#105 Ask Evoke: Athlete-Submitted Questions For March 2025

Join coaches Scott Johnston and Kylee Toth for our March installment of Ask Evoke, where they answer training questions submitted by members of the Evoke Endurance community.

To submit your own training questions for our coaches, send us a direct message on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evokeendurance/

Or email your questions to [email protected]

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:16 Common gaps most people have in training theory
00:12:23 Does anaerobic work blunt aerobic development if done at the end of a long run?
00:16:00 Progressing group-wide physical training in tactical and military applications
00:22:14 Timing hot/cold contrast therapy with aerobic training and development
00:30:37 Are there genetic limitations to aerobic threshold improvements?
00:39:44 Reasons for decrease in aerobic threshold after high-altitude expedition?
00:41:28 Dialing local muscular fatigue levels during weighted uphill carries
00:44:38 Mixed modality aerobic base work vs. specific aerobic base work
00:49:40 Running a sub-3 hour road marathon while training for a 100k mountain running race
00:54:11 Progressing from short to longer duration hill sprints, and their training effect
00:58:00 Fixing aerobic deficiency syndrome and determining aerobic threshold at high elevations
01:02:07 Why an amateur cannot train weekly volumes similar to an elite athlete
01:05:50 Common performance declines with aging
01:09:33 Mitigating knee pain caused by down-hill running
01:15:41 Effective recovery methods during taper before a race