The Ultra Peps
All things ultra, running and high-altitude climbing by Carole Fuchs former professional triathlete, elite ultra-trail runner and mountaineer specialised in 8000meters ascents. Mt Everest summited in 2018 from north-face.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Ep. 21 Consistency in Training
There are so many parameters besides hard training, "what's your pace", VO2max that could help us to perform better, feel better and most importantly enjoy the process more. Let's "train consistency …
Ep. 20 Speed Training and Winter Cross-Training
Note: Episode 20 is using Japanese-English! Great fun today with Yusuke Tanka, elite trail-runner part of team Salomon Japan, running coach and cross-training explorer talking about speed training, w…
Ep. 19 Rowing the Infamous North West Passage 2021
Rowing this 2000 miles arctic route linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans is the next adventure awaiting Mark Agnew in 2021. Perhaps one the last big FIRST in the world. Mark is talking about t…
Ep. 18 Finding Training - Life Balance: Chinathip Boonchokhirunmeta's story to reaching equilibrium
The story of the founder and CEO of Nich Cycling, the first and only sport cycling brand in Thailand is an endurance journey. Grit and determination combined with time commitment to fit work, family,…
Ep.17 Can we get Faster when we get Older?
Do we necessarily slow down while getting older? Approaching training in a smarter way based on experience (when getting older) can set off the impact of ageing on our performances.
Ep. 16 Self-believe & Roger Bannister's lesson on Performance
Today's episode is about sports performance. What breaking the 4 minute mile has taught us about finding our limits? Roger Bannister, 1st human to a run a 4 minute mile, icon of success showed that o…
Ep. 15 Food, Training the guts & Plant-based running
"You Are What You Eat". Hi everyone, the topics today are all food related because hungry runners eat all day. Breakfast (or not?), nutrition toolbox, fuelling the long runs, training our nutrition …
Ep. 14 What to Eat on Race Day with Juliette Blanchet (French only)
A casual chat with Juliette Blanchet, elite trail-runner from team Vibram talking about refuelling during races. Getting the nutrition right on race day is as important as the training load invested …
Ep. 13 Hydration, Cramping & Potatoes Chips
Are you craving for potatoes chips during or after a run? Welcome to the club. I made this episode after a 6hours mountain run in the heat and believe me the main focus of the day wasn't the view. Ho…
Ep. 12 Training for Mountain (ultra) Running without Mountains
Training for ultras and mountain races in town. Does it sound familiar? If you do not all have the chance to live near mountains or if you are too busy to hit the hills, this is definitely going to b…
Ep. 11 Mind over Body (French version)
In this first Trail Talk, Carole introduces Juliette Blanchet, a French ultra-runner part of team Vibram France. Juliette and Carole will record a series of talks naturally structured around a theme,…
Ep. 10 The Language Of Running
Inspired by Haruki Murakami's book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Carole and Yusuke Tanaka, an elite sky-runner and trail runner from Japan based in Sapporo start a series of talks abo…
Ep. 9 The Effortless Running Method
We are all born runners. No one is born talented. Effortless and running seems to be two contradictory concepts. We can all run effortlessly. Erik Bohm is explaining the running method he created to …
Ep. 8 How to survive your first ultra-trail race?
"How to run on anger and win your first 100km trail race" could be the unexpected title. Carole is talking to Eric Böhm the founder of the effortless running method about their first ultra-trail runn…
Ep. 7 Fuel for Training and Racing
Carole is talking about her nutrition strategy built during her time racing as professional triathlete. There are several ways to adjust our nutrition plan. Learning how become an hybrid athlete and …
Ep.6 Fuel for Endurance Athletes
In this Episode, Carole will be talking about nutrition. What is fuelling our performances? She will share her extended experience as an endurance athlete and the knowledge she built as a professiona…
Ep. 5 Strength Endurance Training for Runners
Strength endurance training for endurance runners and trail hunters is a key to improve our power output during the race day and therefore our capacity to go further faster and finish stronger. Stren…
Ep. 4 Strength Training for Runners and Endurance Athletes
Today, Carole Fuchs is talking about strength training and conditioning for runners, triathletes and endurance athletes. The benefits of strength training in improving performances in running and inj…
Ep. 3 Women in Mountaineering: stories of top inspiring female adventurers
Mountaineering and Everesting isn't part of most of women's everyday routine. I am talking to two female adventurers from Nepal, a film and documentary maker under extreme conditions and a journalist…
Ep. 2 Letting it go at 8848m
Episode 2 How do We Manage our Fears is talking about performance psychology and uses Carole's experience on Mt Everest during her summit push to discuss the ways to develop mental toughness to prepa…