The Time-Crunched Cyclist Podcast by CTS

About this episode:This week's episode is a special one. Coach Adam interviews both professional mountain bike racer and 2018 XC World Champion Kate Courtney and her coach Jim Miller. They talk about what makes a good athlete-coach relationship, developing a winning mindset, and finding opportunities in every obstacle. Guest Bio – Kate Courtney:Kate Courtney is a professional mountain bike racer for the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Kate is the 2019 Elite XCO World Cup Overall Champion, the current Pan American Champion and the 2018 Elite XCO World Champion. Kate was born in 1995 and grew up in Marin County, California at the base of Mount Tamalpais, the birthplace of mountain biking. Kate was introduced to cycling at a young age - riding on the back of a tandem mountain bike with her dad to get pancakes on Sunday mornings. After joining the Branson High School mountain bike team as a Freshman, her interest in the sport escalated quickly. During high school, she competed for the USA National Team and Whole Athlete Development Team in events around the World. In 2012, she became the first American woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Junior category. When Kate graduated high school in 2013, she continued on to Stanford University and signed her first professional contract with Specialized Bicycles.Guest Bio – Jim Miller:Jim Miller is the current Head of Elite Athletics at USA Cycling and a successful coach who has helped the United States win 14 Olympic medals over the past two decades. Miller has worked with many top U.S. riders across all disciplines, including World Champion Kate Courtney, Olympian Kristin Armstrong, as well as many other top road racers, mountain bikers, and track cyclists.Read More About Kate Courtney:https://katecourtney.com/abouthttps://www.instagram.com/kateplusfate/https://twitter.com/sparkleaddicthttps://www.facebook.com/katecourtney130/Read More About Jim Miller:https://www.usacycling.org/article/usa-cycling-announces-jim-millers-return-as-head-of-elite-athleticshttps://twitter.com/JimMiller_timehttps://www.instagram.com/jimmillertime/Episode Highlights:What makes a coach-athlete relationship work wellDeveloping a winning mindsetBalancing fun with trainingPushing limits and testing what can be achievedFinding opportunities in every obstacleHow to use failures and setbacks to your advantageListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary interviews performance nutritionist Will Benitez and discusses with him nutrition's role in performance, adapting your fueling strategy for injuries, and managing stress. Guest Bio – Wilfredo Benitez, MScN, M.Ed.:Wilfredo (Will) Benitez is a performance nutritionist located in Portland, Oregon, USA and is the owner of his nutrition coaching practice On Pace Wellness, LLC. Will believes that nutritional optimization is a process that involves sustainable behavioral changes and practices accordingly. Will works primarily with athletes but also with those who enjoy or want to enjoy an active lifestyle, helping them to optimize their nutrition to elevate performance and health. As a performance nutritionist, a certified running coach, and an athlete himself, Will understands the athlete's mindset, what it’s like to pursue athletic goals, and how to balance the pursuit of those goals with other responsibilities. He is passionate about helping his clients strike the necessary balance to make the nutrition coaching process result in sustained nutrition habits that are effective for the client’s goals. Will earned his Masters Degree in Nutrition Science in 2017. He lives in Portland with his wife, Valentina, who is a naturopathic physician, and their dog and two cats.Read More About Wilfredo Benitez:https://www.onpacewellness.com/https://twitter.com/WillBenitez21https://www.instagram.com/onpacewellness/Episode Highlights:Nutrition's role in performanceFueling for injury recoveryStrategies for managing stressListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Adam interviews professional off-road cyclist, Payson McElveen, talking with him about his training, how he's dealing with the Coronavirus health crisis as a professional athlete, and what he has in store for the future.Guest Bio – Payson McElveen:Payson began his racing career in 2007 and developed his passion for the sport in the Texas State Championship Series. At 17 he traveled with USA Cycling to Germany where he raced and trained as a member of the USA Cycling National Team for the first time. In 2011 he graduated from the Austin Waldorf High School and moved to Durango, CO to further his education and pursue a dream of being a professional cyclist.  In 2012 Payson signed with the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory/Sweet Elite mountain bike team, and for the next two years matured as a racer under the guidance of Chad Cheeney, Ned Overend, and others.With his career taking off, Payson opted in 2017 to build a program around his specific needs. As a recent college graduate, long time partner Orange Seal stepped up as title sponsor and helped Payson officially launch his elite professional career. Building on the momentum of 2016, he had a banner year, headlined by winning a first elite national championship. In 2018, the timing was right for Orange Seal and Payson to launch an all-new pro team spawned from Payson's privateer program the previous year. The Orange Seal Off-road Team was born, and has taken the North American race circuit by storm, already notching double national titles in the marathon discipline--Payson defended his title from 2017.Now settling into what he hopes will be a long career, Payson is more excited than ever for the trail ahead. What began as childhood dreams of fame and glory has developed into a love for the lifestyle, process, and desire to help others achieve two-wheeled happiness along the way. With new personal sponsor Red Bull, Payson is excited to take this passion and share it beyond the racing world, tackling new projects both in racecourses and off.Read More About Payson McElveen:https://www.paysonmcelveen.com/https://www.instagram.com/paysonmcelveen/https://www.facebook.com/payson.mcelveen/https://www.youtube.com/user/PaysonMcElveenhttps://twitter.com/PaysonMcElveenEpisode Highlights:Building a big aerobic engineBecoming addicted to the training processTraining during the Coronavirus health crisisGetting back to the basics

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary interviews North Face and Red Bull professional ultrarunner Dylan Bowman and talks with him about the tools and methods he used to deal with multiple setbacks and injuries.Guest Bio – Dylan Bowman:Dylan is a professional ultra runner for The North Face and Red Bull, living in Portland, OR. He's a longtime disciple of CTS coach, Jason Koop, who's guided his training since 2013.Read More About Dylan Bowman:http://www.dylanbowman.com/https://twitter.com/dylanbohttps://www.instagram.com/dylanbo/https://www.facebook.com/dylanjbo/Episode Highlights:Dealing with long term injuriesFostering a positive outlookReconciling your athlete identity with your identity as a personListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

In this special episode, TrainRight Podcast hosts Adam Pulford and Hillary Allen sit down to discuss practical tips that cyclists, runners, and triathletes can use to navigate the current Coronavirus crisis that's affecting all of us around the world. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

About this episode:In this week’s episode, Hillary interviews the Chief Medical Officer at SteadyMD and talks with him about how sport and health are intertwined, and about the unique approach SteadyMD is taking with an entirely online personal physician service. Guest Bio – Dr. Josh Emdur:Dr. Emdur is a clinician and physician leader with a passion for innovation in primary care. He has held a board certification in family medicine since 2007 and is licensed to practice medicine in over 25 states. He spent over a decade treating the sick in the hospital prior to becoming the Chief Medical Officer at SteadyMD where he launched the world's first personal physician service especially for runners that is entirely online. While caring for hospitalized patients he learned that health is achieved outside of the hospital. His medical approach focuses on using lifestyle to treat chronic diseases and using medication only when lifestyle modifications aren’t enough.His interests include using technology to improve the doctor-patient relationship and exploring alternative payment models for health care outside of traditional insurance. When asked what fuels him in life his response is clear “passion”. Whether it is climbing big walls in Yosemite, striving for marathon personal bests, skiing big backcountry lines in the high mountains, or just being the best human he can it is obvious that he is driven by challenges and excellence. Read More About Dr. Josh Emdur and SteadyMD:https://www.steadymd.com/doctor-josh-emdur/https://twitter.com/steadymdrunninghttps://www.instagram.com/joshemdur/Episode Highlights:How sport and health are intertwinedBuilding a support networkIdentifying stressors that affect 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, Adam interviews coach and product leader of WKO, Tim Cusick, and dives into the four main training methodologies discussing how you should decide which to use in your own endurance training. Guest Bio – Tim Cusick:Tim Cusick is the TrainingPeaks WKO product leader, the owner of Velocious Endurance Coaching, and the leader of BaseCamp. His expertise in training, racing, and data analytics offers a unique approach to training that guides his clients to amazing success. He currently coaches world champion Amber Neben, road pro Emma Grant, Rebecca Rusch, and other pros and racers.Read More About Tim Cusick:https://www.trainingpeaks.com/coach/timcusick#abouthttps://www.instagram.com/tim_cusick_coach/https://twitter.com/tcusick123https://www.facebook.com/tim.cusickEpisode Highlights:The difference between long slow distance training, sweet spot training, polarized 80/20 training, and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) Is there one best training model?Developing a long term training strategy and individualized programListen 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 founder of Scratch Labs, Dr. Allen Lim, and talk with him about "embracing the suck," self-care, training consistency, and his approach to nutrition. Guest Bio – Dr. Allen Lim:Dr. Allen Lim received his doctorate from the Applied Exercise Science Laboratory in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado. Allen worked on the Pro Cycling Tour as a sport scientist and coach for the Phonak, TIAA-CREF, Slipstream, Garmin, and Radio Shack professional cycling teams. More recently, Allen founded Skratch Labs, a boot-strapped sports nutrition company, that was ranked in 2014 as the 3rd fastest growing food and beverage company in the USA by Inc., 5000. Allen has co-written three cookbooks with Chef Biju Thomas - the Feed Zone Cookbook, the Feed Zone Portables, and the Feed Zone Table - all of which help to give people the basic skills and knowledge to prepare real food from scratch as part of a physically active lifestyle. Allen has served as a consultant for the Chinese Olympic Team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, for the US Olympic Cycling Team at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games in London and Rio, and for organizations and individuals ranging from the Joe Gibbs Racing Team, Kansas City Royals, and President George W. Bush. A sought-after speaker, Allen has given two TEDx talks, guest lectures regularly at the University of Colorado at Boulder and has been a key note speaker for organizations like the American College of Sports Medicine, Training Peaks, Map My Fitness, Strava, The North Face, The Colorado Outdoor Industry Leadership Summit, Under Armour, and the Gold Lab Symposium.Read More About Dr. Allen Lim:https://www.skratchlabs.com/pages/about-ushttps://www.instagram.com/allenskratch/https://twitter.com/allenskratchEpisode Highlights:Embracing the suckSelf-care and how to sustain performance in the long-termHow Dr. Allen Lim helps elite athletes perform at their bestListen 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 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.