Buying a bike on a tight budget and where to shop (where not to shop), for the guys: leg shaving and why it’s good, benefits of downhill running and how to get better at it, foam rolling and how often, ideal recovery after a 100 and how to ramp back up safely, backward running, the Read More

What do you do when you’ve lost all motivation to train, how do you stay motivated to continue training (running, biking, etc.) when you have no race planned, what to do when you’ve missed out on a lot of training (due to work, family, injury, etc) and have races coming up still, how to train between a Read More

How to determine your weakest area (aerobic fitness, speed, strength, etc) and address that in the next training block, is it possible train to go from a 1:32 to 1:15 half mary or do genetics take over, how Tawnee avoided cramping the feet/calves during Oceanside 70.3, structuring a basic training week for Olympic-distance triathlon racing, Read More

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