The Art of Ultra Running with Zach Bitter

Zach Bitters goes 1 on 1 with Vinnie Tortorich to discuss ultra running on this Friday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty ULTRA RUNNING Zach is an ultra runner Been on the podcast a few times What starts in the ultra world, trickles down into your work out, you being healthier Holds the 100 mile American record which he bested by 12 minutes Holds the 200k record by about 30 minutes Holds 12 hour run world record from event called Desert Solstice pick a distance under 24 hours and chase the record HISTORY Zach in the past few years was coaching, training, and was a full time teacher Last school year, he stepped away from teaching to focus on coaching, training, and racing Moved to west coast (Davis) to do this In NorCal he has an easier time training for hilly things and more things overall ZERO DROP FOOTWEAR APPROACH Zach found that this was the best when doing biomechanics research Bouncing on his toes would be better for his feet He went with Ultra Footwear because they give a holistic approach Toes are more spread out in the foot Better for trail running due to toe splay PHYSIOLOGY Zach started looking at people who couldn't take the hard load of training He averages 5000 miles of training for the past 3 years He doesn't want to burn out -- doesn't think he will Runner, Frank, 70 and hasn't burnt out Burning out has to do with stress (every day stress) and nutrition VINNIE'S TRAINING Takes 30 mins to get to Zone 1 / Zone 2 135 bpm Spins each day which makes him dream New shoulder is making this possible He thinks about getting into ultra cycling again Not necessarily competing, just training DIET A listener who is in ketosis climbed Whitney with her daughter Had coffee and some food at the top When Vinnie climbed Whitney, he had some bacon and eggs, then barely any protein powder -- all in dietary ketosis Zach does not measure his ketosis but stays in a state where he can utilize carbs the best without eating too many Low amount of sugar ! Purifies macronutrient ratios Won't eat carbs after a hard work out Carbs hurt your body and cause oxidative stress Vinnie found that lifesavers are the perfect carb for sugar trickle while cycling Ketosis isn't necesarry as long as you are monitoring carbs properly Check out Zach and his website here!