138. How To Set Heart Rate Zones, Eating Before and After Runs, and CARB LOVE!
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I Want to Win Western States at All Costs
I think the way to win Western States is to be consistent over the long term. If we had unlimited resources and can do daily blood tests or other physiological monitoring, we'd probably see the pot boiling over before it happens. In the real world though, athletes need to make decisions that allow them to keep stacking little bricks in a really big wall without taking a sledgehammer to the wall through acute over stress. That includes eating enough to fuel the work and avoiding excessive intensity with individual sessions and a cross training box.
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