Road To Tor Des Geants, Part 2

Join Evoke coach Jack Kuenzle for another conversation with Will Peterson. Will requested the coaching services of Jack to prepare him for the 2025 Tor Des Geants, a two-hundred five mile ultra-running race with seventy-eight thousand feet of total vertical, taking place in September. 

In the second part of this series, they discuss how Will’s training has gone up to now, and how they’ll plan for this final training block. This is the second of their coaching conversations in the lead-up to Tor.Listen to episode #112 for their first conversation, and look out for Part 3 in early September.

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Will’s Podcast: From The Backcountry

Episode Guide

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:01:00 Balancing medical school rotations and training
• 00:02:02 Will’s recent training volumes and metrics
• 00:09:11 Tips on pacing and heart rate for a time trial
• 00:11:55 The structure of Will’s high-intensity sessions
• 00:19:42 More firm heart rate limits and novel stimuli
• 00:23:28 Strategies on pacing for long runs and downhills
• 00:33:09 Training efficiency with poles
• 00:36:44 Tweaking fueling strategies
• 00:41:47 Drinking to thirst at your sweat salinity 
• 00:44:44 Planning the upcoming training block
• 00:50:53 Dialing total vertical accumulation and terrain selection
• 00:56:21 Scouting the Tor course
• 00:59:02 Acclimatization and heat training
• 01:07:42 Sleep strategies for Tor
• 01:11:01 Mandatory gear for Tor
• 01:15:09 Final thoughts