On this show Lucho and George Zack chat it up and cover: US Masters National Championships Training for speed. Is marijuana a performance enhancing drug? Read More

Meet Greg White, a professional writer, avid runner and student of all things health. How to begin using minimalist shoes after a back injury and four-year break from running. Katy Bowman’s Whole Body Barefoot book How best to structure training with MAF + intensity. What exactly a taper is and several strategies to you can Read More

Meet guest host Ann-Sofie Forsmark, a Swedish ultrarunner who has been a PT for 18 years, running coach the last 5 yrs and also nutrition coach with focus on athletic performance. Strategies to deal with lower energy and decreased recovery while trying to drop weight How to overcome, or not, the lack of desire to Read More

This week’s edition is all about Kona. It’s an Ironman Championship wrap-up. And what a race it was. It was among the most exciting -- if not the most exciting -- men’s finishes we’ve ever seen and there was plenty of intrigue on the women’s side as well. This will also be the last regularly Read More

On this week's Endurance Planet Hour we hear about the efforts of two men to run the length of the Erie Canal ... all 363 miles of it. We also hear about a fictional adventure, excerpted from "The Runner's Literary Companion." And we wrap up the hour by looking at scientific research on motivating yourself Read More

There isn't a female triathlete on the planet who races long distance more often than Hillary Biscay. And it's not just that she races often -- she races effectively. This coming weekend she'll be shooting for another Ironman Wisconsin championship (It'll be her seventh Ironman of the year.) On this week's Endurance Planet Hour, Hillary Read More

Imagine covering 44 miles in 25 hours -- not running, but swimming in open water. That's what our first guest, Jamie Patrick, did this month at Lake Tahoe. His thoughts on mental preparation for such an event are something that every endurance athlete should hear. We also talk to the women's champion of the Read More

Duncan Callahan had his doubts about whether he could win for a second time at this month's Leadville 100 -- he had some extremely stiff competition. Halfway through the race, Duncan was behind leader Tony Krupicka by more than an hour. That's when something unexpected happened. An interview with two-time Leadville champ Callahan, today Read More

Today's Marathon & Beyond Monday edition is a tale written by ultra-marathon pioneer Gordy Ainsleigh. Gordy is the man who -- in 1974 -- took part in the Western States 100-Mile One-Day Ride ... without a horse. Since then, the story has been told and re-told, but only one person knows the full truth. Read More

This week on the Endurance Planet Hour, we talk to Dr. Mark Klion who fields questions about your aches and pains, we check in with runner and missions worker Tara Porter-Livesay who is headed back to Haiti, and we hear about a young man desperately trying to follow in his running father's footsteps. Read More