Training Tuesday #102: If You Don’t Use It You Lose It!

Mary Martin is the race director of the Standhope Ultra Challenge in Idaho: a race built for women, parents, and the next generation of mountain athletes.

The training, the current Pro scene, the race itself, and what HM / Marathon fitness allows you to do makes these the best race distances!

The training, the current Pro scene, the race itself, and what 5k / 10k fitness allows you to do makes these the best race distances!

Former NCAA D1 swimmer, current NYU med student, and recent Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifier off less than 50 miles per week!

The training, the current Pro scene, the race itself, and what Mile fitness allows you to do makes the Mile the best race distance!

Today’s topics: HRV, Strength Training, Extra Sleep vs Extra Training, 100M readiness, Strava Overtraining, and Backwards Walking. 

Kirk is back in the studio and we’re answering your most pressing running questions!

A nutrition coach and sports dietitian in addition to being a runner herself, Kylee specializes in endurance athletes struggling with complex GI issues, race fueling complexities, disordered  eating, eating disorders, low energy availability, and REDS. 

Sound familiar? The RMR podcast did this exact topic this week. Rich didn’t listen to this, we didn’t listen to his, and we did not discuss our talking points with each other prior to recording! Mostly because Rich didn’t know we were doing this. Check his out if you haven’t already and see where we are in alignment and where we disagree!

They aren’t going anywhere any time soon, so is the running community better or worse for their presence??