The Endurance Athlete Journey

Highway to HYROX Episode 4: Getting Stronger for the Stations

Send us Fan Mail How do you balance getting stronger with maintaining your running fitness for HYROX? In episode 4 of Highway to HYROX, I’m sharing the latest two weeks

What Are You Actually Training For? Complete, Perform, Compete

Send us Fan Mail What are you actually training for? Every endurance athlete is trying to answer a question—but the training, expectations, and race-day decisions don’t

Is Zone 2 Training Overrated? What the Science Says

Send us Fan Mail You've been told to spend most of your endurance training in Zone 2. But does the science actually support Zone 2 as the best way to improve aerobi

Highway to HYROX Episode 3: Why Threshold Training Matters

Send us Fan Mail How do you build the speed you can sustain through eight runs and eight demanding workout stations? In episode 3 of Highway to HYROX, I share the lates

Training Zones Explained: How to Use Zones 1–5 for Endurance Performance

Send us Fan Mail Zone 2 gets most of the attention in endurance training—but it is only one part of the picture. In this episode, Coach Justin and Coach Katie break dow

Was My First Win Repeatable? Racing Again 14 Days Later

Send us Fan Mail Two weeks after earning my first-ever win, I lined up again with a bigger question: was that performance repeatable—or was Patriot just one great day?

Zone 2 Training: When Easy Training Isn't Enough

Send us Fan Mail Zone 2 training is everywhere—but what does Zone 2 actually mean, and should endurance athletes really build their training around it? In this episode,

Highway to HYROX Episode 2: How to Fuel for Hyrox- Training, Race Day, And Recovery

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2 of Highway to HYROX, I share an update on my training and take a deeper look at how to fuel for the unique demands of HYROX. If you want t

The Injury That Keeps Coming Back: What Body Asymmetry May Be Telling You

Send us Fan Mail You can get stronger, follow the plan, hit your numbers—and still have the same side of your body keep breaking down. In this episode, Coach Justin and

Racing Twice in 24 Hours: What My Training Actually Prepared Me For

Send us Fan Mail Training hard is one thing. Knowing whether that training actually prepared you to race is another. Coach Justin uses the Kinetic Multisport Patriot Ra

Why Endurance Athletes Get Stress Fractures: Training Load, Underfueling and Bone Health

Send us Fan Mail A stress fracture does not automatically mean you trained too much—or trained badly. For endurance athletes, bone stress injuries often develop when tr

Highway to HYROX Episode 1: Starting a New Training Journey

Send us Fan Mail Highway to HYROX: Starting a New Training Journey What happens when a longtime runner and endurance athlete decides to step outside her comfort zone an

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