Predicting your Half Marathon Time, Caffeine's Impact on your Sleep and Updates to the 2025 WADA list

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Episode 37 covers some updates to WADA’s banned list, the impact of caffeine on sleep and half marathon time prediction. We also briefly discuss Grand Slam Track’s venue announcements, Neymar hits the doctor’s office and we cover a bunch of community shoutouts and listener questions.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:50) David’s Background

(10:04) David’s Training

(12:00) Xylon’s Update

(17:50) Community Shoutouts

(22:48) Listener Question on Bone Stress Injuries

(25:30) Calcium Supplementation

(28:39) Listener Question on Kelvin Kiptum’s Potential

(36:00) Grand Slam Track Venues

(38:59) Prediction of Half Marathon Times

(46:35) Updates on WADA Banned List for 2025

(49:50) Caffeine and Impacts on Sleep

(56:53) Doctor’s Office - Neymar

(63:17) November’s 1% Better Challenge

(64:30) What We are Watching

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Articles on Predicting Half Marathon Pace

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38685085/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37534223/

2025 Banned Substance List

https://www.usada.org/spirit-of-sport/new-2025-wada-prohibited-list/

Article on Caffeine and Sleep

https://academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sleep/zsae230/7815486?login=false

Article on Hamstring Injuries Post ACL Reconstruction

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34709603/

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