Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

Coach James McKirdy is bringing the pro treatment to non-professional athletes by offering the McKirdy Micro Race series with services like personal pacing and bottle service. 

We brought James on to tell us all about how he’s helping runners achieve personal bests including:

• What goes into creating a race designed to go fast
• Why he believes it’s important for amateur runners to gain access to these type of services
• How to finally hit a racing goal you might have been chasing for a long time
• How to train for achieving common marathon goals such as breaking 3 hours or 4 hours in the marathon
• What it’s like to compete with a group of runners who are all chasing the same goal
• How to give more opportunities for amateur runners to achieve their own running potential

James is a huge supporter of helping athletes achieve their own potential and we love what he’s doing to make the race conditions for high performance more accessible.

https://mckirdytrained.com/

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Ketone-IQ

You may have read a lot the last few years about the benefits of ketones for endurance performance, such as mitochondrial efficiency and glycogen sparing.

Your body uses ketones for energy typically during fasting, long periods of exercise, or when you don’t have as many carbohydrates.

The problem is that you typically need to severely reduce your carbohydrate intake in order to take advantage of them, which is difficult to sustain, even for the most dedicated runner.

But, thanks to Ketone-IQ you quickly deliver ketones to your bloodstream, putting you into ketosis within minutes without the need to fast, restrict calories or carbs, or exercise away your glycogen stores.

And the academic literature on the effectiveness of ketones for running performance is overwhelming. 

For example, a 2021 study demonstrated that the ingestion of ketones improved mitochondrial efficiency by 7% and 2019 study concluded that