Next week - I'll film what your body goes through in the minutes, hours and days after racing 100 miles! ps: wow the sound in studio is GREAT...too great. Didn't think THAT would be picked up by the mic haha
Thanks for noticing and saying it. It can be disheartening for me when looking at heavily sponsored channel shoving product down people throat but in exchange they get video editors, content manager, cameraman, drone shots even for their training run, private coaches. Meanwhile I run all this solo, sleep in my car before a race, and using gear until it’s literally falling apart. It sure would make life easier… but the price seems to be integrity sometimes. Not always of course. I have nothing against sponsorship when it’s organic (aka stuff I already use or receiving say shoes for an honest review) but some of those supplements…it’s clearly a money game …so it’s a hard no for me.
50K race tomorrow as a training run for a 50 mile race as a training run for a 24 hour power-hike w/ Chadd Wright. Your advice is invaluable. Marry me!
Hi Simon. It was a great pleasure to chat and run with you for a bit at Zion 100M I just published the video on my channel. LONG One :) Our chat starts around 55min. Have a great recovery! Andrzej (polish guy) Also Known as = DDD = Daily Dose of Discomfort
Great video Simon! My personal favorite for recovery is ensuring that I get 8+ hours of sleep. This helps me replenish my body more than any other single thing.
I think a great series for you would be a few updated "day in the life" or "week in the life" vlogs. How you are maintaining your career, training and all these ultras with the travel, and SOMEHOW fitting proper sleep and recovery and nutrition, as well as a personal life together, would be fun to watch! Nora is a saint!
She's great, I'm luck to have her in my life :) I might do it. The main reason I don't is being kinda self conscious. Feels to me that my day to day is...kinda boring.
@@runningwithsimon Understandable. With as many subs as you've added recently, maybe doing a week in the life would be worth trying - only if it's fun for you, and not overwhelming with a career and a relationship and all the training! Gotta keep it all fun, or don't do it.
Some other recovery tips that work for me… Hot tub to sauna to pool repeat. Stretch in sauna or hot tub Massive watermelon spinach chia seed banana shake Foam roll Air compression sleeve Zinc magnesium before bed = aces baby ! Always appreciate the knowledge and videos Simon !
100%! I think that's the most common pattern- muscle are typically the fastest (unless injured). That's also why injuries are common there - slower to heal and build. I had seen a really neat figure once about this (although more in the context of lifting)
Hey! A perfect video for me today. My legs are so tired from my runs lately and I am trying to improve my sleep and diet, but definitely needed the extra info!
Have to disagree on the carb loading. No, a bigger pasta dinner the night before won't do it, but the current advice from sports nutrition is to eat 8-12 grams of carbs per kg of body weight for the 48-72 hours up to the event (on the lower end if you're doing 72 hrs, higher if 48). Granted, having maximal glycogen stores will matter more to events that last just longer than your glycogen stores will allow (e.g. the marathon) and less for events that last less, or significantly longer (i.e. 50mile +). I know anecdotes aren't data but eating lots of carbs for the 3 days up to a 50k-50 miles, as well as good fueling during helps me maintain a high pace for the 5-8 hrs that these events take.
I hear you. That’s what I meant but the "can you work on that, maybe". But didn’t want to be specific because that’s not what I recommend myself, but I understand some people lean that way. I don’t recommend it myself because the scale of improvement is said to be 2% which I think is negligible and needs to be counter balance with the risk of disrupting your normal diet ahead of a race (and arguably most carb consumed that way will end up being stored as fat). And I also think the best way to max glycogen stored ahead of a race is proper taper.
ps: and to be clear - very very happy for you to express a different view point here. I'd like the comment section for people to share what they think regardless of we agree or not. That's how we can all learn collectively
when your 100's are say, a month apart, week 1 is obviously minimal to low intensity (walking/eliptical?) what do your long runs look like for 2 weeks out? 3 weeks out? week of next 100? ive done 10 50k, 6 50mile/100k and want to do multiple per year and possibly move up to 100mi. love the content! thanks for your work!!!
It depends how quickly I'm healing. I'll do cross training like cycling, walk and jog. Slowly increasing. Suggest you have a look at the vlog if you are curious about the details
I do 4-week training blocks with the fourth week being a rest week with 4-days of no exercise starting on Monday-Wed. Thursday is a short zone 2 run to keep the body in tune and Friday is a rest day. Sat & Sun is back to normal training and I feel energized going into the the next 4-week training block. Question: Why is there 'not' a nicely framed photo of Nora on the shelf behind you? She is a 'trophy' isn't she!? Shame on you Simon!!
Where do you fit in cross training? Do you do it if running starts to feel stale? Also would one need to ride a bike for 4hours to get the same effect as a 4hour long run or would the bike ride need to be longer as it’s lower intensity?
I typically use indoor cycling after a race - in the sweat spot between my muscle being destroyed and being able to run again. As for if it's equivalent, it really depends on the power (Watts) you're pushing on that bike. But I find it much easier to have a good workout indoor than a real ride. Real ride is more fun however.
Next week - I'll film what your body goes through in the minutes, hours and days after racing 100 miles!
ps: wow the sound in studio is GREAT...too great. Didn't think THAT would be picked up by the mic haha
It’s honestly so refreshing to get information without someone trying to shove promoted products down your throat. Thanks Simon.
Thanks for noticing and saying it. It can be disheartening for me when looking at heavily sponsored channel shoving product down people throat but in exchange they get video editors, content manager, cameraman, drone shots even for their training run, private coaches. Meanwhile I run all this solo, sleep in my car before a race, and using gear until it’s literally falling apart. It sure would make life easier… but the price seems to be integrity sometimes. Not always of course. I have nothing against sponsorship when it’s organic (aka stuff I already use or receiving say shoes for an honest review) but some of those supplements…it’s clearly a money game …so it’s a hard no for me.
50K race tomorrow as a training run for a 50 mile race as a training run for a 24 hour power-hike w/ Chadd Wright. Your advice is invaluable. Marry me!
Good luck with all of those :)
Are you aiming for 100 in the 24?
@@runningwithsimon, yes, my goal is 102. Goal is always to have fun and don’t start a fire with my thighs! Ha.
Taking this seriously - watching from the couch with a cat making sure I don't move.
Ok that’s hilarious!
Hi Simon. It was a great pleasure to chat and run with you for a bit at Zion 100M
I just published the video on my channel. LONG One :) Our chat starts around 55min.
Have a great recovery!
Andrzej (polish guy)
Also Known as = DDD =
Daily Dose of Discomfort
Andrzej ! 30h? Good job :) Great chatting with you and hope you have a nice rest of your trip in the US! You said 5 more weeks?
@@runningwithsimonyes. 5 more weeks Simon! It was great to meet you. Greeatings from monument Valley 🤝
Great video Simon! My personal favorite for recovery is ensuring that I get 8+ hours of sleep. This helps me replenish my body more than any other single thing.
For sure - sleep is basically like magic for all this. And that's why my last recovery cycle so bad...
I think a great series for you would be a few updated "day in the life" or "week in the life" vlogs. How you are maintaining your career, training and all these ultras with the travel, and SOMEHOW fitting proper sleep and recovery and nutrition, as well as a personal life together, would be fun to watch! Nora is a saint!
She's great, I'm luck to have her in my life :)
I might do it. The main reason I don't is being kinda self conscious. Feels to me that my day to day is...kinda boring.
@@runningwithsimon Understandable. With as many subs as you've added recently, maybe doing a week in the life would be worth trying - only if it's fun for you, and not overwhelming with a career and a relationship and all the training! Gotta keep it all fun, or don't do it.
@@Gator35 I should - I'll just need to find the right week/day!
Some other recovery tips that work for me…
Hot tub to sauna to pool repeat. Stretch in sauna or hot tub
Massive watermelon spinach chia seed banana shake
Foam roll
Air compression sleeve
Zinc magnesium before bed = aces baby !
Always appreciate the knowledge and videos Simon !
Thanks for sharing!
My CNS, tendons and joints are the limiting factor for me. Those sets the recovery time I need.
100%!
I think that's the most common pattern- muscle are typically the fastest (unless injured). That's also why injuries are common there - slower to heal and build. I had seen a really neat figure once about this (although more in the context of lifting)
That metaphor of closing the road to work on it is great! Thank you for that
You're so welcome!
Hey! A perfect video for me today. My legs are so tired from my runs lately and I am trying to improve my sleep and diet, but definitely needed the extra info!
Just keeping it in mind and acting on it is important! Glad the timing is good
Great info and job presenting it Simon. I’ve run 79 Ultras and can completely relate.
79!
Thanks!
You bet!
I have watched enough The Office to know that the best way to carb load is eating a bunch of fettuccine alfredo right before the race.
True story! When I do that, my pace is somewhere between a snake and a mongoose... and a panther
Great episode! Andy’s bloody nipples…
Thank You! This is great. New to running and trying to build distance. I appreciate your advice
You're welcome! Slow progress is durable progress - staying injury free is honestly the priority
Have to disagree on the carb loading. No, a bigger pasta dinner the night before won't do it, but the current advice from sports nutrition is to eat 8-12 grams of carbs per kg of body weight for the 48-72 hours up to the event (on the lower end if you're doing 72 hrs, higher if 48). Granted, having maximal glycogen stores will matter more to events that last just longer than your glycogen stores will allow (e.g. the marathon) and less for events that last less, or significantly longer (i.e. 50mile +).
I know anecdotes aren't data but eating lots of carbs for the 3 days up to a 50k-50 miles, as well as good fueling during helps me maintain a high pace for the 5-8 hrs that these events take.
I hear you. That’s what I meant but the "can you work on that, maybe". But didn’t want to be specific because that’s not what I recommend myself, but I understand some people lean that way. I don’t recommend it myself because the scale of improvement is said to be 2% which I think is negligible and needs to be counter balance with the risk of disrupting your normal diet ahead of a race (and arguably most carb consumed that way will end up being stored as fat). And I also think the best way to max glycogen stored ahead of a race is proper taper.
ps: and to be clear - very very happy for you to express a different view point here. I'd like the comment section for people to share what they think regardless of we agree or not. That's how we can all learn collectively
Very important subject, thanks for sharing and have a fun time in Zion!
Zion was rough lol
More on that later!
Thx for all the tips, your advices has been most helpful in my long distace training. Love your sense of humor.
Thanks Tommy!
Thank you!
Need to hear all this stuff for my future ultras!
:)
I totally agree with you!
And now it’s time for recovery again after Zion!
Thank you so much 👍👍👍
We gotta take care of our body, so it'll take care of us in a race!
Too true
Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure!
when your 100's are say, a month apart, week 1 is obviously minimal to low intensity (walking/eliptical?) what do your long runs look like for 2 weeks out? 3 weeks out? week of next 100? ive done 10 50k, 6 50mile/100k and want to do multiple per year and possibly move up to 100mi. love the content! thanks for your work!!!
It depends how quickly I'm healing. I'll do cross training like cycling, walk and jog. Slowly increasing. Suggest you have a look at the vlog if you are curious about the details
@@runningwithsimon thanks Simon! Appreciate it!
Any video on how to prep your feet and take care of them during a race
Will do feet some day. Ankle I don’t do anything - do you gaiters or something?
I'm pro pineapple on my pizza. Haha! Great tips and info Simon!
Why am I not surprised?
I use to not be, then I had one with pineapple, bacon, and jalopenos and it was game changer Simon.
@@andrewdelprete that sounds amazing!! Haha
@@andrewdelprete Chaotic good -
www.reddit.com/r/AlignmentCharts/comments/186bj63/pizza_alignment_chart/
I do 4-week training blocks with the fourth week being a rest week with 4-days of no exercise starting on Monday-Wed. Thursday is a short zone 2 run to keep the body in tune and Friday is a rest day. Sat & Sun is back to normal training and I feel energized going into the the next 4-week training block. Question: Why is there 'not' a nicely framed photo of Nora on the shelf behind you? She is a 'trophy' isn't she!? Shame on you Simon!!
Haha I keep those at work and in the bedroom!
Where do you fit in cross training? Do you do it if running starts to feel stale? Also would one need to ride a bike for 4hours to get the same effect as a 4hour long run or would the bike ride need to be longer as it’s lower intensity?
I typically use indoor cycling after a race - in the sweat spot between my muscle being destroyed and being able to run again. As for if it's equivalent, it really depends on the power (Watts) you're pushing on that bike. But I find it much easier to have a good workout indoor than a real ride. Real ride is more fun however.
How long can you make those rest periods between ultras? Months, years....decades? 🤭
Decades is fine between ultras. But you’ll have to run your first - which race do you want to do with me?
@@runningwithsimon how far is the nearest gym?
What if pee is Guinness color?
Depends - are you a leprechaun?
@@runningwithsimonLOL!!!