The Endurance Athlete Journey
Sometimes endurance sports can be overwhelming and confusing. Understanding the nuances of training and how to stay healthy and making progress can leave you scratching your head sometimes. On top of all that, knowing how to fuel for performance and overall fitness increases the complexity of the sport even more. The Endurance Athlete Journey podcast is your guiding light on the path to success in your endurance sports journey.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 16: Mastering Periodized Training: Building Endurance and Strength
Summary:
This episode, the first of a two-part series, features Coach Justin and Coach Katie discuss the concept of periodized training, emphasizing the importance of planning and structuring training…
Coach's Corner Episode 4: Consistency in Training Through Shifting Focus
Summary:
In this episode, Coach Justin and Coach Katie discuss the role of speed work in endurance training, particularly for athletes focused on long-distance events like marathons and triathlons. Th…
Episode 15: Beyond the Water Bottle - Hydration for Peak Performance (Part 2)
Summary
In this episode, Coach Justin and Coach Katie continue the conversation from last week where they dove into the critical topic of hydration for endurance athletes. For this episode, they discu…
Episode 14: Beyond the Water Bottle - Hydration for Peak Performance (Part 1)
Summary
In this episode, Coach Justin and Coach Katie delve into the critical topic of hydration for endurance athletes. They explore the importance of electrolytes, particularly sodium, and how they …
Coach's Corner Episode 3: When Passion Outpaces Time- Training Smarter for the Time Crunched Athlete
Summary
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey podcast, Coaches Justin and Katie discuss the challenges of training within time constraints. They explore the balance between life demands and…
Episode 13: The Mind is Willing but is the Body Able?
Summary:
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey podcast, Coaches Justin and Katie discuss the challenges athletes face when their mental determination clashes with physical limitations. They…
Coach's Corner Episode 2: Injury Management for Endurance Athletes
Summary
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast, Coaches Justin and Katie discuss the challenges of training while managing injuries, particularly focusing on Achilles issues. Justin …
Episode 12: Protein Paradigm in Endurance Sports
Summary:
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey podcast, Coach Justin and Coach Katie delve into the importance of protein for endurance athletes. They discuss the basics of protein, how to …
Coach's Corner Episode 1: Physical, mental, and emotional recovery post-race
Episode Summary:
In this episode of Coach's Corner, Coaches Justin and Katie discuss the challenges faced after completing a marathon, including physical recovery, emotional struggles, and the importa…
Episode 11: Training in the Heat
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey podcast, Coaches Justin and Katie delve into the critical topic of heat training for endurance athletes. They discuss the physiological effects of hea…
Episode 10: Race Recap- Vermont City Marathon and the Jamestown Olympic Distance Triathlon
Katie and Justin completed their A races for the season, and this is the race recap episode. This episode includes a long discussion with some of the following topics:
- Katie shares a recap of her rece…
Episode 9: The Role of the Brick Workout
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast, Coach Justin talks about the role of the brick workout. He dives into the purpose behind the brick workout and how/when it fits into your tra…
Episode 8: The Art of the Taper
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast we talk all about the art of the taper. We dive into what is the purpose of the taper and why it is important to taper before a big race. We a…
Episode 7: Race Recap Episode: NoCo Half Marathon and Smith Mountain Lake Sprint Triathlon
Coach Katie and Coach Justin are fresh off their respective race courses so during this episode, we provide some race recaps.
- Coach Katie: NoCo Half Marathon
- Coach Justin: Smith Mountain Lake Sprint Tr…
Episode 6: Meal Planning and Prep for Athletes
We discuss the following
- Why meal planning and prep is so important
- How it can help save time and money
- What happens when we don’t plan ahead
- It does not have to be perfect. There is all this stuff on in…
Episode 5: How to fit your training into your lifestyle
Sometimes being an endurance athlete requires an advanced degree in time management. You may be the parent of small children or very active children. There are no “bonus points” earned by missing out…
Episode 4: Recovery Part 2- Nutrition Strategies for Recovery from Training
Recovery Part 2: Nutrition Strategies for Recovery
The foundations of recovery include adequate nutrition to support training and recovery. Getting the right quantities of macronutrients and specific…
Episode 3: Recovery from training and why it is important
Episode 3: Recovery from Training and Why it is Important. There is more to recovery than "resting and taking the day off". How do we know when we should do something purposeful to aid recovery? Why …
Episode 2: Forming a Race Day Fueling Strategy
Welcome to episode #2 of The Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast! In this podcast we talk about race day fueling and how to start thinking about a race day fueling plan. We talk about our own experienc…
Episode 1: The Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast Introduction
Welcome to The Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast! This is our very first episode and in this episode we discuss why we started the podcast and what the podcast is all about. We also discuss ourselves…