{"podcast":{"title":"Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter","slug":"human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527","podcast_index_feed_id":65527,"rss_url":"https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/c/b/0/1cb0a54fe83ba10316c3140a3186d450/ZB_Spotify_v3.png","author":"Zach Bitter","episode_count":521,"summary":"Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast. Your host Zach Bitter, will take you through a series of interesting topics around health, fitness, endurance, running, hybrid athlete training, ultramarathon, and nutrition. Join in for interviews with folks exploring their outer limits and research in a wide variety of sports, fitness, and nutrition.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T06:23:16.170819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 495: Performance Enhancing Drugs In Ultramarathon | Kilian Korth","slug":"episode-495-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-ultramarathon-kilian-korth","published_at":"2026-07-29T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-495-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-ultramarathon-kilian-korth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527","url":"https://humanperformanceoutliers.libsyn.com/episode-495-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-ultramarathon-kilian-korth","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/humanperformanceoutliers/Ep.495_PEDsUltrarunning_KilianKorth.mp3?dest-id=685773","summary":"Kilian Korth joined the show to have a discussion around ultrarunning's growing professionalization without sophisticated regulated drug testing, the limits and trade-offs of WADA/USADA-style regimes, and why \"doping\" as a blanket term obscures intent and severity. We unpack gray areas such as THC thresholds, TUE complexity for common medications, transparency vs backlash, influencer incentives, and the future pressure regenerative medicine and technology (e.g., super shoes) may place on sport rules. Kilian : IG: @runtoughmindset | Substack: https://substack.com/@runtoughmindset Sponsors: LMNT : https://drinkLMNT.com/HPO (free sample pack with purchase) deltaG : https://deltagketones.com Code: BITTER20 (20% Off) True Nutrition : https://truenutrition.com/hpo Code: HPO (20% Off) Episode Summary & Notes : Zach Bitter & Kilian Korth on PEDs, incentives, and doping in ultrarunning Context & framing Conversation is the third appearance by Kilian on Zach's podcast; shifts from traditional training/racing episodes toward current events in running. Sparked by recent doping-related controversies (Cam Hanes / Sage Canaday online conflict, Mike McKnight's discussion of BPC-157 use on Hanes' podcast). Both emphasize moving beyond narrow focus on specific peptides/cases to broader structural issues. Activism, incentives & tribalism Skepticism of modern activism: good causes often get distorted by perverse incentives (attention, platform growth, organizational self-preservation/mission creep). Online environments (especially short-form social media) reward polarization over curiosity or truth-seeking. Parallel drawn to low-carb diet advocacy: movement shifted from exploration of pros/cons toward dietary supremacy and identity attachment. Both hosts value changing one's mind with new…","meta_description":"Kilian Korth joined the show to have a discussion around ultrarunning's growing professionalization without sophisticated regulated drug testing, the limi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6925,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episodes/episode-495-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-ultramarathon-kilian-korth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/human-performance-outliers-podcast-with-zach-bitter-65527/episode-495-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-ultramarathon-kilian-korth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}