Episode 607: Hans Troyer

We first spoke to Hans in January 2024, days after his Ultra debut. Two years later, he’s arguably the fastest rising star in the sport. He recently won the JFK 50, won the Black Canyon 100k and signed a multi year deal with Hoka.

Dr Brian Bottenfield stops by to discuss when it’s time to address an overuse injury as well as his top lower body strengthening movements for runners. 

What exactly is considered “high carb fueling”? How much water do you need? Should you use liquid or solid calories? Where and how do you even begin to formulate a fueling plan for long races?

The boys are reunited so it’s time to catch up with some training talk!

Brakken is on vacation so Kirk is doing what he loves most: cleaning out the listener questions from his inbox!

A Coast Guard veteran, medic, and hybrid athlete, Jake is running 10 miles per day for the next 50 days while raising funds for mental health. 

We send Brakken off on his trip to Poland with a light hearted episode: answering questions from a random generator but doing so with a running twist.

While we’re not always big fans of Race Simulator or Race Predictor workouts, we are definitely big fans of Race Prep workouts. Here’s how and when to implement this type of session!

We are celebrating our 600th episode the best way we know: doing a Q&A, taking way too long with each answer and thus failing to get through the entire queue! 

These aren’t workouts you could build your entire training around. These are the workouts that round out your mental and physical fitness.