Dr. Steve Gangemi, the Sock Doc, is back on the show. We hear about his latest adventure race and he provides his wisdom on the following: Sports nutrition – fact or myth? We clarify the following: Does coffee/caffeine before exercise leads to dehydration? https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165%2F00007256-200131110-00002 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12187618?dopt=Abstract http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/y90-135#.WYnOntPysi4 If you’re fat-adapted can you “race low” (low Read More

On this show with Ben Greenfield: Nutrition for adventure racers that do multi-day events, race self-sufficiently, sometimes for 24-36 hours at a time, no aid stations, no drop bags, etc. High “hemoglobin A1c” (HbA1c) results in high-fat fat-adapted athlete. What does HbA1C measure? And it’s relationship with Type 2 Diabetes. If you’re following a high-fat diet and Read More

THE HIGH MAKING THE TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING MADE INTO A FILM LEARN MORE HERE It is three in the morning and it is happening again. I am waking up from a dead sleep and gasping for breath, but this time it is combined with a nightmare that I Read More

This week’s story is the first of a two-part edition written by endurance sports legend Marshall Ulrich. The title: “Transformation of an Adventure Runner…one runner’s journey from the farm to Mount Everest, through joyful and scary places in his heart and soul.” Read More

Many endurance sports focus on the individual. But adventure racing requires a team approach. On this week's Endurance Planet Hour, we focus on the sport of adventure racing with the help of guests Robyn Benincasa of Project Athena and Mike Chastaine of the Dirty Avocados. Benincasa is a former world Read More

On this week’s Endurance Planet Hour we talk with the director of Bicycle Dreams, The Race Across America, Stephen Auerbach. This is a movie about men and women who push their bodies to the limit on a daunting, 3,000-mile odyssey. We’ll also talk with adventure racer Brian Schmitz who recently returned from the Abu Dhabi Read More

I recently posted the question on the Endurance Planet Facebook fans page, "If you could replace one of the disciplines of a triathlon, what would it be? And what would you replace it with?" A couple respondents told us about triathlons they had done which incorporated paddling instead of swimming. Sounds like an adventure race. Read More