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Weekly Cycling
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Where masters cyclists and endurance athletes learn to train smarter, stay healthy, and improve performance to reach their goals.
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On The Consummate Athlete Podcast, we’re digging into how to be the best endurance athlete you can be. We talk to experts and athletes, and share our combined 40+ years of experience in the endurance sport world so that you can train efficiently and race smart.
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Podcast Episodes
Bike Pack Adventures – Chris Panasky
Chris Panasky runs BikePackAdventures a podcast and website that offers information about bike packing in Canada. We discuss bike packing gear, tactics and get into the intricacies of 'bike pack racing', FKT and independant time trials (ITT) . The second half Chris...
Training for Leadville, Altitude, Pacing – Eric Orton
Eric Orton is a running coach. Find him under the handle 'Born to Run Coach' on Instagram! He and Chris McDougall were on the show a few months ago discussing their book 'Born to Run 2' , and he returns to talk training for altitude, endurance, and training for the...
Choosing Your Races / Events For the Year
Peter and Molly discuss how you can choose what races to do this year. Even if you are looking at big rides or events it is worth planning ahead for success. It can seem like there are many races and many weekends but once you eliminate ones that don't work well with...
Recalibrating Goals and Planning – Rachel Pageau
Rachel Pageau is a downhill mountain bike racer and Massage Therapist from Quebec, Canada who races for Jukebox Cycling. She discusses setting goals, how she dealt with setbacks and season reflection. Get Your Free Bonus from Athletic Greens -...
Preparing for Race Day with Alexey Vermeulen
Alexey Vermeulen returns to the podcast to talk about what goes into preparing for a race. We also discuss the Lifetime Gravel Racing and, of course, Weiner Dogs. This episode is brought to you by 3 Month 100% Made for You Training Plans by Consummate athlete- These...
When Should You Change Race Categories or Distance?
A common question we get is about upgrading categories or 'cat-ing up' and about going longer in endurance events. We discuss pros/cons and considerations you might make before going to a more challenging or longer race. Download or find links in your favorite Podcast...
Race Day Mistakes (That We’ve Made)
Fresh off of 2022 Canadian MTB Nationals and Molly's Quebec Mega Trails Running race we talk about mistakes we made this year, in past years and some common themes we observed at the races and with clients. Our book Becoming a Consummate Athlete covers many of these...
Recovery from Big Events like Western States 100 Miler –
Ellie Pell is a Professional Trail Runner. She recently completed the Western States 100 miler in California and in this episode discusses running long and recovery from long races, especially high level or 'bucket list' races with a large physical and psychological...
HRV Biofeedback and Deep Breathing – Marco Altini, PhD
"Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Biofeedback is a technique that can directly affect physiological and psychological factors through deep breathing exercises and is an ideal strategy to help us self-regulate and better cope with stressful situations " (HRV4BIOFEEDBACK...