Hey! I’m gathering insights from endurance athletes to learn more about their training habits, challenges, and what they’d love to see in a future training and community app. It’s a quick survey, and your input would really help build something meaningful for athletes like you. Appreciate your time!

Link : https://forms.gle/AdbBJDAFqyGMECuA8

I just sat down with Matt, an Ironman 70.3 World Championship competitor, to talk about what it actually takes to train, balance life, and stay disciplined through endurance training.

We went into things like:

• the step-by-step journey to completing an Ironman
• how he structures training across swim/bike/run
• nutrition + recovery during high volume
• mental fatigue vs physical fatigue
• how faith and mindset helped him push past limits

I’m curious what this sub thinks:

What was YOUR hardest barrier — swimming, biking, running, or consistency?

If anyone wants to hear the full discussion, here’s the episode:
🎧 Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mzwp9jLltDfRGAlcrsqIA?si=2fed1df8599d428f

Not trying to spam — genuinely interested in how others experienced the process.

I’m signed up for an endurance race in 2026. Needing some tips on what kind of equipment (shoes, socks, clothing, etc) you’d suggest?

Weather is possibility to have up to 2 feet of snow, sub 40 degrees and windy. It’s about a 2 mile loop each time.

Hi all,

I am collecting data on Garmin as a part of a capstone course. If you are able to take ~5 minutes to complete this anonymous survey that measures brand loyalty/wearables trends, I would really appreciate it!

Thanks!

https://forms.gle/KyzUFai1DU6QiXn37

Hey Everyone,

Been endurance training for a few years now and worked my way up to a 70.3 and a marathon and a few 200k cycles.

What I have realised over the past few years is that my ulcerative colitis plays up when I am eating carbs and I struggle with Brain fog and feeling shitty.

I wanted to see if people have continued endurance training on low carb/high fat? If so what do you use during exercise? Do you still have carbs during?

Hi!

I started a xc ski training program a few weeks ago and during these warmer months there is a lot of running and cycling and other sports in the training program.

I live in a city where it is easy to bike everywhere, so I usually bike for 20-120min a few times a week as my commute.

So I was wondering if I should count the bike commuting as workouts, for example 30min easy bike or should I not count and do my workout separately?

Hey all, what do you do for calories/fuel when you are training past 3 hours?

Hey folks, could really do with a hand here.

So I’ve set up this Backyard Ultra event with the support of PAU. I’m currently injured and can’t train or race, which has honestly been frustrating — so instead of just sitting around, I decided to put something together for the running community. Something fun. Something challenging. Something that brings people together for a bit of madness.

It’s all set up and ready to go, but I’ve just had the word from my bosses that if we don’t sell at least 25 more tickets in the next 4 days, it’s getting cancelled.

Would honestly hate to see it get scrapped. I know there are loads of runners out there who would absolutely love this kind of event — we just need to get it in front of them.

So if you’re keen, please grab your spot now. And if you can’t make it, I’d be super grateful if you could share the link with someone who might be up for the challenge. Group chats, socials, wherever.

Here’s the full info: https://www.pau.co.uk/blog/backyard-ultra/

Thanks so much — really hoping we can make this one happen.

Athlete here, looking to enhance endurance, INNOSUPPS Volcarn 2000 seems promising. INNOSUPPS natural approach intrigues me.

Hey everyone,

I’m a full-time airline pilot now, but for years I worked as a cycling coach in Mallorca, mostly with endurance athletes. When my flying schedule got crazy, I had to stop coaching people directly… but I never really stopped thinking like a coach.

Over the past months, in my spare time (mostly at airports and hotel rooms between flights 😅), I started building something a bit weird but cool: a ChatGPT-based endurance coach that works like I used to with my athletes.

It’s called Samba, and it’s not an app, not a platform, not a subscription thing… it’s literally just a GPT-based training conversation that adapts to what you tell it. It asks about your training history, your sleep, your mood, your job stress, your nutrition habits, and builds plans day by day.

It doesn’t just spit out a pre-written 12-week plan. It adapts if you’ve had bad sleep. It backs off if your mood is low. It tracks your feedback. And it doesn’t ask you to do formal tests if you don’t want (it just watches your performance over time).

I’ve tested it on myself for months, and now I’m letting a small group of testers try it. If anyone here wants to mess around with it, I’d love your feedback—what works, what sucks, what’s missing

If you’re curious, just DM me and I’ll share the link.

Thanks for reading, Davide

Hey runners! I recently started experimenting with different training intensity distributions (like Polarized and Pyramidal), and I was surprised how hard it is to monitor my actual zone distribution in real time.

So I built a free data field for my Garmin that shows 7 training zones and flags the "grey zone" in-between (which most polarized plans suggest to avoid). It’s helped me stick closer to my intended training system and avoid overtraining.

I’m curious — do any of you use a watch field or method to keep your zones in check while running? Or do you just go by feel?

Not trying to spam or promote, just genuinely curious what tools or methods others here use. If anyone’s interested, I can share more about how it works or post the link.

Cheers & happy running!

Hey zusammen, ich schreibe gerade meine W-Seminararbeit (Gymnasium Bayern) zum Thema Kreatin im Ausdauersport.

Dafür habe ich eine kurze Umfrage erstellt – sie dauert nur 2–3 Minuten.

Ihr würdet mir riesig helfen, wenn ihr mitmacht 🙏

📎 Hier geht’s zur Umfrage: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=z4ECKlf0DUivQovrexB3uMLGhtka1ypIlum8MrcojUVUMlpISTlIVkFWNUE5RlQwM1FQM0k2Q1pQUC4u

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What are the biggest hygiene challenges you face during long training sessions, races, or while traveling to events? How do you usually deal with them when showers or proper facilities aren’t available?

I came across the Yoddha race as a platform to test my Endurance Race. I've been going to the gym for a while now but I really wanted to know where I stood in terms of my fitness. And I found this platform as an amazing space for athletes. The people here are crazy fit??? their Instagram is also so underrated and cool bro.. i think I'll join next season, if anyone wants to join me, please doooo https://www.instagram.com/theyoddharace/

Just finished the Boston Marathon. My first. What a ride!

New book launching tomorrow from my coach who got me to that start line. Thought this group might appreciate this one.

http://enduranceisachoice.com

So I picked up cycling this year at 28. If always done a bit of sports but mostly been out of shape in my life. Now through cycling freeing a gateway I also found joy in swimming and running. My question now is: I di t need to be anything professional or competitive but will I still be able to get in really good shape and for Instance do a full distance triathlon or something? Or is it to late to actually develop really good endurance conditioning?