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That Triathlon Show

Run training with Hugo van den Broek | EP#242

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Hugo van den Broek is an elite running coach based in Kenya, with a professional running background himself and a 2:12 personal best for the marathon. In this interview, he discusses his training and coaching philosophy for distance running.    IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The mental aspects of running and endurance sports -Training volume and training intensity distribution -Periodisation -Threshold training -Training monitoring -Differences between fast-twitch and slow-twitch dominant athletes -Training for time-crunched athletes   SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts242/   SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast   SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free.   ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: Train Smater Run Faster - Hugo's website The Kenya Experience All past running episodes on That Triathlon Show   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/   CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0

Well, when I talk about threshold training, I talk more about Zone 4.

0:04.0

And that is what most coaches actually call the threshold training.

0:07.7

And you might not be running under your threshold, but the training is meant to improve your threshold.

0:12.1

That's why we call it threshold training, right?

0:14.0

So, and whether you're on 4mm,000 or 5 or 6, yeah, actually that's not very important for me.

0:23.6

That Traflon Soon Show 242. Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.

0:43.5

The podcast presented by ScientificTraflon.com.

0:47.4

I'm our host Michael and on today's episode I interview Hugo Fandembroke.

0:52.1

Hugo is an elite running coach based in Kenya.

0:54.7

He is from the Netherlands though.

0:56.7

He is a former professional runner with a two hours, 12 minute personal best for the marathon.

1:02.4

These days, Hugo is a running coach.

1:04.8

He works with both elite and upcoming elite runners in Kenya locally and also with amateur runners and some elite runners

1:13.2

remotely across the world. So we'll get into Hugo's coaching philosophy and training philosophy

1:20.1

as it pertains to running right after thanking our sponsors. First we have precision hydration.

1:26.3

They make electrolyte products that you can match to your

1:29.3

individual sweat sodium content. So people that lose a lot of sodium in their sweat will get

1:35.2

an electrolyte supplement with more sodium in it, a higher concentration of sodium. And those that do

1:40.9

not have as much sodium in their sweat, they will have a less concentrated supplement.

1:45.8

So that's something that is very important, especially in hotter climates and in longer events

1:51.8

or longer races or training days. And it's summer in the northern hemisphere, so at least here in

1:57.6

Portugal, it is very hot. I'm suffering a little bit, but it's okay. But definitely

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