April 20, 2010

The Endurance Planet Hour

This week's Endurance Planet Hour focuses on 3 unsung heroes of the endurance sports world. Who are these heroes? Well, there's "Dexter the Punisher" aka Ryan Dexter. There's "Sam the Unseen" aka Sam Thompson. And there's "The Amazing Lisa" aka Lisa Smith-Batchen. Superheroes? I'll leave that up Read More

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This week on the Endurance Planet Hour e hear from two-time defending Badwater Ultramarathon champion Jamie Donaldson about her training, mindset, and goals. Dr. Mark Klion takes your questions about injury prevention and rehabilitation. And Koach Karl gives us a sneak peak at Endurance Planet's upcoming workshop for would-be 50k runners. Read More

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On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour we talk with the director of Bicycle Dreams, The Race Across America, Stephen Auerbach. This is a movie about men and women who push their bodies to the limit on a daunting, 3,000-mile odyssey. We’ll also talk with adventure racer Brian Schmitz who recently returned from the Abu Dhabi Read More

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Massachusetts foundation repair contractor . On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour we hear from up-and-coming ultramarathoner Devon Crosby-Helms who has won the Vermont 100, JFK 50, Goretex TransRockies and now has her eyes set on Western States. (As you can tell by the photo, she’s also a Ninja!) We also check in with professional triathlete Read More

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This week on The Endurance Planet Hour we hear from the “Endurance King” Marshall Ulrich. who gives us his Ten Commandments of Endurance. Among his many accomplishments, Marshall ran across the United States in 52 days…that’s the equivalent of 117 marathons. We also hear from Runner’s World executive editor Mark Remy about his new book, Read More

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how to get pregnant . Today on the Endurance Planet Hour we talk to 24-time Ironman winner Paula Newby-Fraser. And we hear from “The Ultramarathon Man” Dean Karnazes about the possibility of ultramarathoning becoming main-stream. Click here to download audio. Read More

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The theme of this week’s Endurance Planet Hour is goal-setting. longboard wheels . We’ll be hearing from an EP regular who had a goal in 2009 of running a sub-three-hour marathon and is now focused on 2010. We’ll speak with elite endurance athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen of Dreamchasers Outdoor Adventure Club who knows all about keeping Read More

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This week we’re opening a new Human Kinetics offering. It’s a book called The Runner’s Edge. Elite runners have long relied on technology to analyze performance, maximize training, and challenge the competitive boundaries of the sport. Serious runners long sought the same advantages only to be confronted with a costly and complicated process. Not any Read More

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How do you train for your first ultramarathon? That’s the big question we tackle today on The Endurance Planet Hour. Koach Karl will lay out the basics of the ultramarathon plan for newbies. We also speak with Ironman veteran Steve Rink who recently completed Ironman Arizona with his always-present positive attitude and his catch-phrase “fresh Read More

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This week on the Endurance Planet Hour we hear from Charles Kastner, the author of Bunion Derby: The 1928 Footrace Across America. We also share an extended recording of the book itself about the amazing race that history seems to have forgotten. Missouri foundation repair . Later in the hour, Coach Ryan Ross joins us Read More

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