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Peak EnduranceHow to Get Back Into Speedwork Without Getting Injured (Or Overwhelmed)In this episode of the Peak Endurance Podcast, Isobel and Ron break down the exact approach runners should take when they’ve been doing nothing but easy running or have never done structured speedwork before and now want to get faster again.We cover:• Why speed is a skill not a pain game• How to introduce quality work without blowing up your tissues• Why strength must come before intensity• The simple weekly structure that actually works• How to know when to progress — and when to hold• Why most runners sab...
2025-11-071h 07Peak EnduranceUltra Adelaide 100 Miler: Triumphs, Challenges, and Lessons Learned | Running in Your 50sJoin Isobel and Ron as they dive deep into Isobel's recent experience at the Ultra Adelaide 100 Miler. In this candid and inspiring conversation, Isobel shares her journey through the grueling race, while Ron offers insights from his perspective as Isobel's dedicated crew.🏃♂️ Highlights:The highs: Moments of triumph and unexpected joysThe lows: Battling fatigue, doubt, and physical challengesCrucial lessons learned from this epic adventureThe unique challenges and rewards of ultra running in your 50sRon's perspective: What it's like to c...
2025-07-1954 minPeak EnduranceBattling the Elements: Isle of Skye DNF, Scottish Adventures & The Power of Your 'Why'In this episode of the Peak Endurance Coaching Podcast, we bring you updates from our whirlwind trip to Scotland and dive deep into the raw and honest recount of the Isle of Skye Ultra — where Isobel faced brutal conditions and made the tough call to DNF. 🌧️🌪️ With driving rain, gale-force winds, and zero visibility, it was a true test of grit and respect for the mountains.Ron and Isobel unpack what it means to respect a race, how to stay grounded in your ‘why’, and why training in all conditions is essential — not just physically, but mentally too. Whether you'r...
2025-05-2846 min
Peak EnduranceHills: in long runs and as part of training.Hello! And welcome back to the podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the host of the Peak Endurance podcast. Thank you for joining me once again for episode 193, and if you’re a first-time listener, welcome!!
Thank to Sarah H who left a lovely review on Apple podcasts. She left 5 stars and said:
Awesome running podcast!
I love this podcast and look forward to listening to the new one every week. It’s great for long runs and in the car. I’m a little biased as Isobel is my coach :) Every week Izzy manages to bring new dia...
2023-03-0156 minPeak EnduranceDrills Vs Plyometrics: What's the difference and which should you do?Hello! And welcome back to the podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the host of the Peak Endurance podcast. Thank you for joining me once again, and if you’re a first-time listener, welcome!! Today I will be talking about running drills and plyometrics, what the difference is between them and why all runners should be doing them! Running drills differ from plyometrics and this will all be explained!!
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2023-02-1516 minPeak EnduranceMeghan Canfield talks accepting getting older in ultra racingHi and welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching.
Episode 187 is an interview with Meghan canfield. We last spoke in episode 58, where we spoke about how she has been so successful in ultra running for so long, well into her 50s. And then she messaged me recently because I posted about wanting peoples lessons they learnt from 2022. She sent me a copy of her article that she had recently written. I will post this article with my social media posts when putting out this pod.What we t...
2023-01-1752 min
Peak EnduranceMatt Fitzgerald; how to run every race at your real limit!Hi and welcome back to the podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching.
Episode 175 is my fifth interview with the brilliant author Matt Fitzgerald. I have previously interviewed him about his books 80/20 which discusses the concept of running easy for 80% of your training and hard for 20%, How Bad Do You Want It? Which delved into the topic of mindset and mental toughness and “The Comeback Quotient” which talked about athletes turning bad situations around and his book called: ‘Run Like a Pro (Even if you’re slow), elite tools and tips for runners o...
2022-10-0553 min
Peak EnduranceMental toughness for ultra-runners.Hello and welcome back to the podcast! I hope your running and training is going well and if you are in Australia you are enjoying the cold weather, and we seem to be having a lot of it!!
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for me. I ran the 42k at Wandi Cross. I ran this just as a training run and to have fun. I wanted to enjoy racing again without any pressure and boy I did. It was great! I loved the course: steep climbs, runnable downs and some steep slippery downs that ended up with me...
2022-06-1517 min
Peak EnduranceDown Under 135 special!Welcome to the podcast! Episode 157 is a Down Under 135 special! DU135 is renowned for being an extremely tough race; it has a high dropout rate, tough cut offs and long finish times. This year was no exception, with only one finisher! First (and last!!) was Tom Dade in 53 hours and 8 minutes. This was 3 minutes quicker than last year in spite of it being 9 ½ kms longer, at 226.6km. This was an average pace of 14:04 per km. That pace sounds slow for a run, but for that course it is incredibly swift. And he did it with naps, so really his pace w...
2022-06-0159 min
Peak EnduranceMatt Fitzgerald: Run Like A Pro (Even If You're Slow)Hi and welcome back to the podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching.
Episode 155 is another interview the brilliant author Matt Fitzgerald. I have previously interviewed him about his books 80/20 which discusses the concept of running easy for 80% of your training and hard for 20%, How Bad Do You Want It? Which delved into the topic of mindset and mental toughness and “The Comeback Quotient” which talked about athletes turning bad situations around. His latest book is called: ‘Run Like a Pro (Even if you’re slow), elite tools and tips for runners of every...
2022-05-2458 min
Peak EnduranceStaying motivated to train through winter!Hello!! Welcome back to the podcast, great to have you join me! I love doing the podcast as I really feel like I'm chatting with a friend. I hope you feel the same! And could you do a friend a favour and write a review on Apple podcasts, it would be so awesome if you did and I promise it doesn't take much time!!
Do you have any tips you could share with us? Please email me isobel@peakendurancecoaching.com.au to let me know and I will share with everyone!
If you aren't following me on socials, get on i...
2022-05-1014 min
Peak EnduranceCross training options for runners.Hello and welcome to the Peak Endurance Podcast, I’m your host Isobel Ross.
A bit about me to start us off! I am well into my taper now, and my volume has decreased significantly, just as I recommend in last weeks podcast. I too find tapers hard but I know how important they are and what a difference they make to how I feel on race day. I love training so it is hard for me to do less but fresh legs, body and mind are imperative on race day.
This week I have been reading Matt Fitzgerald’s book...
2022-05-0516 min
Peak EnduranceWhat does a training program for a race consist of?This week I will be talking to you about the layout of a running program as an athlete prepares for a race.
A running program needs to be well planned if it is to meet the objectives of the runner and to elicit their physiological best.
Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope it was informative. If you are interested in coaching, email me isobel@peakendurancecoaching.com.au Don’t forget to follow me on socials: insta or facebook Peak Endurance Coaching, or you can follow me personally Isobel Ross. If you want to get on my em...
2022-04-2719 min
Peak EnduranceRoss Jenkin: The big 4 at 40Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 127 is an interview with Ross Jenkin.
Ross is the first person to complete a continuous traverse of the UK’s four big mountain challenges: the Paddy Buckley Round in north Wales (47 summits); the Denis Rankin Round in Northern Ireland (39 summits); the Ramsay Round in Scotland (24 summits) and the Bob Graham Round (42 summits) in the English Lake District a total of 152 summits, with 387km (240 miles) of running and 31,800m (104,331ft) of ascent. The challenge amounts to a total of 152 summits, 387km and 31,800m of ascent. Ross comes onto the podcast to share with us ho...
2021-09-141h 09
Peak EnduranceDean Karnazes; A Runner's High.Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 115 is an interview with Dean Karnazes. Dean is a two-time New York Times bestselling author and an icon in the running world. TIME magazine named Karnazes one of the '100 Most Influential People in the World.' An internationally acclaimed endurance athlete, he is the winner of an ESPN ESPY, a three-time winner of Competitor magazine's Endurance Sports Athlete of the Year award and the recipient of the President's Council on Sports Fitness & Nutrition Lifetime Achievement award. Dean has just put out his latest book ‘A Runner’s High. Older, Wiser, Slower, Stronger.’ The de...
2021-07-0638 min
Peak EnduranceJohn Stocker: world record holder of 81hrs at the Suffolk Backyard Ultra.Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 114 is an interview with John Stocker, from Oxfordshire, ran a Last One Standing world record with more than 337 miles in 81 hours (just over 3 days) at the Suffolk Backyard Ultra, which was held the weekend of the 5th June. John has run many ultras including the Thames Ring, the Spine, the Arc of Attrition and Spartathlon. He is a father to three children, a husband and a coach.
As a new part of the podcast, Tom Dade has kindly agreed to add a short recording to each episode. If you follow Tom on socials...
2021-06-3048 min
Peak EnduranceStephanie Case: ultra runner and founder of 'Free to Run'.Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 113 is an interview with Stephanie Case. Stephanie is a human rights lawyer, ultra-distance runner and women’s rights advocate with expertise in conflict settings and humanitarian emergencies. In 2009, she gave up a career in corporate law to work for the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan, Palestine, Malaysia, Switzerland and the United States, and for non-governmental organizations across Africa. She founded Free to Run in 2014 with the aim of ensuring that women and girls in areas of conflict are able to safely and boldly engage in outdoor adventure and develop the skills necessary to be...
2021-06-221h 01
Peak EnduranceBeau Miles: The Backyard AdventurerWelcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 112 is an interview with Beau Miles. Beau describes himself as an ‘award -winning film maker, poly-jobist, speaker, writer, odd’ If you have seen his videos on YouTube or running festivals you would probably agree!! In this episode we discuss his new book “The Backyard Adventurer; Meaningful and pointless expeditions, self-experiments and the value of other people’s junk”. Check our his book here at Amazon.
I am planning a new bonus episode that involves listener feedback again! I would like to know what is the best running advice you have ever receiv...
2021-06-1541 min
Peak EnduranceLuke Nelson from Health and High Performance: Shin PainWelcome to the podcast! Episode 111 is another interview with Luke Nelson, chiropractor at Health and high Performance.
In this episode we discuss Medial Tibial stress syndrome, more commonly known as shin splints. Shin splints is the label often given for shin pain, but there are a number of things that can cause pain in the shin, so here we discuss some of the key causes.
If you enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and subscribe. It really helps grow the audience and help me get high profile athletes on the show. Thanks so...
2021-06-1137 min
Peak EnduranceRace directors Megan and Matt on all things GSER and on raising female participation rates in ultra running.Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 110 is an interview with Megan Harper and Matt Veenstra, the directors of GSER, The Great Southern Endurance Run. In this episode we discuss their involvement in the ultra-running scene, the new course and distances on offer, increasing the community feel in ultra running, and how they are encouraging female participation in the sport. They are also giving away a free entry to the race! Stay tuned to the end of the podcast to hear how you can enter!
If you enjoy this episode, could you do me a favour and go on over...
2021-06-0844 minPeak EnduranceLessons from 2020Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 109 is another bonus episode! This time listeners recorded what they learnt form 2020. In spite of it being a difficult year, there was certainly a lot to learn and grow from. I hope you feel you learnt something positive last year! Maybe you can relate to some of these that listeners share. I hope you find this an inspiring and uplifting episode, especially if you are enduring more rounds of lockdown.
If you do enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and subscribe. It really helps grow the...
2021-06-0217 min
Peak EnduranceMaggie Guterl wins the inaugural Cocodona 250!Welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast! Episode 108 is another interview with the amazing Maggie Guterl! Just a few weeks ago Maggie won the inaugural Cocodona 250. Maggie was first female and 7thoverall in a time of 85 hours, 32 minutes and 27 seconds. The Cocodona 250 links together some of the most iconic trails and towns in Arizona for one monumental undertaking of 250 consecutive miles. The race starts in Black Canyon City at Rock Springs Cafe and traverses a continuous 250 mile point-to-point route, ending in Flagstaff, Arizona. Cover photo thanks to @howiesternphoto
In this episode we discuss how her nutrition and hydration plan went, how...
2021-05-3142 min
Peak EnduranceDown Under 135 special: Tom Cullum, Nigel Hill and Tom Dade.Welcome to the podcast! Episode 107 is a Down Under 135 special! DU135 is renowned for being an extremely tough race; it has a high dropout rate, tough cut offs and long finish times. This year was no exception, with only two finishers! First was Nigel Hill in 52 hours and 36 minutes, followed by Tom Dade in 53 hours and 11 minutes. The race threw everything at them; steep ascents, slippery descents, off-trail sections and river crossings. The weather added another element, with driving rain and biting winds. In this special edition I chat with Tom Callum, one of the race organisers to find out...
2021-05-251h 45
Peak EnduranceBreaking the Barrier CollaborationWelcome to the podcast! Episode 106 is a collaboration with Andrew Lorenzo and Zac Domagalski from Breaking the Barrier podcast. We both hit 100 episodes recently so thought we would get together and discuss our podcast journey. This is just a general chat and I really hope you enjoy it!
If you do enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and subscribe. It really helps grow the audience and the show. Thanks so much for your ongoing support!
Are injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Get on top of these...
2021-05-1755 min
Peak EnduranceBernadette Benson: Multiple National Record HolderWelcome to the podcast! Episode 105 is an interview with Bernadette Benson, who describes herself as A whole-food, plant-based CanAussie ultra runner living in Wandiligong, Australia. But Bernadette is so much more than that! She is an amazing athlete who has led the adventure life for many years, and doesn’t look to be stopping anytime soon. I have followed Bernadettes adventures for years and always found her incredibly inspiring so thought it best to get her on the podcast and hear from the horses mouth so to speak what inspires her to run the most incredible races, and enables her to...
2021-05-131h 13Peak EnduranceWhy do we run?Welcome to the podcast! Episode 104 is a short bonus episode that involves you, the listener! I asked ‘why do you run’ and this podcast is the replies of friends and listeners. I think having an overall why as well as an important why for each event, helps to keep us motivated and focused for our runs. I hope some of these resonate with you, or that they inspire you to think of your own why. Either way, I hope you enjoy this different podcast!
If you do enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and...
2021-05-1115 min
Peak EnduranceVictorian High Country 7 Peaks FKT record holder Isobel RossWelcome to the podcast! Episode 103 is an interview with me about my latest big run. I am joined by guest hosts Ron Tait and Tracey Davies, both whom were members of my crew. This was a really tough run for me and a totally new experience; further than I have ever gone before, and an individual challenge rather thana race. In this episode we delve into what motivated me to undertake this epic challenge, how I kept going when I wasn’t feeling the best, and what it takes to crew someone over such a long time. Since recording the in...
2021-05-041h 27
Peak Endurance48 Hour Track Championships chat with Stephen Redfern and Nikki Wynd with guest host Ron TaitWelcome to the podcast! Episode 102 is a fun interview with Stephen Redfern and Nikki Wynd. Ron also joins in with some questions! In this episode we discuss the recent 48 hour Australian track championships in Canberra. Nikki and Stephen both came second in their respective fields and it’s really interesting to hear the different perspectives of the veteran at 48 hours (Nikki) compared with Stephen, who was running his first 48 hour. I hope you find it fascinating too!
If you enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and subscribe. It really helps grow the audience an...
2021-04-201h 10
Peak EnduranceBich Jennings; mountain athlete and inspring human.Welcome to the podcast! Episode 101 is an interview with Bich Jennings. I met Bich when we were sweeping together at Archies earlier this year. We shared the trail for about 16 hours so had lots of time to chat. I thought she had such an interesting story that I invited her onto the podcast.
If you enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and subscribe. It really helps grow the audience and help me get high profile athletes on the show. Thanks so much for your ongoing support!
Are injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment...
2021-04-1349 min
Peak EnduranceNikki Wynd comes back for the 100th episode!!Welcome to the podcast! I can’t believe it’s episode 100. I am so excited and proud to have made it this far! I never dreamed I would make it here. To celebrate, episode 100 is an interview with the person who was on my first episode, Nikki Wynd. Nikki and I have been friends for many years and was kind enough to be my first ever guest and help me get this podcast started. I always love chatting with Nikki, and this episode is no different. I really hope you enjoy our very relaxed chat about running and life.
If you...
2021-04-0656 min
Peak EnduranceITB pain with Luke NelsonWelcome to the podcast! Episode 99 is an interview with Luke Nelson, chiropractor at Health and high Performance.
In this episode we discuss ITB syndrome. ITB syndrome tends to be a common new runner’s injury but is not only limited to beginner runners. Plenty of experienced runners have to deal with this, especially those of us who love getting out in the hills! In this podcast we discuss how to deal with this very annoying condition. When I was a new runner I made the classic mistake of upping my mileage too quickly and succumbed to ITB syndrome and was pr...
2021-03-3036 min
Peak EnduranceKay Bretz is Turning RightWelcome to the podcast! Episode 98 is an interview with Kay Bretz, an amazing ultra runner who was Australian Ultra runner of the year in 2019. Kay is an ex-consultant, a successful corporate leader and elite athlete who has learned to master the inner game. Letting go of his limiting beliefs made him the fastest-ever Australian at the 24-hour world championships. He ran 259.67 km
Now, he uses his expertise to guide leaders and organisations on their transformation journeys.
In this episode we discuss how changing his mindset allowed him to go from a good but average athlete to elite level racing.
If...
2021-03-2354 min
Peak EnduranceAnnabel Hepworth; Helen Stanger award and Ultra Performance of the year award recipient.Welcome to the podcast! Episode 97 is an interview with Annabel Hepworth, an amazing ultra runner. She has recently been awarded the with the Helen Stanger Award For the greatest single best ultra running achievement by a female under the age of 60 and the Ultra Performance of the Year Award Nominated by and voted on by the AURA members for your Across the Years 10 day performance 2019/2020. She won these two awards for the same event when she broke the Australian women’s record back in January 2020 running 1192.156km in the 10 day Across The Years in the USA. She was not only th...
2021-03-161h 13
Peak EnduranceLuke Nelson: Runner's kneeWelcome to the podcast! Episode 96 is an interview with Luke Nelson, chiropractor at Health and high Performance.
In this episode we discuss knee pain. Patellofemoral pain affects 1 in 10 males, and 1 in 5 females. With the name “Runner’s knee”, it is the most common injury seen in runners with close to 50% of runners experiencing this condition. We discuss what it is, how to treat it, what exercises you can do to help it, taping for knee pain & how to keep training with knee pain!
If you enjoy this episode, please go on over to Apple podcasts to rate, review and subscribe. It real...
2021-03-0946 min
Peak EnduranceCaroline Bertrand: Surviving and thriving through tough times.Welcome to the podcast! Episode 95 is an interview with Caroline Bertrand.
This is the second time Caroline has been on the podcast. She was last on in early 2020 when she won the Two Bays 56km female event. This time we caught up to talk about here second place in the 2021 edition of the race, but our chat turned into so much more than that. We discuss what it takes to get through difficult times, and how emotionally difficult times adversely affect our running. Also, how important it is to take this into consideration and to be kind to ourselves. I...
2021-03-0251 min
Peak EnduranceNick Fuller; Researcher into preventing weight re-gainWelcome to the podcast! Episode 94 is an interview with Nick Fuller. Nick works as a clinician and researcher looking at the biological imperative to regain weight (why 95% of us fail long-term on our weight-loss journey) and how we can overcome the body’s usual response to weight loss. Many people embark on a running journey to lose weight (myself included), so this discussion is particularly relevant in helping people met their long-term goals in keeping weight off. For a future episode, I am asking the question, “What did you learn from 2020?” This can be running or endurance sports related, or not...
2021-02-2348 min
Peak EnduranceGeorge Dyer and The Great Train RunEpisode 93 is an interview with George Dyer.
Over 11 days in June 2020, George ran over 560km to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. He started with a 100km run at Knox Athletics Track on 7 June and recently completed a ‘Great Train Run’, which saw him run the entire length of the metropolitan train network. The effort was inspired by the early passing of George’s mother, at age 60, from breast cancer. George decided to dedicate the month of June to fundraising, with his two daughters, Ashley and Taylor, who dyed their hair pink. I first heard about George through a friend...
2021-02-161h 13
Peak EnduranceDamian Hall runs an FKT on the Pennine Way!Episode 92 is an interview and discussion with Damian Hall. Damian Hall recently entered the ultra running record books by breaking the Fastest Known Time (FKT) for the 268-mile (431.48kms) Pennine Way. Now ratified as 61hrs 35mins Damian’s time bettered that of American ultra runner John Kelly, who just a week earlier had run it in 64hrs 46mins. Prior to that the record had stood unbeaten for 31 years, belonging to Mike Hartley, who ran 65hrs 20mins in 1989. The Pennine Way is Great Britain’s oldest – and arguably toughest – National Trail, twisting its way from Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders to Edale...
2021-02-091h 04
Peak EnduranceBen Lindsay talks shin splints.Episode 91 is an interview and discussion Ben Lindsay, founder of the company Solushin. Ben was an athlete who suffered from shin splints and wasn’t impressed by available ways of dealing with them. So, in conjunction with other athletes he developed system to deal with shin splints. I know for myself, in my early days of running I got shin splints that I ignored, mainly because I didn’t know what they were! I continued ignoring them until they turned into stress fractures!! I think we all make silly mistakes when we are new runners! Knowledge is power, and the more...
2021-02-0245 min
Peak EnduranceTegan Geall; winner of The Two Bays Trail Run 56k female event.Episode 90 is an interview with Tegan Geall, winner of the 2021 Two Bays Trail Run 56km female category. Tegan won the race in 5 hours and 15 minutes. Tegan actually also won the Prom 44k race just a few weeks before. In this interview we discuss her race, her training leading into it and what’s next on the agenda for her.
Running is a tough sport, and we runners are a tough bunch. However, this sometimes leads us to training through niggles and pains when we would be so much better off if we just got them sorted! If you are tired of...
2021-01-2833 min
Peak EnduranceMatt Whitaker; winner of The Two Bays Trail Run 56km men's event.Episode 89 is an interview with Matt Whitaker, winner of the 2021 Two Bays Trail Run 56km men’s category. Matt won the race in 4 hours and 7 minutes. Matt actually also won last year on a technicality when first place was DQed. This year he won on his own merits and comes onto the podcast today to share his experiences.
Running is a tough sport, and we runners are a tough bunch. However, this sometimes leads us to training through niggles and pains when we would be so much better off if we just got them sorted! If you are tired of ni...
2021-01-2734 min
Peak EnduranceMatt Fitzgerald: The Comeback QuotientEpisode 88 is a third interview with the brilliant and prolific author Matt Fitzgerald. Last time I interviewed him about his book How Bad Do You Want It? which discusses the mindsets required for running well. This interview focuses on his latest book The Comeback Quotient, A get Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life.
I will read you the online description of his book:
A good comeback makes a great story. In The Comeback Quotient, sports journalist Matt shares the stories of top athletic comebacks, to give you inspiration and tools for your own comeback in sport...
2021-01-1958 min
Peak EnduranceLuke Nelson; Dealing with Plantar FasciitisEpisode 87 is an interview and discussion with Luke Nelson, chiropractor at Health and High Performance. In this episode we discuss the issue that many runners face; Plantar Fasciitis, or PF. This is the second in a series of interviews related to the injuries runners face. I am sure you will find this series extremely helpful!
If you are like the majority of runners, you may feel like you are constantly beset with niggles (a euphemism for injuries!!) that take away from your joy of running. As you can tell form these podcasts, Luke is extremely knowledgeable about the issues runners...
2021-01-1229 min
Peak EnduranceMaggie Guterl; amazing ultra runner and first woman to win Bigs Backyard.Episode 86 is an interview with the amazing athlete Maggie Guterl. Maggie made headlines when she won Big’s Backyard Ultra in 2019, a ‘last man standing’-style event run by Lazarus Lake (organiser of the infamous Barkley Marathons) which sees runners cover a 6.7km loop on repeat. Each lap must be completed within an hour and starts again on the hour and after that, it’s a battle to see which competitor outlasts the rest. Maggie completed 60 laps to cover a mind-boggling 402.5kms and win it outright – the first woman to do so. Maggie has also competed for Team USA at the IAU 24...
2021-01-0552 min
Peak EnduranceAbby Coleman; sports scientistAbby Coleman (sports scientis with Precision Hydration) and I go over some running myths and listener questions:
· Can you overload on sodium/have too much? Is too much sodium bad for you?
· Is more than 2% dehydration detrimental to performance?
· Do women and men have different hydration needs?
· Can you just drink water to thirst?
· What’s the most efficient way for a cool climate runner to adapt to training and racing in the tropics?
· Salt tablets: when you consider taking salt tablets? Ie, if you’re running longer than a set period of time? Or if you’re a heavy or light swe...
2020-12-2247 min
Peak EnduranceCatra Corbett: Reborn on the run.Episode 84 is an interview with Catra Corbett. Before she was an ultrarunner, she was a drug addict, a hair stylist. a go-go dancer, a daughter, and a friend to many. The drugs led her to drop out of high school, develop an eating disorder, and damage her relationship with her family. Catra eventually found herself in jail. That was the start of her turn-around.
In 1996, two years after being clean and sober, Catra started to dig myself out of a pretty dark hole — starting exercising by lifting weights and walking. She never liked running when she was a kid, but he...
2020-12-161h 00
Peak EnduranceAdharanand Finn; Rise Of The Ultra RunnersEpisode 83 is an interview with the author Adharanand Finn. Adharanand Finn is the author of Running with the Kenyans (2012) and The Way of the Runner (2015). The first of these was the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year, won Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book Award. He is a journalist at the Guardian and also writes regularly for the Financial Times, the Independent, Runner's World, Men's Health and many others. A description of the book says; Marathons are no longer enough.
Pain is to be relished, not avoided.
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2020-12-0853 min
Peak EnduranceLuke Nelson: 4 mistakes runners make with calf strains.Episode 82 is an interview and discussion with Luke Nelson, chiropractor at Health and High Performance. In this episode we discuss the mistakes runners make when dealing with calf strains, and what you should be doing instead. This is the first in what is going to be a series of interviews related to the injuries runners face. I am sure you will find this series extremely helpful!
The link to Luke's blog on this topic is here.
Are injuries or persistent niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Get on top of these now so that you can...
2020-12-0325 min
Peak EnduranceLazarus Lake; creator of The Barkley Marathons and The Big Backyard Ultra.Episode 81 is another interview the enigmatic Lazarus Lake. Laz (real name Gary Cantrell) is an endurance race designer and director. His unusual races include the Barkley Marathons, Big's Backyard Ultra, Barkley Fall Classic, and The Vol State 500K. In 2018, he walked across the United States, starting in Rhode Island and ending in Oregon.
This year he organized the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee (#GVRAT), which started on May 1st and ended four months later. During that period (123 days), the more than 19,000 participants - from all over the world - averaged over 5 miles per day to run (virtually from their hometown...
2020-11-301h 05
Peak EnduranceMatt Fitzgerald: How Bad Do You Want It?Episode 80 is another interview the brilliant author Matt Fitzgerald. Last time I interviewed him about his book 80/20 which discusses the concept of running easy for 80% of your training and hard for 20%. This interview focuses on his very popular book How Bad Do You Want It? I bought this a long time ago and loved it. This book is all about the mindset required for running well.
Are injuries or persistent niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Get on top of these now so that you can get back to the pure joy that is running!! Come...
2020-11-241h 02
Peak EnduranceScott Douglas: Running Is My TherapyEpisode 79 is a very interesting and pertinent chat with Scott Douglas. Scott is a veteran running, fitness, and health journalist who has held senior editorial positions at Runner’s World and Running Times. Much of his writing translates sport science research and elite best practices into practical guidance for everyday athletes. He is the author or coauthor of several running books, including Running Is My Therapy, Advanced Marathoning, and Meb for Mortals. In this interview we discuss his book ‘Running is My Therapy’ and how running helps runners with their mental health. I loved the book, and found it all very a...
2020-11-1743 min
Peak EnduranceBrodie Sharpe is busting running myths!Episode 78 is a myth-busting chat with Brodie Sharpe. Brodie is the host of The Run Smarter Podcast and we have previously discussed RED-S, relative energy deficiency in Sport. Brodie is a physiotherapist and the owner of the Breakthrough Running Clinic. He aims to help runners expand their running knowledge and become faster, healthier, smarter runners. Ideal for injured runners & runners looking for injury prevention and elevated performance. This podcast covers tips and tricks to overcome your running injuries, interviews with leading researchers, other running podcast recommendations, reviewing running books and much more.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-run-smarter-podcast/id1494778818
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2020-11-0948 min
Peak EnduranceTristan Miller: 52 marathons in 52 weeksEpisode 77 is an interview with Tristan Miller. In 2010, Melbourne man Tristan entered the record books when he became the first person to complete 52 marathons in 52 weeks.
He had sold virtually everything he owned to fund his $120,000, 42-country, globe-trotting marathon, which included all seven continents. Along the way, he clocked up more than 260,000 kilometres in the air and raised funds for charities UNICEF and Facing Africa.
During his courageous - or insane, depending on your point of view - and epic journey, Tristan ran in all the major international marathons, including New York, London, Berlin and Tokyo and also found himself i...
2020-11-061h 00
Peak EnduranceDave Alley's 2015 record run around Australia.Episode 76 is an interview with Dave Alley. Dave is a father of five, Husband, Police Officer of 17+ years (Both NSW & QLD in various specialist fields) + Operational Skills & Tactics Instructor, Ultra-Endurance Athlete, 3 x World Record Holder, Multiple Australian record holder, Level 2 Recreational Run Coach (Athletics Australia), Philanthropist, Business Owner – ‘Alley Health & Fitness Australia’, Author – ‘Headwind’, Brand Ambassador - Dave Alley has achieved what no other has even attempted.
It was deemed the impossible dream to not only both cycle AND run around Australia but to do both in World Record time was laughable.
In 2011 Dave re-wrote the history books by becoming the fastest per...
2020-11-0350 min
Peak EnduranceDonnie Campbell ran all the Munros in 31 days!Episode 75 is an interview with Donnie Campbell. Donnie, of Inverness Scotland, is an ex Royal Marine Commando with a background in a wide range of sports from Mountaineering and Kayaking to Football and Shinty. Shinty is unique to Scotland and one of the oldest games in the world. The game is similar to games such as hockey and lacrosse in some aspects and has historical roots with golf and ice hockey. As with lacrosse the game is a fast moving aerial game where physical fitness is tested to the limits. However, different from both hockey and lacrosse as in Shinty, f...
2020-10-2841 min
Peak EnduranceJohn Kelly completes The Grand Round!Episode 74 is an interview with John Kelly. John made trail running history on April 3, 2017 by becoming the 15th person to ever complete the Barkley Marathons. The Barkley Marathons in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee is known to the toughest endurance challenge ever with over 160 kilometres of tough terrain, sheer drops and thick forest. He grew up exploring the dense mountains and forests around his family’s rural home in Morgan County, TN, constantly trying to keep up with his older brother and cousins. John ran during high school where he describes himself as a good, not great runner. During college and...
2020-10-2644 min
Peak EnduranceKyle Burgess: Cougar GuyEpisode 73 is an interview with Kyle Burgess. Kyle Burgess went out for an easy 10 miles (16k) on October 10 when he stopped to take a video. With about four miles left, he saw what looked like four bobcats, off to the side of the trail in Utah’s Slate Canyon.
As he moved closer to get a video to show his family, he started to realize they weren’t bobcats, which are a smaller member of the big cat family. Soon, mama showed up, and Burgess realized he was encountering mountain lions. The 26-year-old captured the whole incident on vi...
2020-10-2118 min
Peak EnduranceJulie Emmerman; sport psychologist discusses Covid and ultrarunning.Episode 72 is an interview with Julie Emmerman. Dr. Julie Emmerman is a sport psychologist who currently works with numerous individuals on men and women’s world tour pro cycling teams, is a contract employee with USA Cycling’s High-Performance division, and provides consultation with team directors. Julie also worked with Garmin-Slipstream (EF Education First is the current incarnation) Pro Tour team from 2008-2010, one of the team’s most successful periods to date. In addition to cycling, her clientele includes NHL, track and field Olympians, professional triathlon, golf, and MMA. She is passionate about being able to play a role i...
2020-10-1935 min
Peak EnduranceRyan Twist; Podiatrist at Bayswater Ankle and Foot ClinicEpisode 71 is an interview with Ryan Twist, podiatrist at Bayswater Foot and Ankle clinic. Ryan graduated from La Trobe University and has over 11 years of clinical experience. He gained extensive knowledge and skills as a Podiatrist from working both interstate and overseas. He has a special interest in Sports Podiatry, Sports Medicine, Biomechanics (human movement), Orthotics, Prolotherapy Injections and Footwear prescription.
Ryan spent time in Canberra working as a Podiatrist at the AIS with elite and amateur athletes, as well as 12 months working in Glasgow where he was treating a large number of high risk diabetes patients under the guidance...
2020-10-1445 min
Peak EnduranceTravis Macy: Team Endure at eco-challenge Fiji, the World's Toughest Race.Episode 70 is another interview with Travis Macy, a finisher of over 120 ultra endurance events in 17 countries. Travis is a speaker, author, coach, and professional endurance athlete. He is the author of The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life, which I previously interviewed him about. This time I am talking to him eco-challenge Fiji and how he and his team, Team Endure, fared. If you haven’t watched the World’s Toughest race on Prime yet, I urge you to get on over and watch it. I don’t normally binge watch series, but I...
2020-10-1247 min
Peak EnduranceBern Dornum: member of Team Thunder AR in Eco-Challenge.Episode 69 is an interview with Bernadette Dornum. Bern has a background of triathlon and Ironman but then began competing more and more in adventure racing and multisport after racing the Hawaiian Ironman world champs in 2015. Her adventure racing team Thunderbolt AR were undefeated in the inaugural 4 round national series in 2017 and made the top ten in the Adventure Racing World Series ranking. While expedition racing takes up most of her time (and leave from work), often racing nonstop for 5+days, she still manages to combine it with the odd ironman, on or off road triathlon and always loves a good...
2020-10-0943 min
Peak EnduranceRob Preston; Reflections on Eco Challenge; the toughest race in the world.Episode 68 is an interview with Rob Preston. Rob is one of Australia's leading navigators and endurance athletes. He started navigation as a kid through orienteering and then went on to compete for Australia for 15 years at the elite level and along with his wife Kathryn they won the World 24hr Rogaining (long distance orienteering) Championships in 2016.
Rob has also been leading Australian Adventure Racing teams around the world and has two World Championship medals from the AR World Championships. More recently Rob and Team Gippsland Adventure placed 3rd in Eco-challenge Fiji, now being showcased as a 10 part series on Amazon...
2020-10-0554 min
Peak EnduranceRichard Xerri: Race directorEpisode 67 is an interview with Richard Xerri, the race director with Perseverance Events that holds races such as The Bright Festival, The P0rtsea running festival, and the upcoming (at some stage!) Buffalo Sunriser. It’s been a tough year for race directors, and we chat about how Covid has affected the racing landscape and the future of virtual and live racing in Australia. Richard;s event website is here: https://www.perseverance-events.com.au/
Do you have injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Running is the perfect exercise but when it hurts with ach...
2020-10-0142 min
Peak EnduranceAlex Hutchinson; author of the book 'Endure. Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance'.Episode 66 is an interview with Alex Hutchinson, the author of the book Endure; Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. In Endure Alex Hutchinson, Ph.D., reveals why our individual limits may be determined as much by our head and heart, as by our muscles. He presents an overview of science's search for understanding human fatigue, from crude experiments with electricity and frogs' legs to sophisticated brain imaging technology. Going beyond the traditional mechanical view of human limits, he instead argues that a key element in endurance is how the brain responds to distress signals-whether heat, or...
2020-09-2943 min
Peak EnduranceAndre La Gerche; sports cardiologistEpisode 65 is an interview with Andre La Gerche. Andre is a cardiologist specialising in cardiac imaging, a Future Leadership Fellow of the National Heart Foundation and a NHMRC Career Development Fellow. He completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne and 4 years of postdoctoral research studying the effect of endurance exercise on the heart at the University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium, where he is a Visiting Professor.
He works as a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne. Andre is interested in the interaction between exercise and heart function. Andre is well known for his research within Australia’s elit...
2020-09-2242 min
Peak EnduranceBonus episode: Isobel Ross Part 2, developing mental strength.Episode 64 is an interview with me! My good friend Nicole Kew once again interviews me to find out how I developed mental strength.
Do you have injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Running is our time to focus on our health and happiness and if this time is plagued with aches and pains, it’s no fun at all. Come in and see the specialists at Health and High Performance where they utilise the latest in technology, and experience to help you achieve the results you want and are capable of. So, head to ww...
2020-09-1856 min
Peak EnduranceBonus episode! Karen Barrett; Everesting challenge completed!Episode 62 is an interview with Karen Barrett. Karen is a NSW runner who recently Everested Mount Sugarloaf in 30 hour and 30 minutes, with a total of 178kms. What an achievement.
I caught up with Karen less than a week after she completed this amazing achievement to see how she did it. I apologise that the connection wasn’t the best, with some delays. These Covid days it’s hard to get good internet connection when so many people are home using it!
Do you have injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Running is meant to be a...
2020-09-1130 min
Peak EnduranceSean Bell; running around Australia in 2022Episode 59 is an interview with Sean Bell. Sean is the runner of Run for Wishes and an ASICS Australia Sound Mind Sound Body ambassador. He is a 22 year old from Melbourne, Victoria, with an extraordinary passion for using his running to light up the lives of others. Sean believes his purpose is to inspire others to realise how precious life is, so that they spend more time with the people they love and chase their dreams now, because we are not promised tomorrow.
Sean is planning a 14,000km run starting on Sunday February 27, 2022, to raise money and awareness for Make-A-Wish® A...
2020-09-0843 min
Peak EnduranceIsobel (Izzy) Ross: Nicole Kew turns the tables and interviews me!Episode 59 is an interview with me! My good friend Nicole Kew interviews me to find out where I got my drive and passion for running, and how I developed mental strength.
Do you have injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Running is our time to focus on our health and happiness and if this time is plagued with aches and pains, it’s no fun at all. Come in and see the specialists at Health and High Performance where they utilise the latest in technology, and experience to help you achieve the results you wa...
2020-08-271h 00
Peak EnduranceMeghan Laws (Arbogast)Episode 58 is an interview with Meghan Laws (previously Arbogast). Running wasn’t Meghan’s first sport. She played volleyball, basketball and spent a lot of time horseback riding as a kid. Meghan got started running in her 20s as a way to efficiently get some exercise. Because she’d always liked competitive sports, she started running 5ks and 10ks. Meghan had a young child, and this fit nicely into her lifestyle. As she got older, Meghan started to run further, starting marathoning in her 30s. Eventually she hired her first coach who helped Meghan get her times down in the 2...
2020-08-2540 min
Peak EnduranceBuzz Burrell: Fastest Known TimesEpisode 57 is an interview with Buzz Burrell, one of the team who organises the Fastest Known times website. Buzz has helped popularize the term "Fastest Known Time", starting when they set the FKT on the John Muir Trail in the year 2000, a year after his FKT on the Colorado Trail. He manages Ultimate Direction, a manufacturer of adventure and running packs, and was previously employed by La Sportiva. Buzz's proudest accomplishment is not having died yet.
The website can be found here
Do you have injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? When you only...
2020-08-1836 min
Peak EnduranceMosi Smith; endurance athlete wins Diesel Day Grit Check in 62 hours!!Episode 56 is an interview with a friend of mine, Mosi Smith. I met Mosi through Nikki Wynd when he was out in Australia last year to run the GSER. He has run many amazing races and just recently participated in a very interesting challenge. Mosi completed the Diesel Day Grit Check in 62 hours. This was charity event in the last man standing vein, with Mosi being the last man standing after 62 long hours. But I’ll let him tell you all the details!
Do you have injuries or niggles ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? When you onl...
2020-08-1138 min
Peak EnduranceAmy Bender; PHD and sleep researcher.Episode 55 is an interview with Amy Bender, sleep researcher.
Dr. Bender is Senior Research Scientist at Calgary Counselling Centre and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. She received her PhD and Master of Science degrees in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University specializing in sleep EEG. She has helped develop the only validated sleep screening tool for athletes and has implemented sleep optimization strategies for numerous Canadian Olympic and professional teams. Her current interests focus on how sleep and exercise interventions can improve mental health outcomes. She was a former college basketball athlete, did an I...
2020-08-0440 min
Peak EnduranceStacy Sims: Women Are Not Small MenEpisode 54 is an interview with Stacy Sims, author of the book ‘Roar’. Stacy T. Sims, Ph.D., is an applied researcher, innovator, and entrepreneur in human performance, specifically sex differences in training, nutrition, and environmental conditions. Prior to being launched into industry, she served as an exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist at Stanford University from 2007 to 2012, where she specialized in sex differences with environmental and nutritional considerations for recovery and performance, specializing in women's health and performance. With the unique opportunities Silicon Valley has to offer, during her tenure at Stanford, she had the opportunity to translate earlier research into...
2020-07-2847 min
Peak EnduranceRicardo Costa; ultra-marathon nutrition expertEpisode 53 is an interview with Ricardo Costa. Dr Ricardo Costa works in the Department of Nutrition Dietetics & Food, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as an academic, researchers, consultant and practitioner in Sports Dietetics and Extreme Physiology. Ricardo is a HCPC Registered Dietitian-UK, SENr Registered Sport Dietitian- UK, Accredited Practicing Dietitian-Aus and Advanced Sports Dietitian-Aus, who came to Monash University in August 2013 from Coventry University-UK.
Ricardo completed his PhD at the University of Wales- UK, in neuroendocrine and nutritional immunology on the influence of sleep deprivation, cold exposure, exercise stress and nutritional intervention on selected immune...
2020-07-2149 min
Peak EnduranceJoe Friel; Faster After 50.Episode 52 is an interview with Joe Friel. Joe Friel is a life-long athlete and has a masters degree in exercise science. He has trained and conferred with amateur and professional endurance athletes from a wide variety of sports since 1980. Based on this experience he cofounded TrainingPeaks.com in 1999 with son Dirk Friel and friend Gear Fisher. He currently coaches only a few athletes. He mostly focuses on training emerging top-level coaches on best practices in preparing endurance athletes for competition. This regularly takes him to coaching seminars around the world. He also consults with corporations in the sports and fitness...
2020-07-1441 min
Peak EnduranceSam Suke; physiotherapist at 'Exercise Thought Physiotherapy'Hi and welcome to the Peak Endurance podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching. Episode 51 is an interview with Sam Suke, physiotherapist at Exercise Thought. Sam obtained his undergraduate physiotherapy degree at Monash University and wrote an Honour thesis on use of isometric exercise for treating tendon pain. In 2020, Sam will complete postgraduate studies that place him in the top 8% of Australian physiotherapists. Sam’s minor thesis in this postgraduate degree studies the effect that a physiotherapist’s words have on a person’s pain and performance. Sam teaches physiotherapy students throug...
2020-07-0750 min
Peak EnduranceChristie Aschwanden; author of 'Good To Go, How to Eat, Sleep and Rest Like a Champion.'Episode 49 is an interview with Christie Aschwanden about her book ‘Good to Go, How to eat, sleep and rest like a champion’. In this book, which I really enjoyed reading, Christie looks at all the different modes of recovery and see whether the science backs them up as valid means to recover. She also tries out many of them, which I found fascinating as I could then relate them so much better to myself. I highly recommend this book if you are serious about recovery, and you should be! Are injuries ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Ther...
2020-06-3043 min
Peak EnduranceTrang Nguyen; Physio and Strength and Conditioning CoachEpisode 49 is an interview Trang Nguyen, physio and strength and conditioning coach at the Motion Mechanic. In this conversation, we discuss how to periodise your strength training, what are the best types of exercises, how many reps and sets you should do for different outcomes, and whether or not you will bulk up. I am a big proponent of strength training, and I think this podcast is full of information that will hopefully convert you all to agreeing with me! Are injuries ruining your enjoyment of running and hindering your performance? Utilizing the latest in technology, and with a wealth...
2020-06-2341 min
Peak EnduranceKelly Starrett: mobility expert and author of Ready to Run and Supple Leopard.Episode 48 is an interview Kelly Starrett. Kelly is a coach, physical therapist, author, and speaker. Along with his wife Juliet, Kelly is co-founder of The Ready State. The Ready State began as Mobility|WOD in 2008 and has gone on to revolutionize the field of performance therapy and self-care. Kelly received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2007 from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, California.
Kelly’s clients include professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. He also works with Olympic gold-medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world-and national-record-holding Olympic lifting and power athletes, CrossFit Games medalists, ballet dancers, military pe...
2020-06-1653 min
Peak EnduranceMatt Fitzgerald; 80/20 RunningEpisode 47 is an interview with Matt Fitzgerald about his book 80/20 Running. Matt is an award-winning endurance sports journalist and bestselling author of more than 20 books on running, triathlon, fitness, nutrition, and weight loss, including Brain Training for Runners and Racing Weight. His byline appears regularly in national publications including Men's Journal, Outside, and Women's Running. Matt is an experienced running and triathlon coach and certified sports nutritionist. New research proves that runners of all experience and ability levels improve most when they do 80 percent of their training at low intensity. Yet the typical recreational runner does less than half of...
2020-06-0937 min
Peak EnduranceLanny Bassham; Olympic Gold Medalist and Mental Management System Creator.Episode 46 is a very interesting chat with Lanny Bassham, the creator of the Mental Management system. His book 'With Winning In Mind' is an excellent book that I read a few years ago and I have found it very helpful with very actionable ideas. A little bit about Lanny from his website:
In 1972, at the Munich Germany Olympic Games, Lanny Bassham failed in his attempt to win the Gold Medal in International Rifle Shooting. He had a mental failure resulting in his taking the Silver instead. Frustrated, Lanny wanted to take a course in controlling the mind under pressure. After...
2020-06-0245 min
Peak EnduranceKate Smyth: Sports NaturopathKate Smyth is an Australian marathon runner. She set her personal best time of 2:28:51, by finishing second at the 2008 Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon in Japan.
At age thirty-five, she competed at 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she successfully finished the race with a time of 2:36:10. Kate also ran in the marathon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coming in seventh place.
Taken from her website, athlete sanctuary; it says that Kate developed her passion for natural medicine during her career as an elite endurance athlete competing in the women’s marathon for Australia at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games and becoming one of...
2020-05-2641 min
Peak EnduranceNicole Kew: An elite athlete's story of rhabdomyolysis (commonly known as Rhabdo).Episode 42 is dedicated to a particularly important topic that can affect some runners; Rhabdomyolysis, more commonly known as Rhabdo. It is a condition caused by damage to skeletal muscle. In sports, the muscle damage happens with excessively strenuous exercise, but it can also be caused by crushing injuries to the body, some medications, toxins, or infections. When the muscle is damaged, potentially toxic contents within the muscle cells (creatine phosphokinase or CPK, myoglobin, potassium, phosphate, uric acid) are released into the blood stream. In small amounts, the body is typically capable of filtering and clearing these toxins. If the injury...
2020-05-1958 min
Peak EnduranceDion Finocchiaro: Male winner of the Hoka One One 100k slamEpisode 44 is another podcast about the Hoka One One IsoRun festival that consisted of a 5k, 10k 21k and 64 k all run at different times over the two days. Athletes could choose which or all of their races they participated in. Doing all meant you were part of the 100k slam.
Participants ran in every state and territory of Australia, as well as almost 20 countries around the world including Denmark, Portugal, Zimbabwe, Brazil, the USA and Thailand. There were at least 1,037 finisher results.
Dion live in Melbourne and is a very speedy and accomplished runner. His first marathon that he...
2020-05-1436 min
Peak EnduranceTravis Macy: the ultra-mindset applied to the COVID crisis.Episode 41 is with Travis Macy, a finisher of over 120 ultra endurance events in 17 countries. Travis is a speaker, author, coach, and professional endurance athlete. He is the author of The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion's 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life, and he set a record for Leadman, an epic endurance event consisting of a trail running marathon, 50-mile mountain bike race, Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, 10k road run, and Leadville 100 Run, in the Rocky Mountains. About 18 months ago, I read his book ‘The Ultra Mindset’, which outlines his 8 core principles for the ultra mindset. I thou...
2020-05-0558 min
Peak EnduranceLucy Bartholomew; an amazing athlete with such a positive outlook!Episode 40 is a chat with the amazing Lucy Bartholomew. For such a young athlete she sure has accomplished a lot. It helps that she started racing at the young age of 15. Check out her website in the show notes to see all the races she has competed in and podiumed at. There are too many to mention, but a few from 2018 are 1st & Course Record Two Bays 56km, 1st Female & Course Record, Tarawera 60km and 1st Female & Course Record, Shotover Moonlight marathon. You can see the pattern! I hope you enjoy our conversation!
Isn’t Lucy amazing? So mature for su...
2020-05-0129 min
Peak EnduranceStuart Hinds: soft tissue therapistThis podcast is the third in a series on the different physical therapies that runners can use to help keep them running. Today I am talking to Stuart Hinds, a leading Australian soft tissue therapist with over 27 years’ experience in professional practice. He regularly lectures on remedial soft tissue techniques at Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia), and is internationally recognized for his work with the Australian Olympic Teams (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012). Stuart has pioneered his own technique for treating hip pain and dysfunction (the NAT Hip Technique) and regularly publishes articles in local and international industry journals and mainstream pu...
2020-04-2837 min
Peak EnduranceMike Wardian: Quarantine Backyard Ultra Winner.Episode 38 is an interview with Michael Wardian. Michael Wardian is an American marathoner and ultra-marathoner. He won the 2008, 2009 and 2010 US 50 km championships and the 2011 US 50 mile championship. In 2008, he won the U.S. National 100 km championship. Mike is known for the large number of marathons and races he participates in, often with little to no recovery time. During a 45-day span in 2006, he won four out of five marathons he raced. In 2007, he ran 13 marathons (not including ultra-marathons), and seven marathons in a span of nine weeks (winning three).] March 2008 Mike won the National Marathon in Washington D.C. on a...
2020-04-2443 min
Peak EnduranceCoaching RoundtableEpisode 37 is another Coaches Roundtable. We really tried to avoid Coronavirus talk too much (as I think we’ve all heard enough) but it truly is hard to avoid, so you will hear some references to it. This episode we focused on goal setting for short and long term, as well as looking at rest/recovery again, especially in relation to these times. I really hope you enjoy the podcast!
I really enjoyed this discussion, and it was interesting that it helped Daniel feel better; I hope it did the same for you.
Now I know I said last podcast th...
2020-04-211h 12
Peak EnduranceQuarantine Backyard Ultra wrap-up with Dave ProctorEpisode 36 is a Quarantine backyard ultra follow up interview with Dave Proctor. Dave and I talk about the difficulties in putting on such a race, and also how such events can bring people together during difficult times.
I was so sad to hear that Dave had gotten negative mail and messages. If you had a positive experience with the Quarantine Backyard Ultra, I implore you to message Dave with some positivity. I know he would greatly appreciate it during these tough times. His contact details are in the show notes. Other than the controversy surrounding the end, I felt there...
2020-04-1635 min
Peak EnduranceRED-s discussion with Brodie Sharp from the The Run Smarter PodcastEpisode 35 is a chat with the host of The Run Smarter Podcast, Brodie Sharpe Brodie is a physiotherapist and the owner of the Breakthrough Running Clinic. He aims to help runners expand their running knowledge and become faster, healthier, smarter runners. Ideal for injured runners & runners looking for injury prevention and elevated performance. This podcast covers tips and tricks to overcome your running injuries, interviews with leading researchers, other running podcast recommendations, reviewing running books and much more.
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-run-smarter-podcast/id1494778818
In this interview, we discuss RED-s. Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) is a s...
2020-04-0939 min
Peak EnduranceDr Tracy Alloway, PhDHi and welcome to the Peak Endurance Podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching. Today I speak with Tracy Alloway. Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD, is an award-winning psychologist, professor, author, and TEDx speaker. She has published 13 books and over 100 scientific articles on the brain and memory. She is an Associate Editor for the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology and the journal of Educational & Developmental Psychologist, and is on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Research in Reading. Her research is in the TOP 10 Cited list by Scopus and cited over 1000...
2020-04-0730 min
Peak EnduranceDave Proctor: Outrun Rare and Quarantine Backyard UltraThis podcast is an interview with Dave Proctor, a Canadian ultra runner. I met Dave when I was living in Calgary in 2018. He is a lovely guy as I’m sure you’ll find when you listen to the interview. Dave works as a massage therapist in Calgary and has achieved many records in the ultra-running world. As part of Outrun Rare, Dave attempted to run across Canada in 201 but was thwarted by injury. He was planning to attempt this epic run again this year, but COVID-19 put an end to that, as it has to the entire race season arou...
2020-03-3031 min
Peak EnduranceBeer mile!! With breaking the Barrier Podcast.This podcast is a collaboration with Andrew and Zac from the Breaking the Barrier Podcast. The other week we made a very amateur attempt at a Beer mile and this is our conversation and analysis of our attempt. I hope you have a good laugh at us! We all sure need one! The link to the YouTube video of our run will be in the show notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqCaZ5VRF4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1BozRcHO4rnkTi9CrzUgTDCfaVOvljbaRpWCGexaINvsmQwkz-oGesLlc
I hope you enjoyed our conversation! Of course, we did our attempt before any lockdowns were in f...
2020-03-2744 min
Peak EnduranceLeigh Iacovangelo: Physiotherapist at Rise Health GroupHi and welcome to the Peak Endurance Podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching. This podcast is the second in a series on the different physical therapies that runners can use to help keep them running. Today I am talking to Leigh Iacovangelo (pronounced YACKA VAN G LOW), a physiotherapist. Leigh is the clinical director and partner of RISE Health Group, A multidisciplinary allied health practice in Rowville and Scoresby.
Leigh is an experienced physiotherapist whose current responsibilities include the assessment and management of 800+ athletes at the Rowville Sports Academy. He possesses an exp...
2020-03-2522 min
Peak EnduranceCoaching roundtable special. Coronavirus: how do we reframe our running goals becaus of Covid 19, showing compassion for race directors and trying to stay positive in these difficult timesHi and welcome to the Peak Endurance Podcast. My name is Isobel Ross and I am the coach at Peak Endurance Coaching. Today’s podcast is a coronavirus special. I know we are all sick of hearing about it, but we are at an historic moment in time. This is a big deal for the human race and we want to look back on it knowing we did the best we could for all of our society. That we cared about others and showed empathy for all people. I believe we will get through this, and hopefully we can look ba...
2020-03-1750 min
Peak EnduranceDelirious West special: Interviews with Sarah Foster and Kirsten MaplestoneToday’s podcast is a Delirious West special. The Delirious West is a 200 mile race in Western Australia. The Delirious W.E.S.T. is run almost entirely on the Bibbulmun Track in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia from the old logging settlement of Northcliffe, to the Historic port city of Albany.
The event took place from Wed 19 February with a 104hr cut off, runners having until 3pm Sunday 23 February to make their way to the finish line at the Great Southern Distillery Company in Albany.
The Delirious traverses some of the most remarkable forests, un...
2020-03-041h 00
Peak EnduranceCoaches Roundtable Number 3!Today we have another coaches roundtable!
The questions we discuss are:
What is the purpose of macro, mico and meso cycles in your training season?
How do we plan for recovery after an A-race?
How do we train mental toughness, and can we even do so?
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We will be asking for question ideas for the next roundtable podcast!
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2020-02-2658 minPeak EnduranceWhy is rest for endurance athletes so important?Rest gets a bad rap by many athletes! But more is not always better. Rest is an important part of training.
In this second episode of the podcast I discuss why rest days/weeks/cycles are important to endurance athletes for a myriad of reasons.
Read the blog by the same name on my website here.
If you have any ideas for future topics please email me on Isobel@peakendurancecoaching.com.au
2019-09-0409 min