#137 Ask Evoke: Athlete-Submitted Questions For August 2026

Join Coaches Andy Reed and Kylee Toth for our August installment of Ask Evoke, where they answer training questions submitted by members of the Evoke Endurance community.

To submit your own training questions, or if you would like to learn more about the Evoke Endurance community, visit our Reddit forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/evokeendurance/, or contact us here.

Episode Guide

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:53 Role of plyometrics training in ultra-running

00:05:18 Improving down-hill resilience 

00:12:22 Scheduling around an inter-block break from training

00:15:14 Evoke methodology relevant to cycling 

00:22:25 Aerobic deficiency and adding weight 

00:24:55 Chronic Training Load’s relationship to volume

00:28:25 Favorite workouts

00:29:40 Pre-race capstone runs 

00:34:20 Back-to-back long runs 

00:36:57 Utilizing zone 1 for fast athletes

00:38:30 An elite’s staple workouts for 100 mile runs

00:43:38 Improving at running hills 

00:46:36 Beginner tips for improving aerobic capacity

00:48:05 Day-to-day heart rate & RPE variation  

00:53:12 LT1 speed vs LT2 speed 

00:53:55 Training muscular endurance on Zwift

00:54:48 Mitochondrial function

00:55:39 Thoughts on stretching

00:59:45 Muscular endurance benefits for flats

01:01:10 Rucking in zone 2

01:02:02 Choosing specific races

01:03:57 Thoughts on agility 

01:05:15 ME training and tapering

01:08:07 Recent Tour de France outcomes

01:12:31 Tempo vs. threshold training for ultras

01:16:19 Strength training for marathons

01:22:18 Outro and thanks