Ask Evoke: Athlete-Submitted Questions For April 2026

Join Coaches Maya Seckinger and Nikki Larochelle for our April 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.

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Episode Guide

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:05:58 Time in zone 2 vs. even more time in Z1/low-Z2
• 00:10:27 Training while raising children
• 00:13:38 Optimal heart rate zone range for a long hike
• 00:15:56 Training during transition periods between seasonal events
• 00:19:48 Is there an upper limit for high-volume days?
• 00:23:28 General advice for pacing a first 50k race
• 00:30:57 General signs of fatigue vs. fitness improvements
• 00:34:30 Integrating aerobic base work as a tri-athlete 
• 00:36:34 How attentive to heart rate spikes does a beginner athlete need to be?
• 00:40:50 Recovering from over training and overcoming aerobic deficiency 
• 00:46:50 Outro and thanks