Last updated: 24-Aug-18 By Elsa Trujillo You can almost smell the arrival of spring. Snow and icicles be gone! Here’s our latest selection of internet articles for you to enjoy. This week we have a great video about challenging runs in extreme landscapes and great advice on how to prepare for your first ultra running […]
Last updated: 04-Apr-19 By Renee McGregor Most runners will reach for the painkillers at some point in their running career. It may be due to injury, or, perhaps it’s a strategy employed to reduce muscle soreness after a hard race or training sessions. Painkillers come in a variety of forms and include paracetamol, NSAIDs, (Non-
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Last updated: 29-Aug-18 By Kathryn Bullock Here are the top ten articles brought to you by RunUltra in 2017*. There is something for everyone here – for runners planning their first 100-mile ultra to those with the winter blues or seeking their next toughest ultra race. Everything from the dangers of Lyme Disease to treating
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo Has it been two weeks already? Fear not, we have plenty more reading suggestions from the web for you. This time we start with some inspirational images. Even if you live surrounded by flat grey concrete, they will make your feet twitch. Also, we have a great story from
Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo For many of you, summer and the holidays are over, and your autumn days are filled with new activities or others that had been abandoned for a few weeks. We’ve put together a new selection of articles that we’ve come across on the web so that you can easily
Last updated: 30-Aug-17 By Karina Teahan Chartered Physiotherapist The tell-tale sign of plantar fasciitis is that first-step pain in the morning, described by some as a “stabbing pain” at the base of the heel, or as similar to walking on broken glass. It usually improves as your foot gets warmed up, only to return again
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Last updated: 12-Jul-17 By Alice Morrison Many of us use ibuprofen during or after races to help with swelling and pain – I like to call it chemical stretching – but a new study by the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that those who take the painkiller while running very long distances double
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Alice Morrison Every six months or so, a new headline pops up about ultra marathoners, their brains and pain. As more people take up the sport, more research is being done and although it is still at a relatively early stage, there have been some interesting results. Here, I take a
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Last updated: 19-Jul-18 By Elsa Trujillo This week our selection of articles focuses mostly on a range of tips and advice to improve your training, and how to deal with and avoid injury. We also bring you some Ian Corless pictures of ultra runners and some interesting advice on netting sponsorship for running. Our very
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Last updated: 31-May-17 By Karina Teahan (Chartered Physiotherapist) Shin Splints are the bane of many runners. That tell tale pain shooting down the front of your leg may feel like an annoyance rather than a game-over in the beginning. However, you ignore them at your peril. Shin Splints are also known as medial tibial stress
