#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 coach@evokeendurance.com 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