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1y ago
As an endurance sport participant, competitor and coach a main source of learning and enjoyment is social media posts, podcasts and blogs, just that general online content. I figured it might be nice to wrap up what I’ve been listening to, reading or scrolling through on a week-by-week basis for your enjoyment!
September 12th
The below blog post written by Killian Jornet gives some insight into the training of an ultra-endurance trail runner. It is a fascinating read that covers everything from training volume to nutrition to equipment. Well worth grabbing a coffee and sitting down with this o ..read more
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1y ago
“Serious athletes come in two varieties: those who have been injured, and those who have not been injured yet” (Brown, 2005)
While this is probably a very grim way to start this post, it is unfortunately fairly close to the truth. As Jamie was describing in this blog post, cycling crashes happen all the time and this is similar in other endurance sports. In a sense, you are bound to get yourself an injury if you perform in a sport over a longer period of time. And if the injury is bad enough, this will mean having to take time off training for an extended period of time and to enter rehabilita ..read more
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1y ago
The recommended amount of sleep for young adults (18-25) is 7-9 hours, for older adults this figure drops slightly to 7-8 hours. These are the guidelines set by the US National Sleep Foundation.
When compared against these sleep targets, research has shown that elite athletes obtain less sleep or the minimum amount of sleep that the guidelines would suggest (Lastella et al., 2015, 2020).
While we know missing out on sleep is never a good thing there is a considerable variance across athletes’ response to sleep loss and a lack of understanding on how much sleep athletes really need!
This study ..read more
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1y ago
This study aimed to retrospectively analyze runner’s data uploaded to an online training platform (Runtastic) for all those who had completed at least one workout between 2017 and 2019 of 41-43KM in distance. You can view our full run down of the piece above.
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