The Waite Endurance Podcast

We’re BACK! After a 13 month hiatus, the Waite Endurance Podcast is back for 2024. We’re kicking off the first episode of our 4th season with a coaches introspection of impactful findings from across the past several years. We touch on lessons learned, methods molded, and philosophies refined that will impact our coaching moving forward into the new year. Join us for discussions around...

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The Waite Endurance Podcast fueled by The Feed . _______________________________________________________ This is part 3 of our 4-part mini-series of episodes that unpack and dive deep into the specifics of our newly released v4.0 Downloadable Training Plans . Our new for 2023 training plan progressions run through our three training blocks: Base Prep, Base Builder and Race Prep that culminate in a...

The Waite Endurance Podcast fueled by The Feed . _______________________________________________________ This is part 2 of our 4-part mini-series of episodes that unpack and dive deep into the specifics of our newly released v4.0 Downloadable Training Plans . Our new for 2023 training plan progressions run through our three training blocks: Base Prep, Base Builder and Race Prep that culminate in a...

The Waite Endurance Podcast fueled by The Feed . _______________________________________________________ This is part 1 of our 4-part mini-series of episodes that unpack and dive deep into the specifics of our newly released v4.0 Downloadable Training Plans . Our new for 2023 training plan progressions run through our three training blocks: Base Prep, Base Builder and Race Prep that culminate in a...

The Waite Endurance Podcast fueled by The Feed . The Feed  is offering our podcast listeners $20 store credit when they sign up for an account at: https://thefeed.com/teams/we-podcast-2022 _______________________________________________________ Well, it’s been a minute, or more like 10 weeks (gasp), since we last recorded… We left-off back in late July, before MTB National Championship...

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** Editing Note: Cody misspoke about episode 42 being without his co-host Kathy; thankfully, Kathy is in fact gracing us with her presence (it was episode 43 that Cody flew solo) ** The Waite Endurance Podcast fueled by The Feed . The Feed  is offering our podcast listeners $20 store credit when they sign-up for an account at: https://thefeed.com/teams/we-podcast-2022 This episode’s featured produ...

Welcome to 2022 and our new podcast sponsor: THE FEED . thefeed.com is an online endurance sport nutrition store that offers up all the nutrition needs to fuel your active lifestyle and enhance your performance and recovery!! We’ll be sampling and sharing our experiences with many of their great brands over the coming season that might help you elevate your results to the next level. THE FEE...

It’s that time of year again… time to test your current fitness in order to set accurate training zones for your base building season. In this episode we share how we break down the basic metabolic energy systems into ‘sub-systems’ that relate to the training zones that we target in our training programs: Active Recovery Aerobic Endurance Aerobic Threshold Anaerobic Thresho...

With the new year in sight as we reach the end of the ‘off-season’, it is now ‘planning season’. It’s time to begin registering for your target events, laying out your training progressions, dialing in your anticipated training loads and above all… getting the timing right! In this episode, we share our insights on how to best plan and optimize your season ahead...

Welcome to season number three of the Waite Endurance podcast!! With this episode we’re getting caught up on what we’ve got up our sleeves for 2022 and insights into the new and improved training plans & programs coming for the new season ahead. We shed some light on the new features & benefits of our v4.0 plans: adjustable volume, daily readiness mods incorporating the WHOOP (...

A crazy busy summer didn’t keep Coach Cody from exceeding his Leadville 100 goals. In this episode Cody & Kathy break down the training progressions, what went well, what was learned and key takeaways from the build and execution this summer in the Colorado mountains. If you’re into the Leadville 100 (or any ultra-distance cycling events) you won’t want to miss this. Enjoy! —...

It’s mid-season already for us and the WE Development MTB Team!  As we dig into our second Race Prep training block for the year, we’re splitting into two different directions, requiring two different training build variations: short-course XCO National Championships long-course Leadville Trail 100 MTB Two different target events, one around 90 minutes and the other around 7 hours, req...

In our 6th and final installment of our Race Prep Series of pods we wrap up the racing discussions with the need for taking a break after peaking for your A-event or a block of racing. The mid season break is crucial to avoiding burnout and maintaining motivation through the second half of your racing season. In this show we discuss the nuances of taking a short break and how to leverage it into h...

Your mental fitness is perhaps the most important piece of the racing puzzle. You can put in the hard hard work training, have amazing numbers, and be super strong, but if your head isn’t into it, your racing will lack the luster you’re looking for. In this show, we discuss mental fortitude: what it is, why it’s important and how to develop it. We break the discussion into strate...

Without a doubt, race day fueling can make or break your event. In this episode we share the what, why and how we fuel racing performance. While we touch on the science of topics like glycogen storage, blood sugar management, and combining glucose & fructose as part of your caloric consumption plan, we mostly draw upon the experience of 25 years of racing, 15 years of coaching, and the past fe...

This is installment number 3 in our rapid-release series of episodes intended to help you get your game-face on and ready to race! One of the most common questions we get from athletes is “how should I warm-up for my race?” Warm-ups are a tricky subject. The science says one thing, while 10 different athletes will tell you 10 different things… well one thing we can tell you is th...