Episode #22: How To Dominate Obstacle Racing At Altitude (Like Lake Tahoe, Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink).

22 Dec Episode #22: How To Dominate Obstacle Racing At Altitude (Like Lake Tahoe, Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink).

In this episode, Hunter and Ben, US Mountain Runner of the Year Joe Gray about altitude training and racing at elevation.

-Alex asks a question about the best way to taper before a race…

-Mike asks once again about training with monkey bars, and also asks about 3Fuel nutrition…

-Andrew asks about how many miles per week he should be running to train for Tough Mudder, and how to keep from cramping during race…

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3 Comments
  • Terence Lee
    Posted at 12:32h, 08 January Reply

    Happy New Year guys and thanks for producing all of this great content. I hope to go online today and buy the training package as my goal this year is a Trifecta and am starting at the Phoenix Sprint in Feb, then Vegas Super and Vermont Beast.

    Great discussion in this podcast about fuel and diet. While I would agree that everyone is different and you need to look for what works for you, I would also say it is just fundamentally incorrect that some people can’t succeed at high levels in ultradistance running while adhering to a low-carb diet. Case in point would be Anton Krupicka. He has professed in what I have read to be very low carb yet has won Leadville 100 twice, the Miwok 100K, the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler, the Collegiate Peaks 50 Miler, the White River 50 Miler twice, the High Mountain 50k and the Estes Park Marathon. You also mentioned Zac Bitters and I know from Vinnie Tortorich’s webcast that their are many more low carb ultra athletes. I would also point your listeners to Dr. Tim Noakes. Tim is a professor of exercise science and is probably one of the godfather’s of ultradistance running. He has recently – past year or so I think – changed his mind about carbs and has come out saying that everyone – ultra runners included – are just eating far too many carbohydrates. Joe has clearly found what works for him and that is great but don’t put others off what could be a very healthy and successful way for them to live based just on his N=1 experiment.

    • Chris Curtis
      Posted at 09:32h, 21 January Reply

      Hey Terrance.. just got into OCR and these podcasts and, after seeing your post, I want to know how your trifecta quest turned out. I’m eyeing the exact same goal of a Spartan trifecta here in 2017. Also – any tips?

  • Anne L'Heureux
    Posted at 14:55h, 27 June Reply

    Hey guys, LOVE the debates in Nutrition for this podcast! I am a Registered Dietitian who has basically devoted the past year or two of my life to fueling for endurance races. I could talk forever about the reason why carbs are the best fuel and why everyone’s individual nutrition plans can vary so much. Honestly, I think those that eat a primarily protein based diet for training vs carbs just don’t realize how good they good feel and how well they could perform if they increased their carb ratios. It’s a matter of science that everyone’s body stores a certain percentage of carbs in the Liver, Muscles, and Blood Stream. Once those are depleted, if you aren’t using a food or beverage source to refuel, you’re going to suffer, whether you feel it or not. Yes, some people may have trained metabolic conditioning to utilize fats more efficiently, but the body would still prefer the easily breakdown of carbs. And as we all know, you have to train the approaches during training, not on race day. I’d Love to chat more!

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