The Physiology of Endurance Running Podcast

Dan & Owain talk about the science of trail and ultra running with Dr Simon de Waal.
Simon has recently published a number of papers around the reliability and validity of using lab testing with trail and ultra runners - and talks through why there's a need to devise different testing protocols for these athletes.
Simon is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, and undertook his PhD at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Simon chatted about his PhD journey; from discovering running to the genesis of the PhD idea, and the studies that he undertook.
We really enjoyed this interview, hopefully you do too!
Simon's research:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33508776/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39526871/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41697200/
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Dan & Owain are back to talk session design.
We had a few questions throughout the intensity domain series about actually implementing the training in practice - so we thought we'd talk through how to plan a training week, and the considerations for training sessions in each intensity domain!
Let us know what you think - this episode came about because of comments and questions so we're always keen to hear what you think!
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Dan & Owain are back for the another installment of the intensity domains series. They talk through how to take intensity domains, and apply training zones that support and quantify your training!
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Dan, Jen & Owain talk through Dan's Seville Marathon - and how exactly Dan went from a week off with an injury, to a 2:11:50 PB!
His plans for the next few months are also discussed - some exciting news about this!
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Meteopace has taken the running world by storm (pun intended) since being launched in 2025, and we're extremely excited to be joined by Phil (aka Meteopace Phil), the founder of the app.
We dive down some serious rabbit holes about the inner workings of Meteopace - there's an incredible amount behind the scenes driving the app!
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