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Xylon’s sick and David explains why post event sickness happens and what you can do to prevent it all as he is tapering for Lavaredo. They then discuss how to maintain performance when injured, the benefits of course knowledge and changes to the Tour de France course. Following this they discuss Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track, the Spring Energy gel drama and the Euros. Finally they touch on choking before getting onto the main topic of the episode: repurposing of endurance sport talent and athletes changing sports. A new segment is also debuted; “what we will be watching” where Xylon and David highlight some upcoming sport they’ll be keeping an eye on. 

 

(00:00) Introduction

(00:25) Xylon’s Illness 

(01:03) Post Race Illness, Why it Happens and How to Prevent it

(03:37) Recovery, Social Media and Sleep

(04:51) David’s Training and Now Tapering

(05:51) Community Shoutouts

(07:21) Strategies to Maintain Performance Whilst Injured 

(11:08) Why did Lucy Charles Barclay do Ironman Nice?

(13:12) Coeliac Disease and Being an Athlete

(14:06) Course Changes to the Tour de France 

(17:57) Grand Slam Track 

(27:34) The Spring Energy Gel Saga 

(33:07) Euro 2024 

(35:24) Euro 2024’s Use of Technology & Rule Changes 

(40:16) Rory McIlroy’s Choking and What Is Choking? 

(46:23) Kylian Mbappe Enters the Doctor’s Office 

(49:22) Repurposing Talent & Endurance Athletes Switching Sports 

(60:30) June 1% Better Challenge

(61:35) What We Will Be Watching



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Paper on Risk of Infection Post Event https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1320353/ 

Paper on Tart Cherry Juice and Reduced Risk of Infection Post Event https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4432790/

Article on Other Football Players Wearing Masks https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c10014gvj2jo.amp 

Article on Change of Tour de France Course https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/col-du-galibier-at-risk-of-being-removed-from-2024-tour-de-france-due-to-heavy-snow-fall 



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Xylon and David cover indoor vs outdoor training in the main portion of this episode after touching on all the regular segments. Usain Bolt enters the doctor’s office, and the guys discuss some NCAA track & field, tennis, skateboarding and cycling.   

 

(00:00) Introduction

(02:17) Recovery Discussion

(06:52) David’s Lavaredo Preparation

(11:12) Community Shoutouts

(13:51) Parker Valby’s Recent Successes and Low Mileage Training

(17:12) Dauphine Results and What it Means for the Tour de France

(25:18) The First Female 900 in Skateboarding

(28:08) Carlos Alcaraz Being the Youngest Man to Ever Win on all 3 Surfaces

(29:35) Tactical Aspects of Tennis

(30:56) Iga Swiatek

(33:10) Usain Bolt Visits The Doctor’s Office

(38:44) Indoor vs Outdoor Training

(44:50) Is Indoor Training Harder?

(49:32) Are the Benefits to Exercising in Nature?

(50:10) What are the Benefits of Outdoor Training?

(51:44) Why May Mixing Indoor and Outdoor Training Be Helpful?

(54:40) Examples of Indoor Training Success

(56:40) June’s 1% Better Challenge



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Papers on RPE in Indoor vs Outdoor Cycling

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11135770/ 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24476776/ 

Paper on RPE in Indoor vs Outdoor Running

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1886482/ 

Paper on the Benefits of Exercise in Nature

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710158/ 

Paper on Increased Creativity Post Exercise Outdoors​​https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1161533/full 

Paper on Operative vs Nonoperative Achilles Rupture Management https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9974620/ 

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In this bonus episode David and Xylon dissect and recap Xylon's Comrades Marathon effort. We dive into learnings, feedback, thoughts and advice for those planning to run the Comrades or do any endurance event.



(00:00) Introduction

(01:18) Post race sleep and vibe

(02:01) Supporting and crewing vs racing

(02:30) Race Debrief

(06:54) Nightmare happenings on race morning

(08:37) Xylon’s pacing buddy

(09:27) Climbing in Comrades

(11:13) Comradery in Comrades

(13:06) Xylon’s position movement through the race

(16:25) The fallacy of banking time early

(17:21) Racing the person you ran your whole race with

(18:55) Xylon’s pace splits

(19:46) Xylon’s cramping history

(21:03) Comrades fueling strategy

(28:56) Lessons for planning your fueling

(34:58) Comrades course lessons

(37:12) Recovery from ultras and decision making

(38:23) Xylon’s thoughts on training and what he’d do next year

(42:31) Xylon’s advice to first time Comrades runners

(45:14) How do you get home after the Comrades

(46:26) How does Xylon feel today

(47:47) Xylon’s thoughts on his heat preparation


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Xylon and David cover trends in sport this week. We discuss tapering in light of Xylon’s Comrades taper, recovery from major events and Xylon’s fueling plan for the Comrades. We then answer a listener question and get to what’s come across David’s desk including the announcement of World Athletics Ultimate Championship and a discussion about changing coaches in sport and injury plagues. We then go on to discuss America’s history in cricket of all things! Following this we touch on the new
Unrivaled 3 on 3 basketball league and the historic agreement for college’s to pay college players before serving up this month’s 1% better challenge.  

 

(00:00) Introduction

(01:01) The Art and Science of Tapering

(07:30) Recovery post major event

(12:10) David running in 4 countries in a week

(14:50) Xylon’s Comrades fueling

(16:34) Community Shoutouts

(18:08) Listener Question about breaking up continuous episode

(25:38) World Athletics Ultimate Championship

(32:12) Changing of Coaches/Managers

(39:20) Injury Plagues in Sport

(44:00) Cricket in America

(48:34) America’s History in Cricket

(50:49) The Unrivalled Basketball League

(54:27) NCAA and Power 5 Agree to a Deal that Let Schools Pay Players

(60:00) June’s One Percent Better Challenge



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Article on Unrivalled Basketball

https://womenshealthmag.com/life/a60962245/unrivaled-wbna-3x3-league/ 

Press Release for World Athletics Ultimate Championship

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026/news/press-releases/world-athletics-ultimate-championship 



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Hot off the press, this episode is all about heat and heat training with guest, Dr Jamie Stanley. We briefly catch up about training and some potential upcoming topics before we dive straight into our interview. 

(00:00) Introduction

(01:09) David’s training and USA trip

(02:08) Psychology and Metric vs Imperial units

(06:36) Xylon mentions Kona

(07:10) Xylon’s Comrades prep

(08:01) Manchester United

(11:17) Red teams beating blue teams

(13:20) Jamie Stanley’s Introduction

(14:57) How did Jamie get into Sport?

(17:00) How Far did Jamie go in Triathlon?

(18:28) Why did Jamie go into Sports Science?

(20:00) Jamie’s Family and the Emphasis on Education

(21:15) How did Jamie Start Coaching?

(22:20) Creating Buy In from Coaches

(23:26) How did Jamie Start his Heat Work?

(25:27) What are some Strategies People Can Use in the Heat to Help Performance?

(27:12) Pre-Event Strategies

(29:00) Strategies During the Event

(29:35) Does Area of Cooling Make a Difference in the Effect?

(31:01) Altering Perception of Heat and Temperature

(32:18) The Omnius Headband

(33:52) Heat Acclimation and Acclimatisation

(36:50) Heat Acclimation During Taper vs During Training

(39:20) What is the Dose of Heat Needed?

(42:51) Bodyweight Change and Replenishing Fluid Losses

(45:03) Heat Stimulus as a Stressor

(46:41) Active vs Passive Heat Stimulus

(48:53) How do you Know the Heat Stress is Enough?

(51:29) How do you Prescribe Exercise in the Heat?

(56:03) When do you use Active Methods of Heat Stimulus During Hard or Easy Training Sessions?

(58:00) the Core Body Temperature Sensor

(59:00) Using Core Temperature Pills

(59:41) Wearables, HRV and Jamie’s PhD

(61:52) How do you use HRV in Heat Acclimation and Acclimatization?

(66:55) Heat vs Altitude

(70:32) How does Jamie Individualise Training for Athletes?

(72:00) Characterisation of Athletes

(74:33) Jamie’s 2:32 Marathon on 65km a week Training

(80:17) Interview Summary

(87:52) 1% Better Challenge

 

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Jamie’s Links

X Account  

Linkedin

Hiitscience courses: 

Google Scholar 



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This week is all about rules. Some athletes and teams are good enough to make the sport change them, others break them and some sports are evolving and changing them. We also have our regular segments including our 1% Better Challenge and some listener questions. 

(00:00) Introduction

(02:20) David’s Brooklyn Half Marathon Efforts

(04:32) Xylon’s Training and Carrying Fatigue

(07:07) Comrades Marathon Programs and Taper

(09:43) Community Shoutouts

(10:47) Recovery, Inflammation and Ice Baths

(15:10) Barefoot Training and Foot Strength

(18:40) World Rugby Law Changes

(24:05) Sport’s Changing the Rules Because of Dominance of an Individual

(27:34) Taylor Knibb’s Qualification for a Second Olympic Event

(31:30) A Businessman Paying Prize Money to a Boston Marathon Winner who Finished behind someone found to be Doping

(35:00) UTMB World Series Drug Testing Athletes

(44:54) How Much do the Top Trail Runners Earn?

(47:30) The FA Preventing Heading in Youth Football/Soccer

(54:23) The May 1% Better Challenge

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David’s Newsletter/article on Barefoot https://healthperformancenexus.substack.com/p/barefoot-benefits 

Article About Businessman Donating Money-

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a60801322/buzunesh-deba-prize-money-boston-marathon/ 

Article about UTMB Drug Testinghttps://www.endurancesportswire.com/anti-doping-utmb-group-strengthens-its-commitment-to-clean-trail-running/ 

Article on FA Banning Headinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c97z8dm7g11o#:~:text=The%20Football%20Association%20(FA)%20is,club%20and%20affiliated%20school%20matches. 

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