Injuries are an unfortunate, but often inevitable part of long-distance running. They can sideline you for weeks or even months, disrupting your training and casting doubts on your future performance. However, with the right approach, recovering from an injury can make you a stronger and more resilient runner. Understanding the Cause of Your Injury The […]
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Heart rate variability, or HRV, refers to ways to quantify the variation in heartbeats. This variation between heartbeats is mostly due to how the body responds to stress, and as such, we can try to use this information to better understand how we are responding to training or how our lifestyle or behavior is impacting
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As a sports dietitian I am often asked ‘what should I be eating on race day?’ and ‘what do you eat before you run?’. Whilst these are important questions I rarely get asked about the role of nutrition in recovery. Recovery is a vital part of training and if you don’t give your body time
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Nutrition and hydration is many runners’ favourite topic – and for good reason. What one eats and drinks while running is as individual and important as having comfortable running shoes. But getting nutrition and hydration right is generally more difficult than finding the perfect shoe. Firstly, it’s not guaranteed to work the same on every race,
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There is no doubt that interest in nutrition has risen significantly in recent years, particularly with the advent of Instagram. It seems that never before has what we eat been of such importance. There are many different opinions that cause a huge amount of controversy in the world of nutrition. With more and more individuals
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By Renee McGregor There is no doubt that interest in nutrition has risen significantly in recent years, particularly with the advent of Instagram. It seems that never before has what we eat been of such importance. There are many different opinions that cause a huge amount of controversy in the world of nutrition. With more
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Last updated: 17-Apr-19 By Robbie Britton Everyone is running ultra marathons now, it’s the cool thing to do. Lots are even skipping the initial marathon and jumping straight to the long stuff, but what should you think about before tackling your first ultra? Often the running media gives an unbalanced view of the running world.
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By Andy Mouncey Now you’re not short of articles telling you how to plan your training – which is fair enough as most of us: Don’t have a coach to do it for us. Don’t have oceans of time to train (so getting the most from what we have is kind of crucial). Don’t have
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Last updated: 10-Mar-21 By James Eacott As the iconic Marathon des Sables (MDS) draws near (kicking off early April), it’d be easy to focus solely on the last-minute physical preparations needed to get you into peak shape for the event. But let’s be honest, there many articles out there (including on RunUltra) about peaking for
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Last updated: 10-Mar-21 By James Eacott I’ve completed one and a half multi-day ultra marathons in the jungle. I say “half” because I followed a successful Jungle Marathon with a DNF at the Beyond The Ultimate Jungle Ultra. I don’t recall much beyond wallowing in a stream, physically exhausted. I’d not drunk enough and hadn’t
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