Balancing ultra events and rock climbing season, is it smart to train on flats for a hilly race, what is the shortest long run a runner can get away with in training, balancing hill work and MAF in training, preparing for a race at altitude,  race hallucinations, how to approach back-to-back 30ks that occur consistently for about 6 months, Read More

Lucho joins to answer your questions on tips for a first-time Oceanside 70.3’er (and first attempt at a Half Iron?), opinion on stretching as part of warming up, how to tell when it is time to replace running shoes, how to prepare for a 10k swim in terms of taper and nutrition, what caused severe hamstring cramping during a Read More

Lucho joins to answer your questions on: should you structure run training as hard day/easy day or multiple hard days in a row of hill climbs ok, cadence: do you go by single foot or both feet, how to negative split in an ultra and the importance of RPE and the pace at the beginning, when should Read More

How to know if you’re swimming aerobic swim sets correctly (not too hard, not too easy), goals for a triathlete~4 weeks out from their first 70.3 and should you attempt the entire distance ~two weeks prior to the race, commentary on the state rep who wanted to impose a tax on cyclists for exhaling CO2, Read More

Lucho ojoins to answer your questions on massage prior to a race, is too much caffeine negatively affecting training at MAF, leg exercises to simulate downhills, should you extend aerobic base training if the quality has been lacking or accept a lesser level of aerobic base and move into higher intensity work, with MAF should you follow the HR down or keep Read More

On this special episode of ATC, Lucho and Tawnee sit down together in downtown LA to answer your questions on the best cadence and gear shifting strategy when cycling on short and long rolling hills, is running with the baby buggy good or bad, lateral knee pain likely related to ITB and at what point do you decide Read More

In this episode of ATU Lucho joins to answer your questions on should you do LT work in the final 8 weeks before a marathon, possible reasons and advice for major cramping during half-marys and marathons, Lucho’s take on Dr. Maffetone saying that ultra runners NEVER need to go above aerobic threshold, should you taper Read More

Lucho joins the show to answer your questions on our favorite kinds of beer (hint: IPA!), why would one want more of a minimalist-type of training leading up to a race, dragging a tire or wearing a weighted vest for run training and how to best incorporate that for ultras, should you foam roll right Read More

Lucho joins as we answer your questions on dialing in a proper bike fit for cross training and otherwise; why it can be beneficial to incorporate high intensity interval training (HIIT, tabata, etc), weights and speedwork even while you’re in a MAF/base phase; periodization for Olympic triathlon training and when to start build; positives and negatives of Read More

Lucho joins to answer your questions on a super high heart rate during running races including 5k and 10-milers, just getting back to training so how to tackle a half-mary this weekend when the A-race is in May, short on time, do double runs work as substitute for a single long run, doing and Ironman and Read More