Trekking poles can be an amazing training tool for ultra runners. Listen to the show to learn about some ways that you can use them within your training!

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Hills.  When should you push?  What can we learn by watching different levels of runners attack the same uphill? What are a few drills you can do to tap into your efforts on training efforts? 

All of these questions and more answered on the show today!

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Susan might have a stress fracture.  Her orthopoedic doc ordered up the dreaded boot to take precautions.  It is healing up but until then, some changes in the training.  This is a common issue that we are trying to nip early in the training cycle!  

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Balance.  It may be unattainable but taking a closer look at how you spend your time is a really good place to start.  We share an exercise that let's you figure out how many reasonable hours for running you really do have on a weekly basis!

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Nutrition is such a big part of our lives whether we run or not.  Framing that perspective is somewhat a guiding principle. As is common sense and our relationship with food.  Simply, there is not just one way to look at how we eat whether for performance or otherwise. We hope this gets you to thinking a bit about nutrition in a different way.

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This one got a little crazy.  Old school answering machines, upset little people, and the fastest typing hands you've ever heard. Oh, we also talked about Heath's training and options for hydration on his runs!

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We all know strength training is important.  What are some things we should think about when adding running volume to a strength problem?

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Red had a great time in Michigan and made the haul back to Texas to start what will be her biggest week of the training so far.  Listen to this most recent coaching session!

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Cross training. What in the heck does that even mean?  To keep from going all over the place this short episode covers three types of cross training workouts that should be on your schedule!

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Motivation is a great freaking resource but it is overstated.  Get disciplined and figure out why you want this as bad as you say you do, then act on that.  A little tough love is still love.  Let us know how you liked the show! Thanks for listening.