Adam De Jong talks about his journey from a competitive hockey, strength and endurance athlete to competing at the crossfit games. He shares the training, mindset, nutrition and recovery tactics he used to improve through each stage of qualifying and ultimately finish in the top 10 out of 3000 in the M35-39 Age Group. Next we cover the intense training his Coach Josh from Mammoth training put him through for the games and his experience training with Emma Lawson and Jack Farlow. Finally we take a full spin through each workout and get a glimpse into the ups, downs and intense mental & physical toll each workout took at the games. 

Follow Adam on Instagram @coachadj or @limitlessperformance

Alice Alberts shares her amazing journey from brand new triathlete to Pro Ironman Champion in 2 years. She shares the big decision to leave her full time job to go all in on triathlon in 2022, her amazing coach Natasha from NVDM coaching and her journey as a triathlon coach.  We unpack her keys to recovery, nutrition, favorite workouts and prep for lake placid. We finish off the chat with the race day recap from her first Ironman Win At Lake Placid.

Follow Alice on instagram at @aliceg_alberts

We sit down with Jim Vance (coach of Ben Kanute, author and sports tech consultant)

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On this episode we discuss: Tour De France & Lake Placid Recaps, Mark & Jess Training/Racing Updates, Previewing PTO & Ironman Championships, Morning Routines, Heat Training, Rapid Fire Questions

Coach Mark Answers Listener Questions:

We chat with Canadas top finisher at the most recent Tokyo Olympics, Ben Preisner. He ran 2:10 to qualify for the olympics and is slated to represent canada in August 2023 at the World Championship Marathon in Budapest.

We chat about his quick ascent to elite running and success as a junior, his 2:15 solo covid marathon and then improving to 2:10. We talk about his injury woes this year and his rebound for the world champs this year. We dive into all the elements of his training (which you can see on strava). Talking about his volume, workouts, coach, team, nutrition, strength, recovery and the gear he uses.

Follow Ben on Strave & Instagram @ben.preisner

Topics Covered: how she got into ultras, her ascent to winning the 2022 UTMB, What western states is and how to qualify, what she did to prepare for western states, her coach, her crew/pacers, highs and lows during the race, fuelling strategy & whats up next.

Follow Katie on Instagram @katieschide; she also posts all her training on strava