Carla is a chartered sport and exercise physiologist and senior lecturer in applied sports psychology at St. Mary’s University, UK. She has a keen interest in endurance performance inspired by her work providing mental support at running events. She researches and teaches sport psychology and works as a sport psychology practitioner. Carla’s website-https://www.carlameijen.com/ Carla’s book-https://www.carlameijen.com/bookenduranceperformance Research Essentials for Ultrarunning newsletter-https://www.jasonkoop.com/research-essentials-for-ultrarunning Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram-@jasonkoop

Dr. Robbie McIntyre graduated from the University of Stirling with a BSc (Hons) degree in Sport and Exercise Science before going on to do his MSc in Exercise Physiology at Loughborough University. He then completed his Ph.D. at Bangor University, where he specialized in preparatory strategies for exercise in hot environments. Dr. Sam Oliver Reader (Assoc Prof) in Sport & Exercise Science, and Director of the Institute for Applied Human Physiology (IAHP) at Bangor University, Wales, UK. Much of his work focuses on developing strategies to improve the health and performance of those people required to operate in challenging environments, this includes athletes, but also armed and emergency services. A comparison of medium-term heat acclimation by post-exercise hot water immersion or exercise in the heat: adaptations, overreaching, and thyroid hormones Podcast with Lindsay Golich Podcast with Julien Periard Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Jolan Kegelaers is a psychology professor and a lifelong athlete with a strong interest in the combination of Sports and Clinical psychology. This interest is situated both in research and applied practice. His topics of interest include: existential therapy, behavioral therapy, biofeedback, personality testing, performance enhancement, eating disorders in sports, and talent development. Pressure makes diamonds? A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sports: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2134436?journalCode=rijs20 Jolan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jolankeg Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible.

Neal's Website: https://coloradopsychotherapyandsport.com/about-me Neal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Mental Performance Consultant based in Longmont, Colorado. He provides individual psychotherapy and mental skills training/consultations/coaching to athletes at all levels throughout the state. He has been a clinical social worker since 1998, working in various settings, including residential treatment centers, schools, hospitals, and private practice, providing psychotherapy for a range of different issues. After years of working as a clinical social worker, Neal received a second master's degree in applied sport psychology and continues to receive mentorship from a sport psychologist working towards certification as a mental performance consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. When Neal is not working with athletes, he is a dad, husband, endurance and mountain athlete, and endurance coach, has qualified and run the Boston Marathon, a number of 100-mile ultra-endurance runs, as well as plenty of other adventures. Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible.

Dr. Justin Ross is a clinical psychologist in Denver, CO specializing in athlete mental health and performance psychology. He is a recreational amateur athlete himself, completing 11 marathons, and 6 Boston Marathon qualifiers, and is a recent finisher of the Leadville 100 MTB. He's also completed 2 Ironman 70.3 distance triathlons and too many shorter running, cycling, and triathlon distance races to count. Justin’s website Pressure makes diamonds? A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sports Performance Mindset training plan in training peaks Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

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The coaches review the process they go through with their athletes when planning out their seasons. Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

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Renee Eastman is a Premiere coach at CTS as well as the head of CTS’s physiology lab. She has been coaching since 1996. Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Adam Pulford is a Pro Level Coach at CTS and is one of the most sought-after mountain bike coaches in the world. He also has served as the team director for TeamShoAir UCI Professional Factory MTB Team, the Twenty16/Twenty20 UCI Professional Women’s Race Team, and the Orange Seal Off-Road Team. Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/

Coach Jason Koop monologues on what 2023 will bring for the podcast. Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Ed Maunder PhD is an exercise physiologist with expertise in metabolic responses to endurance exercise and metabolic adaptations to endurance training. Ed is a Lecturer in the School of Sport and Recreation and part of the Sport Physiology and Nutrition Research Group at SPRINZ. His research is focused on understanding the physiological drivers of mitochondrial adaptation to endurance exercise and the physiological profiling of endurance athletes. The Importance of ‘Durability’ in the Physiological Profiling of Endurance Athletes Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Dr. Alan McCubbin lectures and conducts research in sports nutrition at Monash University, consults with Triathlon Australia's High-Performance Program, and writes for Cycling Tips. He has worked as the dietitian for the Attaque-Gusto cycling team, adventure runner Richard Bowles, several triathlon squads, the Coburg Tigers VFL football club, and the Tour de Cure cycling charity, amongst others. He has written for Outer Edge Magazine, Trail Run magazine and lectured for Cycling Australia coaches. He has worked with summer and winter Olympians, A-League soccer players, national Taekwondo champions, triathletes, ultra-marathon runners, road cyclists & mountain bikers, boxers, and windsurfers. Alan has competed at an international level in sailing and in endurance mountain biking. Alan recently completed a Ph.D. in sports nutrition at Monash University, looking at the effects of sodium in endurance athletes. He is also the co-host of The Long Munch Podcast, a podcast that answers common nutrition questions asked by runners, cyclists, and triathletes. Alan founded Next Level Nutrition, Australia's first-ever online sports nutrition consultancy back in 2010. What was once an unheard-of service model is fast becoming the norm in the sports nutrition industry, better servicing the sporting community of Australia with access to state-of-the-art sports nutrition counseling and education delivered to clients anywhere in Australia via the web. Next Level Nutrition-https://nextlevelnutrition.com.au/site/about/ Paper discussed-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35616504/ The Long Much Podcast Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching-https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Coaches Darcie Murphy and AJW sit down with Jason Koop to discuss what they are doing differently with their athletes next year. The CTS blog Previous podcast on training camps Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching-https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Herman is a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, where he focuses on the evolution of human energy expenditure and metabolism. He is also the co-founder of the Human Evolutionary Ecology Lab, where he and his team study the effects of diet, physical activity, and modern environments on human health and disease. Herman’s latest book, "Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism," explores the latest research on metabolism and challenges long-held beliefs about weight loss and metabolism. His work has been featured in numerous publications and media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. Andrew Best is a biological anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; he is also a respectable endurance athlete in his own right. Andrew is currently conducting a research project on ultramarathon and ultra-endurance athletes that further tests the limits of the human metabolic scope. Contact for Andrew- Website: https://www.therunningprimate.com/ Instagram: @therunningprimate Twitter: @RunningPrimate Strava: The Shreddy Professor Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching-https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Øyvind is the director of the Centre for Elite Sports Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research aims to improve the understanding of sports performance by investigating integrative physiology and biomechanics, the effects of strength and endurance training, as well as the utilization of new technology to gain further understanding of these aspects in real-life environments. He also teaches these topics in Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. courses, as well as the top coach education program. Paper discussed Buy Koop’s new book on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Coach Koop discusses how athletes are Complex Adaptive Systems and how subjective feedback can be integrated into training. Paper discussed Buy Koop’s new book on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

Luca Filipas a PhD researcher and coach out of Milan, Italy. Re-Release episode from January 2022. You can find Luca’s work here- https://www.lucafilipas.com/ Luca on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/lucafilipas Luca on Twitter- https://twitter.com/LucaFilipas Paper discussed- Effects of 16 weeks of pyramidal and polarized training intensity distributions in well-trained endurance runners Buy Koop’s new book on Amazon or Audible. Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop

In this episode, AJW speaks with three legends of ultrarunning, John Medinger, David Horton, and Scott Mills, to discuss the current state of the sport and their thoughts about what the future holds for the next generation of Ultrarunners. John: Facebook @johnmedinger David Facebook @davidhorton Scott Facebook @scottmills Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop Buy Koop’s new book on Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MYVR8P6 Audible-https://www.audible.com/pd/Training-Essentials-for-Ultrarunning-Second-Edition-Audiobook/B09P38S2PR?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-290525&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_290525_rh_us

Stephanie Case is a well-known figure in trail/ultra running, not just for her success in crazy, tough races (Tor de Glaciers, Hardrock, The Barkley Marathons), but for her outspokenness about women’s rights. Stephanie spearheads tough conversations concerning inclusivity for women in our sport- pregnancy deferrals, quotas for women in races/lotteries, and more. If she couldn’t be any more admirable, Steph also works in conflict zones as a Human Rights Advocate. Free to Run: https://freetorun.org/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/theultrarunnergirl/?hl=en Stephanie Case Trail Runner Article: https://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/stephanie-cases-secret-weapon/ https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/why-cant-pregnant-women-defer-race-entries/ https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/western-states-transgender-athletes-policy/ Information on coaching- https://trainright.com/ Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop Buy Koop’s new book on Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MYVR8P6 Audible-https://www.audible.com/pd/Training-Essentials-for-Ultrarunning-Second-Edition-Audiobook/B09P38S2PR?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-290525&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_290525_rh_us