RER117 : Hey Carlos! | Running Goals | Should You Run With Possible Injury? | Bouncing Back From Injury

RER117 : Hey Carlos! | Running Goals | Should You Run With Possible Injury? | Bouncing Back From Injury

RER117 : Hey Carlos! | Running Goals | Should You Run With Possible Injury? | Bouncing Back From Injury

Carlos Dones @CarlosDones and Ru El talk about Carlos’ running goals for 2016, severity of an injury, and recovery. Basically discuss the topic of: Should You Run With Possible Injury? When is pain or discomfort serious or not? Cheers!


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Ru El’s Running 051 : Special Guest – Rick Bentley | Marathon Wrap Up | Training | Recovery | Diet & Nutrition

Ru E's Running Podcast #51 with 1Rick Bentley

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In episode #51 we continue the marathon conversation with special guest Rick Bentley from the Simply Human Podcast. It’s a lot of fun and you’ll want to catch it and the first half as well. Thanks for listening!

Rick’s Marathon Wrap-Up:

  • Rick’s Marathon Run Down in Episode #49
  • Marathon Finish and Wrap-up
  • Post Race
  • Diet & Nutrition
  • Training
  • The first marathon is a HUGE accomplishment!
  • Big D done
  • Maybe the Big C next?
  • Rick’s Lightning Round
  • Quote: “If you’re going through hell. Keep going.” ~Winston Churchill

“I look up to to anybody that is able to continue to put one foot in front of the other and use that not just as a way to athletically improve themselves but mentally improve themselves. Just overall self improvement.” ~ Rick Bentley

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Ru El’s Running 048 : Run Update | Recovering Ultra Athletes | Endure & Overcome

Ru El’s Running 048 : Run Update | Recovering Ultra Athletes | Endure & Overcome

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In this episode I quickly give a run update, but most importantly I talk about the topic of recovery. Thanks for listening.

“I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here.” -Radiohead

“If you’re goin’ through hell keep on going

 

Don’t slow down if you’re scared don’t show it

 

You might get out before the devil even knows you’re there

 

When you’re goin’ through hell keep on movin’

 

Face that fire walk right through it

 

You might get out before the devil even knows you’re there”

 

– Rodney Atkins – If You’re Going Through Hell

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill


Report on Dave Mackey’s Story “Mountain Runner ‘Okay’ With Dreadful Injury After ‘Lucky’ 20 Years”


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Vitamix-ing Never Gets Old

Vitamix-ing Never Gets Old

Never gets old. I think it just gets better every time I make one of these smoothies with the Vitamix. The usual suspects of ingredients.

  • Kale (1 cup)
  • Red chard (1 cup)
  • Broccoli (1/2 cup)
  • Apple (1/2 – 3/4)
  • Frozen blue berries (1/4 cup)
  • Avocado (half of a small one)
  • Raw almonds (6-8)
  • Ground cinnamon (1 tsp)
  • Pink Himalayan sea salt (a pinch)
  • Heavy whipping cream (1 tbl)
  • Coconut oil (1 tbl)
  • Plain full fat Greek yogurt (1 tbl)
  • Water (1 cup to start and add as needed)
  • Coffee (1/4 cup previously brewed and cooled)

In a plastic zip lock bag I froze the red chard, the kale, sliced apple, broccoli, and the blueberries. Freezing a bunch of the ingredients has 2 benefits:

  1. Stays fresh frozen until ready for use. Thus avoiding wilting or rotting your awesome vegetables.
  2. Reduce (or eliminate) the amount of ice needed to make the shake. Therefore packing in more nutrients per smoothie.

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Blew my migraines away?

Migraines? Have you considered revamping or adding to your nutrition? I pretty much blew my migraines away. I figure if I can share my experience and what I’ve found to help cure me, it might be helpful to you. Here’s a brief timeline:

1987: As a young teen, I started suffering from migraines. I had many bouts with it through high school and as an adult. Triggers included light, stress, muscular tension around my shoulders and neck due to exercise, chocolate covered coffee beans, and dark chocolate with red wine. As a teen, I saw an acupuncturist. The treatment helped dull some residual pain post migraine attack but it didn’t fix me. As an adult, tried a medication drug Imitrex but it didn’t help my headaches.

Fast forward 25 yrs (April 2012): Came across this article and podcast discussion and put it in the mental back-burner:
“How To Get Rid of Migraine Headaches Forever”. http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2012/04/how-to-get-rid-of-migraine-headaches/

June 2012: Ran 32 miles and during weeks of recovery I listened to this audiobook called “Finding Ultra” by Rich Roll and was inspired to eat cleaner as a way to improve my bodies ability to recover quicker from long runs. A big thing I added to my nutrition was making my own morning green smoothies:

Book Review: Rich Roll’s Finding Ultra

Along the way I started learning about how the foods we eat impact our pH. Learning which foods are acid or alkaline forming.

With the goal of better personal athletic performance through a total revamp of my diet, the following side benefits happened.
– Have shed 18lbs.
– Skin cleared up
– High energy levels

I also realized what I was doing was essentially improving my pH and guess what? Yup…
– No more migraines

There was one time in the start of July and at the start of this whole thing where I swore a migraine was coming. I was at a store and the blurry/hazy migraine vision thing kicked-in and that was all to my surprise. The vision cleared up soon after. No nausea or headache followed. Since then no more.

I’m convinced if I were to eat the diet of my former self, the migraines would all come back. I think anyone with migraines should look into this.

Get better.

Update 11/24/12:
About 5 months since my last headache and the day after Thanksgiving, I had a migraine in the morning. I think Thanksgiving food and have come of a week long trip to Disneyland where I was without a blender and ingredients finally caught up to me. I picked my coconut oil and the rest of my fresh ingredients yesterday so this morning I had a big shake to help me recover from yesterday’s migraine. I’m working my way back to some balance.

Update 2/25/13:
Had a ‘mild’ migraine yesterday. Three months since my last one noted above. What happend before the attack? I was on an intermittent fast, except for a couple late night pickle spears, morning faux bulletproof coffee, and tall heavy whipping cream latte. Went on an planned hour Z2 run and noticed an easily elevated HR around Z3/Z4. Took lots of walk breaks to keep HR down. A couple hours post run migraine aura started. Drank my packed fat green smoothie and got through the aura a half hour later. I think I might be cutting back on espressos and be more cautious choosing to workout on a fast. Although it hasn’t been a problem before. I suspect parts or all of these had contributed to my elevated HR: cold air exposure on the run and caffeine from espresso. I see the elevated HR as a problem for my workout but also an indicator that I was out of balance or in a higher acidic blood pH state.

Update: 5/25/2013
Five months since last migraine. 12:30p migraine start. Had little sleep the night before. Worked all night. Snacked on pickle spears, olives, and a couple ounces of aged cheddar. Also a small taste (ounce) of vodka. Went to bed at 3 a.m. Up at 6:30am. Kona coffee blended bulletproof style (2 tbsp grassfed butter and 1 tbsp MCT oil) at 8am. Decided on another batch of same coffee at 11:30-12pm. This must have been toxic levels for me. Moved to counter with a shot of apple cider vinegar and glass of water. 15 minutes later, whipped up a pitcher of green smoothie and downed it. Took an hour nap. Woke up vision cleared, but still Felt the migraine hangover. 2:30 feeling less hung over and made a simple batch of black coffee in the press.

Recovery month

Week of 6/4/12 – 6/10/12
Monday – 50K run.
Tuesday – Recover.
Wednesday – Recover.
Thursday – Recover
Friday – Recover.
Saturday – Recover
Sunday – Recover.

Week of 6/11/12 – 6/17/12
Monday – Recover
Tuesday – Recover.
Wednesday – Recover.
Thursday – 6/14 00:53:15 min run, 4 miles, 13’18″/mi, 161BPM. First run to test out legs since 50k ten days ago. Right leg problems at mile 2-3.
Friday – Recover.
Saturday – Recover
Sunday – Recover.

Week of 6/18/12 – 6/24/12
Monday – Recover
Tue 6/19 Light Stretch, 5 – 3min rounds of skip rope, Wall Ball squats, 1 mile step climber, 20min spin bike, 1 mile treadmill.
Wed 6/20 Light Stretch, 45 min spin bike, 1 mile treadmill. Evening Tae-bo DVD.
Thursday – Recover
Friday – Recover.
Saturday – Recover
Sunday – Recover.

Week of 6/25/12 – 7/1/12
Monday – 6/25 Light Stretch, 3 – 5 min rounds skip rope w/ crunches in between, 30 min spin bike, 1 mile treadmill
Tuesday – 6/26 1:17:06 hr run, 6 miles, 12’50″/mi, 162BPM. Second run post 50k. Legs held up this time. Slight twinges, but the wheels stayed on the whole time.
Wednesday – Recover. Tae-bo DVD.
Thursday – Recover
Friday – 6/29 30 min spin bike, 20 treadmill.
Saturday – Recover.
Sunday – Recover.