The Endurance Athlete Journey
The Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast helps runners, triathletes, and endurance athletes train smarter, fuel better, and build long-term durability in sport.
Hosted by Coach Justin and sports dietitian Katie, the show explores the training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset challenges endurance athletes actually face—without the confusion and generic internet fitness advice that often leads to burnout, inconsistency, and frustration.
From first triathlons and swim anxiety to fueling mistakes, recovery, race-day expectations, and balancing training with real life, each episode combines practical coaching insight with evidence-based nutrition guidance and honest athlete conversations to help listeners better understand the “why” behind their training and fueling decisions.
Whether you’re preparing for your first race or trying to become a more complete endurance athlete, this podcast gives you clear, experience-driven guidance you can actually apply to your training, recovery, and performance.
The Endurance Athlete Journey
Latest Episodes
Is Zone 2 Training Overrated? What the Science Says
You've been told to spend most of your endurance training in Zone 2. But does the science actually support Zone 2 as the best way to improve aerobic fitness, burn fat, and build endurance?Zone 2 training works. But effective doesn't a...
Highway to HYROX Episode 3: Why Threshold Training Matters
How do you build the speed you can sustain through eight runs and eight demanding workout stations?In episode 3 of Highway to HYROX, I share the latest updates as I prepare for my first HYROX race—including lessons from a recent...
Training Zones Explained: How to Use Zones 1–5 for Endurance Performance
Zone 2 gets most of the attention in endurance training—but it is only one part of the picture.In this episode, Coach Justin and Coach Katie break down training Zones 1–5, what each zone is actually doing, and why the right intensity dep...
Was My First Win Repeatable? Racing Again 14 Days Later
Two weeks after earning my first-ever win, I lined up again with a bigger question: was that performance repeatable—or was Patriot just one great day?Giant Acorn answered that question with rough water, wind, hills, accumulated fa...
Zone 2 Training: When Easy Training Isn't Enough
Zone 2 training is everywhere—but what does Zone 2 actually mean, and should endurance athletes really build their training around it?In this episode, Coach Justin and Coach Katie break down why Zone 2 is harder to define than most athle...
