This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Keeping Up Your Energy with the Right Fuel”, please leave it below in the comments section… It is a given that to successfully accomplish an ultramarathon you need to fuel up with the right food and drink. Read More

Check out this funny endurance video, in which Dave Erickson and Ben Greenfield from http://teamtimex.timexblogs.com/ put the Timex Run Trainer through a torture test in a re-enactment of the John Cameron Swayze Timex commercial. “Takes A Lickin and Keeps On Tickin”. What do you think? Read More

The Ultimate Direction Athlete and the voice of our “Ask the Ultrarunner” segment, Tim Waggoner, shares his ultra running philosophy and gives us a sneak peek into his training strategy and lifestyle. About Ultimate Direction: Water is the essential element for training, racing and performance, which is why we work hard to craft the best Read More

We’re back in action with Brad Culp, editor of LAVA Magazine. On our first episode of 2012 we talk about the latest news in the triathlon world: WTC changes qualifying standards for pros in championship races, Chrissie Wellington leaves triathlon for a year and the much-anticipated Cervelo P5 finally debuts. We also recap Challenge Wanaka and South Africa Read More

Lucho is on to answer your questions on  the best way to fitness test oneself and re-test later, how do you properly pace a hilly trail race, the goods and bads of running by pace per mile, how to plan your training around very long car trips/traveling, what to do for recovery/training between big races, training tips Read More

On this episode of Sports Nutrition, Ben Greenfield answers your questions on: tips for nutritional needs for child athletes, the Super Human Food Pyramid, appetite suppressants for athletes who struggle with intake, fatty foods during an ultra, the connection between glycogen stores and motivation for exercise, and  maintaining high-intensity training on a low-carb diet. Ask your sports nutrition questions Read More

This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Preparing for High Altitude Races”, please leave it below in the comments section… High altitude marathons are no doubt one of the most difficult races out there. And it’s not just the uniquely challenging topography that has Read More

On this special episode of Endurance Planet, Gray Wheels’ Stefan Laursen, Head Designer and Developer of Synergy and Gray, and Jason Schoonover, Sales and Marketing Manager, join us to talk all about carbon race wheels for cycling and triathlon. First find out the story behind Gray and Synergy and how these brands came to be. Then hear all you’ll ever need Read More

On this episode of Sports Nutrition, Ben Greenfield joins us to answer your questions on increasing linoleic acid and alpha-linoleic acid in the diet and using safflower oil to do so,  for females: nutrition during “that time of the month” to ensure effective training/racing, is there any benefit to using sea salt over standard salt and is salt Read More

Lucho joins us to answer your questions on: what to do on a 2-week break between two big run races, when/where to incorporate strength training, DIY lactate threshold testing, the pros and cons to early morning runs (before dawn), how to train for your first triathlon while marathon training, how to decide to add on Read More