Into the fifth week of training block, realized that I had not written the dates in on my printed off wall plan.

Well HELLO extra week of training! I'm only in week FOUR! The disappointment in myself for not being able to count weeks is totally replaced by the joy of an extra week of training and knowing that the elevation I did last weekend was BONUS elevation! Happy Tuesday to me!

#UltraTrail #UltraRunner #Zone2 #Zone2Training #GetOutside #Run #RunChat #Running

"We've tested the same shoe on men and women runners, and we've found in our research it's eighty percent tighter on the women's forefoot compared to the men in the exact same shoe" Allison Meadows quoted in Up to Speed The groundbreaking science of women athletes.

So many narrow shoes! So impossible to find a good fit. Because the lasts are based on men's feet!

So validating! And CURRENT! 2023

#Run #RunChat #Running #GetOutside #Shoes #RunningShoes #UltraRunner #UltraTrail #Books #AmReading

I am about 25% of the way through Christine Yu's Up to Speed The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes.

So validating. So good. The chapter on Period Power was excellent.

Having had to navigate the health care system as a female and an athlete, it is challenging as heck when you get treated like a 22-year-old male rather than a postpartum female because of the data available. If you do sports, you should read this.

#Sports #Run #Yoga #GetOutside #Bike #UltraRunner #WomenInSports

Can Women Outperform Men in Sports? That’s the Wrong Question to Ask.

In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, ‘Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes,’ longtime Outside contributor Christine Yu argues that female athletes deserve their own benchmarks for athletic success.

#Run #RunFar #Ultra #UltraRunner #UltraTrail #GetOutside #Books #RunChat

Twist my arm, book ordered!

https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/female-athlete-science-up-to-speed-book-christine-yu/

Did a long jog this weekend. The heat was next level, 40+% DNF rate. Happy to have just got the finish.

Thanks in no small part to my elite pacing team @ivor @cara, thanks, you both deserve a bit of this for getting me to the finish.

Definitely the hardest thing I have ever done, but glad to have finally got some redemption from dropping at 75miles in 2021

#sdw100 #trailrunning #ultrarunner #coros

Tossed on the sneakers and headed out for a slow-cat shuffle for the first time in two weeks, my last run being a 58.85km with 1494m climbing. I can't describe the joy just grabbing my socks was as I got ready. Even single moment from start to finish was so damn good. Easing back into it as I start the build again towards #UTHC80 in September. So grateful to grind out this training block!

#Ultra #UltraTrail #UltraRunner #GetOutside #GratefullyGrinding #Run #RecoveryRun #Zone2 #Zone2Training

The World’s Oldest Ultramarathon Runner Is Racing against Death

Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits

#UltraRunning #UltraRunner #Run #RunChat #Runners #GetOutside #TrailRunning

https://thewalrus.ca/worlds-oldest-ultramarathon-runner/

I don't like cold. Anything under 24C is cold. I tough it out over the winter and #GetOutside for sports. Obviously, pup walks, regardless of weather. I am willing to make the best of my location. But I hate being cold.

I just told my watch I was on a treadmill and ran on a bosu ball because I am done with this faux spring. Bring on the HEAT!

#SpringRace #UltraRunner #IsItSummerYet #Run #RunChat

Pace and distance were almost spot on for my HR/Time. Good for ankle mobility & core strength!

Who’s following the #Cocodona250 livestream?!?

https://www.youtube.com/live/s8FDnwuoEUA?feature=share

#ultrarunner #Ultramarathon #UltraRunning

Repeating a training plan from last year. Feels different. I've checked my mileage, my altitude, and my step count. All freakishly close. Yet it feels like less (that nagging 'have I trained enough?' a month out from race day). Will shake off that feeling on a #LongRun tomorrow

#OhMeNerves #TrustTheTraining #Run #RunChat #UltraRunner

I have thought about the acknowledgment section of my thesis on long runs for years. Practice gratitude and the kilometres fly.

Now I have to write it and I am a state, a blubbering mess. So many to thank. Fuck, what a beautiful problem to have. Just need to be able to see the keyboard.

#Gratitude #CantStopCrying #PhDLife #Acknowledgements #AmWriting #AcademicWriting #LongRun #RunningThoughts #Runner #RunnersOfMastodon #UltraRunner

When you live somewhere flat and you race on mountains.

500m elevation in 6km. I'm impressed with my ability to go up and down the same ravine wall over and over and over again. Desperately jealous of people who live near mountains but pleased with my mental game.

#Run #RunChat #Hills #Running #UltraRunner #GetOutside #SpringRunning

Chasing the runner’s high: the elusive buzz scientists are still figuring out

The promise of a runner’s high hovers tantalisingly on the horizon, but pinning down exactly what it is – and where else you can get it – is tricky

#Run #Running #RunChat #UltraRunner #TrailRunning #GetOutside
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/09/chasing-the-runners-high-the-elusive-buzz-scientists-are-still-figuring-out

The discipline required when you are still in your Z1 warm up and your song comes on!

Third run subbed for a bike workout this week because ice storm and I am really done with winter!

I usually hit the winter wall in March so maybe personal development that I am hitting it in April? Or that winter is still here?

#Winter #Run #Running #SpringRace #TrainerRide #SwimBikeRun #UltraRunner

Got notification that my flight to the Cocodona 250 is in a month 🤮 #ultrarunning #ultrarunner

Put on the towing harness for a trail run and pulled one of the kids around on the trails in a sled.

Primary benefit: base

Ultimate benefit: Being able to say, "Yer Mudder's a badass!" mid run!

#TrailRunning #GetOutside #SledPull #OttawaRunners #WinterRunning #RunningWithKids #UltraRunning #UltraTrail #UltraRunner #Newfoundlander #Run #RunChat

Any other #bm100 fanatics hiding on here? It seems like race weekend is upon us soon! #running #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #ultramarathon #trailrunning (adding all the hashtags for visibility)

Should have tensed before taking the photo! 😆

What’s that on your arm? A Continuous Glucose Monitor, or CGM.

Are you diabetic? I don’t think so, my bloods always come back good. 🙂

So why are you wearing one? Let me explain…

Continued on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CowaInitupy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

#run #running #runner #runners #UltraRunner #RunningCommunity #RunnersLife #RunLife #running #UKRunchat #LongDistanceRunner #RunningMotivation #UltraRunning #UltraTraining

The Hoka Mafate Speed 4 isn’t a new shoe technically, but I don’t see a lot of people running in it. That should change with this version! New review posted today!! ✌️@hoka

https://youtu.be/tBUII0QKbKc
#trailrunner #Trailrunning #ultramarathon #ultrarunner #UltraRunning

COROS APEX 2 Pro - Kilian Jornet Special Edition - Training Camp, Unboxing, and First Impressions
https://youtu.be/9oH2AExr6a8

#UltraMarathon #ultrarunner #Ultrarunners #coros #Trailrunning #trailrunner