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EP 590: Rethinking Nutrition with Brad Kearns Sep 23, 2022

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Brad Kearns has been striving for peak performance, healthy living and fitness. Recently his thinking of nutrition was challenged on his B.rad podcast by a guest, Jay Feldman. We thought this was interesting enough to invite Brad back to discuss his new thoughts. Brad might get you to rethink your nutrition and start a discussion with your running friends.

Brad Kearns is a New York Times bestselling author, Guinness World Record setting professional Speed golfer, #1 ranked USA age 55-59 high jumper, and former US national champion and #3 world-ranked professional triathlete.

Brad has written over twenty books on diet, health, peak performance, and ancestral living, and is a popular speaker, retreat host, and host of numerous online multimedia educational courses at BradKearns.com. In 2017, The Keto Reset Diet (co-authored with Mark Sisson) became New York Times bestseller, and #1 ranked overall bestselling book on amazon.com for two days.

He promotes the importance of performing a daily morning exercise routine for a natural energy boost, improved strength, mobility and flexibility, and better focus and discipline in all areas of life.

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EP 589: TRAINING PRINCIPLES - Strength Training Sep 16, 2022

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Most runners don't like strength training, including many of our experts in this episode. Our experts discuss why it is important, how we can implement it into our training program and the benefits.

Michael Wardian is a great example of how strength training can help him become one of the best consistent ultra athletes with over 300 marathons and ultras. He has many accomplishments including setting the record world record time in 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days and just completed a transcontinental run, "Running Home" in 61 days. Check him out on Instagram or learn more on his web site. Check out this video showing Mike's three core strength exercises that you can do anywhere (dead bugs, bridge, bird dog)!

Jason Fitzgerald had to be on this strength running episode because he has a podcast and website dedicated to the subject, Strength Running. Jason is a USA Track & Field certified coach, and frequent contributor on PodiumRunner, Runner's World, Active, MapMyRun, The Art of Manliness, Lifehacker and others. He has been running competitively since 1998 and competitively in the 3,000m Steeplechase. After you subscribe to his podcast, follow him on Twitter, Instagram and Youtube.

Brad Kearns is a top endurance and multisport athlete, author, podcaster and coach. Check out more at:

Alex Hutchinson has studied and written about strength training at Outsideonline. Here are some articles you might be interested in:

Alex is an avid runner and author. We did a series of podcasts on his book, Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance.

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EP 588: Audio Magazine - Volume 11 Sep 09, 2022

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Professional Headmaster and 2nd place finisher of the 2005 Western States 100, Andy Jones-Wilkins, join us to write the latest edition of Audio Magazine. The Authors dug deep to come up with topics that will keep you up to date and informed about trail running.

Since there was so much trash talking leading up to this recording, we kindly ask our listeners to rank the magazine articles best to worst. Click this link to participate in the poll. There might be some high stakes and bragging rights based on the results, which, of course, we will share with The Nation.

Hire Andy as a coach! or check out his weekly Tap Room at iRunFar

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EP 587: The Art of Pacing Sep 02, 2022

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Runner, Coach, and Author Matt Fitzgerald has a new book out, On Pace, Discover How to Run Every Race at Your Real Limit.

If you go to the link you can get the first chapter for FREE!!!!

Matt helps us undersand why pacing matters, why it is difficult to do, and how to become better at it.

Find out more about Matt: - Matt's primary web page - Matt's training page with coaching plans

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EP 586: Anatomy of An Aid Station Aug 26, 2022

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Aid Stations are so important at a race. They have evolved with trail running over time combining medical help, shelter, therapy, and all-you-can eat buffets. Sarah Lavender-Smith joins us to discuss how they have evolved and how to use them efficiently.

Here is her article that spurred the discussion.

Check out all her newsleter, Colrado Mouintain Running & Living

Check out on of Sarah's fall races, Hanging Flume 50K

We encourage you to check out all of our partners and their excellent products and services. A new one we want to make you aware of is Wonderful Pistachios. It might be your newest and favorite trail snack.

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EP 585: How to Use Biomarkers to Be a Better Runner Aug 19, 2022

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Sports Nutrition expert, Ashley Reaver, rejoins The Nation to discuss 5 additional biomarkers that endurance athletes should be aware of. These biomarkers can help (or hinder) functions within the body like buiding red blood cells, help in recovery, energy and other body functions.

Biomarkers help us understand what is going on inside our bodies. Ashley helped us understand the top 5 biomarkers in a previous episode. In this episode identifies five additional biomarkers, why they are important, what is the normal range and what can we do to correct them if they are outside the normal range.

Ashley Reaver is a registered sports dietician with a masters in Nutrition Science and Policy. She offers nutrition counseling in her private practice and a full-time teacher of nutrition and dietetics courses at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the lead nutritional scientist at Inside Tracker.

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EP 584: Knowing Our Community: A Look at Some Recent Surveys Aug 11, 2022

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We all are part of The Nation. What does that mean. How does The Nation look? What gear do we use? There have been a few surveys conducted in 2022 that help us understand.

Check out the ITRA Survey
ATRA also conducted a Survey

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EP 583: TRAINING PRINCIPLES - Nutrition Aug 05, 2022

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Endurance runners love to eat! However nutrition for endurance running can be a moving target. Experimentation is key and once you think you have it figured out, you don't. We found four nutritional experts to help us understand more about nutrition.

Meredith Terranova, experienced ultra runner, swimmer and athlete with a degree in Human Nutrition and Consumer Science. Check out her website with coaching options.
Matt Fitzgerald, Athlete, Coach, Author and Speaker is a certified sports nutritionist including many on nutrition. Check out his new running camp concept, Endeavorun
Stephanie Howe is a PhD in Nutrition and Exercise Science and elite athlete. Check out her coaching and web site with many great recipes
Bob Seebohar is a board certified specialist in Sports Dietetics and former director of sports nutrtition for the University of Florida and served as a sports dietitian for the US Olympic Committee. Hire him as a coach

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EP 582: Chasing That Perfectly Imperfect Day Jul 29, 2022

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Elite runner, Tim Tollefson, had a great spring training and racing leading up to his A-race, the Western States 100 Endurance Run. His expectations were high and many thought he would be able to best his 2021 fifth place finish. Tim joins us to shares what he experienced and the lessons he learned.

Be to check out and register for Tim's Mammoth Trail Fest on Sept 22-25, 2022.

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EP 581: Running in the Heat: How to Prepare For it and Tricks to Help Stay Cool Jul 22, 2022

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Do you have a hot adventure or race you are preparing for? Corrine Malcolm helps The Nation understand what we can do to improve our chances for success.

Corrine breaks down these science-based strategies for getting cool before your adventure and staying cool when you are running.

We reference her article from iRunFar she wrote.

Find out how Corrine can become your Coach

Follow Corrine on Instagram and Twitter

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