The Full Circle Podcast

Long runs and long rides are staples of many training plans for endurance athletes. But why are these types of workouts so integral to endurance training plans? Most athletes know that long workouts are important, but many do not understand exactly why they work and what adaptations they stimulate in the body.

Read this Coach Tip Tuesday:

https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/how-do-long-runs-long-rides-work-benefit-endurance-athletes

Sources:
McGill, E. A., & Montel, I. (2017). NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training (Fifth). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Robergs, Robert, et al. “Lactate, not Lactic Acid, is Produced by Cellular Cystolic Energy Catabolism”, Physiology, 12 December 2017.

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Do you do a lot of the same races and set similar goals in endurance sports year after year? While there can be value - and comfort! - in doing the same events year after year, switching up the races you do and the goals you breathe new life into your endurance sports journey and set you up for different - and perhaps greater! - success.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/why-switching-up-goals-can-be-a-positive-thing

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When things don’t go the way you want on race day, it’s not a completely negative thing. The disappointment that is felt when this happens is very real, deep, and uncomfortable. But the lessons learned from when things go awry actually lead to greater success for endurance athletes over time.

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https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/why-disappointment-on-race-day-leads-to-greater-success

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Endurance athletes are too comfortable. On at least a monthly (if not weekly or daily) basis, they run the same routes, do the same races, and complete the same types of workouts. Intentionally and frequently introducing novel experiences into endurance sports training and racing can help athletes unlock their potential, enjoy their experiences more, and achieve higher levels of success than they often can imagine for themselves.

Read this Coach Tip Tuesday:

https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/how-doing-something-new-can-help-you-achieve-your-endurance-sports-goals

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You’ve heard the old cliché: We’re our own worst critics. We’re often much harder on ourselves than others in our lives are on us. This holds true for endurance athletes: It’s not uncommon for endurance athletes to beat themselves up about things such as how they did (or didn’t) do a workout, how their training is going, or what their race results are.

While it may be true that we’re our own worst critics, this doesn’t mean that it needs to always be true. Instead, try zooming out.

Read this Coach Tip Tuesday:
https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/being-hard-on-yourself-try-this-instead

Sources:
Magness, S. (2022). Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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