The Endurance Drive Podcast

When we started the podcast, we made a list of who we wanted to interview. Our guest today was Jim’s number one pick: Greg Mueller, AKA the best coach you’ve never heard of. Greg runs a pro triathlete squad via his TEAM INNOVATIVE ENDURANCE business and coaches age group athletes. Greg’s pro squad includes Colleen Quigley , Grace Norman , Allysa Seely , Brett Saunders , Malachi Henry , and Derek O...

This is the second episode in our special new series, Female Athlete Stories. Katie and Elena dive into many elements of female physiology that our form submitters cited as the biggest challenges of being a female athlete: periods, PMS, contraception choices, pregnancy, and menopause. We also do a deep dive on eating disorders, REDs, and body image, incorporating stories from our own lives with th...

This week, we're bringing in one of our favorite experts to talk all things recovery, strength training, injury prevention, and injury rehabilitation. Neil MacKenzie is a PT, DPT, and OCS based at Cioffredi & Associates Physical Therapy here in the Upper Valley. Neil has been an Endurance Drive athlete for two years (and is a 2x Ironman finisher!), so he understands the unique needs and pe...

This episode is the introduction to a (minimum!) 5-episode series inspired by National Girls and Women in Sport Day. This series aims to blend the stories of dozens of female athletes in our network with our own perspectives and experiences. Here, we preview each of the key topic areas in our series (The Female Body, Community in Sport, The Forces We’re Up Against, and How it Makes You Feel), and...

In this episode, we do a deep dive on what we consider to be the endurance athlete’s most valuable trait: durability. Sub-topics include: what durability means in an endurance sport context, how to build physical and mental durability, why optimizing for leanness instead of durability is a recipe for disaster, what happens if you don’t have durability, and how to know if you are durable or not. We...

As coaches, we get tons of questions about nutrition for performance and health. In this episode, we’ve brought in an incredible expert to share her expertise in the domain of fueling for endurance athletes! Dr. Cate Ward holds a PhD in Metabolic Biology, is a Registered Dietitian, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford studying human nutrition. She’s also an athlete, and she brings he...

Today we're covering our favorite topic to discuss in real life—why we love coaching! We tell the stories of our respective journeys into becoming coaches, The Endurance Drive's coaching philosophy, what we love about coaching, why you should get a coach, and our favorite stories from coaching and being coached. Stick around to the end for listener questions and our gear pick of the week!...

Last week's episode was all about unstructured time outdoors; now we're talking about structured time indoors on your bike trainer! Our big setlist of topics includes: why we train on the bike trainer, which trainer you should buy, cycling zones, specific and favorite workouts in the context of season planning, structured vs. unstructured trainer riding, cadence, Zwift racing, consideratio...

In this episode, we talk about another one of the core features of our endurance training: unstructured adventures! Sub-topics include: different types of unstructured adventures; principles of adventures; why to do adventures; how to do adventures; and our favorite mountain adventures in New England. We also tell the storied tale of one of our most epic adventures yet: the New England Triple Crow...

2023 was a big year for us! In this episode, we cover many of the lessons we learned from training and coaching. Topics include: strength training, mental health, how to get the most out of Zwift training, supplementation, fueling, Norwegian training, diverting injuries before they happen, and more! We also introduce a new segment—gear pick of the week—and reveal Katie’s 2024 A-race and Jim’s visi...

This week's episode focuses on injury prevention! We cover rest days; strength and mobility; warm-up and cool down; cross-training; maintaining proper form; fueling; sleep; zone 2; and establishing a local body care team. We also go through some listener questions, share our thoughts on how to choose a goal race, and indulge Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. View our extended show...

This episode focuses on the female athlete. Coach Katie provides an overview on aspects of female physiology, health, and wellness that impact how she trains and coaches across life stages, including: the young female athlete, puberty, and relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs); tracking and training around the menstrual cycle; contraception choices for female athletes; pregnancy and postpartu...

This episode focuses on the most foundational aspect of our training programs: Zone 2 (or low intensity) training. We will get into Jim's initial entry into endurance training and coaching; what Zone 2 training means both metabolically and practically; benefits of Zone 2; how we develop training plans focused on Zone 2; how to incorporate intensity into Zone 2 training; how to find your traini...

Welcome to the Endurance Drive podcast! Our mission is to share the key principles that structure our approach to endurance training and coaching.  This week’s episode focuses on season planning; how to structure your general and specific preparation blocks; how to plan your A race and supporting races; how to approach training during the holidays; how to incorporate early-season racing and traini...