evokecast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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

To submit your own training questions, or if would like to learn more about the Evoke Endurance community, contact us here.

Aerobic Training For Military Athletes Article: https://evokeendurance.com/resources/aerobic-training-for-the-military-athlete/

Episode Guide

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:24 Muscular endurance training in blocks or continuously?

00:06:48 Balancing alpine climbing and ultra-running training

00:12:52 Tips for speeding recovery

00:22:17 How has AI shaped the way you coach?

00:38:20 Exceptional weekly zone 2 mileage for the tactical athlete?

00:44:52 How donating blood can effect training

00:51:10 Determining personal weekly training volume

01:01:57 Training differences for a 25k vs. 50k race?

01:03:26 Dealing with loss of motivation

01:11:37 Minimum cardio during a sport climbing training block?

01:13:30 Shifting to endurance as a strength athlete

01:18:05 Incorporating technical skill acquisition while following a stock training plan

01:22:28 Tactical athlete balancing weight lifting and running

01:23:25 Apply the 80%-20% ratio to rock climbing training?

01:27:54 New to cross-country skiing: how to progress endurance?

01:32:34 Final thoughts and submit your own questions

 Join Evoke coach Andy Reed as he talks with his athlete David Ayala about David’s 4th place finish at the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run 2025, achieved under Andy’s coaching.

To submit your own training questions, or if would like to learn more about the Evoke Endurance community, contact us here.

Episode Guide

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:34 David’s athletic interests and background

00:07:04 Experiences with first hundred-milers and FKTs

00:13:43 About David’s mathematics career

00:17:09 David’s simple non-analytical approach to training

00:20:10 Approaches to Hardrock

00:21:36 High-fat fueling strategies

00:24:02 Getting selected to compete in Hardrock

00:28:26 Changing up training approaches for Hardrock

00:31:12 Incorporating intensity and speed work

00:36:03 Leveraging will during an event

00:38:47 Weighted uphill intensity

00:40:00 Demands of Hardrock 100

00:45:25 Prepping for Hardrock on the course

00:49:12 Strategies and experiences on race-day

00:54:07 Avoiding the onset of cramping

00:56:36 Quad pain and potential for rhabdomyolysis

01:01:06 Holding then gaining position

01:05:27 Splits for a 4th place finish

01:07:25 Post-race thoughts

01:08:20 Peak experiences and take-aways from Hardrock

01:11:15 Final thoughts

Join Evoke coach Larry Goldie for a conversation with Sid Pattison. Sid has guided three successful Everest expeditions, as well as other Himalayan peaks, including guided Lhotse and Ama Dablam. In addition, Sid has played a role in investigating the 1924 Mallory-Irvine expedition--- one of the great unsolved mysteries of mountaineering history as to who was actually the first person to climb Mount Everest.

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Episode Guide

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:01:51 Sid’s early years in climbing
• 00:03:33 Sid’s introduction into being a guide
• 00:05:08 First experiences guiding in the Himalaya
• 00:09:58 The benefits of climbing Everest from the North-Side
• 00:14:18 Pre-acclimatization with a Hypoxico tent
• 00:19:14 Tips for first exposure to high altitude
• 00:21:52 Shifts in mentality in people hoping to summit Everest
• 00:27:04 Sid’s training approaches for the high mountains
• 00:29:29 The importance of strength training 
• 00:32:30 Noticing and mitigating the aging process
• 00:38:23 Looking for Sandy Irvine’s body on Everest
• 00:50:32 Sid’s 2025 Everest ambitions
• 00:56:14 Balancing expeditions with family life
• 01:01:47 Saving energy on expedition
• 01:02:50 Base fitness and pre-acclimatization 
• 01:07:31 Parting words of wisdom

Scott Johnston is joined today by David Goettler. David is a highly accomplished alpinist who has climbed six 8000 meter peaks without the use of supplemental oxygen, including Everest. David has amassed a unique and broad experience climbing in Earth's biggest mountain ranges.  Scott and David discuss the history of David's training since they started working together and over the past eight years.

Join host Scott Johnston as he chats with his coached athlete, professional ultra runner Tom Evans. Tom recently made a podium finish at the Black Canyon 100k in Arizona where he beat the course record along with the other two top finishers. Scott and Tom discuss the modulation of Tom’s training, and the essential distinction between capacity and utilization training. All of this forms the backdrop of how they work to ensure that the correct training for Tom is done in critical and essential time windows. 

In this episode, Scott Johnston outlines the common mistakes and misconceptions that derail training, and the methods and frameworks necessary to avoid these pitfalls. No training plan can predict your physical or psychological state. The best way to avoid these mistakes is to pay attention to the subtle signals your body is sending your brain, and to monitor your recovery. 

Training will not produce desired results if you don't allow sufficient recovery. If recovery is cut short before desired adaptations occur, this produces a negative effect on athletic performance. In this episode, coach Scott Johnston discusses characteristic signs the body gives during the recovery process, and some perceptive cues that he has used over the decades to assess training readiness both in himself, and in the athletes he coaches.  

Scott Johnston talks with director of Sports Performance at UC Davis, Judd Van Sickle, about metabolic testing, fat adaptation, and aerobic deficiency.

In this episode Scott Johnston outlines the basic physiology of endurance training. He traces the historical timeline  of our contemporary understanding of how athletes and coaches have evolved their methods through empirical and anecdotal data  to understand the intersections between aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, and how endurance is best trained.

For more information and a deeper dive, refer to our in-depth video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PP7GqpvIVWY 

In this episode Evoke coach Nikki LaRochelle interviews Scott Johnston in a conversation that ranges over some of Scott’s life experiences including overtraining, muscular endurance, and  a serious climbing accident that changed his life.