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🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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“It’s actually been really fun to start coaching, understanding what works for other people and that helps me in my own training,” says Jonathan Albon, 2014 Spartan World Champion, on the transition to coaching while training full-time.
Spartan Up Endurance Series host, Johnny Waite, talks with Jonathan about coaching, heart rate zone targeting and how Jonathon gets the most out of his athletes. In this episode you’ll learn…
-How to use technology to improve training
-How Jonathon defines being over threshold vs under threshold and when you should hit each zone
-How to train for a race in the high altitude zones
-What heart rate zone Jonathan targets for training
More about Jonathan:
Jonathan Albon is an all-round athlete who competes in both obstacle course racing and trail running. Current stats include: undefeated OCR World Champion, current Trail World Champion and Ultra Skyrunning World Champion. Jonn has seen much success within both sports - running and OCR - with an appetite for adventure and pushing his limits. Who knows where his sporting pursuits will take him next. Jon is proudly supported by vj sport, ultimate direction & mountain fuel.
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0:00.0 | It's actually been really fun for me starting coaching and actually trying to understand what works for other people and that's in turn helped me in my training myself. |
0:11.1 | So I'm actually learning as much that I can put back into my own training from |
0:15.0 | coaching other people and it's been both a great learning experience and a lot of fun |
0:20.3 | to try and solve the puzzle because for some people it's pretty easy and what |
0:24.2 | works for me is what really worked for them and for other people it can be |
0:26.9 | really difficult and it takes a lot of like second guessing and a lot of |
0:30.8 | yeah a lot of thinking. |
0:33.0 | Welcome to the Spartan endurance series on Spartan Up |
0:37.1 | podcast with host Johnny White. |
0:39.5 | Hey Spartans, we are back with Jonathan Eldon for another great interview. |
0:44.0 | This time we talk more about technology and coaching and how to use the two to find your best |
0:48.0 | self. |
0:50.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Amazfit. |
0:53.5 | From May 18th to May 31st, Spartan Up listeners can head to US. Amazfit.com |
1:00.2 | slash Pages slash Spartan to save 40 dollars on a bundle that includes the Amazfit T-Rex Pro that's US |
1:08.2 | dot Amazfit.com slash pages slash Spartan. |
1:14.0 | Hey everyone welcome back to the Spartan Up |
1:16.2 | Endurance Podcast. I've got John Elbin again and John is a professional |
1:21.0 | athlete now. He's a full-time runner, full-time racer, lives in Norway. |
1:25.0 | And we talked before about how he got started, some of his training philosophy. So if you haven't seen that one, definitely go back and watch it because there's some very actionable information for everyone. |
1:34.3 | But John, we talked a little bit in the break and I wanted to come back and dive into this. |
1:39.0 | Everyone has the technology now. |
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