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Hosted by Coach Isaac Alcaide · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 28 episodes
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The Trail Running Briefing is a short, weekly podcast for trail runners and endurance athletes who want to train with purpose.In 5–8 minutes, each episode focuses on one specific aspect of performance: training design, physiology, strength, durability, or race execution. No hype. No filler. Just clear, practical insights you can use immediately.Hosted by Isaac Alcaide, endurance coach, the podcast is designed to be listened to on the move, during easy runs, commutes, or recovery helping you understand your training so you can run better, longer, and with more confidence on the trail.
Coach Isaac Alcaide hosts The Trail Running Briefing, a sports show with 28 episodes published.
Ultra running demands far more than just mileage. Long runs, back-to-backs, strength work, fuelling, recovery, work, family and everyday stress all contribute to the total load an athlete carries. In this episode, I expl
Episode 28 explores how ultra training should evolve with age without lowering ambition. The central idea is the recovery budget : every long run, hard session, strength workout and race creates stress, while sleep, work
After a DNF, remember this sequence: Feel it. Separate it. Learn from it. Then move forward. Feel the disappointment without shame. Separate the facts from the story you are telling about yourself. Extract a small number
Durability is the ability to preserve your performance as fatigue accumulates during prolonged exercise. While fitness describes what you can do when fresh, durability determines how much of that fitness remains after ma
In this episode, we cover why carb loading is not about eating a huge bowl of pasta the night before a race, but about arriving at the start line with full fuel stores. For trail and ultra runners, glycogen is the body’s
In this episode, we look at one of the most important skills in ultrarunning: managing the low points. Every runner will face dark moments during an ultra, but a low point is not necessarily the end of the race. It is us
In this episode, we explain the difference between heat acclimatisation and heat acclimation. Acclimatisation usually refers to adapting naturally to a hot environment, while acclimation is a more controlled process usin
In this episode, we explore one of the most important principles for sustainable ultrarunning progress: using the minimum intensity needed to create the right adaptation . The goal of training is not to suffer as much as
Elite trail runners do not descend faster simply because they are braver. They descend faster because they brake less. Downhill running creates a lot of muscle damage because the quadriceps are working eccentrically: the
Caffeine is one of the most evidence-supported supplements for endurance performance, but ultrarunners need to use it strategically rather than simply taking more. The key message is that caffeine is not fuel. Carbohydra
In this episode, we explore why many trail and ultra runners feel that their breathing is still under control, but their legs simply stop working. The main idea is that ultra running is not limited only by cardiovascular
This episode explains why running performance drops in hot conditions and why it is not simply a loss of fitness or lack of toughness. In the heat, the body has two jobs: keep running and protect itself from overheating.
In this episode of The Trail Running Briefing, we explore why choosing a race with purpose can be a powerful part of ultra-distance performance. Training, pacing, fuelling, strength, and recovery all matter, but when a r
This episode explains why recovery is one of the biggest limiting factors in ultrarunning performance. The key idea is that training does not create fitness by itself, training creates stress, and recovery allows the bod
Tapering is not about resting, it’s about absorbing the training you’ve already done. After weeks or months of building fatigue through long runs and hard sessions, your body needs time to recover and convert that work i
Hydration in long trail running is not just about drinking water. It is about replacing enough fluid and sodium to stay functional as conditions, duration, and sweat losses increase. This episode explains why runners can
HRV, or heart rate variability, is not a score that tells ultrarunners whether they are fit or unfit on a given day. It is a signal of how well the body is handling overall stress. That stress comes not only from trainin
Training fatigue is normal. Overtraining is not. And very often, what runners call “overtraining” is actually a mix of excessive load, poor recovery, and under-fuelling. This episode explains the difference between norma
Training hard has its place, but harder is not always better. In this episode, we explore why the real value of a session is not just in the stimulus it provides, but in the recovery cost it creates. For trail and ultra
Downhill running is one of the most damaging parts of trail racing, not because it is aerobicly hard, but because it places heavy eccentric load on the muscles, especially the quads. In this episode, we explain why downh
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The Trail Running Briefing is hosted by Coach Isaac Alcaide. The show is categorised under sports (running) and has published 28 episodes.
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