Twitter and Facebook were abuzz this week with a story on NYTimes.com “Non-alcoholic beer aids marathon recovery.” Cute story that followed up on the positive effects of polyphenols in workout recovery. Problem is, the lead paragraph was pretty misleading, indicating that the beer must be non-alcoholic to have the beneficial effect.
Came across a tidbit in the most recent Men’s Journal (March 2011) that cited a University Hospital of Ulm, Germany, study, saying, “while endurance runners can suffer plenty of bone fractures and joint problems that need rest to heal, they’re able to run through most muscle pain, especially in the upper and lower legs, without [...]
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Sports nutritionist Ben Greenfield, who just became the new owner of the Endurance Planet podcast, shared his top 5 sports nutrition lessons from 2010 in the last episode (check it out here). A couple of these really caught my attention as they seem to fly in the face of not only conventional wisdom, but volumes [...]
My season of skipping a marathon in favor of trackwork and short races ended with many fall race goals met (and expectations exceeded), others abandoned in the face of injury, and finally, even the injury providing an awesome opportunity, the motivation to drop out of my last planned race and pace our 8-year-old in his [...]
I love the marathon. The preparation for racing this distance is a rigorous test of mind, body and spirit. It requires discipline and strategy, and enduring the training eases and clears my mind to tackle the non-running challenges life presents. But as I found myself finishing up Vermont City Marathon at the end of May, [...]
My (otherwise excellent) Advanced Marathoning training book gives this advice for taper week: “If at all possible, during the last week before the marathon, reduce not just your training but also the amount of stress in your life.” It goes on to recommend, “Avoid having major deadlines at work or other energy-draining undertakings.” Ha. In [...]
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