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The Endurance Athlete Journey
The Endurance Athlete Journey Podcast helps runners, triathletes, and endurance athletes train smarter, fuel better, and build long-term durability in sport.
Hosted by Coach Justin and sports dietitian Katie, the show explores the training, nutrition, recovery, and mindset challenges endurance athletes actually face—without the confusion and generic internet fitness advice that often leads to burnout, inconsistency, and frustration.
From first triathlons and swim anxiety to fueling mistakes, recovery, race-day expectations, and balancing training with real life, each episode combines practical coaching insight with evidence-based nutrition guidance and honest athlete conversations to help listeners better understand the “why” behind their training and fueling decisions.
Whether you’re preparing for your first race or trying to become a more complete endurance athlete, this podcast gives you clear, experience-driven guidance you can actually apply to your training, recovery, and performance.
The Endurance Athlete Journey
Episode 25: Periodizing Your Nutrition For Race Day Success
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Summary
In this episode of the Endurance Athlete Journey podcast, hosts Katie and Justin delve into the concept of nutrition periodization and its importance for endurance athletes. They discuss the significance of aligning nutrition strategies with training plans, the role of communication between coaches and athletes, and the impact of nutrition on performance and injury prevention. The conversation also touches on advanced strategies for fat adaptation, weight loss, and the unique considerations for aging athletes. Throughout the episode, the hosts emphasize the need for balance and the importance of starting with the basics of nutrition before exploring more complex strategies.
Takeaways
- Nutrition is a significant part of the endurance puzzle.
- Periodization of nutrition can enhance performance outcomes.
- Communication with your coach is crucial for success.
- The basics of nutrition should be prioritized before advanced strategies.
- Fat adaptation is not necessarily about improving speed or race times.
- Injury prevention can be supported through proper nutrition.
- Aging athletes may require different nutritional strategies.
- Weight loss should be approached carefully in relation to training volume.
- Small changes in nutrition can lead to significant results.
- Balance in nutrition is key, try to plan nutrition while avoiding obsession.
For coaching inquiries:
Coach Katie → https://fuel2run.com
Coach Justin → https://tabularasaracing.com
Podcast Email → theenduranceathletejourney@gmail.com
