeling “good.” Your legs feel dead. Recovery slows down. Workout