Endurance Unlimited

Ultra running and mountain athlete coaching redefined: discover Scott Johnston’s trusted training secrets for building champions at UTMB, Hardrock, and Western States.

Legendary coach Scott Johnston unpacks the real art of endurance coaching—where customized plans, day-to-day communication, and tough-love honesty shape trail legends. This episode goes beyond the X's and O's, revealing what it really takes to get athletes to the start line confident and ready to perform—whether you’re a first-timer or gunning for the win.

Dive deep into elite endurance tactics, mental game mastery, and the data-driven approach powering the world’s podium finishers.

Key takeaways include:

- Trust and Intimacy: Why effective coaching is built on deep, evolving relationships, not just spreadsheets or AI.

- The Process Over the Outcome: How process goals, consistency, and embracing the daily grind move athletes from doubt and DNF to the top of the sport.

- Data + Feedback: Leveraging platforms like TrainingPeaks for daily insight, real-time adjustments, and athlete-coach connection—even from miles away.

- Specialization and Specificity: How the best runners prep for wildly different races, and why smart periodization beats “just running more.”

- Bouncing Back: Turning defeat and DNFs into powerful learning moments that fuel future breakthroughs.

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Join pro cyclist Ruth Edwards and host Joe Lewis as they pull back the curtain on the 2026 Tour de France Femmes—every dramatic stage, gritty comeback, and the crucial behind-the-scenes support that’s powering a new wave of champions. You’ll get the inside scoop on game-changing workouts, the impact of investment and equality, and the data-driven tools elevating the women’s peloton to its fastest, deepest level ever.

Get Tour de France Femmes secrets: Pro coaching insights, real peloton power files, and the scientific training breakthroughs fueling women’s cycling’s explosive rise. Discover how sponsor power, maternity support, and next-gen sports science are transforming the Tour and the women athletes leading it.

Ahead of the longest, most mountainous Tour de France Femmes in the race's five-year history, Human Powered Health Cycling Head of Performance Callum McQueen joins Endurance Unlimited to talk preparation. From individualized workload design to closing the research gaps still facing women's cycling, Callum breaks down how his team translates data into decisions for one of the sport's toughest stages yet.

In the final episode of Peak Access, Alex Howes ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Joe Lewis break down the hardest-hitting moments and stats from the Tour, revealing why training for sprints, building durability, and mastering recovery are game changers for riders of all levels.

This is your inside look at Tour de France training secrets, pro cyclist recovery hacks, and sprint workout breakthroughs. Whether you’re prepping for your own event or plotting your next breakthrough, you’ll walk away with instantly actionable tips—including free training plans and durability tests tailored to your phenotype.

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Dive into the third episode of Peak Access, where the conversation goes beyond just race recaps.

Alex Howes ⁠and ⁠Joe Lewis⁠ unpack what it really takes to survive—and thrive—in the world’s biggest bike race, translating elite tactics into actionable advice for all athletes and coaches.

From mastering fueling habits to understanding the critical role of rest, while balancing try to surviving rest days during The Tour, and the science behind power-to-heart-rate decoupling, this episode is a playbook for building durability and outlasting the competition.

What questions do you have about training and racing to Paris? Share your questions in the comments! 👇

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