Our podcast is back, like your favourite sitcom, with a Christmas Special!

We answer some listener questions, before diving in some talk about nasal strips - an accessory popping up in a lot of races recently.

Do they actually work, should you use them yourselves?

I don’t have Spotify, but I use Strava. So I created my personal Year in Sports Wrapped 🚴 📊

Got Strava and want your own? No problem, I turned it into an app year-in-sports.streamlit.app

Made in #python using #streamlit + #matplotlib, full code: github.com/Lisa-Ho/year...

A week to go to the Valencia Marathon, @dan-osborn-nash.bsky.social has undertaken his customary lab test - with positive results - has locked in his kit for race day, and is getting a haircut! Now just to run the race - this week's episode: open.spotify.com/episode/4U9g... #SportScience

Valencia Marathon training week 18th-24th Nov:

1 week to go!

M- 16k
T- 3x10:00 at 3:12/3:06/km
W- 14k, 8k
T- 16k, 6k
F- Threshold Test: 11x5:00 (15-21k/HR)
S- 16k
S- 30k

Total: 149k (10hrs 18)

Valencia Marathon training week 11th-17th Nov:

M- 15k, 10k with buggy
T- 5x6:00, 8x3:00, 10x1:15 (3:08, 3:00, 2:51/k), 10k
W- 16k, 10k
T- 20k
F- 20x1:15 at ~3:00/k, 7k
S- 25k
S- 30k

Total: 184k (13hrs 24)

In this episode we talk about Dan's last big session, and some last minute shoe testing in the lab - as well as our views on how to/how not to test shoes (put the lactate pro down!). We also discuss training programming. Hopefully a nice blend of physiology & actual training. Hope you enjoy 😀

@dan-osborn-nash.bsky.social and I record a weekly episode on our podcast, detailing Dan's training before Valencia marathon - where he's targetting 2:12:30. With 2 weeks to go there's not much training left, but Dan still ran a lot of K's!

Check it out here:
open.spotify.com/episode/3Cr9...