HeyJaredBorn on the Trail: Going Longer
Born on the Trail: Going Longer is the long-form audio and video extension of Born on the Trail, created for trail and ultra runners who want to understand the why behind the sport.
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How Coaches Should Adapt to a World With AI and LLMs with Jason Koop (opens the original)
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Jason Koop needs no introduction to most trail and ultra runners. Head coach to multiple UTMB and Western States winners, head of ultra running at CTS , author of Training Essentials for Ultra Running, and the voice behind years of the Koopcast, Jason joins Going Longer to talk about where coaching is heading in an AI world. We cover why CTS now builds full coaching teams around its top athletes, why physical training remains the single biggest lever for improvement even at the elite level, and
Why Muscular Endurance Is The Goal, Not The Start With Scott Johnston (opens the original)
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Scott Johnston is co-founder of Evoke Endurance and coach to elite ultra runners including Tom Evans and Ruth Croft. This is his second appearance on the podcast, and the second half of a two-part series on strength training for runners, following the conversation with strength and conditioning researcher Dr Richard Blagrove, who approached the topic from the theoretical side. Scott brings the practical, athlete-facing perspective. The starting point of this conversation is that muscular enduran
How Strength Training Makes You a Faster Runner with Dr. Richard Blagrove (opens the original)
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Dr Richard Blagrove is a strength and conditioning academic at Loughborough University, a coach who has worked with runners reaching Olympic finals, and the author of Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Running (2015). This episode is a direct response to my own January article arguing that some ultra runners are better off running more rather than adding strength training. Rich and I go through where that argument holds up and where it falls down, who's actually a good candidate for strengt
Why Trail Running Breaks the Rules of Exercise Science with Dr. Simon de Waal (opens the original)
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In road running, VO2max, lactate threshold, and running economy can explain up to 95% of the variation in performance between athletes. In trail running, that same model barely holds together, with running economy being the worst predictor of the three. In this episode, Dr. Simon de Waal walks through his research journey trying to work out why. From his systematic review of the existing evidence, to a full pacing analysis of Ultra Trail Cape Town using Strava data and treadmill testing at steep
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