Ep.68: XTERRA Triathlon World Champion Josiah Middaugh
Bob and Dina meet with Josiah Middaugh, a three decade off-road multisport athlete who has competed at the highest level with World and National Championship wins in XTERRA, fat biking, and snowshoeing. Tune in to this episode to learn more about his background and athletic accomplishments, his current day endeavors, and how his nutrition has supported him along the way.
We discuss:
Josiah’s athletic background and his nutrition journey from a young athlete to current day
How he got into mountain biking and turned to professional Xterra racing soon thereafter
Aspects of his fueling for Xterra and mountain bike stage racing
His heat adaptation training strategies
How he took on coaching athletes and started a coaching business based out of Vail
The reasons he decided not to coach his sons who are up and coming athletes
“Athletes are doing more with more, not more with less.” – Josiah Middaugh
More about our guest:
As an athlete, Josiah reached the pinnacle of his sport in 2015 by winning the XTERRA World Championship. He has accumulated several National Championships in a variety of disciplines such as snowshoe racing, long course triathlon, winter triathlon, fat biking, along with 15 XTERRA National Championship titles. He considers himself a multi-sport athlete of all seasons and his professional racing career has spanned three decades. Along the way, he has built a successful coaching business and he has a masters degree in Human Movement. Josiah lives in Eagle-Vail, Colorado where he and his amazing wife Ingrid have raised three wonderful kids, Sullivan (19), Porter (17), and Larsen (12).
Links:
Xterra Hall of Fame 2021 video
Josiah’s coaching services
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