#117 Road To Tor Des Geants, Part 2

Join Evoke coach Jack Kuenzle for another conversation with Will Peterson. Will requested the coaching services of Jack to prepare him for the 2025 Tor Des Geants, a two-hundred five mile ultra-running race with seventy-eight thousand feet of total vertical, taking place in September.

In the second part of this series, they discuss how Will’s training has gone up to now, and how they’ll plan for this final training block. This is the second of their coaching conversations in the lead-up to Tor.Listen to episode #112 for their first conversation, and look out for Part 3 in early September.

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Will’s Podcast: From The Backcountry

Episode Guide

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:00 Balancing medical school rotations and training

00:02:02 Will’s recent training volumes and metrics

00:09:11 Tips on pacing and heart rate for a time trial

00:11:55 The structure of Will’s high-intensity sessions

00:19:42 More firm heart rate limits and novel stimuli

00:23:28 Strategies on pacing for long runs and downhills

00:33:09 Training efficiency with poles

00:36:44 Tweaking fueling strategies

00:41:47 Drinking to thirst at your sweat salinity

00:44:44 Planning the upcoming training block

00:50:53 Dialing total vertical accumulation and terrain selection

00:56:21 Scouting the Tor course

00:59:02 Acclimatization and heat training

01:07:42 Sleep strategies for Tor

01:11:01 Mandatory gear for Tor

01:15:09 Final thoughts