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Zach Bitter

Author
Mikki Williden
Published
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Episode Link
https://share.transistor.fm/s/c35652a7

Zach Bitter is an American ultramarathon runner who holds world records for the 100-mile run (track) and the 12-hour distance world record. He is an endurance coach and the host of the informative and popular Human Performance Outliers podcast, a show that goes in-depth with guests who explore their outer limits, along with research in a wide variety of sports, fitness, and nutrition-related topics.

In the show we discuss:

  • How he coaches his clients
  • Desert Solstice Invitation preparation ( held on December 12th 2020)- Race website: https://www.aravaiparunning.com/desert-solstice/ HPO Podcast where he outlines his strategy and also a debrief on how it went: https://zachbitter.com/hpo 
  • Benefits of Strength training and how he builds it into a already heavy training load
  • Why he embarked on LCHF
  • Book: The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Low-Carbohydrate-Performance/dp/0983490716
  • FASTER Study: Volek, J. S., Freidenreich, D. J., Saenz, C., Kunces, L. J., Creighton, B. C., Bartley, J. M., ... & Phinney, S. D. (2016). Metabolic characteristics of keto-adapted ultra-endurance runners. Metabolism, 65(3), 100-110. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26892521/ 
  • Fueling during an ultramarathon
  • How he fits in a 200mile training week and how he fuels those training runs (hint  - it is a lot of eggs!) 
  • S Fuels: https://www.sfuelsgolonger.com/
  • Trans Continental Run: San Fran to New York in 2021 for charity Fight for the Forgotten (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-American_Footrace)
  • Zach's contact: https://zachbitter.com/
  • @ZachBitter   Instagram
  • @Zbitter Twitter





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