I recently had the opportunity and great pleasure to help athletes through 11 Ironman finishes, with 6 of them being first timers. Throughout the months of training, you try and describe to them what ironman is all about and what they can expect on their big day.  Two things you can for sure count on; 1- Read More

  Dances With Dirt – Run Through Hell 50 Miler (DWD)  *Be prepared for a dissertation below* Let’s just start with answering the most basic question… Why run 50 miles?  To be completely honest, I don’t know. I’ve been intrigued by the idea of the Ultra Marathon (anything greater than a 26.2 mile race) for Read More

Brad Culp, editor of LAVA Magazine, joins us to give a preview of the Ironman World Championships taking place Oct. 8 in Kona, Hawaii. Hear Brad and Tawnee’s top-three picks for both the men’s and women’s race and much more. We also preview this weekend’s U.S Open Triathlon in Dallas, which is the Toyota Cup Read More

Ben Greenfield answers your questions on “artificial” vs. natural electrolyte sources, the best source of potassium for expedition/endurance, dietary concepts found in the book ‘Hardwired for Fitness,’ issues with heating chia seeds, eating style based on blood type, drinking apple cider vinegar to help digestion and more, nutrition while recovering from over-reaching, the “Orac” scale Read More

This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Training on Treadmills”, please leave it below in the comments section… Runners don’t always have the time or opportunity to practice their craft on the roads, trails and other outdoor courses. The weather is not something that’s Read More

Where to start…. Best place is probably landing in Kona last October with severe pain in my lower back and having battled a hip injury throught the last 2 months of my preperation for my second Ironman World Championship race. I had lofty goals for that race. I wanted to better my 9:40 of 2007 Read More

My name is Francisco and I am from La Paz, Bolivia. I run already seven marathons and thought the next step would be a 50K trail run so I signed up for the North Face Pine Mountain trail run next October 15. I started training in June since earlier this year I had a minor Read More

On this episode of “This Week in Multisport,” LAVA Magazine Editor Brad Culp joins us to discuss what’s going on the the triathlon world starting off with details on track star Joe Thonpe’s goal to beat Mark Allen’s 2:40 marathon record in Kona. We also discuss the news of Lance Armstrong’s return to triathlon this Read More

On this special episode of EP we talk to pro triathlete and Extreme Endurance user Christine Jeffrey who’s gearing up to compete in Saturday’s Xterra USA Championship race in Utah, a race that’s getting extra attention with the news that Lance Armstrong is toeing the line as well. On this episode we’ll talk to Christine Read More

Ben Greenfield joins us for this episode of Endurance Planet to answer your questions on whether to take liquids or whole foods during the last part of the bike during a 70.3, the product Veema and other liquid vitamin supplements, supplements for varicose veins, different types of sodium/electrolyte tabs for cramping and more during races, Read More