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"Sensibly aggressive" long-term planning
It’s that time of year again—athletes are building their plans for 2026.
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Alan Couzens
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MSMRL 9: Strength Training for Endurance Athletes - You're doing it wrong!
Most endurance athletes think of strength training as a nice add-on — something you squeeze in when there’s time, or drop entirely when training volume…
Dec 23, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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Iñaki de la Parra
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Strength Training for Endurance Athletes: You're doing it wrong!
Endurance athletes often think of strength training as something optional - a supplement to the “real” work of swim, bike, and run.
Dec 17, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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MSMRL 8: How Arild Tveiten Engineered the Norwegian Triathlon Revolution
In this episode, Inaki and I sit down with Arild Tveiten, the architect behind one of the most dominant runs in modern endurance sport: the Norwegian…
Nov 26, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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Iñaki de la Parra
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MSMRL 7: Real-world Benchmarking
How simple benchmarks and “boring” base work turned an overtrained athlete into an Ultraman World Champion.
Nov 13, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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Iñaki de la Parra
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MSMRL 6: Gordo Byrn
Gordo 1.0 to 2.0: How Endurance, Family, and Wisdom Redefined Performance
Nov 6, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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Iñaki de la Parra
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Getting real about getting lean.
The GOAT, Jan Frodeno, was not carrying a whole lot of extra baggage with him on his way to 3 World Titles…
Oct 31, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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MSMRL5: Johan Röjler
Some profound lessons from the man behind one of the most equally unconventional and impressive sporting performances in history.
Oct 21, 2025
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Alan Couzens
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Iñaki de la Parra
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