Race Ready
Hosted by Andy and Brian and Andy Newell and Brian Halligan · Nordic Team Solutions
5.0from 131 ratings
- 71
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 131
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Race Ready
Race Ready is the go-to podcast for Nordic skiing and biathlon coaches, athletes, and endurance sport enthusiasts. Hosted by Olympian Andy Newell and U.S. Biathlon coach Brian Halligan, each episode dives into technique, training, race strategy, and athlete development. Hear from top coaches, pros, and sport scientists as we explore what it takes to perform at your best—on and off the snow. Contact us with questions or topic requests: contact@nordicteamsolutions.com
- Publisher
- Nordic Team Solutions
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 11 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 71 episodes have a transcript.
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S2 E25: The VO₂ Max Sweet Spot: Finding Your Perfect Intensity
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S2 E24. Gus Schumacher on Training Smarter, Racing Faster & Olympic Silver
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
S2E23. The USSS Development Watershed w/ Lizzie Larkins
Inside a recent episode
S2 E25: The VO₂ Max Sweet Spot: Finding Your Perfect Intensity
Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that's exactly what we're talking about when we're building VO two max and we're targeting 90% of our, of our VO two max during these L four intervals. So just like Gus mentioned, harder is not always better find that controllable pace where, I like to cue the athletes. It should be comfortably uncomfortable. I like that term, comfortably uncomfortable to do a four minute interval at that pace. You shouldn't have to collapse onto your poles. Like if you are breathing so hard that you have to come to a complete stop at the end of a four minute interval and just hang on your poles to catch your breath, chances are you've been going too hard. […]
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- Gus Schumacher
- Lizzie Larkins
- Dani Aravich
- David Norris
- Colin Rodgers
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 50 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 81 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100
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- Quality
- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Race Ready?
Andy and Brian and Andy Newell and Brian Halligan host the show. Published by Nordic Team Solutions.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Race Ready take guests?
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