And I do not believe in the sort of quote unquote micro interval, you know, phenomenon.

You know, short intervals feel easier because they are easier.

And if you look at V-O-2 while people do intervals, like, you know, V-O-2 can remain quite low if you keep the intervals too short.

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Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Triathlon show, the podcast

presented by Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview

Dr. Philip Skiba. Dr. Skiba is one of the most knowledgeable and sought-after persons in the entire endurance

sports industry, as evidenced by the fact that he was an integral part of the team that

was tasked by Nike to prepare Elliot Kipchogi and the other runners that were involved

in the Breaking 2 project for what on the surface seemed like a superhuman feat.

And in addition to that, he has, as we'll get into, been hired by the British Triathlon Federation

to prepare the Brits for the London Olympics in 2012.

He might be a name that many of you may not have heard of if you're not following triathlon coaching and research very, very closely.

Because he's perhaps not somebody who is the most out there and active on social media and that sort of thing.

But trust me when I say that he's one of the superstars behind the scenes.

And to me, as somebody who does follow the industry very very closely he's absolutely one of the biggest names and dream guests

that I've ever had on the podcast so so this is a big hit I would like to call it just a quick

note that at the end of the interview or a bit before the end of the interview,

actually, Dr. Skiba has to run away to a patient situation, so our interview ends rather abruptly

there. There are a few things that I would still have liked to discuss. And of course,

we missed the important rapid fire questions but i hope that this means that we

might have a follow-up interview with with him in the future we'll get right into the interview

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