How to manage/heal plantar fasciitis and can you run through it, how to choose the best weights for gains in strength and power (plus ideal rep counts, etc), when experiencing cardiac drift on a tempo run is it better to keep the same pace and let HR drift up OR slow down to allow HR to stay Read More

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What do you do when you’ve lost all motivation to train, how do you stay motivated to continue training (running, biking, etc.) when you have no race planned, what to do when you’ve missed out on a lot of training (due to work, family, injury, etc) and have races coming up still, how to train between a Read More

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Balancing ultra events and rock climbing season, is it smart to train on flats for a hilly race, what is the shortest long run a runner can get away with in training, balancing hill work and MAF in training, preparing for a race at altitude,  race hallucinations, how to approach back-to-back 30ks that occur consistently for about 6 months, Read More

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Lucho joins to answer your questions on: should you structure run training as hard day/easy day or multiple hard days in a row of hill climbs ok, cadence: do you go by single foot or both feet, how to negative split in an ultra and the importance of RPE and the pace at the beginning, when should Read More

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Lucho ojoins to answer your questions on massage prior to a race, is too much caffeine negatively affecting training at MAF, leg exercises to simulate downhills, should you extend aerobic base training if the quality has been lacking or accept a lesser level of aerobic base and move into higher intensity work, with MAF should you follow the HR down or keep Read More

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In this episode of ATU Lucho joins to answer your questions on should you do LT work in the final 8 weeks before a marathon, possible reasons and advice for major cramping during half-marys and marathons, Lucho’s take on Dr. Maffetone saying that ultra runners NEVER need to go above aerobic threshold, should you taper Read More

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Lucho joins the show to answer your questions on our favorite kinds of beer (hint: IPA!), why would one want more of a minimalist-type of training leading up to a race, dragging a tire or wearing a weighted vest for run training and how to best incorporate that for ultras, should you foam roll right Read More

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Lucho joins to answer your questions on a super high heart rate during running races including 5k and 10-milers, just getting back to training so how to tackle a half-mary this weekend when the A-race is in May, short on time, do double runs work as substitute for a single long run, doing and Ironman and Read More

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On this show Lucho and Tawnee announce the top-three most popular episodes of Ask the Ultrarunner from 2012 and what’s in each show (see links below), as well as answer questions on Skratch Labs drink mix for ultras (and more on osmosis, eating real foods in racing, etc), how to prevent wobbly knees and hips late into Read More

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Lucho joins the show to answer your questions on how to keep a healthy relationship thriving when you’re both in training, how long should a base MAF period last, setting HR zones, how to select the best pacers for your ultra, tips on using the bike and elliptical for cross training (and thoughts on cadence), things to think Read More

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