It was a difficult one to put together. Honestly, not happy how it came out – I wanted it shorter. But after 4 re-shoots, here we are! You can see the new belt buckles pilling up in the back to see how much time I've spent working on this one!!! I think next tip video should be poles (but not sure)
Wicked tips much appreciated! Do you have any videos or pictures of how swollen your archiles get… I have a similar situation, do you think the back of the shoe is aggravating it by it rubbing hitting it? Have you tried anything ( compression , insert’s)that helps reduce the pain during your races Keep the vids coming !
very interesting thank you very much about talking about this topik! i never heard about that and i always thought something must be wrong with my body getting mild symptomes linke this after a great physical exertion… nobody talks about this normally.
One thing that I've learned is that with proper long term training, I'm able to recover MUCH faster. For example, a 20 mile run use to take a lot out of me, and now it's just a normal Saturday run. Same goes for ultra distances… As you alluded to, our training prepares us for the race however some of those adaptations also allow you to recover better (all other things being equal such as no new injury).
The spasms are scary. I never had them and then ran my first marathon in May. I am 45 and it was humbling. My legs spasamed a lot but I got scared because my rib and lower ab area were really spasaming. Freaked me out. Anyways, I'll do it again! One day an ultra!
You did an excellent job with this, Simon. I've lived through all these phases and it was great to see even the guy who does it all the time experiences the same. It's a process, for sure!
This was so helpful, so many valuable tips! I ran my first ultra back in May, and I was dealing with some injury in the mid phase, the pain was still present until a few weeks ago, and now I'm very slowly rebuilding my training, and being careful if the pain starts to resurface again. Thanks so much for this video again!
As always, your video was very helpful. The mental aspect of the post-race recovery is especially tricky, so it was great to hear your tips and acknowledgement.
Great video and very informative ! Thank you very much! I am personally still afraid of thinking what is going to happen during the first hours after my next race. In the best case, it will take 48 hours and more realistically something like 52..54 hours, not far from the official race cut off time of 58 hours. Could you please recommend the 3 most important things to do and what not to do during the first 6 hours after such a long race?
Thank you for sharing this. I have not yet (and am not sure if I ever will) ran an ultra, but knowing what happens after is a plus. Loved the penguin comparison 😀
This was really, really good. I understand how you feel about the video being a little long, but I do feel the content was necessary, and highly valuable! Your explanation of what starts to happen at day 4 was so accurate it was unbelievable. Feeling "okay" but maybe not quite being "really okay" yet was sooo true for me. This was the same stage when I wanted to start running harder, but stayed patient, and it really paid off – day 4/5 was when I recently tried to speed up a bit too fast and realized my primary road shoes had way too many miles on them and I was experiencing "new" knee pain. The rest of the video was spot on about taking time to really digest everything before making the next decision, although getting something new on the calendar is definitely so important. Great work, as always and the video was just right! I hope anyone newer to this sport (like me) will really pay attention to these lessons!
I just run a Spartan Ultra, 2 weeks ago. Not the same level at all, I get soooo hungry the next following days, I am non-stop eating after for days, and can gain up to 6lbs
Hello Simon, I just started my running/OCR journey, this year. Although, I am not up to your level, I have a question. I have been doing fine with the cramps, eating bananas, mustard etc., my question is, how do you handle achilles cramps/strains after running?
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It was a difficult one to put together. Honestly, not happy how it came out – I wanted it shorter. But after 4 re-shoots, here we are! You can see the new belt buckles pilling up in the back to see how much time I've spent working on this one!!!
I think next tip video should be poles (but not sure)
Wicked tips much appreciated!
Do you have any videos or pictures of how swollen your archiles get… I have a similar situation, do you think the back of the shoe is aggravating it by it rubbing hitting it? Have you tried anything ( compression , insert’s)that helps reduce the pain during your races
Keep the vids coming !
very interesting thank you very much about talking about this topik!
i never heard about that and i always thought something must be wrong with my body getting mild symptomes linke this after a great physical exertion… nobody talks about this normally.
Did you eat 3 In-n-out burgers!!!?
One thing that I've learned is that with proper long term training, I'm able to recover MUCH faster. For example, a 20 mile run use to take a lot out of me, and now it's just a normal Saturday run. Same goes for ultra distances… As you alluded to, our training prepares us for the race however some of those adaptations also allow you to recover better (all other things being equal such as no new injury).
The spasms are scary. I never had them and then ran my first marathon in May. I am 45 and it was humbling. My legs spasamed a lot but I got scared because my rib and lower ab area were really spasaming. Freaked me out. Anyways, I'll do it again! One day an ultra!
We recover very similarly! Great advice keeping in mind that we all recover differently!
You did an excellent job with this, Simon. I've lived through all these phases and it was great to see even the guy who does it all the time experiences the same. It's a process, for sure!
Thank you for sharing, Simon; great video!
This was so helpful, so many valuable tips! I ran my first ultra back in May, and I was dealing with some injury in the mid phase, the pain was still present until a few weeks ago, and now I'm very slowly rebuilding my training, and being careful if the pain starts to resurface again. Thanks so much for this video again!
As always, your video was very helpful. The mental aspect of the post-race recovery is especially tricky, so it was great to hear your tips and acknowledgement.
Thankyou for sharing all your insights. This is an excellent video
Just finished a 100km yesterday, this is perfect timing!
Great video and very informative ! Thank you very much! I am personally still afraid of thinking what is going to happen during the first hours after my next race. In the best case, it will take 48 hours and more realistically something like 52..54 hours, not far from the official race cut off time of 58 hours. Could you please recommend the 3 most important things to do and what not to do during the first 6 hours after such a long race?
Thank you for sharing this. I have not yet (and am not sure if I ever will) ran an ultra, but knowing what happens after is a plus. Loved the penguin comparison 😀
You probably recovered faster because filming the process made you more cognizant of what your body is feeling and what it needs. Great video!
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing!
This was really, really good. I understand how you feel about the video being a little long, but I do feel the content was necessary, and highly valuable! Your explanation of what starts to happen at day 4 was so accurate it was unbelievable. Feeling "okay" but maybe not quite being "really okay" yet was sooo true for me. This was the same stage when I wanted to start running harder, but stayed patient, and it really paid off – day 4/5 was when I recently tried to speed up a bit too fast and realized my primary road shoes had way too many miles on them and I was experiencing "new" knee pain. The rest of the video was spot on about taking time to really digest everything before making the next decision, although getting something new on the calendar is definitely so important. Great work, as always and the video was just right! I hope anyone newer to this sport (like me) will really pay attention to these lessons!
I just run a Spartan Ultra, 2 weeks ago. Not the same level at all, I get soooo hungry the next following days, I am non-stop eating after for days, and can gain up to 6lbs
Hello Simon, I just started my running/OCR journey, this year. Although, I am not up to your level, I have a question. I have been doing fine with the cramps, eating bananas, mustard etc., my question is, how do you handle achilles cramps/strains after running?
I think the post-race blues is something we often don't talk about but is important to know. Watch out for that!