The MicroCast

Aid Station Efficiency, Fat Adaptation Myths, and Training Volume Explained


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🔥 Wondering how much training volume you really need to get faster, avoid burnout, and stay injury-free? In this episode, Zoë and TJ break down the science and practical strategies behind volume in endurance training, plus why aid station efficiency and fueling myths matter just as much for your ultramarathon success.

🎙️ In this episode, your coaches cover:

  • Hot or Not: Car camping before races, pacers, downhill repeats, and “fat adaptation”

  • How to move through aid stations like a Formula One pit stop (and avoid wasting precious minutes)

  • Why training volume drives aerobic fitness — and how to build it safely

  • Red flags for overtraining and when to dial back your mileage

  • Science-backed principles for progressing volume year over year without injury


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