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.

• Interview wrap up
• 303 Updates
• My Time to Tri Project Update
• Spring Break and Lake Havasu Triathlon
• Upcoming interviews

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/. 

 

Interview

Don Reichelt

Host

• He recently raced at the Mesa Arizona Marathon with a time of 2:45:08 with an average pace of 6:19. 
• Facilitated Bill's threshold test at Stryd
• 303 Updates
• My Time to Tri Update
• Spring Break and Lake Havasu Triathlon

• Explorer is packed except for the bikes
• What time are we heading out?
• The Lake Havasu course
• Tucson trip and Mt Lemmon (plus Strava leader board)

Upcoming MHE Interviews

MHE upcoming interviews:

• The interview that just might save your life - Dr. Kirk Parsley on the critical importance of sleep
• Dr Jason Karp on his article "the right way to do run interval training"
• Elite, 16 time Kona finisher, Tim Hola

 

303 Media Productions

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 for these upcoming interviews:

• Alon Mandel, Olympic swimmer from Israel now swimming the Cook Strait in New Zealand
• Larry Potter for KHMTT
• Colorado University invasion on Lake Havasu
• • Jonathon Grinder, race director of lake Havasu triathlon
  • Katie Whidden, coach of Colorado School of Mines
  • Brad Seng, coach of CU
  • Athletes from the many Colorado teams

 

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Closing

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Thanks again for listening to MHE.  Train well this week.  Stay tuned, stay informed, and enjoy the endurance journey!