The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

About This Episode:In this week’s episode, we delve into the confusing world of sports recovery with acclaimed science journalist Christie Aschwanden, exploring some of the key takeaways from her book Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery.Guest Bio – Christie Aschwanden:Christie Aschwanden is an award-winning science journalist. She was the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight for many years and is a former health columnist for the Washington Post. A finalist for the National Magazine Award, her writing has appeared in Outside, Discover, Smithsonian, and Oprah Magazine. She’s also co-host of Emerging Form, a podcast about the creative process. She was a high school state champion in the 1,600-meter run, a national collegiate cycling champion, and an elite cross-country skier with Team Rossignol. She lives and occasionally still races in western Colorado.Read More About Christie Aschwanden:https://christieaschwanden.com/https://twitter.com/cragcrestBook Link – Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of RecoveryEpisode Highlights:Mastering the fundamentals of recoveryIdentifying pseudoscientific claimsRecovery vs. recoveringThe body's ability to perform under sub-optimal situationsListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

About this episode:In this week’s episode, we interview ultrarunner and Trail Sisters founder, Gina Lucrezi, and talk with her about the Trail Sisters trail running community and growing female participation in the sport through inspiration, education, and empowerment.Guest Bio – Gina Lucrezi:Gina has always been stubborn and bold, so when it came to advocating for women’s rights and equality in the outdoors, she was bound to make some changes. Gina founded the online journal and community Trail Sisters, with the goal to help create opportunities and grow participation in women’s trail running. Gina is also an avid trail runner. She currently holds the Women's FKT on Mt.Whitney's standard route, is a USATF Trail 10k Champion, 2012 Team USA 1st place World Long Distance Champion, and 2x Winner of the Leadville Silver Rush 50 mile held at 10k + feet. Off the trail, she's most likely developing more projects for Trail Sisters with her husband Justin, or playing with her Airedale Erza.About Trail Sisters:Trail Sisters is a women’s trail running community and online journal. In addition to the journal, they host women’s discussion panels, award the Trail Sisters Adventure Grants, host Women’s Run With Her Trail Running Retreats and more. Learn more about Trail Sisters here: https://www.trailsisters.net/about/Read More About Gina Lucrezi And Trail Sisters:https://www.trailsisters.net/https://www.instagram.com/trail_sisters/https://www.facebook.com/trailsisters1/https://www.strava.com/clubs/trail-sisters-251925Episode Highlights:Trail Sisters communityGrowing female participation in the sportMotherhood and ultrarunningTrail Sisters race standards for race directorsListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

About This Episode:In this week's episode, we take a deep dive into award-winning journalist Alex Hutchinson's latest book, Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance, and talk about how athletes can apply some of the book's findings to their own training.Guest Bio - Alex Hutchinson:Alex Hutchinson (@sweatscience) is a runner and author who covers the science of endurance for Outside magazine’s Sweat Science column. His latest book is the New York Times bestseller Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Before becoming a journalist, worked as a postdoctoral physicist with the U.S. National Security Agency, and competed for the Canadian national team in track, cross-country, and mountain running. He lives in Toronto.Read More About Alex Hutchinson:www.alexhutchinson.nethttps://twitter.com/sweatscienceBook Link - Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human PerformanceEpisode Highlights:The role of the mind on the limits of human performanceHow to use edge finding workouts in trainingMotivational self talkThe future of endurance performanceListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform. 

About this episode:In this week’s episode, we interview Ultramarathon Man, Dean Karnazes, and talk with him about setting big goals, inspiring yourself and staying motivated, and cover tips for runners looking to try out trail running and even make the leap to ultramarathons.Guest Bio – Dean Karnazes:TIME magazine named him one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World.” Men’s Fitness hailed him as one of the fittest men on the planet. Stan Lee, of Marvel Comics fame, called him, “A real superhuman.” An acclaimed endurance athlete and NY Times bestselling author, Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 50 marathons, in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days, he’s run 350 continuous miles, foregoing sleep for three nights. He’s run across the Sahara Desert in 120-degree temperatures, and he’s run a marathon to the South Pole in negative 40 degrees. On ten different occasions, he’s run a 200-mile relay race solo, racing alongside teams of twelve. His long list of competitive achievements include winning the World’s Toughest Footrace, the Badwater Ultramarathon, running 135 miles nonstop across Death Valley during the middle of summer. He has raced and competed on all seven continents of the planet, twice over.Read More About Dean Karnazes And Connect With Him:http://www.ultramarathonman.comhttps://instagram.com/ultramarathonhttps://www.facebook.com/DeanKarnazeshttps://twitter.com/deankarnazesEpisode Highlights:50 marathons in 50 states in 50 daysFinding new goalsInspiring yourself and staying motivatedAdvice for runners getting into trail runningTips for working with a coachListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

About this episode: In this week's episode, we interview the CEO and founder of Carmichael Training Systems (CTS) Chris Carmichael and hear what he's learned from 40+ years racing and working in cycling. Guest Bio:Chris Carmichael is the founder and CEO of Carmichael Training Systems, Inc. (CTS). Named the US Olympic Committee’s Coach of the Year in 1999, Chris formed CTS in 2000 to make world-class coaching accessible to athletes of all ability levels. Innovation has been a driving force throughout Chris’s career as an athlete, coach, and entrepreneur; he’s played a leading role in advancing the use of power meters, aerodynamic testing, altitude training, online coaching tools, and specific training methods for time-crunched athletes.Read More About Chris Carmichael Here.Episode Highlights:Chris' time racing as a professional cyclist on Team 7-ElevenWorking as the National Cycling Team CoachCoaching elite athletes including Lance ArmstrongPioneering the endurance coaching businessThe future of coaching and how artificial intelligence will impact the industryTraining tips for time-crunched athletesFinding the motivation to train decade after decadeListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks To This Week's Sponsors:This episode of the TrainRight Podcast is brought to you by Stages Cycling, the industry leader in accurate, reliable and proven power meters and training devices. Stages Cycling offers the widest range of power meter makes and models to fit any bike, any drivetrain and any rider, all manufactured in their Boulder, Colorado facility. They’ve expanded their offerings to include the Stages Dash line of innovative and intuitive GPS cycling computers covering a full range of training and workout-specific features to make your workouts go as smooth as possible.And for 2020 Stages is applying its decade of indoor cycling studio expertise to the new StagesBike smart trainer. Check out their latest at www.stagescycling.com and use the coupon code CTS20OFF all caps at checkout for 20% off.

Do you want to increase your endurance performance? Professional CTS coaches Adam Pulford and Hillary Allen interview top experts, scientists, and thought leaders in the endurance sports world to bring you actionable tips you can apply to your training starting today.