Eli is in week two of her training with coach Zach Bitter. She has lots of great questions most newbies probably have as well. Enjoy the show!
James has a 50k on Saturday and yes, the words 5k race did appear in the schedule. He promised he wouldn't "race" it though. Listen to his prep and all about the first year 50k event with the funky first vs. second half topography.
Be sure to wish him luck!
Rebekah comes to the show as a referral from one of our other coaches, Liza! That's pretty awesome really. She is training for the Zion 100k. Like most of our runners, she has a family and busy work/life balance so figuring out how to get the most out of her training during a Chicago winter will be interesting and fun!
Enjoy the show and we hope you learn something today!
Jen Cryblskey is another runner from San Antonio. With a busy work schedule and going back to school, and having a family, she has some interesting obstacles for her training. We find out what motivates her and what she is training for on this first show!
Enjoy. Also, reach out to her and tell her you are rooting for her!
James Wright stays home with his 3 kids, has a popular YouTube channel to manage and calls running his hobby. Working around these variables and his wife's schedule is the first piece of the puzzle. Then, we just talk expectations of the training and let James get ready for his 50k in the next couple weeks!
The Be Accountable Coaching (BAC) program is in it first season. It's a chance to listen in on live coaching calls and to support someone training for something big!
We hope you enjoy.
What are some things to consider in the very first weeks of training for your first ultra? How to trust your coach early on in the process. Liza test's new electrolyte mixture during her 50 miler last week. It didn't go so well.
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The Be Accountable Coaching program is the solution to scaling accountability within a community created online and on a podcast. We hope you come along the way and support the runners and the movement! This is a short show about why and how this is going to work!
Heath Thomas of San Antonio is making a comeback to running. Find out where his training is now and how Liza is going to get him started with his training. This is the first time the coach and runner have met as well. Enjoy the show!
Eli Nettles will be coached by Zach Bitter on Season 5 of the Becoming Ultra Project. Learn about her and listen to her first interaction with her coach! It's going to be an interesting season as always!
Becoming Ultra is back at it with Season 5. With the beautiful Zion as the back drop in April 2018 as the race destination, Zach Bitter, Liza Howard, and the host, Scott Jones will have to decide who to choose for the Becoming Ultra project's Season 5 runners.
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Traveling across the country is much more physically demanding than you think. It's why we give our body a few days to recover before running far. Also on the show, some of the positive mental tricks to get through this first 100k!
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In 6 days, your host will be running his first 100k, there will be no start line, bibs, or fanfare. Just a few friends, family, and a couple running buddies trying to remember his dad on his first birthday since his passing. On the show today, the route and the meaning behind it. Where is the toughest section? What is the strategy for the first 12 miles? Enjoy the show!
Hey it's the host, coach, and runner, Scott. My dad died last year. He was 62. I am running a 100k on his birthday in his home state of West Virginia to remember in a week. I'd love to share the journey with you until Season 5 starts, the day after his birthday.
On this show, my training for the last 6 months.
Thanks for listening!
On the first day of the first ever live event from the efforts of the Becoming Ultra Project, a trail camp in Colorado, we are humbly launching another season of Becoming Ultra. A new coach, a new coaching program built on storytelling and accountability, and what we expect from the future runners training for this feat.
If you aren't applying, could you share with someone you think should! All the details for applying can be found at www.becomingultra.com/season5
Thanks for listening.
Fall is right around the corner and so is Season 5 of Becoming Ultra. Lots to share on this first day of September from injured runners making comebacks to more grief running, updated websites and a Grady update. Enjoy the show!
Our guest really hasn't been running for that long but he has come a long way for sure. A doctors visit, lifestyle change, and move across the country has totally changed his life. Listen to get excited and inspired to run!
Thanks for listening.
Janet Patkowa ran the American River 50 for Season 2. She has had a good year and a half to reflect on the experience of running her first ultra. Much of her outlook and lifestyle has changed. What would she do different? What's next?
Hope you enjoy the show.
Wesley Trimble. This dude had me wanting to go on and on forever. His adventures are more epic than 99.9% of us, elite or otherwise. If this account of a first ultra doesn't inspire you, we give up;)
Another great story of perseverance and running long distance!
From our guest:
"I'm an American expat now based in Scotland. I completed my first ultra last week, a 50k along the Great Trossachs Path in Scotland's first national park. I actually missed the race that I was due to compete in -- the Great Tartan Skidaddle -- because on race day, I was in hospital on a drip after being rushed in by ambulance because of a blood infection due to pneumonia (ait was approaching sepsis and apparently quite dangerous). I was gutted to miss the race. I recovered well and decided to run the race route as a solo affair with a friend from my trail running crew (the Carron Valley Trail Runners) and my wife. I even spoke to the race director after I completed the route. So I did complete my first ultra, just a week later than planned."
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5 Before 5 is a series of 5 shows to educate and inspire runners to take their nutrition more serious! Be sure to tune in for Season 5 in the month!
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5 Before 5 is a 5 part series addressing many nutritional subjects for runners!
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5 before 5 is a series of 5 shows touching on topics that all runners can relate to, and learn from. Enjoy while we get organized for season 5 of the Becoming Ultra show!
On this show:
From chlorella to spirulina, raw cacao to maca, and chia seeds to flaxseed, a simple guide to how, when and why to incorporate nature's most powerful superfoods into your diet for max results, great taste and child’s play ease of use. We’ve been working with these ingredients for years now and know exactly how to extract max bang for buck.
5 before 5 is a series of 5 shows touching on topics that all runners can relate to, and learn from. Enjoy while we get organized for season 5 of the Becoming Ultra show!
On this show:
Why it’s all down to hydration, nutritional choices, timing, breakfast, immune function and pace
5 before 5 is a series of 5 shows touching on topics that all runners can relate to, and learn from. Enjoy while we get organized for season 5 of the Becoming Ultra show!
On the show!
We have had a chance to catch up with the runners after this season but we wanted to get the coaches alone to hear what they thought about their clients, and the season as a whole. We also tease some exciting news about season 5! Coming in September.