Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min · 14 segments
We spread our toes wider than nature intended before this great episode! A main topic was on the fueling evolution in the Tour de France, and how that has predicted everything that has happened across…
David RocheHostMegan RocheHostIt was actually convenient that we filmed that reel because I had just taken seven gels on the ride and came back to this whole mountain of gels leading to our bed.
Yes, and that's a good segue into the uphill treadmill threshold discussion because we talk about this a lot, and the reason we wanted to bring it to the very start of the episode is to say we are seeing kind of wild things.
And so you always gotta be careful when you talk about training elements that you're predisposed to, like, be, to, to enjoy and to l- uh, prescribe to people because-
There's heavy bias both intellectually but then also selection-wise because you're then giving it to athletes with extreme levels of talent and seeing what happens.
Um, but we have been applying it not just in trails but to road athletes recently as the big aerobic session and have seen just truly bonkers things.
So led by Emily Venters in the 6K this weekend who ran 18-0-something, 18-0 I don't...
Like, as a young athlete with wheels like this and the aerobic engine, and, you know, just kinda bringing in the science to support her, it just makes me so excited.
We've been doing these for a year now, and they've really helped her level up the aerobic system.
And then finally for men, Charlie Sweeney, who was top 10 at the Boilermaker 15K, running 4:47 pace on a course with 500 feet of climbing, um, doing these for big-time aerobic sessions.
It was actually convenient that we filmed that reel because I had just taken seven gels on the ride and came back to this whole mountain of gels leading to our bed.
Yes, and that's a good segue into the uphill treadmill threshold discussion because we talk about this a lot, and the reason we wanted to bring it to the very start of the episode is to say we are seeing kind of wild things.
And so you always gotta be careful when you talk about training elements that you're predisposed to, like, be, to, to enjoy and to l- uh, prescribe to people because-
There's heavy bias both intellectually but then also selection-wise because you're then giving it to athletes with extreme levels of talent and seeing what happens.
Um, but we have been applying it not just in trails but to road athletes recently as the big aerobic session and have seen just truly bonkers things.
So led by Emily Venters in the 6K this weekend who ran 18-0-something, 18-0 I don't...
Like, as a young athlete with wheels like this and the aerobic engine, and, you know, just kinda bringing in the science to support her, it just makes me so excited.
We've been doing these for a year now, and they've really helped her level up the aerobic system.
And then finally for men, Charlie Sweeney, who was top 10 at the Boilermaker 15K, running 4:47 pace on a course with 500 feet of climbing, um, doing these for big-time aerobic sessions.
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