#831 – Experimenting With Your Training and Fueling

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02/12/25 • 63 min

Today, we look at some of the things we learned from doing hard things at Run Camp.

The body always seems to be more capable than we understand, and even on less fuel than we think. We look at stress and the effect on our body and mind and performance. We talk about carb loading and get into dopamine loading. Is carb renting for real? Does good fitness overcome fueling? How does long term diet and stress affect your performance? We talk about endurance sports junkie habits and how the body’s thermostat may affect health.

Topics:

Our bodies seem much more capable than we think
Stress is stress is stress
Real vacations
Long term low level stress
The right ways to experiment with your fuel
Finding yourself and what works best
How much fuel do we really need for training and racing?
Carb loading?
Going all in on a strategy
The “habit” of popping gels
Low sugar/more mindful
Dopamine loading
Is high performance worth your health?
How much sugar should we add?
Carb Renting
Does good fitness overcome fueling?
Long term diet effects
It’s all in the mind
Pickle Juice for the Brain
Endurance sports junkie habits
The body’s thermostat and health

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected] Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Today, we look at some of the things we learned from doing hard things at Run Camp.

Topics:

Our bodies seem much more capable than we think
Stress is stress is stress
Real vacations
Long term low level stress
The right ways to experiment with your fuel
Finding yourself and what works best
How much fuel do we really need for training and racing?
Carb loading?
Going all in on a strategy
The “habit” of popping gels
Low sugar/more mindful
Dopamine loading
Is high performance worth your health?
How much sugar should we add?
Carb Renting
Does good fitness overcome fueling?
Long term diet effects
It’s all in the mind
Pickle Juice for the Brain
Endurance sports junkie habits
The body’s thermostat and health

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected] Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Previous Episode

#830 – How Good Can You Possibly Feel?

There’s always a point of diminishing marginal returns, but how do we know what’s not enough and how much is too much? What kind of athlete and person are you creating on a daily basis? Volume is relative and there is more power in not rushing the steps. Are you swimming upstream or going with the flow. It’s always best to make consistent and manageable deposits vs. over-extending. The outcome isn’t the only goal. What are you doing now to enjoy the process and make sure that random point in the future will be a success?

Topics:

How long can you have maximum health?
How good can you possibly feel?
Volume is relative
Recognizing how you feel
Regular deposits vs. too much at once
What is your ability to recover?
Being in tune with your body
Knowing when to bury yourself
What you need after intense workouts
When we’re not eating well
Committed to doing hard stuff all the time
Are you feeling strong and ready to trust it?
What are you creating with yourself?
Is what you’re doing helping your health?
Doing whatever it takes
Thinking long term health in the sport
How durable, efficient and economical can you be?
“Feels like I’m losing fitness”
Nature is the best teacher
Hills, downhills, and flats
Sunshine and fresh air as fuel
Going downstream
Take what the course gives you
What is being in touch with nature?
Don’t rush the steps
It’s all about the process
When the outcome is your only goal
Be invested in what you’re doing right now

Mike Tarrolly - [email protected]

Robbie Bruce - [email protected]

Next Episode

#832 – Train Harder Than You Race (sometimes)

If you watch the Bobby Knight 30 for 30 it brings up a lot of questions and today we explore some of them and what it must have been like playing for Coach Knight. What drives a coach to be that intense? It inspired a discussion today about practicing harder than the game. We look at ways to turn your solo training into something that will have a direct impact on your physical and mental game on race day. How do we move the needle, make tough elements less impactful, dig deeper when it needs to be done on race day? This sport shouldn’t always be hard, but it should be sometimes. On more rep. The narrative you choose is your reality.

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