Xylon and David cover indoor vs outdoor training in the main portion of this episode after touching on all the regular segments. Usain Bolt enters the doctor’s office, and the guys discuss some NCAA track & field, tennis, skateboarding and cycling.

(00:00) Introduction

(02:17) Recovery Discussion

(06:52) David’s Lavaredo Preparation

(11:12) Community Shoutouts

(13:51) Parker Valby’s Recent Successes and Low Mileage Training

(17:12) Dauphine Results and What it Means for the Tour de France

(25:18) The First Female 900 in Skateboarding

(28:08) Carlos Alcaraz Being the Youngest Man to Ever Win on all 3 Surfaces

(29:35) Tactical Aspects of Tennis

(30:56) Iga Swiatek

(33:10) Usain Bolt Visits The Doctor’s Office

(38:44) Indoor vs Outdoor Training

(44:50) Is Indoor Training Harder?

(49:32) Are the Benefits to Exercising in Nature?

(50:10) What are the Benefits of Outdoor Training?

(51:44) Why May Mixing Indoor and Outdoor Training Be Helpful?

(54:40) Examples of Indoor Training Success

(56:40) June’s 1% Better Challenge

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Papers on RPE in Indoor vs Outdoor Cycling

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11135770/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24476776/

Paper on RPE in Indoor vs Outdoor Running

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1886482/

Paper on the Benefits of Exercise in Nature

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3710158/

Paper on Increased Creativity Post Exercise Outdoors​​https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1161533/full

Paper on Operative vs Nonoperative Achilles Rupture Management https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9974620/

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In this bonus episode David and Xylon dissect and recap Xylon's Comrades Marathon effort. We dive into learnings, feedback, thoughts and advice for those planning to run the Comrades or do any endurance event.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:18) Post race sleep and vibe

(02:01) Supporting and crewing vs racing

(02:30) Race Debrief

(06:54) Nightmare happenings on race morning

(08:37) Xylon’s pacing buddy

(09:27) Climbing in Comrades

(11:13) Comradery in Comrades

(13:06) Xylon’s position movement through the race

(16:25) The fallacy of banking time early

(17:21) Racing the person you ran your whole race with

(18:55) Xylon’s pace splits

(19:46) Xylon’s cramping history

(21:03) Comrades fueling strategy

(28:56) Lessons for planning your fueling

(34:58) Comrades course lessons

(37:12) Recovery from ultras and decision making

(38:23) Xylon’s thoughts on training and what he’d do next year

(42:31) Xylon’s advice to first time Comrades runners

(45:14) How do you get home after the Comrades

(46:26) How does Xylon feel today

(47:47) Xylon’s thoughts on his heat preparation

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Xylon and David cover trends in sport this week. We discuss tapering in light of Xylon’s Comrades taper, recovery from major events and Xylon’s fueling plan for the Comrades. We then answer a listener question and get to what’s come across David’s desk including the announcement of World Athletics Ultimate Championship and a discussion about changing coaches in sport and injury plagues. We then go on to discuss America’s history in cricket of all things! Following this we touch on the new Unrivaled 3 on 3 basketball league and the historic agreement for college’s to pay college players before serving up this month’s 1% better challenge.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:01) The Art and Science of Tapering

(07:30) Recovery post major event

(12:10) David running in 4 countries in a week

(14:50) Xylon’s Comrades fueling

(16:34) Community Shoutouts

(18:08) Listener Question about breaking up continuous episode

(25:38) World Athletics Ultimate Championship

(32:12) Changing of Coaches/Managers

(39:20) Injury Plagues in Sport

(44:00) Cricket in America

(48:34) America’s History in Cricket

(50:49) The Unrivalled Basketball League

(54:27) NCAA and Power 5 Agree to a Deal that Let Schools Pay Players

(60:00) June’s One Percent Better Challenge

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Article on Unrivalled Basketball

https://womenshealthmag.com/life/a60962245/unrivaled-wbna-3x3-league/

Press Release for World Athletics Ultimate Championship

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026/news/press-releases/world-athletics-ultimate-championship

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